Day 8 - Morning Ride with jumps

Another beautiful day in Botswana! Back on the horse at 7am after our lovely breakfast, time for new adventure. Today we'd have a longer morning ride, as we would have a walking safari in the afternoon. off we go now!

For our morning ride, Mpho took us to an “eventing” area with natural obstacles such as trees and bushes. All riders who wanted to take some jumps could follow Mpho, those who didn't want to stay with Mmushi. Lara took some of the jumps, myself I stayed with non-jumpers to take some lovely shots. Jasmine her white horse used to be a show jumper, so the horse was very excited to jump. Lovely to see!

We ended the ride by passing along a human-made dam. This dam is made to prevent the full area to flood with water and limit it to certain areas, creating basins. We even saw a huge snail shell proving the presence of continuous water in this area. It was the size of my hand, so big! I asked Mpho if I could keep the shell, but in Botswana the saying says: "your footprints in the sand will be the only leftovers". So, I put back the shell and enjoyed good picture afterwards. Back to the camp for lunch now, mmm!Okumaya devam et