Riding and Road Tripping in Botswana and South Africa

DAY 1 Johannesburg

Arriving into Johannesburg in the morning you'll be met by a driver at the airport and swiftly taken to your hotel in the city. You then have all day to explore this underrated and up-and-coming city. We suggest taking the morning easy after your journey, perhaps enjoying a leisurely brunch and stretching your legs. Then, come afternoon we will arrange for a guide to meet you and take you on a guided tour to Constitution Hill and Downtown. During the tour you'll learn much about the city's dark political and racial problems while exploring the grounds of the Constitutional Court and infamous 'Number Four' prison, where Mahatma Gandhi was once incarcerated. You'll also cross the Nelson Mandela Bridge, enjoy skyline views of the city and wander through the arty and eclectic streets of the Braamfontein district.

DAY 2 To Botswana

Wake up early this morning to head to Botswana. A driver will pick you up and take you to the airport for the hour and a half flight to Maun, gateway to the Okavango Delta. Once landed you'll be driven 30 minutes to the southern end of the delta, where the horses are waiting at the locally known 'buffalo fence'.

Here your bags will be loaded onto mokoros (dugout canoes) and you'll get kitted up and ready to ride. Spend your first afternoon galloping across the lush water flooded plains of the delta on horseback, spotting elephants, buffalo and a huge array of birdlife along the way, before trotting into a secluded camp on a remote island as the sun sets. Your tents will have been set up and bags unloaded ready for you, so all that's left for you to do is sit back and enjoy sundowners and dinner under the stars.

DAY 3 Wine Tour

Hopefully feeling fully relaxed after yesterday's super chilled day, today you'll head out to explore the wider region, while totally over indulging in fantastic wine and delicious home grown produce. With Franschhoek, Paarl and Stellenbosch all on your doorstep you're spoilt for choice when it comes to top quality wineries here. While the Franschhoek area is well known for its history, it has also become something of a hotspot for food and wine connoisseurs in recent years, so couple your sauvignon with a soft cheese or your merlot with a milky chocolate and you've got the ultimate tasting experience. Paarl is the lesser known area and yet is growing in popularity since it produced the world first white pinotage (South Africa's signature grape varietal), and then there's Stellenbosch, the most famous and well-established wine destination in all of South Africa. It's entirely up to you which areas you explore, but your private guide and driver will always be on hand to give the very best recommendations and ensure you go home with a souvenir bottle or three to remember your day.

DAY 4 Cape Peninsula

Your last day calls for one last epic adventure, so get back in the car for a day cruising along the Atlantic Seaboard to the Cape Peninsula. With the Twelve Apostles mountain range to your left you'll bypass Camps Bay and then hug the winding shoreline, stopping in fishing villages along the way if you wish. Your eventual destination is the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, where you'll find Cape Point, the most south-westerly point of Africa.

This magnificent landform is around 18 miles in length and as such, hosts a wide array of differing scenery, flora and fauna. At one end you'll find some of the richest plant life in the world, along with a selection of coves, bays and valleys. At the other, rugged cliffs and a lighthouse provide optimum ocean viewing opportunities.

When you tire of exploring, stop for a spot of lunch and then hop back in the car to visit the African Penguin breeding colony at Boulders Beach. From there it's back to the city - with a few scenic stops along the way - for a late evening dinner.