What can I say? This was truly a trip of a lifetime. One not to be forgotten.

We were lucky enough to experience the holiday-of-a-lifetime on Horse Safari at Kujwana and Mokolwane Camps in the vast and sparsely populated Okavanga Delta in Botswana. This was followed with five days Tigerfish fishing in Nxameseri, at a remote location on the Okavanga River. Both were beyond our wildest dreams.

Our holiday was superbly arranged by ‘Zara’s Planet’ who organises amazing equestrian adventures worldwide. This must be amongst her best. Here we were in the savannah on horseback amongst truly wild animals in contrast to safaris in jeeps, viewing animals’ accustomed to the presence of homo-sapiens.

One of our abiding memories is swimming on our horses, bareback, lead out into the deep water by our guide Rodgers, the sound of the horses snorting and exertion as they swim along the hippo highway to Mokolwane camp.

The friendly guides are all graduates of the Guiding School and have an encyclopaedic knowledge of the wild life, the countryside and all that survive in these arid conditions. They are ably supported by a team of grooms, stable boys, catering staff and of course the house management. 

We had such a memorable and wonderful experience, that I decided to depict our adventures through various snapshot paintings and have chronicled in a collection of those into a book I've published "Echoes of Okavango" - an unforgettable horse safari and fishing experience. 

Why not preview the book here for yourself.