With so many horse riding safaris in southern Africa, choosing one can feel overwhelming. But picture this instead: the low hum of cicadas rising from the grasses, the gentle sway of your horse as you move together across endless plains, the air thick with the scent of warm earth and wild sage.

There is never a bad time to ride the Okavango Delta. Water shifts, seasons turn and the whole place changes outfit, so every trip feels like new magic. Rock up when it suits you, ride out from a luxe camp and roll back in for bubble baths with a view while animals graze past your tub. Vehicles get stuck. Horses do not. This is how you savour the Delta.

Instagram who? This is the real thing – wild and untamed. Think giraffe loping alongside you, a blur of zebra stripes squeaking past and the distant rumble of a lion doing its thing.

The truth is, we buggered it up. Namibia Horse Safari Goddammit, it was just too good. This was one of our first rides early on in our Bad Pony adventures. Now every ride is immediately compared to this epic adventure.