Experience the thrill of the wide-open, diverse savannah on the back of one of our beautiful Hanover horses. Wild animals let riders get closer, so you can be sure of unforgettable encounters.
There is a dressage area, a simple conventional show-jumping course and – of particular interest – an eventing course for experienced riders (cross-country jumping, e.g. tree trunks, but also “constructed” jumps which do not fall down).

Our offers:

Riding course for children

Riding for adults

 

Okomitundu offers riding courses for children every year in May during the Namibian school holidays. A maximum of 10 children can take part. They are run by professional riding instructors. Previous experience is not required. The children ride on training horses, tack is provided.

• Duration: 1 week
• For a maximum of 10 children aged between 10 and 16

While your children are working with the horses, the rest of the family can relax or make use of the Okomitundu’s diverse range of leisure activities. The children learn how to clean and care of the horses, as well as bridling, saddling and feeding.

• Vaulting / lunge work
  
• Riding lessons: individually and as a group
  
• Cross-country rides in groups
  
• Theory: anatomy and health of the horse

Please request our detailed course schedule: contact form

 

Experience riders can ride at Okomitundu at all times of the year. There are ten Hanoverian horses bred in Namibia. The show-jumping and dressage areas, tack room and tack are all in excellent condition. Rides into the diverse farm landscape are a particular pleasure. On horseback it is possible to get very close to the wild animals as they do not perceive the rider as a human being. Longer rides are also possible, and you can spend the night under the stars.

 

 

“After a very early cup of coffee we meet before sunrise in the paddock where Annegret – who else – has already started saddling up. We go with her to fetch our bridles and get hold of our horses. Annegret makes sure the cinch is properly tightened and the bridle fits, then off we go. The sky to the east glows golden red, the thorny acacia twigs are black against the sky as we leave the farmyard. We follow a game pass and soon the first rays of sunlight fall upon us. We hear the soft creaking sound of the leather, the horses’ hooves crunching in the sand and raucous bird calls – Annegret quietly tells us that these are francolins. She points to a chicken-like bird standing on top of a termite mound. There is a spicy smell of soil, grass and horse. In a wide sandy dried river bed – they call these ‘riviere’ here – we put in a gallop. We and the horses enjoy the rapid, cooling movement – we can hardly hold them back. Later on we go at walking pace along a game pass...