The Iron lady’s Ride

Wake up calls with tea and coffee, breakfast is served anytime from early hours. 

After breakfast the drive is about thirty minutes to Arusha National Park gate. Here the horses will be waiting, ready to be mounted and shortly after you ride into one of the most beautiful parks in East Africa. Here the vegetation will change dramatically, from open grassland to rainforest. With good chances of seeing, buffaloes, giraffes, all your plains game, elephants and leopards are present however harder to spot a long with rare species such as Suni, Red Duiker, the magnificent Hartlaub's turaco, colobus monkey and the endless bird life. The feeling is magical as you enter into the big canopy forests. 

Lunch will be set on route, with time for a small siesta. After lunch the ride continues through leopard and black and white Colobus country and later on in the golden hour we will reach our night stop, Margarete Trappe’s old house. The legendary lady known and remembered as the Iron lady from the First World War. “If, as children, we were thrilled by Buffalo Bill we should have been still more spellbound by Mrs. Trappe’s adventures, the adventures of the fearless woman with her two legendary horses, Comet and Diamond, and her two inseparab le Alsatians. Like a phantom she would suddenly appear, like a phantom she would vanish; as intimate with wild beasts as though they were tame.” 

These are some of the tales about Margarete who’s old riding trails that this horse safari follows through the holy forests of the park. Arrive to her house, based on the foot of Mt Meru with stunning views of Mt Kilimanjaro, in time for showers and sundowners then dinner under the stars.

This morning you will hopefullywake up to the very talkative Colobus monkeys. Breakfast is served andshortly thereafter wemount,and directions are taken towards the areawhere the film Hatari was filmed, starring John Wayne. Thereafter halfwayinto the morning ride we start the climb (on horseback),some will bedone on the horse and some on foot,aiming to reacha viewpoint, that ifclear has one of the best views ofMt Kilimanjaro, here we will dismountour horses and instead mount a car and drive the last, steepest part inthe vehicle. You drive passed the“Fig Tree Arch”, a massive fig tree arch,big enough to fit five horses underneathit.The drivecontinues untilwereach lunch, beautifully located next to a waterfall. We are now on about2000 meters above sea levelThis morning you will hopefullywake up to the very talkative Colobus monkeys. Breakfast is served andshortly thereafter wemount,and directions are taken towards the areawhere the film Hatari was filmed, starring John Wayne. Thereafter halfwayinto the morning ride we start the climb (on horseback),some will bedone on the horse and some on foot,aiming to reacha viewpoint, that ifclear has one of the best views ofMt Kilimanjaro, here we will dismountour horses and instead mount a car and drive the last, steepest part inthe vehicle. You drive passed the“Fig Tree Arch”, a massive fig tree arch,big enough to fit five horses underneathit.The drivecontinues untilwereach lunch, beautifully located next to a waterfall. We are now on about2000 meters above sea levelThis morning you will hopefully wake up to the very talkative Colobus monkeys. Breakfast is served and shortly thereafter we mount, and directions are taken towards the a rea where the film Hatari was filmed, starring John Wayne. 

Thereafter halfway into the morning ride we start the climb (on horseback), some will be done on the horse and some on foot, aiming to reach a viewpoint, that if clear has one of the best views of Mt Kilimanjaro, here we will dismount our horses and instead mount a car and drive the last, steepest part in the vehicle. You drive passed the “Fig Tree Arch”, a massive fig tree arch, big enough to fit five horses underneath it. The drive continues until we reach lunch, beautifully located next to a waterfall. We are now on about 2000 meters above sea level.

After lunch we start heading back towards the horses, we then ride back down to camp and after returning to camp, there will be an option to jump into the vehicles (or relax in camp) and go visit the Momella lakes, hoping to see some hippos and beautiful water birds. 

Sundowners at the lakes before heading back to camp for showers and dinner.

Wake up toColobus monkeyschatting in the early hours of the morning. Breakfast is served andeveryone mounts and start heading back towards civilization. Enjoy thelast morning with your mount in this magical place on earth, full ofwildlife,stories and tales. Late morning, we will get back to theArushaNational parkgate where we dismount and say farewell to our fourlegged friends. From here there are a few options, some will continueonto other safaris orstayanother nightor twoat the poloclub andpractice and playpolo fora fewdaysWake up toColobus monkeyschatting in the early hours of the morning. Breakfast is served andeveryone mounts and start heading back towards civilization. Enjoy thelast morning with your mount in this magical place on earth, full ofwildlife,stories and tales. Late morning, we will get back to theArushaNational parkgate where we dismount and say farewell to our fourlegged friends. From here there are a few options, some will continueonto other safaris orstayanother nightor twoat the poloclub andpractice and playpolo fora fewdaysWake up to Colobus monkeys chatting in the early hours of the morning. Breakfast is served and everyone mounts and start heading back towards civilization. 

Enjoy the last morning with your mount in this magical place on earth, full of wildlife, stories and tales. Late morning, we will get back to the Arusha National park gate where we dismount and say farewell to our four legged friends. 

From here there are a few options, some will continue onto other safaris or stay another night or two at the polo club and practice and play polo for a few days.