Horse Riding and Maintenance

The program is situated 110KM outside of Windhoek.

This project is designed for volunteers that are interested in having a truly African experience, This is not your typical volunteer experience, potential volunteers will need to be independent, mature, able to think on their feet and be comfortable living with others or alone depending on the situation. Living arrangements are comfortable but basic, in the vastness that is Namibia, a volunteer will need to be comfortable with open space and being away for anything that resembles a city for long periods. 

There could be times when you are alone on the project, we can accommodate from 1 to 6 riders at a time.

This program is open to anyone over the age of 18 years old with horse riding and handling experience.

Each Rider will have 4 horses to work per day, in different disciplines. but mostly, they will spend most of their time on outrides.

Each rider must present a weekly schedule for the horses in His/her training. This is discussed at the introduction meeting; this discussion will also update each rider on the level of Training the Horse has. 

Horse riders only with the following skills: -

·         Lunging

·        Dressage

·        Jumping

A volunteer/Rider is responsible for their own protective clothing, helmets, riding boots

Volunteers will be responsible for…
 
Each Rider will have 4 horses to work per day, in different disciplines. but mostly, they will spend most of their time on outrides.
Each rider must present a weekly schedule for the horses in His/her training. This is discussed at the introduction meeting; this discussion will also update each rider on the level of Training the Horse has.

Riders work  from Monday to Friday, Work starts at 8h00 and ends when all the work is done, Each Rider is responsible for the horses assigned to them. This includes, cleaning stables, grooming, feeding, cleaning tack and training.
Saturday mornings all tack is cleaned plus the Tackroom and fodder room. off from 13h00 Sat to Mon morning.

Leisure Time.

We do not offer entertainment. We have board games, cards, darts and a Pool Table, riders can view movies from the library, but no TV as such.

Often riders spent their weekends visiting the neighbors on horseback, viewing Rhinos, or just riding through our vast land viewing game, plants, birds and trees. Our neighbors love the volunteer visits and chats.