Okakambe Trails has received its name from the native languages Herero and Oshivambo where it means "HORSE". Okakambe Trails, is situated on the banks of the dry Swakop River, 12 km outside of Swakopmund, the picturesque sea side resort, and was founded by Kathrin Schaefer Stiege ten years ago. Kathrin, who comes from Germany, fulfilled her dream of having her own horse riding school in Africa and started off with only two horses for horse riding lessons. Today this little horse farm in the middle of the Namib Desert hosts a varity of animals, with the special attraction still being the horses, but with the difference that today there are over 30 well trained and well fed horses on the farm (which include hanoverians, Throughbreds, Friesians, Arabs and others).

HIKING TRAILS: Okakambe offer three different three-day hiking trails as well as a five-day hiking trails for very fit hikers to choose from.
Walks will start relatively early in the mornings, when it is still cool and most of the desert's wildlife is still active, after a healthy breakfast with some coffee or tea.
At noon the desert could develop a scorching heat and where possible we will rest in the shade of trees and rock formations for the hottest part of the day, where we will have small lunch. In the evenings we will be able to enjoy a good meal, which will be prepared on an open fireplace under the starlit sky. Itineraries are an indication only and trails can be booked according to your time available. Trails may be changed without prior notice, should the weather or the fitness of the guests demand it.

SHORT OUT RIDES: At Okakambe Trails we also do offer outriders from as short as one hour to three hours, or even day tours in addition to our overnight trails.
Outriders: The outriders will be small excursions through the dry Swakopriverbed, over through some of the small canyons into the little moon landscape. The rides will take you past the burned mountain "Nuberoffkop", back into the Swakoprivervalley. The outriders that are on offer are: 1 hour, 1,5 hours, 2 hours and three hours outriders.

Day tours on horse-back: The day tours start at 9h00 in the morning at Okakambe Trails and are horse rides of approximately five to six hours and will take the riders down into the Swakoprivervalley, through five to six hours and will take the riders down into the Swakoprivervalley, through the little moon landscape, over to the sand dunes. Here the horses will take our guests along the old history railway track to the colonial horse cemetery, from where the ride will go on towards the beack. Lunch will be served at a set table at the beach.
After lunch the ride will take us along the Swakopriverbed past the greens of the golf course, where we can see a few Springbuck grazing on the greens. Approximately at 16h00 hours the riders will all be back at Okakambe Trails. With a bit of luck, the horse riders on a day trail will be able to see Springbuck and Jackal and plenty of bird life and certainly splendid scenery.