article_snippet: (CNN)African safaris conjure up images of four-wheel drive cars trundling through games parks carrying tourists with binoculars clamped to tourists eyes.
article_snippet: But if you want to get a bit closer to some of nature's most beautiful beasts then heading out on four legs, not four wheels, might be your best bet.
article_snippet: A Little horse safaris.
article_snippet: Along with the "Big Five" game (lions, elephants, rhinos leopards and buffalo)
article_snippet: Wait A Little's intrepid guests can expect to come across zebras, wildebeests, hippos and giraffe amid 35,000 hectares of game park.
article_snippet: But as Gerti concedes, seeing these beasts up close from the saddle is not everyone's idea of a good time.
article_snippet: Of course, there are other modes of transport with anything from trains to camels ready to carry you through the bush.
article_snippet: Most tourists still opt for a traditional four-wheel drive vehicles but the Kusselers wouldn't swap Most tourists thoroughbred horsepower for anything else.
highlights_snippet: Horseback safaris offer a different way to experience the African bush .
  