Great Rides
Sophie is currently getting a group together for The Waterberg Trust Ride through Mashutu in South Botswana in February/March 2023
Please click here for highlights of The Waterberg Trust challenge ride 2019
The Waterberg Trust Challenge Ride 2018 in South Africa
Sophie Neville riding with giraffe
Riding through Sicily 2021
Riding in Rajistan 2019
Riding along the Transkei coast 2018
Riding across Andalucia, from Seville to the Atlantic with Ride Worldwide
The Waterberg Trust Challenge Ride 2017
Riding across the Waterberg in South Africa
– think of joining us in 2023
-Sophie Neville riding at Ant’s Nest-
Georgia: Riding towards the Armenian border
Tanzania: Riding through Arusha National Park
South Africa: The Waterberg Charity Ride 2015
If you are able to sponsor me to keep going, please click on the photo below!
February 2015 ~ Mozambique Horse Safari along the coast at Vilanculos.
Uruguay 2013 ~ Riding along the Atlantic coast.
South Africa: The Waterberg 2014, riding with Horizon Horseback Adventures
South Africa: The Waterberg 2014, riding with Anthony Baber at Ant’s Nest and Ant’s Hill.
Namibia: Across the Namib Desert, a ride of 400kms to the Skeleton Coast.
Swaziland: leading an expedition to ride in the moutains and game reserves of Swaziland.
South Africa: Patrolling the Swaziland border with Billy Swanepoel and Wayne Hendry.
Kenya: the Masia Mara riding with Tony Church
Mauritius: riding with Lindy Hill
South Africa: Mpumalanga riding in Songimvelo with Sarah-Jane Gullick.
South Africa: The Palala River, leading riding safaris with Equus Horse Safaris on Touchstone Game Reserve with Wayne Hendry.
Botswana: The Okavango Delta riding in the western delta with PJ and Barney Bestilink
Bostwana: Makgadigadi Pans – walking and riding horses from Jacks Camp
Zimbabwe: riding in the Eastern Highlands
Ethiopia: Addis Ababa to the Blue Nile, riding with Yves Stranger
Turkey: Istanbul and Cappadocia, riding to the rock-hewn churches
New Zealand and Australia: on mission with YWAM, riding in the Southern Alps and beyond Queenstown
Argentina and Chile: Across the Andes, a ride with Tristan Williams
Across South America: a Trans-Continental ride of 750kms with Simon and Tristian Williams
Future projects: A ride of 1,000 miles through Patagonia.
A sponsored ride across the Waterberg Plateau in aid of the Waterberg Welfare Society
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Voyages
Montenegro: A voyage down the coast in a 1908 motor yacht
Greece: A voyage from Corfu along the coast of Greece with Rebecca Hunter and Eliza King
Egypt: The Nile by steamboat , the SS Karim, from Luxor to Aswan and beyond.
Papua New Guinea: an expedition to the islands with Matthew Jebb and Jonathan Kingdom
Botswana: exploring the Boro River by dug-out canoe
Australia: driving from Sydney to Cairns
and diving on the Great Barrier reef
Zambia: Canoeing down the Zambezi to the lip of Victoria Falls with Ben Parker
Expeditions
Morocco: Across the Atlas Mountains: a bird watching expedition with Alastair Fothergill
Uganda and Zaire: an expedition to the rainforests of central Africa in search of okapi, chimpanzees and other primates with Alastair Fothergill
London- Johannesburg: Young Europe Africa, an expedition led by Charlie Mayhew
32 young Europeans for eight different countries spent six months driving down through Africa.
Sophie made a 30 min documentary on the expedition’s aid projects in Kenya.
It was screened on Chanel 4 entitled Out of Europe into Africa.
Missions
Waterberg for Jesus : helping a non-denominational mission for the upliftment of the people of the Waterberg over ten years whilst based at Triple B Ranch in South Africa.
Mozambique: a mission to supply Mafoga Orphanage after the civial war.
Mozambique: an Easter mission to Xai-Xai with The First Baptist Church.
New Zealand and Eastern Australia: with YWAM
China: Bible Society delegation to Beijing, Nanjing, X’ian and Shanghai with Sue Wilmot
Other Journeys~
Botswana and Namibia: The Chobe and the Carprivi Strip, on a horse safari recce
Botswana: The Tuli Block – walking in the land where three countries meet with Andrew Gilfilan
Botswana: Moremi and walking in the Okavango
Botswana: the Kalhari with Alastair Torr
South Africa: From Jembisa to the Kruger Park to watch the eclipse.
South Africa: From Cape Town up the West Coast, to the Ceres Mountains with Fred Stow and Josie Stow
Zimbabwe and Botswana: Victoria Falls, through the Savuti to Maun with Grant Truthe and Daphne Wilmot
Malawi: The Nyika Plateau, planning horse safaris with David Foot
Namibia: Across Damaraland to the Sketeton Coast with Blythe Loutit & the game scouts of Save the Rhino Trust
Kenya and Tanzania: game viewing and coffee farming with Tony Maxtone-Mailer
Botswana, Namibia, South Africa: alone with a paintbrush, driving 8,000 kms and taking on commissions from the Gobabeb Training and Reserch Centre, Blythe Loutit, and later for Wilderness Safaris at Ongava Game Reserve
Driving up the east coast of Australia from Sydeny to Cairns to dive on the Great Barrier Reef
Singapore and Thailand:
Western Eire: A bio-population study of County Kerry executed with Diana Vernon
Norway and Denmark: with Nick Archer
Spain and Italy: experimental trips to Andalucia and Sicilly with JC Journeys
The Red Sea an expedition with Rupert Wieloch and the British Army Sub-Aqua Diving Club
Belize: Jungle warfare and survial with the Welsh Guards
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Wow, Sophie, you are prolific with everything you do! These are inspiring pictures and you have shared your travel experiences every time with your writings!
I must find some more photographs to add to this page!
What a well-travelled and adventurous person you are, Sophie. Your writings and photographs are indeed inspiring; thank you for sharing them with us.
As you can imagine, I have thousands of travel photos. I shall have to begin writing up my diaries soon. Which voyage interested you most?
Picking just one is very tricky as there isn’t one voyage that doesn’t look extremely interesting. I think, for me it would be a toss-up between going down the Nile, Ethiopia or the Victoria Falls.
Ethiopia is amazing
I can well believe it. It is somewhere I have always wanted to visit.
Going down the Nile in February was relaxing. It might be uncrowded if you booked for this coming Feb. We enjoyed the steam boat but it would be wonderful to sail.
Egypt is another place that has long fascinated me. I have a mini-library on Egyptology and, as I think you know, I love steamboats! I will seriously consider next February.