The Zambezi River bordered by woodland at Four Rivers Ranch
Four Rivers Ranch

Upper Zambezi · Zambia

A living landscape,
worked with care.

A 16,500-hectare ranch of rangeland and forest on the banks of the Zambezi River.

01 / The Ranch

River. Range.
Forest. Herd.

Four Rivers Ranch operates where the rangeland plains of the Upper Zambezi meet riverine forest and the Zambezi itself. Each part of this landscape shapes the life and work of the ranch.

Open grassland beneath a broad blue sky at Four Rivers Ranch

The Upper Zambezi

Room for the land
to breathe.

02 / Scale

16,500hectares

Rangeland and forest in Zambia’s North-Western Province, held together by the water systems and seasonal rhythms of the Zambezi.

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The Four Rivers Ranch herd moving along a woodland road

03 / The Herd

Boran strength.
Sanga heritage.

Four Rivers Ranch runs a hybrid Boran–Sanga herd across the rangeland plains of the Upper Zambezi—a herd grounded in the landscape in which it lives.

Boran×Sanga
Boran–Sanga cattle resting beneath woodland canopy
“The character of every herd begins with the character of the land.”

04 / The Goat Herd

Three breeds.
One adaptable herd.

The ranch also maintains a mixed goat herd bringing together Boer goats, Kalahari Reds and local Zambezi goats.

01   Boer
02   Kalahari Red
03   Local Zambezi
Purpose-built goat housing at Four Rivers Ranch

05 / The Landscape

One ranch,
many environments.

A wooden boat at the riverbank
01River
Open Upper Zambezi rangeland
02Range
Woodland at Four Rivers Ranch
03Forest
Thebe Investment Management

Long-term ownership

A portfolio company of
Thebe Investment Management.

Four Rivers Ranch forms part of Thebe Investment Management’s portfolio of long-term operating businesses and development platforms.

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