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How it all began?

Koot, the founder of Golden Carriages, grew up in Hartswater in the Northern Cape.  His father had horses all his life.  The love for horses was part of their family's daily lives.  Riding the horses at the river side, driving carriages with his father on afternoons and just living between them when the stables had to be cleaned - that was the life on the farm, but also the seeds sowed into Golden Carriages.

For several years Koot's dad did weddings for people in the Northern Cape area with the horses and carriages.  In 2003 his father passed away, leaving him a heritage of horses and carriages.  At the end of that year (2003) Koot started Golden Carriages as a horse and carriage services in Gauteng. Eversince this dream grew bigger and bigger, making his dad proud as the horses and carriages are living on in South Africa.

Today we can proudly assume that our horses have the most photos taken from and are part of the beautiful wedding albums of many couples.

This is a photo of our first Gauteng Wedding at Leopard's Lodge.