Adventure Travel on Horseback
Adventure travel on horseback has tremendous advantages. It can take you to beautiful and remote places which are difficult to reach in any other way and at the same time you can practice a sport which has been a favorite of mankind for millennia. Destinations like Costa Rica, Canada, New Zealand and Africa are ideal for a horseback riding adventure tour. For the last 30 years we have been carefully selecting and choosing the world's best riding tours in the most beautiful and interesting places. Horses and horseback riding are deeply woven into the culture and history of most places from Iceland to Tierra del Fuego and from France and Ireland to New Zealand. This is how our ancestors traveled. If you arrive riding horseback, you will most likely be greeted by locals with waves and smiles which greatly facilitates meaningful contacts. Those who arrive by bus, on foot or on a bicycle are usually ignored. Horses are a great passport to almost anywhere. If you seek a wilderness adventure, then horses are the way to go unless you want to walk and carry your equipment. Riding tours can take you from inn to inn, castle to castle, palace to palace or from one comfortable camp to another.
India
"The forts and camps were truly a glimpse of colonial India in all its faded glory, wonderful."
Jean Shelsher
Horseback riding adventures vary widely in the skill and experience required to handle them safely. Most of these tours move out at all paces and include some good gallops so that one can cover 15 to 30 miles in a day. Beginners need several days of instruction before attempting even an easy trip, but those who are reasonably fit, not too overweight and have open minds can catch on very quickly.
An intensive
horseback riding vacation at our Wyoming ranch can easily prepare many people for the less demanding adventures. One of the enormous advantages of travel on horseback is that you are sharing the adventure with a willing animal who is also interested in the sights and sounds and who loves a brisk gallop on a beach or open plain as much as you do. A day in the saddle is also quite a bit of exercise and riding is an excellent way to keep fit while enjoying yourself. It is far more interesting and satisfying than sitting confined in a bus or land rover all day which really isn't adventure travel at all. Another dividend is the keen appetite you develop after a day in the saddle for the delicious food you will be served.
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On horseback you are very much
a part of the adventure
The Knights of old rode their horses into these same castle courtyards
Riders really appreciate the excellent food and wine after a day's
adventure in the saddle
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Dordogne, France
"This was just as described; everything about it was first rate. Each day was varied and pleasurable."
Richard and Virginia Beards
If it appeals to you to travel in harmony with nature without using polluting, noisy machines or a cold, insensitive bicycle, then you should look into horseback riding tours. On our adventure tours in Africa you can gallop with the zebra and the wildebeest and quietly observe the elephant and giraffe. Comfortable camps are set up for you each night, the food is excellent and the service superb. Or try a horseback tour visiting the castles of the Loire Valley and ride into the courtyards on your horse in keeping with history. You can gallop along forest tracks where the French aristocracy once chased the wild stag.
For those who would rather have their adventures by vehicle or who want to go
with non-riding friends we also offer
wildlife and cultural
safaris in the back country of Kenya and India.
Call our experienced ride consultants and choose the tour which will please you most!
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