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Kate’s EQUIDRY Jacket Review: Road-Tested in Iceland

Icelandic weather, long days in the saddle and one very good jacket. Here’s why EQUIDRY earned a spot in Kate’s riding holiday kit. Hand on heart, Iceland is in Kate Pilcher’s top five riding holidays. The horses. The landscapes. The people. The belly laughs. The saddle time. It all adds up to one phenomenal adventure.…

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Reykjavík: Your First Stop on an Icelandic Horse Riding Adventure

For intrepid adventurers who have taken the plunge and booked our Touch of the Highlands Ride or our Icelandic Highlands Ride in Iceland your first port of call in this extraordinary land of fire and ice is Reykjavík. Few capitals are as delightful as Iceland’s — charming, quirky, and welcoming, much like the people who call…

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Meet a Globetrotter: Glenda Johnston

Glenda Johnston is a keen globetrotter with a yearning for the freedom and adventure that comes from exploring foreign places and lands on the back of a horse. Horses are Glenda’s life, she lives and breathes them (her husband is pretty certain she loves her horse more than him!) and spends every moment possible with…

Meet a Globetrotter: Jane Pink

Our latest globetrotter to be profiled in our ‘Meet a Globetrotter’ series is the wonderful Jane Pink, who recently returned from The Kimberley Ride. She’s also been lucky enough to ride in the Victorian High Country and can’t wait to continue crossing off more globetrotting adventures as she makes her way down her bucket list.…

Meet a Globetrotter: Irene Wynne

ometimes you come across a globetrotter who makes the most of every single moment and does so with a smile upon their face. It’s time to meet Irene Wynne, globetrotters, who joined us on our guided ride to the wonderful land of Mongolia this year (2017). Horses have been woven throughout her life – whether…

Meet a Globetrotter: Louise Hunt

*Update* Sadly, our wonderful hosts in Montana have taken a step back from hosting guests and we are unable to offer the Montana ride anymore. We do, however, have a wonderful ranch ride in Shell, Wyoming, and for adventurous souls there’s the Big Horn Cattle Drive.   So globetrotter Louise Hunt has taught me a…

Meet a Globetrotter: Karena Smith

*Update* Sadly, our wonderful hosts in Montana have taken a step back from hosting guests and we are unable to offer the Montana ride anymore. We do, however, have a wonderful ranch ride in Shell, Wyoming, and for adventurous souls there’s the Big Horn Cattle Drive.   When Karena was just eleven, she already had…

Meet a Globetrotter: Olivia Benefield

We fell in love with Olivia the moment she contacted us to help organise her horse riding holiday in the Margaret River region of WA. She was so genuine, lovely and just a pleasure to talk to, and I just knew I needed to introduce you to her. I think the Margaret River Ride is…

Meet a Globetrotter: Julie Debono

As we aren’t able to join all our guests on each riding holiday we offer, we LOVE getting to live vicariously through your stories and photos when you return from a ride. And after coming back from her recent adventure through New Zealand on the Glenorchy Back Country Ride, I think it is safe to…

Meet a Globetrotter: Niccola Phillips

After kicking breast cancer to the kerb, globetrotter Niccola Phillips decided to celebrate life with a horse riding holiday to New Zealand, namely our Glenorchy Back Country Ride. And we couldn’t be happier for her! She’s found a new lease on life and is loving every minute. Keep reading to find out more about this…

Meet a Globetrotter: Lyndal Mellefont

Lyndal Mellefont is a Tassie-based globetrotter who discovered horses at the age of three and learned to ride together with her mum. We were honoured to hear some of her beautiful childhood memories of this journey with her mum and their beloved horses. Lyndal was a self-described ‘lurker’ on the Globetrotting website until she finally…

Meet a Globetrotter: Catherine Garrard

Catherine Garrard is a fresh-off-the trail globetrotter who lived out her own real-life cowgirl adventure on the Big Horn Cattle Drive in Wyoming. And she loved it so much she plans to do it all again next year! We caught up with Catherine post-trek to get the low-down on what made this horse riding holiday…

Meet a Globetrotter: Wendy Macken

Wendy Macken has a newfound passion for Globetrotting holidays, having ventured deep into the Aussie bush on The Kimberley Ride and far into the African wilderness on our safari ride in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. She very kindly took the time to answer some questions about herself and her Globetrotting adventures. What is your day…

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Meet a Globetrotter: Leanne Goodluck

Leanne Goodluck is relatively new to travelling, but since she discovered Globetrotting there’s been no stopping her. In 2018 Leanne completed two horse riding holidays in two different countries, and she’s already booked in for The Kimberley Ride next year. Read on to learn why Leanne has found her new happy place with Globetrotting. What’s…