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Maasai Mara Horseback Safari, Kenya - Globetrotting horse riding holidays

Feedback on the Maasai Mara Safari, Kenya

A horse riding safari in some of Africa’s best big game country has to be THE polar opposite of Covid lockdowns! It’s just one of the many reasons we’re busting to get back to the Maasai Mara. But globetrotter Elliott Sumers beat us to it! And going by his feedback, it was the trip of…

British Columbia, Canada - Globetrotting horse riding holidays

Feedback on the Chilko Lake Ride, BC

Kyrsten Olson was one of the first globetrotters to experience our horse riding holiday in British Columbia, Canada post-COVID, and her feedback from this unforgettable Canada horse riding adventure had us ready to jump on the next flight. Read on to discover her experience riding through some of the most spectacular wilderness landscapes on one…

Meet a Globetrotter: Carolyn Ross - Globetrotting horse riding holidays

Meet a Globetrotter: Carolyn Ross

Have you ever looked at our New Zealand holidays and felt totally stumped as to which one you’d choose? Well, Kiwi globetrotter Carolyn Ross did what any thoroughly addicted globetrotter would do and ticked them all off her list! Before getting back in the saddle to prepare for her first horse riding holiday, Carolyn had…

Meet a Globetrotter: Marie Strong - The Kimberley Ride, Western Australia - Globetrotting horse riding holidays

Meet a Globetrotter: Marie Strong

Confession: we’ve been following Marie Strong’s adventures with her beautiful family for MONTHS already via her Instagram @strongs_gone_wild, and we are SO JEALOUS! In these crazy COVID times, it seems hard enough to have a quick holiday, let alone a year-long journey around Australia by caravan! But that’s exactly what Marie is doing with her…

Meet a Globetrotter: John Harriott - Globetrotting horse riding holidays

Meet a Globetrotter: John Harriott

When globetrotter Erin Harriott was joined by her father on the Craig’s Hut & High Country Ride, we realised the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree! As it turns out, John learned to ride on the horse he bought Erin for her 13th birthday, a big grey gelding who sparked a love of eventing…

Meet a Globetrotter: Erin Harriott

Globetrotters, allow us to introduce Erin Harriott, an Aussie globetrotter with a serious appetite for adventure! Whether she’s flying over a cross country course, galloping alongside giraffes in Botswana or summiting the Victorian Alps, Erin clearly believes life is best lived in the saddle. How have horses influenced or changed your life? It wasn’t until…

Meet the Globetrotters: Fiona & Charlotte

A question for all of our beautiful Globetrotting ladies: have you ever thought about doing a mother-daughter horse riding holiday? Some of you are probably picturing your non-horsey mother or daughter and thinking, ‘not in a million years!’ But if you’re lucky enough to share the same passion for all things equine, trust me: there…

The River Valley Ride, North Island, New Zealand - Globetrotting horse riding holidays

Feedback (and photos!) from the River Valley Ride

‘One of the most freeing experiences I’ve ever had on a horse!’ – That’s how Sharon Jeong described her eight-day ride through the heart of New Zealand’s North Island, and we couldn’t have put it better ourselves. The River Valley Ride is fast developing a reputation as one of Globetrotting’s most unique and memorable horse…

The Sumba Ride, Indonesia - Globetrotting horse riding holidays

Feedback on The Sumba Ride

Jenny Bright is one of a handful of globetrotters who have been lucky enough to visit the island of Sumba, Indonesia for the Pasola Festival and enjoy the many delights of this slice of paradise. Afterwards, she shared such brilliant feedback with us that we HAD to share it with you! Check it out below.…

Feedback on the River Valley Ride, North Island, New Zealand - Globetrotting horse riding holidays

Feedback on The River Valley Ride

Well, the first season of The River Valley Ride is done and dusted! Over three departures, 24 very lucky guests have experienced the thrills of this epic ride in New Zealand’s North Island – and while all of the feedback we received made us glow with pride, Helen Down’s feedback was the icing on the…

Meet a Globetrotter: Peter Scott

Peter Scott has been involved with horses for most of his life, and he’s just completed his first ever horse riding holiday – the Glenorchy Back Country Ride in the South Island of New Zealand. The ride (and his trusty steed, Beer) won him over to such an extent that he’s since bought a similar…

Craig's Hut & High Country Ride, Australia - Globetrotting horse riding holidays

Feedback on the Craig’s Hut & High Country Ride

That there is the smile of a man who just completed his first ever horse riding holiday – a ride he’d been dreaming about since he was a kid – with just THREE HOURS of riding experience under his belt! Needless to say, Scott Wilson is our new Globetrotting idol. Having dreamed of riding through…