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Glenorchy Back Country Ride, New Zealand - Globetrotting horse riding holidays

Feedback on the Glenorchy Back Country Ride

Grace Pitts recently completed the famous Glenorchy Back Country Ride in New Zealand’s South Island and her feedback tells us that this ride more than lives up to the hype! Read what she had to say below – but be warned, you might not be able to resist booking yourself a spot for the upcoming…

Meet a Globetrotter: Anthony Tietze - The River Valley Ride, New Zealand - Globetrotting horse riding holidays

Meet a Globetrotter: Anthony Tietze

Okay globetrotters, I know we’re not allowed to pick favourites, but Anthony Tietze is a legend in his own right here at Globetrotting HQ. His positive outlook and amazing story-spinning abilities see him make firm friends on every single horse riding holiday he goes on – and he’s been on a fair few! We simply…

Feedback on The Patagonia Trail, Argentina - Globetrotting horse riding holidays

Feedback on The Patagonia Trail, Argentina

In December 2019, we (Kate and Laura) were honoured to guide The Patagonia Trail along with our Argentinean guide, Jakob, and his amazing team of gauchos. With us came a select group of beautiful globetrotters, among them Kate Gordon. This incredible Aussie woman is a mother, wife and horse breeder, to name just a few…

Meet a Globetrotter: Rebecca Clemmey - Tassie Tiger Trail, Australia - Globetrotting Horse Riding Holidays

Meet a Globetrotter: Rebecca Clemmey

Rebecca Clemmey could easily be described as an archetypal globetrotter: she’s adventurous, horse-loving, eager to discover far-flung lands, and she embraces the unexpected delights and thrills that come with seeing the world on horseback. After easing herself into the world of horse riding holidays with no less than three trips within her homeland of Australia,…

Meet a Globetrotter: Gerard Schmid - Globetrotting horse riding holidays - The Scottish Borders Ride

Meet a Globetrotter: Gerard Schmid

Gerard Schmid has always loved horse riding as a way to stay active, spend time with his daughters and go places that few people ever discover, so it’s no surprise that globetrotting is right up his alley! Not one to do things by halves, for his first ever horse riding holiday, Gerard signed up for…

The Glenorchy Back Country Ride, New Zealand - Globetrotting horse riding holidays

Feedback on the Glenorchy Back Country Ride

Repeat Globetrotter Deb Pippen recently returned from discovering the South Island of New Zealand on the Glenorchy Back Country Ride, and we were SO stoked with her feedback that we had to share it with you all! There’s no doubt about it: this ride is among our very best.

Meet a Globetrotter: Allanah Powell

Meet a Globetrotter: Allanah Powell

It’s time to have your socks blown off yet again, globetrotters, because we’re taking you back to the Maasai Mara in Kenya. Allanah Powell and her husband, Ian, cut their globetrotting teeth on our riding holiday in Tasmania (sadly no longer available) before deciding it was time to take things up a notch, despite Ian…

Meet a Globetrotter: Natalie Allen - Globetrotting horse riding holidays

Meet a Globetrotter: Natalie Allen

Five years ago, after one false start, Natalie Allen fell in love with trail riding and the combination of tranquility and excitement that comes with exploring new places on horseback. She dove into her life as a globetrotter headfirst with the Touch of the Highlands Ride in Iceland, an experience that she says ‘opened up…

Meet a Globetrotter: Susanna Brown - Globetrotting horse riding holidays

Meet a Globetrotter: Susanna Brown

Susanna Brown completed her first horse riding holiday just a few months ago and is now getting ready for her next one, which she booked the moment she arrived home! Not only that, she’s also booked on the Glenorchy Back Country Ride in New Zealand just four months later. I don’t think we’re jumping the…

Howqua River Ride - Globetrotting horse riding holidays

Meet a Globetrotter: Ellenor Nixon

We knew we had to learn more about Ellenor Nixon when we found out she’d booked her second Globetrotting holiday before even finishing her first! This lifelong horse lover begged and borrowed horses to ride from her early childhood onwards, and has always been a keen traveller – so it’s really no surprise that combining…

Meet a Globetrotter: Mike Barker - Globetrotting horse riding holidays

Meet a Globetrotter: Mike Barker

Globetrotters, we’d like to introduce you to Mike Barker, a man whose ‘mid-life gap year’ took him to the Maasai Mara in Kenya to gallop alongside giraffes, get up close and personal with lions and elephants, and most importantly, rekindle his love of horses. After learning to ride as a young man, Mike had been…

Shell, Wyoming - Globetrotting horse riding holidays

Feedback on the Shell, Wyoming Ride

Alright, so now that we’ve come down off our warm, fuzzy, feel-good cloud of Globetrotting elation… We NEED to share this most incredible review of our ranch ride in Shell, Wyoming that we received from Amy Van Court, who spent a week blissing out on this holiday last month (June 2019). Off her own bat,…