Jeans make great travel companions, even better if they’ll hold up to a day of horse riding and still look good enough to wear out to dinner or sightseeing! The trick to horseback holidays is to make our luggage work hard for us, and when there’s riding gear taking up precious space and weight, we […]

Zoë Vorenas is a para equestrian dressage rider who is part of the Victorian State Squad and the National High Performance Squad. A horse girl since she was first put on a Shetland at age 3, Zoë tried many different disciplines before falling in love with dressage. In 2014, during her final year of school, […]

Anna King, globetrotter and medical professional, has kindly written an in-depth guide to staying healthy and identifying and treating illnesses and injuries while travelling. She’s covered common complaints and their treatments, first aid, coping with long-distance flights, and a whole lot of handy tips. Keep this info on-hand for your horse riding holiday! (Make sure […]

Seasoned globetrotter and medical professional Anna King has very generously given us the ultimate guide to staying healthy on your horse riding holiday. In this article, we’re going to cover everything you need to know about preparing for your travels, from vaccinations to first aid kits. (Make sure you also check our article with our […]

Hey Globetrotters, You may remember our post back in March where we introduced Clemmie Wotherspoon, an extraordinary rider traversing the 5,330km Bicentennial National Trail with three brumbies. Clemmie’s main goal is to increase awareness of the healing power of animal-human connections and equine therapy, especially Riding for the Disabled. Three months in, it’s time for […]

Come meet the amazing horse guiding duo known as Jess Mullins and Bijmin Swart! You may have bumped into them or had the pleasure of riding with them on board the Glenorchy Back Country Ride or the Howqua River Ride. This awesome pair has a love for horses and is taking on the trek of […]

When it comes to inspirational young women taking control of their destinies and setting out to achieve their dreams, I think Clemmie Wotherspoon takes the title. Just last week, Clemmie set out to ride the length of the Bicentennial National Trail (BNT) from Healesville in Victoria right up to Cooktown in Queensland, a total of […]

Hey Globetrotters, I wanted to introduce you to the wonderful Jess Chapman who runs Chapman Valley Horse Riding just north of Sydney in the Hunter Valley. We met Jess at Equitana Auckland late last year and were blown away with her enthusiasm and excitement about her horse riding business. I will let you in on […]

If you are heading out on any of our beach rides  (The Shoalhaven Ride, Margaret River Ride,  Rainbow Beach, Bush & Cattle Ride, Twin Coast Adventure, The Camargue Ride, The Sumba Ride, and the Alentejo Coast and Costa Azul rides in Portugal) then have a look on these beauties! These chaps will save your gorgeous […]

Are you heading to Equitana Auckland next week? We (Kate and her trusty side-kick Laura) will be there too and we would LOVE to meet you! Make sure your swing past our stand to say hello and pick up one of our MOOKs (a fancy name for a brochure) that is coffee-table worthy, jam-packed with […]

 I won’t lie when I say I’m SUPER excited about showing you this short but sweet, dramatic, moving video of our flagship departure – The Kimberley Ride in remote Western Australia. In collaboration with the uber-talented producer and director Benn Jae, alongside my husband, Steven and I – we flew up to Kununurra and onto El […]

Hey globetrotters, you’re in for a real treat, get ready to be inspired! Globetrotter Jade Wills is one clever and talented lady. She joined us on a 19-day Mongolian horse trek this year and has written the following poem of her time spent in this incredible country with a wonderful group of globetrotters. Have a […]

This is a brilliant guest blog post from globetrotter Stacey West, who joined us on a horse riding holiday to Mongolia in 2016 and put these wonderful words to paper about her experiences. Don’t miss reading Stacey’s diary of her time in Mongolia (part one and part two) as well. But for now, let’s get whisked away […]

Once again before we start there needs to be a disclaimer here: for the majority of our riding holidays you will be riding in English style or endurance saddles which are quite comfortable and probably don’t need much extra padding. But if you are at all concerned about how your backside will cope with multiple hours […]

If you missed Part One of Stacey’s globetrotting adventure through Mongolia please click here. Now we pick up on Day Eleven. Settle in for another wonderful ride globetrotters… DAY ELEVEN Today turned into a massive riding day. As breakfast we were told our ride to see the Tsaatan would be around three hours. After eight hours of […]

Globetrotters you are in for a treat. One of our prolific globetrotters, Stacey West, completed the nineteen-day Mongolian horse riding holiday last year and has kindly offered to share her journal of each day with us. And my oh my is it an interesting read! Thoughtful cultural remarks, humorous anecdotes and brilliant descriptions, reading through […]

Let’s face it, we all use our smartphones to take photographs these days. In fact, a lot of the built-in cameras in the smartphones on the market are better than the majority of the cameras within our price range. So there’s nothing worse than coming across the most magnificent sight on your ride, taking out […]

I would like you all to give a warm welcome to the newest member of our Globetrotting tribe, Beany Panya, who will be joining us on our ride through British Columbia, Canada this year (2017). But before she embarks on her Globetrotting adventure, we caught up with Beany to find out how her passion for […]

For anyone looking in on Tony Stromberg’s life from the outside, it would have seemed he had it all – a fantastic job as a high-end advertising photographer in San Francisco and enough money to live comfortably. But something was missing, and Tony found himself disenchanted and burned out. He began ‘searching’ for his lost […]

Kenya is full to the brim with wildlife and captivating, diverse landscapes. A country that can only be truly appreciated on a horse riding safari where the rider is at one with the wild, sharing the same sights, scents and sounds. Seeing the animal kingdom through the eyes of your horse.

Monday Musing: The wilderness is a gateway to the understanding of all things.  In British Columbia, Canada, you’ll find thousands upon thousands of pristine Alpine forest to explore. Every day will bring a new understanding from the back of your horse.