A week-long ride through Ethiopia, a day spent with gauchos in Argentina, galloping down scenic trails in Cappadocia surrounded by surreal fairy chimneys - our experiences proofed us that the best way to travel is on a horseback :)
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Yoga for Horseback Riders & Horses: Improve Balance, Flexibility & Connection
Yoga and horseback riding might seem like completely different worlds at first glance — one happens on a mat, the other in the saddle. But in reality, the two complement each other beautifully. Both require balance, breath, awareness, softness, and strength. And both are a kind of moving conversation: one with your own body, the other with a powerful, sensitive animal underneath you.
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Horse Riding in Myanmar
Myanmar is not the first country that comes to one's mind when it comes to riding holidays. But horses have been known in central dry and hot parts of Myanmar for a long time.
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On Horseback Across African Borders - a 3 Day Long Trail Ride from South Africa to Lesotho
Horses and travelling are the two biggest passions of my life. What happens if you put both of them together? The answer is: the best time ever. A horseback riding trip from the Drakensberg National Park in South Africa to the mountain Kingdom of Lesotho is a good example.
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Paraty, Brazil: Why to Put It on Your Bucket List
Paraty, Brazil. This town, hidden in the hills of the Atlantic Forest, simply has it all: stunning beaches, spectacular waterfalls, historical architecture, jungle and trails for hiking and horse trekking.
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Ride with Gauchos
When Fabian met us in the morning to bring us to a small estancia in the Andes near Mendoza, he was wearing a gaucho beret. Like real Argentinean gauchos do, we thought. On the way to the estancia, our trail ride was supposed to start from, he spoke of 3 different ways to preprocess and prepare mate tea. Our companion definitely knew how to do things the way gauchos do them.
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Why is a Horseback Safari Better Than a 'Regular' One?
You are planning a trip to the south or east of Africa and a safari is on your bucket list. You are surfing the internet and studying the guidebooks in order to find out, what safari tours are the best ones: where you can go to see lots of animals and what game reserve has the most scenic landscapes. But the right question for us is not "where", but "how": it really depends on how you explore the game reserves. Saying that - we had great fun and made the most of our time doing safaris on horseback.
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Visiting a Traditional Ethiopian Hut While Trekking in the Bale Mountains
Trail riding in the Bale Mountains was the adventure of a life time: horse handlers who run as fast as galloping horses, forests full of cute monkeys and fields packed with fleas. In this sixth part of the seven-part-long story we give an account of the traditional huts we visited and thoughts on a tipping issue. You may read about our adventure from the beginning here.
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Communication Problems While Travelling Ethiopia
Trail riding in Ethiopia was amazing and hard at the same time, both physically and emotionally – especially coming to terms with the locals. Communication problems while travelling in Ethiopia got us by surprise.
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What Food to Take Camping in Ethiopia?
Having spent 7 days in the wilderness of the Ethiopian Bale Mountains, we reflect on what food to take camping. On top of that, we give an account of the unique animals and plants one may find only in this part of the world.
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Surprises While Horseback Riding in Ethiopia
Freezing temperatures near the equator, disappearing horses, awkward clothing and other things we did not expect during our epic horse riding in Ethiopia.
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Trekking in the Bale Mountains on Horseback - Setting out on the Road
Our first impressions from the trek, Ethiopian horses and basecamps in the mountains.
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Living Off the Grid in Ethiopia
A trail ride in Ethiopia was like being sucked into a time warp: clay huts next to the rivers, donkeys and horses gathering by the streams to drink water. No electricity, no cell phones. The way it was 3000 years ago. Living off the grid. No doubt we loved it.
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A Week-Long Trail Ride in the Ethiopian Bale Mountains - Where Globalization Has Nothing to Claim
My trail ride in the Ethiopian Bale Mountains was a lifetime experience in the deepest sense of these words. Even though I’m always trying to get off the beaten path, I have never thought it was possible to get that far off it.
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Chiapas, Mexico: Exploring Indigenous Communities on Horseback
Having decided for ourselves once and for all that the best way of exploring the countryside is on horseback, we appointed ourselves for a horseback trip from San Cristobal to the indigenous village of Chamula.
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Berlin to Georgia – Day 26: Ushguli, Svanetia
This day stayed in my memory for exceptional horse riding in Ushguli. Here we will tell you what you might expect if you want to explore Svanetia - the most distant part of the Caucasus - on horseback.
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