Horseback Riding in the Kenyan Wilderness
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Doing a horse back riding in the wilderness in Kenya is one of the most exciting and unique activities one can engage in while on safari in Kenya. One can take the horseback riding as part of the holiday package or can take it as an exclusive package for those that are experienced in horseback riding.
The riding route avoids the clamor of tourist vans, roads and lodges. Riders are totally cut off from the modern world and life takes on the quieter, more gracious rhythms of a bygone era. Comfortable camps are set up each night by an extremely capable and amenable staff. Anyone who has ridden in Africa knows that nothing can match a brisk canter alongside a herd of graceful antelope. Or the testing reaction of horse and rider when a lioness roars from the grasslands a hundred paces away
One gets to ride through forests and mountains, across open vast savanna and into waterholes and rivers and up huge escarpments that are populated with wildebeest and zebras. Also get to see the elephant quietly feeding. You get to experience all of this as part of your travel experience on a horseback riding safari.
Rides are done in the shadows of Mt. Kilimanjaro in the Chyulu Hills - smoothly shaped, grass covered rolling country rising to 7,000 ft., in the Great Rift Valley, Lake Naivasha area, Masai Mara Reserve, Loita Hills and Mt. Kenya Area in Laikipia and Amboseli National Park.
Breeds used include Somali-Arab cross breeds and well schooled thoroughbred horses and cross polo ponies. Experts as well as beginners will find these horses suitable for them. For those with little experience with horse, they wont be disappointed because they will get to ride on Patent Safety horses that have been trained for these kinds of people.
Laikipia Horseriding in Kenya
Laikipia is a unique wildlife area and contains an enormous diversity of wildlife from the Big Five downward. It is famous as the last reserve of the Jackson's Hartebeest and is home of several rare species such as the Reticulated Giraffe, Beisa Oryx, Grevy's Zebra, Gerenuk and Somali Ostrich amongst others. In recent years the various landowners have tended away from exclusive cattle ranching to embrace more tolerance of game and even large predators such as lion and hyena are more abundant now than they were 25 years ago.
Mount Kenya Safari Club in Kenya
With magnificent views of majestic Mount Kenya, the Safari Club?s 115 luxuriously appointed guest rooms, set in over 100 acres of landscaped gardens, offer a unique blend of comfort, relaxation and adventure. Originally the retreat of movie star and Club founder, William Holden, the Club's illustrious former members have included Winston Churchill and Bing Crosby.
Mount Kenya Safari club has a choice of 7 thoroughbreds from which to choose from and the guests can ride them any time always in the company of one or more grooms. Children under the age of 12 years are not allowed to ride them.
The Region of Loisaba
The private game ranch in Loisaba is located between the border of Laikipia and Northern Frontier District. The ranch is only a few km away from the equator and its a land that is magnificently beautiful and the farm management are working hand in hand with the locals including the Masai and Samburu to preserve the enviroment.
Horseback-ride through the wild canyons of the two great rivers that span the vast property. Loisaba is immense: bigger than ten of the world's fully-fledged nations. You could take months exploring this land and never encounter the same view twice. On horseback it is possible to get unusually close to wildlife and our stable of horses have all been reared from birth in the bush so are quite accustomed to its presence. It is however a reasonable degree of riding skill required.
Amboseli National Park
Amboseli National Park is located North West of Mt. Kilimanjaro, on the border with Tanzania. Ride Kenya, offer horse riding safaris to one of the most game-rich parks in East Africa. The six nights, 120 mile ride starts at the Kenya/Tanzania border, goes through Amboseli National Park and end at the Chyulu Hills.
Riding through the Amboseli guarantees the rider to see many types of wild animals including elephants, buffaloes,hippos,lions ,cheetahs and huge herds of zebra and wildebeest. Amboseli is located at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro so the view is breathtaking and awesome.
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