Adventure Travel on Horseback
Adventure travel on horseback has great advantages for those who are riders or want to become riders. It provides an opportunity to travel and at the same time practice a fascinating sport which has captivated people for millennia. One can hardly get the same satisfaction in driving from place to place through traffic that one can get from riding there on horseback across the countryside or on dirt paths as our ancestors used to travel. It makes the difference between in depth travel where one makes contact with the local people and gains some understanding of their culture and speeding by in a bus or car like ugly Americans to the habitual tourist haunts which have an insipid sameness the world over.
Watching a herd of zebra from a landrover is very passive adventure travel compared to the exhilarating excitement of galloping with them over the open plains on a responsive horse. For those with a sense of history, riding across the drawbridge into the courtyard of a castle like knights of old has a nostalgic thrill to it which far surpasses visits in tour buses. You will find also that local people love riders and feel an instant rapport which is otherwise difficult to achieve. Another advantage is that after a day in the saddle one can far better appreciate the food and drink which is usually delicious. Riding is also a wonderful, relaxing exercise which fosters health of mind and body.
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