Learn about the challenges and rewards of photographing wild horses  by Steve Simmons For years I admired and revered many of the wild horse photos I’d seen in books, magazines, and art galleries. Stallions locked in combat. Herds running at full gallop across the landscape. You a...

Ride the foothills of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta's Sheep River by Darley Newman It might seem like a crazy idea--  riding horses twenty miles into the mountains of Southwestern Alberta with a TV production crew and all their high definition equipment-- but we like to get off the ...

Horseback Winery Tours at a Uruguay Estancia It took a little getting used to the tack on my first ride in Uruguay in South America. I felt like I was straddling a very wide, soft table—very different from my English saddle at home. I was riding in a traditional sheepskin saddle at Finc...

Fit in with the locals when you travel and horseback ride by checking out these Western equestrian styles. by Darley Newman You may not see these on the runways, but these are the Western riding clothes folks are really wearing horse riding around the USA. Check out these U.S. Western styles...

A longtime resident reveals Tryon's Horse Appeal by Libbie Johnson “We’re not Aiken, and we’re not Ocala and we’re not Middleburg. We’re Tryon and we think our horse heaven is just that…. heaven.” Dubbed a “best kept secret” for hors...

Thinking of traveling somewhere new? Ever wonder what you'll eat on your travels? by Darley Newman Take a look at the culinary delights we've enjoyed on our adventures traveling the world filming Equitrekking. Learn about the exotic foods that you can expect to chow down on during your...

Watch promos for Equitrekking's new season on Create TV, a Public Television lifestyle channel. View the TV schedule. Episodes include Equitrekking Alberta, Uruguay, Jordan: Petra, Royal Stables & Dead Sea, Turkey's Coast, Cappadocia & Istanbul, Great American...

Cattle Drive with gauchos... South American cowboys by Darley Newman Working estancias, South American ranches, allow guests to saddle up and help out with daily tasks, like moving cattle across the grasslands. We’d just left a nearby estancia during a storm, and it was our final night...

“Compared to us, City Slickers is a pony ride." -- Dana Kerns. Arriving by covered wagon from Missouri in 1887, the Kerns family has a long tradition of raising cattle in Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains.  Dana and Alice Kerns, who own and run Doublerafter Cattle Drives, share ...

Learn about what kinds of saddles and equestrian tack you may try on your riding vacation by Darley Newman One of the challenges of traveling around the world riding horses with the locals is adjusting to different riding styles and different tack.  Just as there are different horse bre...