2024 BLACK SADDLE EXCLUSIVE RIDES

 

We organise exclusive rides for Black Saddle guests at the best time of year to experience our safaris. If you want to enjoy the best of everything with like minded people, join us.

A Black Saddle exclusive ride means the entire group are Black Saddle guests.

Hosted rides mean that someone from Black Saddle will join the ride.

Let’s Ride

CELESTIAL MOUNTAINS | €1,899 (Hosted Ride)

11 DAYS | KYRGYZSTAN

Kyrgyzstan is known as ‘Switzerland of the East’. Blue alpine lakes, snowy mountain peaks and not a fence in sight. You’ll ride in two mountain ranges, see thousands of free roaming horses, scale mountain passes, stay in yurts, and explore soviet Bishkek on this tour that we have designed to see the very best of country.

TRIP HIGHLIGHTS

  • Ride in two mountainous locations - Chong Kemin National Park and Song Kol Lake

  • Visit the Eagle Hunters

  • Stay mostly in comfortable yurt camps or guesthouses

  • Visit Burana Tower - one of the oldest relics of the Great Silk Road

  • Swim with your horses in Song Kol Lake

  • Witness the traditional game of Kok-Boru

  • Stay at a luxury hotel in Bishkek with a soviet vibe

DATES

26 June - 06 July 2024

08 - 18 July 2024

08 - 18 August 2024

THE GREAT SILK ROAD TREK | €2,699

18 DAYS | KYRGYZSTAN

Are you up for an old school adventure? A true expedition for the fit and the brave, you will undertake the most challenging ride we have, scaling mountain passes, riding through canyons, camping beside alpine lakes passing herds of shaggy yaks. This ride had many surprises and will get you deep into the nomadic way of life.

TRIP HIGHLIGHTS

  • This is a true expedition, a continuous trek traveling on horseback

  • See thousands of free-roaming horses in natural herds

  • Visit the majestic Eagle Hunters

  • Swim with your horses in Song Kol Lake

  • Witness the traditional game of Kok-Boru

  • See the Milky Way with your own eyes at night

  • Finish at a premium hotel in the capital, Bishkek

DATES

07 - 24 July 2024 (2 saddles)

07 - 24 August 2024 (1 saddle)

THE LUPINE RIDE | €2,850

3 NIGHTS | ICELAND

Spend four days riding from the glaciers of the highlands at Thorsmork back to the horses home farm, Hekluhestar. Ride through purple, lupine fields in peak bloom, past glacier tongues and ford rivers.

Thrilling adventure riding in the highlands of Iceland with a herd of 40 loose horses coupled with comfortable nights in twin share hotel rooms or pretty bell tents. You can have both adventure and comfort on this exclusive Black Saddle ride.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Ride with the herd of 40+ loose horses

  • Fast riding - you will barely walk at all!

  • Experience the majestic highlands

  • Ride through black sand lava fields

  • Tolt through blooming fields of purple lupine flowers

  • Wonderful, welcoming owners / guides that lead the ride and train their own horses

DATES

14 - 17 June 2024 (2 saddles)

LANDMANNALAUGAR | €2,990 (Hosted Ride)

6 NIGHTS | ICELAND

Discover highlands of Iceland, the volcanoes, lava fields and lush green fields from the back of one of their hardy horses. Ride with a herd of loose horses that move with your through the ruggard highland countryside. You’ll feel like a viking as you tolt and gallop across black samd deserts surrounded by volvanic cones, loose horses cantering right beside you.

So aesthetic, so wild. The landscapes of Landmannalaugar are stunning!

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Ride with the herd of 40+ loose horses

  • Fast riding - you will barely walk at all!

  • Experience the majestic highlands

  • Ride through black sand lava fields

  • Bathe in the hot river

  • Visit the rainbow coloured mountains of Landmannalaugar

DATES

15 - 21 July (4 saddles)

SLOVENIAN CASTLES | €880

4 NIGHTS | SLOVENIA

Ride for four days from castle to castle through the lush green Slovenian countryside, pulling pears from trees and eating them on horseback, sipping local schnapps and cantering your horse through the valleys. This is a relaxed, blissful, stress-free ride and such incredible value.

One of our most popular rides. It makes a great short European break.

Highlights:

  • Four days western riding in the Slovenian countryside

  • Quaint and comfortable B&B in a village, returning to the same place each night.

  • Visit three fairytale castles

  • Delicious meals with a blended cuisine that matches Slovenia’s blended history

  • Ride to the top of the Karst Mountains for beautiful views

DATES

01 - 05 May 2024 (6 saddles - also possible to reserves as as a private group)

12 - 16 June 2024 (2 saddles)

OKAVANGO DELTA | £6,580

7 NIGHTS | BOTSWANA

Botswana is one of if not the best place in the world to see a wide array of wildlife. There is no better way to savour the Okavango Delta and experience its unparalleled wildlife population than on horseback. The annual flooding of the area leaves vast swathes of the Delta inaccessible to vehicles, making horses the most natural and exciting means to explore.

The pace of riding is varied; in between fast and thrilling gallops alongside giraffe, zebra and buck, in water and on land, you quietly creep closer to bigger game like buffalo and elephant and take time to indulge in some of the best bird watching in the world.

Highlights:

  • Huge numbers of wildlife at one of the best times to visit the Delta

  • Luxury tented accommodation with ensuite shower rooms

  • Beautiful camp with a pool

  • Wonderful, varied menus and an open bar

  • Fast and sporty riding with wildlife

Available Dates:

24 - 31 August 2024 (1 Saddle)

NURPUR NOON | £4,950 (Hosted Ride)

7 NIGHTS | PAKISTAN

New, totally unique and completely mesmerising. This might be your favourite safai - ever. Brit Bertie Alexander and local Taimur Noon have created a dazzling, sporty, wild and romantic ride through glorious Pakistan.

This itinerary perfectly blends action and adventure with a three day mobile safari following the hoof-prints of Alexander the Great and his horse Bucephalus. You’ll then enjoy a luxurious stay at Nurpur Noon Estate and a top hotel in Lahore.

Highlights:

  • Three nights at exclusive Nurpur Noon Estate

  • Three day mobile tented safari

  • Cross the River Jhelum as Alexander the Great did

  • Play chukkas at the Noon’s private polo pitch

  • Ride camels and drive mini ponies in the rose garden

  • Incredible private pool complex

  • Explore Lahore including the Old Fort and Mosque

Available Dates:

09 - 16 October 2023

 
 
 

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