Tents at Macatoo Camp, Botswana
Centre based holidays

Centre-based Riding Holidays

A riding holiday based at a centralised accommodation, with horseback rides in different directions each day which can be adapted to differing riding levels and to your wishes. You can unpack and relax, knowing you return to the same place each night and even sit out a day and rest if you prefer. It is an ideal opportunity to share a horseback holiday with your family, as a couple or amongst friends, without wondering whether non-riders will get bored, novice riders will be overly challenged or experienced riders will be frustrated. If you wish your centre-based riding holiday to include another element such as dressage instruction or cattle work then you may wish to browse those sections of our website too, or call us for advice. There is a riding holiday to suit everyone.

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From the horse’s mouth

  • Cross-country training at Castle Leslie
    April 2025 Donna aged 64
    An expensive riding holiday with not enough riding and nothing else really included. Too much downtime for me and other activities were not included and even if they were they were never available without giving up some of your limited amount of riding. A very lovely estate and nice people working there and easy to... Read all
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  • Ants Lodges
    April 2025 Clare aged 49
    This trip has been a dream of mine ever since I was a young girl and now at nearly 50 years I fulfilled my dream. Riding amongst giraffe, rhino and zebra is an incredible experience I will never forget. Francisca at Equus Journeys helped me and my daughter to plan a seamless journey to South Africa without any... Read all
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  • Beaches of Camargue
    April 2025 Claire aged 60
    We have just returned from the Camargue Beaches ride - it was fantastic! The Equus team have been supportive and responsive from start to finish. Iris could not have been more accommodating for our group arrangements, and the team in France made sure our adventure was everything we expected - and more! Horses were... Read all
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  • Beaches of Camargue
    April 2025 Rachel aged 61
    Very high horse welfare, we had to catch groom and feed our horses before we were served breakfast ourselves!!
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  • Beaches of Camargue
    April 2025 Amanda aged 60
    We loved our trip to the Camargue. Everything went smoothly and we all fell in love with the horses. Mine (Habibi) was very sweet natured and always ready for a good canter. The pace of riding was great and our guide, Aurelys, together with Daniel were both brilliant – v professional and good fun – happy to tolerate... Read all
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  • Horse riding holiday in Tuscany
    An ideal destination for friends and families
  • South Africa Cape Winelands riding trails
    Horseback riding in South Africa
  • White horse during classical training in Spain
    Lusitano horse in the arena
  • Ranch riding holiday in South Africa
    Memories for a lifetime!
  • Lusitano horses and dressage lessons
    Dressage lessons on Lusitano horses