South & Central America

Riding Holidays

Horse Riding in the Andes

We can offer set departure dates as well as private rides between the historic haciendas in two stunningly beautiful but very distinct areas of the Ecuadorian Andes. These trips will give you a real insight into local life as you ride between patchwork fields in pastoral valley and then ascent onto the wild open plains of Cotapaxi, the snow-capped Andean peaks providing a magnificent backdrop.

Andean Highlands Tours

The Andean Highlands Tour takes you on a complete circuit of the perfectly conical, snow-capped Cotopaxi Volcano, through breathtaking, wild open country including Cotopaxi National Park and seldom-visited open plains high in the Andes. You get a chance of seeing the Andean wildlife (the mighty Andean condor among other raptors, high altitude hummingbirds, foxes and deer) as you cross a variety of scenery including rugged passes, barren, luna-like landscapes and rolling, grassy hills. The pace is varied, including plenty of chances for long canters across the wilderness. Where there is a break in the sea of high Andean grasslands the ground is carpeted with wild flowers and you pass by primary woodland with native trees and shrubs. During part of the ride you cross old lava flows dotted with rocks catapulted out from the erupting volcano, where only lichens grow and the streams fed by snowmelt run red from the iron deposits.