Articles Tagged 'Iceland'
YQA - Top 5 Most Extreme Horse Rides
Five Thrilling Horse Rides That Will Earn You Bragging Rights by Darley Newman We've taken and filmed a few "extreme" horse rides with Equitrekking. Here's my top five most extreme horse rides. Want to challenge us to try an exciting horse ride? Email us and let us know about it… Read more »
Iceland Pylsur- I Tried It & Liked It Video
Did it beat the American hot dog!?! by Darley Newman Victoria Haschka, a food and travel writer for the Huffington Post, recently wrote about the psylur in Is This the Best Hot Dog in the World? I ate this particular dog in Equitrekking's Iceland episode and I really liked it! Not… Read more »
Icelandic Horses Video - the Tolt and Horse Trekking
An Icelander Explains the Icelandic Horses' Special Ways of Moving by Darley Newman In working to explain the Icelandic horse's special gait or way of moving to travelers who hoped to go riding in Iceland or ride Icelandics in Vermont, I recently went straight to the source. I had my Icelandic… Read more »
Iceland- Horse Drive
“Go fast,” is the advice that Asa, an Icelandic farmer, gave me as we took off with fifty horses, running parallel to a giant glacier in the distance alongside the Ring Road, the main highway in Iceland. During the summer when it is light for most of each day, these… Read more »
Short Equestrian Vacations Can Actually Increase Your Happiness
by: Equitrekking host Darley Newman Can't get away for a whole week to take a riding vacation? There are lots of new flexible horse riding trips that allow you a shorter time in the saddle in Vermont, Ireland, Virginia, North Carolina, Alaska, Colorado and beyond. Shorter vacations are ideal for… Read more »
Iceland- Hoofbeats in the Land of Fire and Ice
By Judie Framan Photography by Elliot Framan We heard the sound first; the TAKA TAKA TAKA TAKA of hoofbeats along the road. Then we saw them, 90 horses in every color imaginable; blacks, bays, duns, browns, cremelos, palominos, even a pinto. Necks arched high, long tails floating, manes waving, Icelandic… Read more »
The Icelandic Horse
By Judie Framan Photography by Elliot Framan The horse is an integral part of the Icelandic nation. They came to Iceland with the Vikings around 900 AD. It is thought that they were descendents of the Mongolian ponies that were imported to Scandinavia. The story of the settling of the… Read more »
Snowmobiling in Iceland Behind the Scenes Video
Go behind the scenes with the Equitrekking crew snowmobiling on a glacier in Iceland by Darley Newman Darley Newman is the host of the Emmy Award-winning Public Television series Equitrekking®, which takes viewers on horseback riding vacations around the world. Equitrekking is broadcast on PBS stations and on international networks… Read more »
Iceland Horse Drive
Today, we drove a herd of 50 horses to Gullfoss, a huge waterfall, in Iceland. I have to admit, since I had only just gotten to Iceland and ridden Icelandics once, I was a little nervous, as we took off at a fast tolt with 50 horses behind me and… Read more »
Iceland- Cliff Ride
On a ride in Iceland with Ishestar, which can be booked through EquitrekkingTravel.com, my guide Asa wanted to take me a different route on the way home, so we drove the herd of horses back towards the farm, but then split off from the rest of the group for our… Read more »