UMGENI, SOUTH AFRICA: The 7-Day Journey Ride £1,100

Seven Days. Into the Wild. Bad Pony Approved

Ride with owner, Tess Miles, from a working farm through bushveld and sugarcane fields deep into the Umgeni Valley reserve, spending three nights at Fountain Hill Estate before crossing into Cumberland Nature Reserve for the final stretch. Each day brings something different. Cliff top farmland, a dramatic gorge ride to a hidden waterfall, open grasslands with game on all sides and a river crossing where you swap the saddle for a rowboat while the horses go by truck. The highlight? Summiting a massive kranz with views over the entire valley that will genuinely stop you in your tracks. Sundowners, campfires and horses grazing nearby every evening.