KENYA: Under Canvas, Chasing the Wild

SAFARIS UNLIMITED, Kenya

Instagram who? This is the real thing – wild and untamed with Safaris Unlimited. Over 50 years ago Tony Church saddled up and basically invented the African riding safari. Think giraffe loping alongside you, a blur of zebra stripes squeaking past and the distant rumble of a lion doing its thing. Now Gordie and Felicia Church are at the reins and it is safari turned all the way up: canvas tents in proper wilderness, camp bread and coffee on the fire, and a crew of 25 beautifully schooled endurance horses packing you through land that is very much alive. Safaris Unlimited is where African riding safaris were born and they still deliver the full out of Africa fever dream.

LEVEL: Feisty Intermediate. Think riding fit, happy at all paces, and cool on a forward horse over open, messy ground. If rising trot breaks you or the idea of galloping out of trouble makes you sweat, pick a tamer holiday

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A survivor of many memorable journeys across Africa, it is to Kenya that I prefer to return. A remote and pristine wilderness unfolds if you dare to depart the tourist trail and satisfy your spirit of adventure. - Excerpt from Tony's memoirs "Stepping Out - The Life and Times of the Mara Cowboy"