Kate Pilcher - Founder&guide of Globetrotting - sharing her passion for horses and exploring horse cultures around the world. - a podcast by Sarah Williams

Kate Pilcher is the founder & guide of Globetrotting, a worldwide travel agency that specialises in horse riding experiences to all corners of the globe. Kate discovered this form of travel as part of a quarter-life crisis and ran away to Argentina and then Kenya to discover herself from the back of a horse. Now in her forties Kate leads globetrotting rides to some extraordinary places with her three daughters and husband in toe.

 

Kate in her own words:

 

“I started Globetrotting a bit over a decade ago, thanks to a quarter-life crisis. You see, I had turned 25 and went on a 10-day horse riding safari in the Maasai Mara, Kenya, where my mind was blown by witnessing the wildebeest migration astride a safari horse. 

 

It was THIS crazy, colourful, life-changing experience that led me to step away from my business (Salt magazine), my boyfriend (now husband – thankfully Steven is a very patient man), mortgage and flee to a remote 100,000 acre estancia in Patagonia only accessible via horse.

 

For the next nine months I jumped from saddle to saddle, driven by an unquenchable thirst to explore horse cultures in South America and Africa. When I finally returned home, Globetrotting took form alongside my business at the time, Salt magazine.

 

You see, I fell in love with this form of travel – Globetrotting – where the pace is slower and the experience richer.

Rather than travelling in a tour bus (conveyor-belt travel, I like to call it), when you’re astride a horse, you climb under the skin of a country, absorbing every nuance it has to offer.

 

I knew it was the only way for me to travel, and I was determined to share this passion with other horse folk and I have. 

 

This is a true calling for me.”

 

 

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• Who is Kate
• What is Globetrotting
• How they use horse riding to change people's lives
• A little background about her family
• Her first and earliest memory of horses
• Having a little interest in horses back then
• Never thought of horses as part of her career
• Having no idea what she wanted to do
• Working in small businesses alongside her degree
• How sales and marketing interest her
• She enjoys marketing and sales
• Moving to the UK after finishing her degree
• Returning to Australia and having the chance to ride a horse once again
• Exploring Maasai Mara in Kenya for 10 days
• Wanting to get away from everything
• Feeling that she isn't living the life she was meant to live
• Rejecting Steven's marriage proposal
• How Globetrotting started
• Background on how and why she took the risk of changing careers
• Wanting to be invited to the world's oldest horseback riding event
• Being able to open many people's doors through her space
• Getting more detailed about horse riding
• Different types of rides and items to carry on the journey
• Ensuring that each client is well-cared for from start to finish.
• Her favourite horse breeds
• Talking about horse therapy
• Road testing in European rides in 2018
• Riding with a baby and just wanting to go home
• The most challenging time she had during her riding journey
• Having her husband's support and encouragement
• Being a mother and how it affects her work
• "Home is my family and we can go anywhere and have adventure."
• Planning a six-week adventure in August with family and guests
• Experiencing the most terrifying adventure with her girls back in 2021
• Returning to horse riding after having children
• More information on the Silk Road Adventure - Kazakhstan - Kyrgyzstan - Mongolia
• Partnering with Katy Willings
• Final words of advice

Social Media

Website: www.globetrotting.com.au

Instagram: @globetrotting.com.au

Facebook: @globetrotting.com.au

Youtube: Globetrotting - Horse Riding Holidays