TRAVEL TV: EQUITREKKING

Last week, I wrote about some of the best TV Travel shows. I received an email asking me if I had seen EQUITREKKING.

EQUITREKKING is a travel show, with a difference. Host Darley Newman travels the world and sightsees a different way, on horseback. No, this doesn't mean that she gallops through the Louvre on a horse. She visits the cities on foot. But then local guides show her the little seen areas on horseback.

Part travel show, and part nature show, this is a wonderful program.

It airs on many PBS channels, as well as the PBS digital channel Create, where I caught two episodes this past weekend.

In one episode, Darley visited Iceland. In addition to the clubs and spas, she visited the lava fields on traditional Icelandic horses. In another episode, she visited Alaska. She toured the glaciers, did some white water rafting, and visited on horseback locations of the old gold rush days.

As someone whose knowledge of horses doesn't extend beyond what John Wayne rides in old Westerns, I was fascinated by it. You don't have to be a horse fanatic to like the show.

Of all the travel shows, this may be one of the most beautifully shot programs. Unfortunately, Create (where I saw it) isn't broadcast in HD. If it was, this could rival what is on some of the HD nature channels.

EQUITREKKING airs on various PBS channels, as well as the Create Digital Channel. You can find out much more, as well as purchase DVDs of episodes, on their website.