What makes Africa’s riding holidays so luxurious? A local riding friend asked me recently about a riding safari I’d...

Safari trips have always had a place of honor in literature and Hollywood movies. Decades ago, safaris were all about superlatives, decadent and opulent at the same time. Yet we cannot argue they exhaled a certain nostalgic charm.

To create the look and feel of a turn-of-the-century African safari, complete with zebras grazing near the camp, we enlisted producer Michael Reynolds, photographer Anthony Cotsifas, and prop stylist Eugenia Santiesteban Soto for a New York City photo shoot. Find out how the images came to life.

Seven luxury hotels and resorts in picturesque locations, from Italy to Costa Rica.

Photos: How We Created an East African Safari in NYC - Condé Nast Traveler

by Betsy Blodgett

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