Name: 7 Day Picturesque Horse Riding Tour in Monfragüe National Park, Spain
Brand: Jerebeque Trails Horse Riding
Price: 1850 EUR
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Accommodation

The accommodation and your attention in every aspect of the rides are all to an excellent standard. The accommodation along the way varies from the charming rural inns in villages to delightful four-star hotels in the National Park and Trujillo town.

On this ride, four nights will be at four-star hotels. All rooms have private bathrooms and are very clean and comfortable. Single rooms are possible on request with a single supplement.

There will be Wi-Fi in every place where you will stay and it will be for free. There are towels, shampoo, and liquid soap in each room, and in some places, they have hairdryers as well. The accommodation has been carefully chosen by Jerebeque Trails Horse Riding.

Due to the quality and also because of the place for horses, they will normally rest in a field next to the hotel where you will spend the nights.

Program

The landscape during the ride will be spectacular, with holm and cork oaks woods and pastures called dehesa, the most emblematic landscape in Extremadura, as well as the impressive landscape of the Monfragüe National Park, perfect for riding with your excellent horses. Emilio knows the terrain and the trails very well and will show you interesting facts along the way.

A support van will follow the group during the whole week, meeting you in the morning for tapas-breaks, lunches, at night, and also to move your luggage, so you will have access to your luggage during the day at least three times or when is necessary.

So, it will not be necessary to carry anything on the horse. You will also have some small saddle bags in front of the saddles for small things, such as bottled water, sunscreen, camera, and mobile gadgets. The service along the rides will be outstanding.

The pace

The pace of this ride will be moderate, depending on the terrain. There will be walks and trots with good canters whenever possible. The distance covered on average will be 25 to 35 kilometers per day. The landscape will also change every day.

Normally, you will not walk leading horses, except for any circumstances that are required like 20 minutes on the fourth day downhill in this ride.

Level of riding

Intermediate to experienced riders means that you should be comfortable walking, trotting, and cantering in groups in open spaces, and your seat should be independent of your hands. On the rides, you will be riding for between four to seven hours a day so it will be important to be as riding-fit as possible.

Guide

Every ride will be personally guided by the experienced Emilio. With an experience of over 30 years as an equestrian guide, he is a terrific guide. Emilio is an expert rider and has a special ability to match his horses with riders.

He will be leading the groups with his confident and well-mannered horses that are a pleasure to ride and to be around with. You will always feel very safe. He is also an English speaker.

Horses

You will be with excellent PRE horses, Hispano-Arabs and born at home, that are very much loved, very well-trained, beautifully looked after, good-natured, and very easy to ride. They are all well-fed and in great riding shape.

Tack

Jerebeque Trails Horse Riding uses the finest quality English saddles and tack with silicon seat savers and small saddle bags in front of the saddles. All the tack is in excellent condition and very comfortable for horses and riders. The horse tack quality is outstanding.

Stud breeding farm

At Jerebeque Trails Horse Riding, they use PRE horses bred from the mares that also work on the rides. These are mares chosen for their resistance, work capacity, good character, and for their favorite color, grey.

Jerebeque Trails Horse Riding also chooses stallions with the best and most contrasted origins within the race of the Andaluz horse, so they have gotten PRE horses for the rides of the best quality due to their ability to work in resistance in the hot summer temperatures and the lack of water as well as the capacity to survive in the snowy mountains of the Sierra the Gredos.

Serene horses are horses with excellent character, friendly, close to humans, and easy to ride. They will always give you the last breath in your gallops across the width and length of the Cañadas Reales in Extremadura.

Dry by the heat and muddy by the rain, they will also be able to take you to the highest peaks and the deepest valley of the Sierra de Gredos along the granitic trails.

Important information

Your hosts can adjust the itinerary accordingly to a stationary ride with two days on a mini trail. In Sierra de Gredos, Jerebeque Trails Horse Riding can adjust the itinerary to "Crystalline waters of Gredos" and in Extremadura, they will offer "Extremadura Treasures."

Please note that the space in the support van is limited. It will be for luggage that is very heavy for the guests to carry every day, though their suitcases will be available all day, making the tour very comfortable for them (you can access your luggage at tapas and lunch breaks or when needed; the support van will always be available for the group).

Jerebeque Trails Horse Riding has also limited the weight of the luggage. The maximum weight permissible for whole luggage is 23 kg. In case of exceeding the limit, there will be an extra cost of 60 EUR per person per week.

Leaving early

In the last few years, Jerebeque Trails Horse Riding has noticed that some clients decided to stop riding for personal reasons and they follow the group by the support van or they go back home.

In this case, there will be an extra cost of bringing the horse back home. It will depend on the distance. In some of the progressive trail rides, they will be very far away from home. The extra cost will be from a minimum of 100 EUR.

Itinerary

Day 1: Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) - Trujillo

Meet at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) at 15:00 and transfer to Trujillo for about a two and a half hours’ drive. There will be time to visit the spectacular town of Trujillo before a welcome dinner at the hotel with Jerebeque Trails Horse Riding, where you will learn about the ride and region on the map.

Day 2: Trujillo - Jaraicejo

Transfer to the horses (five minutes) will be followed by distribution of horses. This easy day of riding will be the time to meet your horse and in the morning, ride through the open landscape with beautiful views of Trujillo town.

It will also be possible to see bulls, sheep, and goats in freedom in the countryside when you go riding through the Cañada Real Puerto de Miravete.

On this trip, you will ride through the Cañadas Reales, a Spanish medieval network of paths for cattle movement, which is 75 meters wide - perfect for riding. You'll also take a short afternoon trip to Jaraicejo, a very nice medieval village in the national park. Night and dinner will be at a rural hotel.

Time on the saddle: 6 hours

Day 3: Jaraicejo - Torrejón el Rubio

Upon departure after breakfast, you will ride by the cattle trail to Torrejón el Rubio. Experience good trots and canters in the morning through the dehesa. Another luxury picnic will be waiting for you in a beautiful spot along the way.

In the afternoon, ride with great views of Sierra de Gredos in front of you. Dinner and night will be at a beautiful four-star hotel with a spa and swimming pool, where you will spend two nights.

Time on the saddle: 6 hours

Day 4: Torrejón el Rubio - Salto del Gitano - Torrejón el Rubio

Upon departure after breakfast, you will go through the national park to Salto del Gitano. You will cross the maximum protection area of the park, the National Park Reserve. For this, you will need special authorization.

You will get to the highest place at the Sierra de las Corchuelas, which is surrounded by oaks, giving you unique and incomparable views to enjoy the peace and pure nature. You can also see the Tajo River canyons.

You'll have lunch beside the River Tajo and after lunchtime, you will visit the cliff of Salto del Gitano to admire the black storks, vultures, Egyptian vultures, and imperial eagles - just a few of the many birds that nest there. Go back to Torrejón el Rubio and sleep in the same hotel as the previous night. Dinner will also be at the four-star hotel.

Time on the saddle: 5 hours

Day 5: Torrejón el Rubio - Aldea del Obispo

This day will be a beautiful day from Torrejón el Rubio to Aldea del Obispo. You will ride through the Cañada Real. Lunch will be beside the Almonte River, an amazing enclave where the Cañada Real crosses the river by another beautiful medieval bridge. After lunch, ride to Aldea del Obispo. Dinner and night will be at a lovely country house.

Time on the saddle: 7 hours

Day 6: Aldea del Obispo - Trujillo

This will be a short day from Aldea del Obispo to the beginning of the ride in Trujillo. You will ride through the Cañada Real. Have a fantastic lunch with paella cooked on the spot at your base, with magnificent views of Trujillo town to say goodbye to your wonderful horse.

There will also be time in the afternoon to visit Trujillo. Farewell dinner will be at the Trujillo main square with your hosts.

Time on the saddle: 3 hours

Day 7: Trujillo - Madrid

After breakfast, depart from Trujillo at 10:00 to be on time for flights. The transfer will be two and a half hours so please book flights not before 14:00. All riders will be transferred at the same time. If any rider needs to arrive in Madrid before, they can arrange a transfer at extra cost.

The itinerary may vary due to weather or other circumstances.

Instructors

Emilio Rodriguez Morales

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Emilio was born in Sierra de Gredos, El Barco de Avila, the grandson of the most important Avilan cattleman in the region. Every ride is personally guided by the experienced Emilio with over 30 years of experience. As an equestrian guide, he is terrific. Emilio is an English-speaking expert rider and has a special ability to match his horses with riders. He leads the groups with his confident and well-mannered horses that are a pleasure to ride that you will always feel very safe.

Location

This horse riding tour will take place in Monfragüe National Park, Spain. You will go and explore Trujillo, Jaraicejo, Torrejón el Rubio, Salto del Gitano, and Aldea del Obispo.

Trujillo

This ride starts and finishes in Trujillo, a very historic town with a mix of cultures and still-existing Roman remains from the Roman town of Turgallium, which nowadays is Trujillo.

On the top of the town, there is a spectacular castle founded in the 10th century by Arabs. In the main square, many beautiful palaces were built by Spanish Conquistadors during the 16th-century. Many storks, eagles, and swallows can be seen circling the nests on the roof of the churches and palaces in the Plaza Mayor, a very good atmosphere.

Trujillo is very famous for its monuments and because it was the birthplace of Francisco Pizarro and his brothers, conquerors of Peru, as well as of Francisco de Orellana, who accomplished the first descent of the River Amazon. Pizarro’s equestrian statue stands in the Plaza Mayor.

Monfragüe National Park

The Monfragüe National Park is a wonderful place to visit for Mediterranean flora and ornithology. Located close to Trujillo, with the Tajo river running through it, the Monfragüe National Park is unique. It was declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 2003.

Monfragüe takes its name from the Romans, who called it Mons Fragorum, the fragmented mountain. It is a typically Iberian landscape that provides a home for the Park’s incredibly diverse flora and fauna. Cork oaks, wild olives, and holm oak trees surround the national park.

The most popular birdwatching spot for visitors is the Salto del Gitano. This is a 300-meter cliff above the Tajo River. Jerebeque Trails Horse Riding will not forget to program a break in your Monfragüe National Park ride to admire the black storks, vultures, Egyptian vultures, and imperial eagles that are just a few of the many birds that nest in the Salto del Gitano.

The park is also the site of Monfragüe Castle, an Arab construction. People have left many other marks on Monfragüe over the ages, such as many prehistoric cave paintings.

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Food

You will be served all meals from welcome dinner on the first day to breakfast on the last day, as well as white and red wine with lunch and dinner included in the price.

The food is another highlight of this trip. Mamen will delight you with the tapas-breaks waiting for you in any unexpected place, with Serrano ham, Manchego cheese, olives, nuts, etc.

Lunchtime will be a relaxing and social affair with delicious home-cooked Spanish dishes such as paella, tortilla Española, Iberian pork barbecue, salads, and excellent quality soft cheese very typical of Extremadura Torta del Casar. This will be followed by a siesta in the peace of the countryside.

After the day riding, your dinner in the evening will be at around 21:00 and you will have a choice from the different dishes and courses of local Spanish recipes. Your dinner will be at your guesthouse accommodation. All the drinks are also included during the meals: excellent Spanish red and white wines, beer, canned drinks, and water.

Special diets (vegetarian, gluten-free, allergies, etc.) can be arranged with advance notice.

The following meals are included:

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Drinks

The following drinks are included:

Water
Alcoholic beverages

The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:

Vegetarian
Gluten Free
Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
Other dietary requirements on request

If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation

What's included

Riding program
Excursions described in the itinerary
Horses and tack
English-speaking guide
Luggage transport
All transfers from and to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)
6 nights accommodation
All meals
White and red wine with lunch and dinner

What's not included

International flights
Alcoholic drinks other than wine with dinner
Massages
Items of a personal nature
Gratuities
Extra cost for three-rider groups (70 EUR per person payable locally)
Extra cost for two-rider groups (100 EUR per person payable locally)

How to get there

Recommended Airports

MAD

Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport

227 km

Transfer included

Airport: Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport Airport transfer included: Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport No additional charges. You can request this in the next step.

Cancellation Policy

A reservation requires a deposit of 17% of the total price.
The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.

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