8 Day Advanced Horse Riding Holiday in La Salvetat sur Agout, Occitanie

Facilities

This is a really unique opportunity to fully experience of riding ranch horses. Know how to build a strong and trusting relationship with your horse. Also for this program, you will have the same horse for the whole week.

Day 1

You are welcome to arrive at Oosting-HorseRiding from 16:00. You are free to explore the ranch, meet your fellow guests, and settle into your room. In the evening, a delicious three-course home-cooked meal will be served in the restaurant.

Day 2

After breakfast, you will get extensive explanation about the basics of riding with a western saddle and dealing with the horses. Oosting-Horseriding will give a saddling demonstration and there is plenty of opportunities to share your experience and ask questions. You will be partnered with your horse, which you will ride for the entire week, ensuring to build a trusting partnership. After lunch, your first acquaintance with your horse for this week will become a fact and you will go riding, which will last for (minimum) two hours and you will have plenty of opportunities to ask questions.

Day 3

After breakfast, you will go to the stables and saddle your horse to be ready for the full day trail. An experienced member of the staff will be available at all times if you need some advice or help. Lunch, drinks and a snack will be taken care of and you will continue the trail ride after lunch.

Day 4

The horse riding adventure really starts, as an individual and adventurous program awaits you. After breakfast, you will ride the adventure trail of approximately two up to two and a half hours, with two to four people, without a guide. The trail is within the extensive grounds of the ranch and enables you and your horse to become much closer friends. The afternoon is free for you to relax, before the spectacular evening ride. The quieter the ride, the more likely you are to see the abundant wildlife of the park. The evening ride (approximately two hours) heightens your senses to the sounds and sensations of the park, an experience not to be missed.

Day 5:

Rest day for both you and your horse. You can choose to relax at the estate, take a walk in the forest, or go to the lake. If you have your own car, you may want to visit a beach, a typical French town nearby, or the historical village of Carcassonne.

Day 6

After breakfast, you will be leaving for a full day trail ride and if the weather and lake conditions permit, you will go swimming with your horse. Lunch will be a picnic.

Day 7

After breakfast, you will make a trail ride in the morning, have lunch at the ranch, and make use of the trail park with natural obstacles in the afternoon. This evening, you finish this week with a big barbecue, where you can share your many adventures and experiences of this week.

Day 8

After breakfast, you, unfortunately, have to say 'goodbye'. It is your experience that you will have had a unique and enjoyable experience and Oosting-HorseRiding is sure that you have gained more sense concerning horses and nature. Oosting-HorseRiding would love to welcome you back in the future.

Note: When the weather and the lake allow, you shall go swimming with the horses, which is a unique experience.

Horses

The horses' well being is Oosting-HorseRiding's central focus as they are the most important one to Oosting-HorseRiding. Grazing together in vast pastures ensures that they are happy and get along well together. The horses are trained for the strength and endurance that is required for rides and ranch work. They are social, listening well, and very reliable. For the last few years, Oosting-HorseRiding also has a small breeding program and the young horses love to be around people, too. All of the horses have their own character and are hard working horses. They live in freedom, have lots of space, and are in principle outside always unless it is winter and the weather is just too bad. At the ranch, Oosting-HorseRiding has over 24 horses that love to show you the beautiful area. It's also possible to bring your own horse to ride trails on your own or make use of the trail park.

There is a possibility to learn to ride sulky (depending on riding capability of guest). For more information please inquire.

The National Park of Haut Languedoc is a protected nature reserve of several thousand hectares, situated in the beautiful South of France. In the middle of this completely unspoiled nature, at a height of 1,000 meters, in between immense forests, expanses of wild heathland, strange and beautiful rock formations, huge lakes, and fast flowing streams, you will find Oosting-HorseRiding's estate.

The beautiful Languedoc region has a mild climate, which is perfect for long trail rides, even in the middle of summer. This area offers many routes to discover the full beauty of this stunning park. Here, Jacqueline organizes trails to give you a truly authentic riding adventure in the heart of Haut Languedoc.

Nearby places

• La Salvetat-sûr-Agout, 10.7 kilometers - 20 minutes
• Saint-Pons-de-Thomières, 17.9 kilometers - 25 minutes
• Carcassonne, 87.5 kilometers - 1hr 45 minutes

Meals, consisting of breakfast, lunch, and three-course dinner, are home cooked and fully taken care of. Vegetarian meals can be arranged. Please indicate at least 2 weeks before arrival.

Hiking

Roping

Carbine Shooting

Archery

• Trail rides
• Experienced guide and staff
• 7 nights' accommodation
• Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
• Coffee, tea, water, juice, milk

• Any drinks from the bar (soda or alcoholic beverages)

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• A reservation requires a deposit of 30% of the total price.
• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
• The rest of the payment should be paid 30 days before arrival.