Training and trail riding with Larissa Silja from Kjarr and Anita from Hekluhestar farm.
When information meets joy. Follow us on an educational and breathtaking trip to Iceland and its horses.
Dates:
9th to 12th of September
20th to 24th of September
Price:
2300 euro if 4 pax share one farm cottage
2550 euro if 2 pax share one farm cottage
Included in the price:
- Three private lessons and one clinic at Kjarr horse farm.
- 2 hour riding tour.
- 5 hour riding tour.
- All meals (Breakfast, lunch and dinner).
- Made up bed accommodation in a private farm cottage.
- Driving excursion (f.e.; Gullfoss and Geysir).
- All horse tack, helmets and rain gear.
- Entrance in the Secret lagoon.
- Pick up in Reykjavik and driving back there at the end.
Group size for the clinic is 4 persons.
Requirements:
Riders need to be safe in the saddle in all gaits. This course is designed for riders who want to improve their riding skills with the help of a Hólar educated riding teacher and well educated school masters and enjoy the Icelandic nature on horseback.
Itinerary:
1st day:
Pick up in Reykjavík around 9 o‘clock. Drive to Kjarr horse farm, stable visit and talk about upcoming adventures. Lunch in the stable. After lunch Larissa will have a clinic in the riding hall about the healthy training of a riding horse. She will talk about important basics of biomechanics and how we can help our horse to build up the right muscles to carry the rider correctly. We will set goals for the riding lessons the next days and get to know the horses.
After the clinic we drive from Selfoss to Gullfoss and Geysir, ending the sight seeing at the Secret lagoon soaking there before heading to the Hekluhestar farm for traditional Icelandic dinner.
Accommodation at the farm cottage.
2nd day:
After breakfast we go and meet up with the horses at the farm. We prepare the horses to go for a 2 hour riding tour out in nature, around the country side, next to the river Rangá. We leave the horses at a neighbour farm and drive back to Hekluhestar farm for a traditional lunch at the farm. After lunch we drive to Kjarr horses stable. There everyone will have a private riding lesson with Larissa on a horse that we picked according to each riders goals. Every lesson will be individually planned after your wishes. The ones not riding are welcome to watch the lessons and ask questions so that we can create a positive and diverse learning experience.
Dinner at a restaurant in Selfoss.
Night at the farm cottage at Hekluhestar farm.
3rd day:
Breakfast at the farm, making lunch from the breakfast buffet. Going to the horses and prepare them for a 4 hour ride in nature, riding next to the river Rangá with a view over the volcano Hekla, stopping at the traditional réttir, Réttarnes for lunch and continuing through an old lava flow to a neighbour farm where we say goodbye to our horses. Going back to the farm for some refreshments. Option to drive to the local swimming pool with two hot pots and swimming pool. Traditional dinner at the farm.
4th day:
Breakfast at the farm. Drive to Kjarr where we will have a riding lesson each before lunch. We eat lunch together in the stable and can discuss questions that may have come up from the ones watching during the lessons. After lunch we have another private lesson each. Every rider decides together with Larissa what they want to focus and work on.
Driving back to Reykjavík. Estimating arriving there around 16 o‘clock.
