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Family Rides

Family horseback holidays

Sharing the passion of horses and travelling with your family can be a headache, particularly if not all the family are riders. However, we have solutions to this problem! The best solution is a holiday in a place which is dedicated to riding: a ranch, guest house or equestrian home which offers active, fun and culturally interesting alternatives. Centre based stays are more easily able to adjust to families with young children. Mobile trail rides are better suited to older children, and some are also accessible to non-riders if it is possible to travel some sections on a camel, walking or on mountain bikes.

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From the horse’s mouth

  • Estancia Los Potreros
    November 2025 Ian aged 62
    A wonderful trip, am re booking for next year. The ranch, staff, owner and horses made our stay so so special. Could not fault anything about the trip. Horse choice was extensive. As a total beginner I was put on a suitable horse and was coached during the trip. A few slow gallops in a week. Very happy.
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  • Beaches of Camargue
    October 2025 Anne aged 60
    The rides were great! Walking through the wetlands before reaching the beaches du grand radeau was amazing! Lovely horses: well behaved but not sleepy and a good home cooked meal at the end of the day: what more do you need! Well behaved but with some spirit
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  • Ant's Lodges
    October 2025 Catherine aged 56
    I had a really wonderful time. Thank you so much.
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  • White Stallion Ranch in Arizona
    October 2025 Sophie aged 25
    I rode Sarg, so happy with him
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  • Ant's Lodges
    October 2025 Kathleen aged 55
    We booked Ant’s Nest in Waterberg (SA) as a warm up to our Botswana trip. I thought it might be a bit more mass market than we usually like but it wasn’t at all. Everything was perfect, from the pickup at the airport until we were dropped off at our hotel on the last day. The attention to detail was phenomenal - I... Read all
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  • Horseback riding safari in South Africa with zebras
    Meeting with the zebras - an ideal family vacation
  • Watching giraffes in South Africa, Ant's lodges
    Meeting the game in South Africa - better than the zoo!
  • Parelli natural horsemanship guest ranch in Montana
    The perfect environment for a family holiday
  • horseback riding in South Africa
    An ideal family holiday in South Africa
  • Ranch riding holiday in South Africa
    Young rider and his horse swimming in the lake
  • Beach trail ride in the South of France
    Dogs and horses - perfect combo!
  • Equestrian Centre and Tuscan Farmhouse riding holiday
    A rider getting her horse ready