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Horse Riding Tour from Cairns
3 h
About this activity
Become an urban cowboy on your horse riding tour through the mangroves, sugarcane fields and pockets of rainforest. You’ll be matched with a horse -- all who have friendly and calm natures, before a safety briefing and a short introductory riding lesson. Then it's giddy-up as you ride along nature trails to the large waterhole that is home to native birds and the resident flock of geese. If you're lucky you might even spot a crocodile! Take a break with a cup of tea made the old fashioned way over a camp fire before riding back to the ranch.
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Included
- Horseback riding tour
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- All necessary equipment
- Professional guide
Not included
- Gratuities (optional)
- Food and drinks, unless specified
Additional
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Closed-toed shoes are required
- T-shirt and long pants are strongly advised
- Sunscreen, sunglasses and hats are suggested
- Minimum age is 4 years
- Family rate 2 adults and 2 children only
Features
Adrenaline
75%
Sport
65%
Original
50%
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This is pretty much a repeat of an earlier post. We were not allowed cameras or phones. The provider will take periodic photos which you can purchase at the end of the ride for about 25 AUD each. The ride seemed to be in figure 8's around the same area. What Billy Tea? Didn't happen. Campfire? Nope. Sugarcane fields not on the property. Fenced off. I don't know where the photos were taken that showed a beach area.
I cannot recommend this tour. The guides seemed unexperienced and did not give enough information about how to communicate with the horses when riding. Trotting was optional, communication from the guide throughout the trip was bad, so only the first one in the row could understand the guide when explaining how to sit on the horse and what to do while trotting. They put two horses in a row which did not like each other, with a total beginner on the first one the horse was too tall for a beginner anyways. The second one bit in its back, the first one jumped and the girl fell. She lay on the ground without moving, the guides went to her but seemed helpless. It took a great while before someone came to bring her back to the camp. She was fine in the end but their attempts to help her could have been more professional. After she was taken back to the camp there was only one guide in the front, and no guide in the end of the row who could have noticed if someone struggled. Not recommendable for total beginners.
I didn't realize the trip would be so short; it was very difficult to tell from the website description about the length of the horseback ride. (We were in the saddle less than 1-1/4 hours). The guide was great, but we mostly made figure 8's through the sugar cane fields and a portion of the rainforest, and it was easy to tell we'd covered the same territory before. I did get to canter and trot a short bit, which was fun, and you don't always get to do that on a trail ride. I would have preferred a longer ride with a real "destination" as a goal.