horseback ride in Camargue

horse riding in Camargue

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horse riding stay in Camargue

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Horseback riding in Camargue

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Week end horse riding in Camargue

Inn to Inn week horseback riding trips with Cap Rando guides and horses

Two days across the Camargue to discover the Camargue Nature Park on horseback. An exclusive Cap Rando ! You will discover all aspects of the Camargue Natural Park on horseback: its marshes, rice fields, wild beaches ... and you will be able to admire the Camargue horses, bulls, flamingos and more than 150,000 migratory birds. You will visit a bull herd and participate in the cattle sorting on horseback. This ride is the final part of our riding trip from Luberon to Camargue.

Itinerary

HORSEBACK TRAIL RIDE IN CAMARGUE
INDICATIVE ITINERARY :

Wednesday: Meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Arles train station or 8 p.m. directly at your hotel in Camargue. Dinner and overnight in a typical hotel.

Thursday: Astouin - Visit of a bull herd - Les Saintes Maries de la Mer. On horseback to a ranch called "manade" in Camargue. After an hour on horseback in the heart of the Camargue, you will arrive at the manade. Mathieu, a passionate guardian (French cowboy), welcomes us in front of the enclosure of one of his herds of bulls. We accompany him on horseback to "grab" the bulls, that is to say push them through the marsh to a sorting enclosure. Then he tells us about the "Camargue race", the breeding methods, the traditions linked to the Camargue bulls, then he sorts a few bulls in front of us and ends his performance by offering us an aperitif "the friendship glass". Picnic prepared by our rando à cheval Camargue assistant. Then we leave on horseback to Les Saintes Maries de la Mer. After your installation at the hotel, you can go for a walk in the village streets and do some shopping before dinner in a lively bodega in the village, take a tour of the beach, or enjoy the hotel pool. Night at the hotel.

Friday: A morning ride on the beaches. Nice gallops and walk in the sea. The lunch will be prepared at the hotel by your assistant, and the afternoon you will ride along the Vacares lake: you will discover a lot of flamingos and wild birds on a pleasant trail. Transfer to Astouin if you have left your car and to Arles train station.

* The itinerary may be changed if necessary.

MEETING/DEPARTURE

MEETING:
If you come by car: drive to the Sylvereal hotel in the heart of the Camargue, arival between 4p.m. and 7p.m.
If you come by train: Line bus from Arles station to the “Chateau d’Avignon” stop (Arles – Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer line) See the timetable. Meet at the “Chateau d’Avignon” stop at 7:30 p.m.
If you come by plane: Taxi from Nîmes or Montpellier airport (about 150 €). Or train from Marseille airport to Arles then bus from Arles (see above).

DEPARTURE:
End of your ride in the Camargue in the afternoon in Mejanes around 5 p.m. Free transfer to Astouin if you have left a vehicle, and to the "Chateau d'Avignon" bus stop (arrival around 6 p.m.) to take the bus to Arles train station (Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer line - Arles) See the timetable.

Riding

RIDING LEVEL:
To participate and enjoy this trip, it is imperative to be comfortable at the three gaits (walk, trot, rapid gallop) outdoors on balanced horses. This ride requires a very good equestrian level, with gaits that can be fast, especially on the Camargue beaches.

RYTHM:
5 hours a day on horseback on average: 2-3 hours in the morning, 2-3 hours in the afternoon, with a long break of around 2 hours at noon. You will ride the three paces: walk, trot, and canter when the terrain allows. Nice gallops in Camargue on beaches.

GUIDE & ASSISTANT:
1 qualified guide speaking French and English + 1 professional assistant ensuring luggage transports and preparing lunch buffets.

HORSES:

provence horseback riding Essentially crosses of Spanish, Arab, French breed. Horses are allocated according to each rider weight, height, riding level and experience. All our horses are trail riding “professionals”. Living throughout the year in a herd, trail riding is their only work activity. For these reasons, they are well-balanced gentle, yet wilfully engaged.
selle de randonnee
TACK:
Comfortable trail ride saddles equipped with saddle bags. Trail ride saddles are especially designed for long rides as well as for the gaits employed on this type of terrain. The saddles are comfortable for both the horse and the rider.

Comfort

ACCOMMODATION:
In hotels, double bedrooms or single with supplement.
Subject to availability:

Le Mas de Sylvéréal

Le Mazet

MEALS:
Taken in the evenings in typical Camargue restaurants. The first evening at the hotel, the second evening in a bodega in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. At noon, an assistant prepares hearty buffets.

Rates

Infos tarif

2024 PRICE / PER PERSON:
In 2 person bedrooms: 700 €
Single bedroom supplement: 120 €
Booking fees: 15 €

THE PRICE INCLUDES:
Equipped horse rental, the guide, the assistant and the minibus ensuring the preparation of the lunch buffets and the transport of luggage, accommodation, meals, drinks (table water and 1/4 wine during meals ), the manade activity in the Camargue, free transfer back to Astouin, free transfers from/to the bus stop at set times, the financial guarantee of your payments by our travel operator guarantee.

THE PRICE DOESN'T INCLUDE:
Individual insurance, drinks excluding water and wine during meals, possible visits, tips, transfers from / to Arles train station, everything that is not indicated in "the price includes".

INSURANCE:
A civil liability and travel insurance (assistance/repatriation) is compulsory. A cancellation insurance is strongly recommended.
A payment by credit card can make you benefit from its possible insurance (check your contract).
We offer to Europe Union, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway residents: the Chapka insurances.
Cap Security: full insurance with cancellation. Cap Cancellation: cancellation only.
See prices - See information

Dates

Bookings for this ride are open about 1 month in advance.
Depending on the filling of the integral trip from the Luberon to the Camargue

Other dates may be available for this product, contact us if you cannot find the desired date.

Dates	From	Contact
15/05/2024 - 17/05/2024	700€	Information request
28/05/2024 - 30/05/2024	700€	Information request
12/06/2024 - 14/06/2024	700€	Information request
19/06/2024 - 21/06/2024	700€	Information request
04/09/2024 - 06/09/2024	700€	Information request
11/09/2024 - 13/09/2024	700€	Information request
25/09/2024 - 27/09/2024	700€	Information request
09/10/2024 - 11/10/2024	700€	Information request
16/10/2024 - 18/10/2024	700€	Information request
23/10/2024 - 25/10/2024	700€	Information request
30/10/2024 - 01/11/2024	700€	Information request

Booking

How to book

By booking with Cap Rando, you get the benefit of the French travel agency law, one of the strictest in the world: an unlimited financial guarantee for all your payments !

BOOKING PROCEDURE:

1. CHECK THE AVAILABILITY, PRICE, DISCOUNT:
Check the availability and price (depending on the type of accommodation and after possible discounts) by contacting us through the availability & quote request form or by phone +33 (0)483431321, whatsapp +33(0)609520324, or e-mail: contact@horsebackridingvacations.eu
If you already have received the confirmation of the availability and the price, you can proceed directly to your booking:

2. BOOKING:
Fill out the online registration form: https://www.horsebackridingvacations.eu/form/booking-form
If you are registering and paying for several riders, you can add riders on the form.
If you have difficulty with the online form or if you prefer:
- Download the Excel file for 1 rider
- Download the Open Office file for 1 rider
- Download the Excel file for 2 riders
- Download the Open Office for 2 riders
To be completed, saved on your computer, and sent by email as an attachment.
Your personal information (birth date, height, weight, riding level & experience, health information, etc.) are contractuals. The facility / guide / instructor may exclude on site and without compensation, any person whose information is different from the information provided on the registration form, and/or who does not correspond to the conditions of participation.

3. INSURANCES:
Cap Rando is covered for its professional civil liability: GENERALI contract n ° AL974010.
To register on a Cap Rando holiday, you must be covered by an individual liability insurance covering your activity, individual accident, assistance, repatriation, and possibly cancellation (strongly recommended not to lose your payment in case of cancellation for a reason covered by a cancellation insurance).
We offer to Europe Union, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway residents (only) to subscribe the "Cap Security" insurance from Chapka Insurance. This covers you for cancellation, interruption of stay, individual accident, assistance 24h / 24h, repatriation, medical expenses abroad, luggage insurance, civil liability. You can also only subscribe a "Cap Cancellation" cancellation insurance if you have insurance covering other risks.
See all information about our cancellation policy and Chapka insurance offer.
For other country citizens: if you pay by credit card, depending on your card, you may be fully covered: check your contract.
The US citizens can subscribe directly an insurance for instance on: https://www.axatravelinsurance.com/

4. PAYMENT:
- For a stay starting at more than 60 days: It is requested at registration: 30% of the price of the stay, the payment of the insurance possibly subscribed, the transport possibly requested, the booking fees. The balance is to be paid 60 days before the start date of the stay.
- For a stay starting at less than 60 days: Full payment is requested upon registration.
- For a stay starting at less than 21 days: Full payment by credit card is requested upon registration.
- If these are the last places available: Payment by credit card is requested upon registration.
You can pay:
- By credit card on our secure payment website: You will be directed to the payment link after completing the online booking form.
- By bank transfer: Our bank information will be sent to you after reception of your booking form.
For a quick processing and to secure your registration, receipt of your confirmation file within 24-48 hours: choose a payment by credit card. In addition: payment by credit card can allow you to benefit from its possible insurance.
Please note: your reservation will only be confirmed after receipt of your payment.
Your payments are guaranted by our GROUPAMA travel agent bond.
If you book a trip through Cap Rando, you have the guarantee not to loose any payment.
The French law is the strongest and requires all French travel agencies to have an unlimited financial guarantee for their customers in case of financial failure.

5. CONFIRMATION:
You will receive a confirmation file and contract with the invoice and all useful information within 24-48 hours after reception of your registration form and payment.

6. TRANSPORTS:
Before booking your transport: we advise you to wait for the receipt of the confirmation file and check that your transports feet with the meeting/separation times of the offered transfers. We recommend booking refundable transports.

7. CANCELATION POLICY:
Please note: Any stay may be canceled if there are insufficient bookings to ensure the stay up to 20 days before the date of a stay of more than 6 days, 7 days for a stay of 2 to 5 days. In this case, you may be offered a replacement stay or a departure with a supplement, if these proposals do not suit you: a full refund (unless you have accepted a possible supplement upon registration), excluding booking fees and possible non-refundable transport, is guaranteed without compensation.
See the cencellation policy: cancelation conditions.

8. SALE CONDITIONS:
You can consult the sale conditions: see the conditions.

Reviews

GUEST REVIEWS

Nicolas - Mai 2021

Deux jours géniaux à cheval en Camargue avec Orane, notre guide, et Pierrot pour l'intendance. Je ne peux que vivement recommander ! Merci Orane pour cette remise en selle au top, Pierrot pour l'intendance impeccable, et au plaisir de randonner de nouveau avec vous!