Horseback riding in Romania: Transylvania is a perfect region for horseback riding ! An intense ride of almost 200 km through hills, meadows, and to discover the medieval villages of Romania.

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In Romania on horseback: Transylvania is the perfect land for horseback riding ! A ride of almost 200 km, allowing you to explore the hills, the meadows, and the medieval villages. The horseback trail ride begins at the southern tip of Transylvania and explores the southeast of this mystical land. A great loop discovering some of the most rural areas of Europe, with tens of thousands of sheep grazing in the hills, and abundant avifauna: spotted eagles, bee-eaters, hoopoes... You will see many numerous vestiges of medieval culture with fortified churches, some of which are 800 years old. This ride is led by the leader in horse riding tourism in Romania !

Itinerary

HORSEBACK TRAIL RIDE IN ROMANIA
Indicative itinerary *

Day 1 - Saturday: Arrival in Bucharest in the afternoon, transfer by minibus from Bucharest to the equestrian center, night at the guesthouse, presentation of the week program and dinner.

image-20221202183959-1 Day 2 - Sunday: After breakfast, presentation of the horses and allocation of your horse. You leave Şinca Nouă (pronounced Shinca Noah), through valleys and the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, towards the plains of the Olt River Valley. You pass by the “Daffodils Meadow” nature reserve and can already experience several long canters before arriving after about 7 hours at your destination in Mândra, where you stay with a local family.

Day 3 - Monday: You cross the Olt river at Halmeag and continue into the Felmer Valley, where you enter the hills of Transylvania. You ride along a beautiful ridge with a magnificent view of the Fagaras mountains, and reach your destination for the day: Cobor, an old Hungarian village in the middle of the Saxon region. In Cobor, your hosts manage a conservation project, which includes the development of an organic farm with a focus on biodiversity and the traditional restoration of abandoned houses. You spend the night in one of these old guesthouses for the next two nights.

Day 4 - Tuesday: Full day ride (6 hours) around Cobor with stunning views, fast gallops, and rich birdlife: You can definitely spot bee-eaters, hoopoes, great gray shrikes, wild cats and eagles. In the late afternoon, return to Cobor and riders can relax near the old stables or at the cellar bar.

image-20221209190744-1 Day 5 - Wednesday: Depart for another day, riding over the hills to Viscri, your destination for the following night. Viscri is probably the most famous village in Transylvania, with a magnificent fortified church. The Mihai Eminescu Trust, created to help persecuted scholars before the fall of the Berlin Wall under the dictatorship of President Ceausescu, has contributed to the restoration of the village. You stay in an old farm converted into guest rooms and enjoy traditional Saxon cuisine. In the evening you can explore the village.

Day 6 - Thursday: In the morning you explore the fortified church of Viscri, visit the local blacksmith (who still works by hand with old charcoal bellows) and have lunch before setting off on horseback. In the afternoon, you cross the hills to a log house on a large meadow, in the forest near the village of Jibert. Magnificent landscapes and superb canters all along the trail. Today, it's a rather quick but shorter trip. In the evening: an excellent dinner and you can enjoy the image-20221203151912-1 country atmosphere of Transylvania.

Day 7 - Friday: Today is your last day on horseback, with plenty more galloping over hills and through forests. Finallly you arrive in the Olt valley, take a nice walk along the ridge through old pastures, and descend through oak forests to Halmeag, where your trail ride ends. You enjoy a barbecue and a bus takes you back to the equestrian center.

Day 8 - Saturday: After breakfast, transfer to Bucharest.

* Indicative itinerary subject to modifications if necessary.

MEETING/DEPARTURE

MEETING:
Saturday afternoon at the equestrian center. Free transfer from Bucharest Otopeni airport at 4:30 p.m. 3h drive to the equestrian center. Book a flight arriving before 4 pm.

DEPARTURE:
Saturday after breakfast. At 9 am: departure of the free transfer to Bucharest airport (3h drive): book a flight after 2pm.

OUT OF SCHEDULE TRANSFERS:
Approximately 3 hours drive: 200 € / car / transfer.

FLIGHTS:
Flights to Romania are not included because it is more interesting to book your ticket, an inclusive transport package is generally more expensive with agency commissions. However, we are at your disposal to help you find the best rates or offer you a trip including transport on request.

Riding

RIDING LEVEL:
This ride is active: you must be a very good rider comfortable at all paces (walk - trot - canter - gallop) outdoors, with an experience in week trail rides.

RYTHM:
5 days with around 6-7 hours of riding every day at a steady pace, with a 1 hour lunch break. 1 half-day of about 3 hours on horseback.

GROUPS:
From 4 riders, up to 8 riders with 1 or 2 guides.

GUIDE & TEAM:
One or two English speaking guides depending on the group size.
1 assistant transporting luggage.

rando a cheval en Roumanie image-20221209195642-1 HORSES:
Arabs, Shagya-Arabs, Kisberi (Hungarian saddle horse), Gidran (Anglo-Arab from Hungary). Their size varies from the small and slender Arabian horse, to the larger thoroughbred. The majority are of medium size. They all have good stamina and are used to hilly and partly rough terrain. They are all volunteers and happy to work. Horses live in herds.

TACK:
Comfortable endurance saddles with wide plastic stirrups. The saddles are suitable for long hours riding at fast paces.

Comfort

randonnée à cheval en Roumanie image-20221209185939-1 ACCOMMODATION:
In guesthouses, 2-3 people bedrooms, in villages or superbly renovated farmhouses. The comfort varies according to the accommodation: from very comfortable to more basic. Single bedrooms available 6 nights with supplement (not available the first night).

image-20221209181935-1 image-20221209183321-1 MEALS:
In the evening, meals are taken in the accommodation: local and varied cuisine, sometimes organic. At noon, picnics are carried on horseback in saddle bags. Breakfast with bread, cheese, ham, jam, fruit and fruit juice. Drinks are included with meals.

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Rates

Infos tarif

2024 PRICE / PER PERSON:
1875 € in 2-3 people bedrooms.
Single bedroom supplement (1 night not possible): 15 € per night at the equestrian center, 84 € per night other nights, to be paid on site to be paid on site.
Booking fees: 15 €.

THE PRICE INCLUDES:
The rides described, the equipped horse rental, the guides, the full board accommodation, the drinks during the meals, the transfers from/to Bucharest airport at the fixed times, the financial guarantee of your payments by our travel operator deposit.

THE PRICE DOESN'T INCLUDE:
Individual insurance, extra drinks, any supplement for departures with less than 7 riders, tips, personal expenses, visits not described in the program, flights, application fees, everything 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 & information

FLIGHTS :
Flights to Romania are not included because it is more interesting to book your ticket, a transport package included sometimes costs more with agency commissions. However, we are at your disposal to help you find the best rates (free service) or to offer you a transport trip included on request.

Dates

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

Dates	From	Infos	Contact
04/05/2024 - 11/05/2024	1875€	YOU WILL LIKE OUR AVAILABLE RIDE IN PROVENCE - FULL	Information request
18/05/2024 - 25/05/2024	1875€	YOU WILL LIKE OUR AVAILABLE RIDE IN PROVENCE - FULL	Information request
01/06/2024 - 08/06/2024	1875€	FULL	Information request
15/06/2024 - 22/06/2024	1875€	YOU WILL LIKE OUR AVAILABLE RIDE IN PROVENCE - FULL	Information request
29/06/2024 - 06/07/2024	1875€	FULL	Information request
13/07/2024 - 20/07/2024	1875€	LAST SPACE	Information request
27/07/2024 - 03/08/2024	1875€	FULL	Information request
10/08/2024 - 17/08/2024	1875€	FULL	Information request
28/09/2024 - 05/10/2024	1875€	FULL	Information request
12/10/2024 - 19/10/2024	1875€	FULL	Information request
26/10/2024 - 02/11/2024	1875€	AVAILABLE	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

Claude (France) - Septembre 2023

Excellent accueil du prestataire et de ses guides.
Mon cheval Zaphir, un cheval bien dans sa tète et ses sabots.Une volonté et une puissance très appréciées !
Selle en très bon etat et très confortable.
Des hébergements confortables ,très propres .De très bon repas à partir de produits de la ferme.
Ce fut un superbe voyage qui ma fait decouvrir la Roumanie profonde hors des circuits touristiques.
Une superbe rando pour decouvrir la Roumanie. Merci à notre guide francophone Sam pour son professionnalisme et à Marius notre intendant roumain parlant un peu français.
Vos suggestions: Pouvoir en chemin trouver une possibilité de trouver un point d'eau fraiche pendant la journée
Les services Cap Rando: tout a été parfait comme d'habitude (3eme rando avec Cap Rando cette année !)