Horse Holidays!
Take your horse on holiday!
What could be more fun than globetrotting with your favourite four-legged friend? Whether you’re in search of golden sandy beaches, lush green hills or leafy, peaceful trails. Having your horse join you on holiday is every horse-lover’s dream! Don’t have a horse? No problem, we’ve found some places with horses for you to ride!
Here are our favourite horse friendly accommodation picks.
Just 3 hours north of Sydney is the ever popular, award-winning Sea Horse Diamond Beach. Nestled in spacious gardens with stunning ocean views, this pet friendly beach house can accommodate 2 to 10 people and of course your furry friends – horses and dogs are welcome too! Enjoy the thrill of riding your horse along the sandy beaches and leafy forest tracks. With 2 living and dining areas, a gourmet kitchen, 3 bathrooms, glorious sun-filled verandas overlooking the rolling hills complete with private pool and stone fireplace, Sea Horse really has it all!
Woodmount Ridge Farm
Woodmount Ridge is located in the lower Hunter Valley. An original farmers cottage tastefully renovated makes for a fantastic farm stay for you and your family, animals included! (Horses & Dogs). Accommodates 4 couples or up to 3 families. Choose to help feed the farm animals for a true farm experience or watch the sunset over the kangaroos, ducks and parrots from afar by one of the two incredible fireplaces. With loads of bush walks, horse trails and open space for bike riding. Woodmount is the perfect family getaway.
The Back Forty Solar Cottage is a Haflinger Horse stud on 210 acres, with show jumping and eventing facilities. Only 1 hour north of Sydney the Back Forty Solar Cottage is a fully featured off grid solar home with all of the comforts and space to relax. With horses and cattle and over 200 acres of pasture and eucalypt forest this is the perfect place for families and couples to escape the city. If you are a keen horse rider and own your own horse (for EA riders only) they have a Stay & Ride package allowing you to utilise their cross country and show jumping areas. The Back Forty has 2 bedrooms and a fold out bed sleeping up to 6 and can also accommodate larger groups in the clubhouse with deluxe tents.
No horse? No problem!
Below are our recommendations for riding holidays for those that don’t own their own horses;
Glenworth Valley is a privately owned 3,000-acre wilderness property surrounded by national park located in the Central Coast hinterland. Renowned for its horse-riding programs, they offer guided horse riding accompanied by trained guides as well as free-range riding for experienced horse riders. They feature a range of accommodation options including cabins, glamping and camping, the perfect location for your horsey getaway!
Located in Anna Bay near Port Stephens a 2.5 hr drive north of Sydney offers a number of fantastic horseback adventures from the bush to the beach to the incredible sand dunes in the Worimi Conservation Lands. Sahara Trails offers something for everyone from beginner to advanced.
For those looking to travel a little further afield, get in touch with Globetrotting, a specialist travel agency dedicated solely to booking horse riding holidays and unique cultural horse experiences all over the world. Globetrotting cater to riders of all abilities and budgets.