Duration
8 days / 7 nights / 6 days horseback
Daily mileage
Up to 65 km
Age admittanceÂ
16-82 yo
Level Reguired
Experience to AdvancedÂ
Monitoring and Safety Rules
Standard safety rules must be followed around horses at any time. Participants can benefit of quality guidance from duly certified monitors/tour guides speaking French, English, German and Russian, specially trained to go along with partakers during many-hour trails and introduce them to the stunning nature of the Atlantic coast of France, and the following different departments:  Landes , Gironde, Dordogne, Lot et Garonne, Lot (French professional certification: A.T.E., CQP ASA or BPJEPS Tourisme Équestre).
Group size
4 riders min and 8 maximum
Accommodation
4 nights in the 3* “Hameau du Peyrié“ gîte (a luxury manor house with a private pool and a large tennis court)
 
 
3 nights in the 3*“Centre Equestre Marina“ guest house (a private pool and a lounge zone on-site)
Meals are provided on-site and in local restaurants
Single bedrooms are available with a supplement of 140 € charged (prior booking is a must)
 
 
 
  
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Meal
Traditional food is provided during the whole stay
Please mind, that while staying in Périgord, on the first Sunday only, the diner at the restaurant (held at the Bonaguil Castle) is not included.
Participants choose their meal “Ã la carte”. For the rest of the trek, all meals are included and served by the Center.
While staying in Mimizan, with all meals served by the Centre, wine and soft drinks are an open bar. Taste a new bottle of famous wine from the South-west of France every evening.
A regular menu at any restaurant in Mimizan Plage, besides a traditional meal based on sea food or meat, comprises a quarter of wine
Kindly note:
This trek requires a confirmed upper-intermediate level and a good physical condition. With a projected daily coverage of up to 65 km in 6-7 hours, en route requires frequent changes in gait and speed. Passing across accelerated sections requires keeping a distance of 30 m between each other, on one hand, to give fellow riders room for manoeuvring and, on the other hand, to fully enjoy an undisturbed free ride. From time to time, we will ask you to regroup in pairs or one by one, whether it occurs in the forest, on the plain, in the mountain or on the beach
    
 
 
 
 
    
 
 
 
                                                                                                                                                                         
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Greg & Sally – USA –
We thoroughly enjoyed our Landes and Perigord combination ride in France.
Michel & Anne consistently worked to ensure every guests’ experience was optimal. Michel was a terrific guide and horseman! The horses were very comfortable, fit and well adapted to take us across the diverse terrain safely. It was exactly as advertised! Plus we made some wonderful friends through the trip!
We highly recommend this program-trip for advanced riders who enjoy spending an average of 5-plus hours daily in the saddle, seeing/experiencing first-hand the variety of landscapes and the historical beauty (from the mountains to coast) that France has to offer. Meandering through the vast vineyards, to tasting some of the region’s most wonderful wines/food, to high energy gallops up to stately castles and along the Atlantic shorelines, to sharing lots of laughter and stories along the way are now memories that we will treasure for a life-time. Anne was wonderful with coordinating all logistics, details, food/meals and accommodations.
–Greg & Sally – USA
Birgit J. –
I can highly recommend and recommend this trip to every passionate rider!
From the beginning to the end the trip was perfectly well organized and executed.
The hosts Michel Girard Mille and Anne Metlov managed to create a family atmosphere of outstanding hospitality.
Anne is an excellent cook, the personally prepared meals were every time a new a poem, which I miss meanwhile at home very much!
Michel is a highly experienced TourGuide and horse connoisseur whose sense of humor kept the group quite entertained and also taught us many helpful tips & tricks riding-wise.
Each day was completely different and allowed the rider to experience entirely new impressions – from the mystical forests, to the impressive vineyards, to the breathtaking beach experience! On the last day we were even surprised with a professional photo shoot, a wonderful idea.
The horses are extremely fine to ride, unusually sure-footed in the terrain and a joy to ride.
We were accomodated in enchanting, family-style accommodations that were full of French charm.
And last but not least, it should be mentioned that the trip was perfect as described in the description – the two hosts have spared elaborate logistics and no effort to offer and show the guests as much as possible. I take my hat off to the performance of the two, who invest extremely long working days for a unique vacation experience of their guests.
I personally have experienced this week as absolutely wonderful and this will remain in my memory for a very long time as one of my personal highlights.
A heartfelt thank you to the hosts Anne and Michel who did everything in their power to make this an unforgettably wonderful week for the guests!
Best regards from an extremely satisfied and excited customer from Austria,
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Ich kann jedem Reiter diese Reise wärmstens empfehlen und ans Herz legen!
Von Anfang bis zum Ende war die Reise top organisiert und durchgeführt.
Die Gastgeber Michel Girard Mille und Anne Metlov haben es geschafft, ein familiäres Klima der ausgesprochenen Gastfreundschaft zu kreieren.
Anne ist eine herausragende Köchin, die persönlich zubereiteten Mahlzeiten waren jedes Mal auf ein Neues ein Gedicht, die ich mittlerweile zu Hause sehr vermisse!
Michel ist ein äußerst erfahrener TourGuide und Pferdekenner, dessen Sinn für Humor die Gruppe ganz ausgezeichnet unterhalten und uns auch reiterlich viele hilfreiche Tipps & Tricks beigebracht hat.
Jeder Tag war völlig unterschiedlich und hat dem Reiter gänzlich neue Eindrücke erleben lassen – angefangen von den mystischen Wäldern, über die eindrucksvollen Weinberge bis hin zum atemberaubenden Stranderlebnis! Am letzten Tag wuren wir sogar mit einem professionellen Fotoshooting überrascht, eine ganz wunderbare Idee.
Die Pferde sind äußerst fein zu reiten, im Gelände ungewöhnlich trittsicher und eine Freude zu reiten.
Wir durften in zauberhaft, familiär gestalteten Unterkünften bleiben, die voller französischem Charme waren.
Und zu guter Letzt sei erwähnt, dass die Reise perfekt wie in der Beschreibung dargestellt vorzufinden war – die beiden Gastgeber haben eine aufwändige Logistik und keine Mühen gescheut, den Gästen möglichst viel bieten und zeigen zu können. Ich ziehe meinen Hut vor der Leistung der beiden, die hier äußerst lange Arbeitstage für ein einmaliges Urlaubserlebnis investieren.
Ich persönlich habe diese Woche als ganz wunderbar erlebt und diese wird mir noch sehr lange als einer meiner persönlichen Highlights in Erinnerung bleiben.
Ein ganz herzlicher Dank an die Gastgeber Anne und Michel, die alles in ihrer Macht stehende unternommen haben, um den Gästen eine unvergesslich schöne Woche zu bereiten!
Beste Grüße von einer überaus zufriedenen Kundin aus Österreich,
Erik –
Evaluation of your trip
Please consider the following on a scale of 1-5 (5=Excellent; 4=Good; 3=OK; 2=Substandard;1=Poor):
How was the reception: 5
How was the instruction: 5
How was the accomodation: 5
How was the food: 5
The standard of the ranch: 5
The quality of the riding: 5
Did the tour meet your expectations: 5
Julie –
We had a lovely time with Michael, he was a very good host and did his best to make sure everything went according to plan. The horses were very fit, and well behaved, and forward going. We had lots of long canters and rode a lot of miles each day, which was good.
The accommodation was very good, although we had to change rooms at his place as we were put in a large room house with lots of beds and I was expecting to be in a twin room, this was soon corrected when we mentioned it to him and Annette. The food was very good and we ate out in some very nice restaurants. The pic- nics were lovely as well could not fault them.
The whole experience was very enjoyable, we had a lovely holiday so much so that we are thinking of doing another one of his rides, there several other people on the ride, that had returned for and another holidays, so that says a lot about a holidays.
Regards
Julie
Lynn –
Thank you for such a fantastic few days last week. It was really fabulous to ride with you again and stay in the beautiful accommodation. It was a really special few days and both myself and Sean had an amazing time.
Congratulations to you both too, it was lovely to be part of your special moment.