点评:Very helpful and relaxed vibe on arrival. Juan was friendly and chatty throughout. The horses are definitely safe, even for beginners and the terrain and landscapes through the national park kept things interesting.
Great for beginners or novices who just want to get out on a horse and enjoy the countryside. However, this is not great for experienced riders. The horses only trek and are not schooled so you can't "ride" them per se. They just want to trek literally with their noses up eachothers bums and go at the pace of the horse in front, with a loose rein.
I rode Robby, who was beautiful but hated being at rear of ride and was constantly jogging and pulling at the bit, despite me having a loose rein. I felt I had to shorten the rein to prevent him constantly jogging and grabbing at the reins, which was quite uncomfortable. He relaxed once he was in the middle of the group. Even for cantering, he did not respond to even a light contact in his mouth as he was wearing a snaffle and had a very hard mouth, so I eventually gave up and just let him canter right up the bum of one in front and wait for them to slow at other end 😅 it felt very unnatural.
Only other negatives were that a couple of the horses were very underweight, the tack was dirty and my horse had a loose shoe from outset (which came off during ride).
We did the 2 hour ride. I would recommend it for a relaxing ride for beginners, but this is not the place for anyone who wants a responsive horse that listens to the rider. Juan was happy to take pictures and videos, which is always nice.
My novice-y husband enjoyed lots of canters with a small group of experienced riders, so if you are mixed abilities, the horses are good enough to go out together! 🩷
翻译:抵达时,氛围非常轻松愉快。Juan 一直很友好健谈。即使对于初学者来说,马匹也绝对安全,国家公园的地形和景观也让一切变得有趣。
非常适合那些只想骑马享受乡村风光的初学者或新手。然而,对于经验丰富的骑手来说,这并不理想。这些马只会长途跋涉,没有经过训练,所以你不能“骑”它们。它们只会像长途跋涉一样,鼻子贴着彼此的屁股,跟着前面的马匹节奏跑,缰绳松着。
我骑的是 Robby,它很漂亮,但讨厌坐在后面,尽管我的缰绳松着,它还是不停地跑来跑去,拽着马衔铁。我觉得我必须缩短缰绳,以免它不停地跑来跑去,拽着缰绳,这很不舒服。一旦它来到马群中间,它就放松下来了。即使是慢跑,它嘴巴轻轻一碰也没有反应,因为它戴着马衔铁,嘴巴很硬。所以我最终放弃了,就让它慢跑到前面一匹马的屁股上,等它们在另一端慢下来😅感觉很不自然。
其他不足之处包括:有几匹马体重过轻,马具很脏,而且我的马从一开始就有一个松的蹄铁(骑行时脱落)。
我们骑了2个小时。我推荐初学者来这里放松一下,但对于那些想要一匹反应灵敏、听骑手指令的马的人来说,这里并不合适。Juan很乐意拍照和录像,这总是令人欣慰的。
我还是新手的丈夫和一小群经验丰富的骑手一起享受了很多慢跑,所以如果你们的骑术水平参差不齐,这些马完全可以一起骑!🩷