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Enjoy the fresh salty breeze from the Atlantic Ocean as you trek through the contrasting landscape of the Connemara region of Ireland. The region is a wild and barren region with a stunning patchwork of bogs, lonely valleys, pale grey mountains and small lakes that shimmer when the sun shines. This ride explores the coast where the mountains cheap hotels paris meet the sea in a maze of rocky islands, inlets and sparkling white beaches. There is also an opportunity cheap hotels paris to jump cross country if you choose.
Meet your guide and fellow riders at 10:00 AM in Galway at the Meyrick Hotel. Your ride begins at Shannadonnell and ventures across Willie's mountain. cheap hotels paris Lunch is served beside a mountain lake while the horses are turned loose to graze. After lunch, your horse will carry you into the village of Carna and then to Willie's beach house. cheap hotels paris The horses will be left in the pasture near the beach house and you will be driven to your inn.
Enjoy an unforgettable day riding on the beach! Your day starts with a ride along the shore on Mweenish Beach. Keep an eye out for the seals that are usually found in these sheltered waters. Mweenish and Mannin Bays are popular cheap hotels paris breeding sites for common seals and you will see them, with some difficulty, lying almost motionless as they wait for the tide to lift them away. After swimming with your horse in the sea, you will break for lunch and then ride along the beach on the other side of the island to see a fabulous view of the Aran Islands.
Tide permitting, today's trek will start with a ride out to Finish Island. This beautiful island has many old ruined houses and the remains of the stone walls and roads that were once used. Advanced groups of riders may have the opportunity cheap hotels paris to jump some of the walls, but this is not always possible. After a long canter along the beach, your horse will wade through the sea and travel into the mountains. Lunch is served cheap hotels paris in the mountains above the village of Kilkerrin. You will enjoy spectacular views of this stunning coastline. Your ride continues through forests, past turf stacks and along an abandoned quarry before arriving at Derryrush.
From Derryrush, you will ride to the 19th century sporting Screebe Lodge to Letter Moir where lunch will be enjoyed cheap hotels paris at the foot of the mountain range. Afterwards, your ride continues through a mountain village where there may be the chance visit an old farm cottage to see the traditional furnishings. The afternoon ride is over a mountain top with an incredible view that stretches cheap hotels paris over rolling bogs, valleys with tiny lakes and the rugged coastline below. In the early evening, your ride will end in Shanafeistin. You will be transferred to the Oughterard for the night.
You will enjoy a long canter on forest roads before lunch. The ride will rest at a beautiful viewpoint of Lough Corrib before continuing to Oughterard. This is a fun ride through verdant forests along gravel tracks with plenty of opportunity for long canters.
You will visit the Dartfield Horse Museum which is dedicated to the Irish horse and pony breeds and is the only one of its kind in the world. You then will be able to trail ride around the museum, or test your skill on the cross country course. The event course has fences to suit all levels, from beginner to the advanced riders so everyone will have fun and the chance to improve their riding and jumping skills. Loughrea is your lodging destination. If you require, you will be transferred to Galway City on Sunday morning.