Ride Description

The ranch is owned and operated by Ursula, your Swiss born host. Her small ranch offers all levels of rider and non riders five star quality service, fantastic cuisine and a stable of spirited but disciplined horses. The riding at this ranch is unlimited - there are no boundaries or fences throughout the magnificent countryside.

The combination of Mexican hospitality and enthusiasm combined with Swiss attention to detail ensures that guests have a top class holiday.There is the opportunity for many hours riding.

Here you can discover unsurpassed hospitality, scenery and fantastic riding in the heart of Mexico. Ride in this rural countryside which is unchanged by time, ride past farmers ploughing with oxen, longhorn cattle, goats and sheep free grazing on rocky terrain. Cross flowing rivers with tumbling waterfalls, see egret and ducks all from the back of a horse. You may swim with your horses in the tranquil lakes or just splash along the water's edge.

For both riders and non riders, multiple excursions can be arranged to places of interest in the vicinity so there is plenty of sightseeing, shopping and visits to some of the the oldest and most important archaeological sites in Mexico. You may be lucky and get to experience many of the traditional feast days in Mexico.

Food & Accommodation

The ranch, which is named after three waterfalls which surround it, is located 7500 feet near the base of the mountains just fifty miles north of Mexico City. The ranch is situated in a stunning valley, miles from the main highway, in what can be described as the old Mexico - sparsely populated savannahs covered in wild flowers lead to several fascinating towns and the important and spectacular ruins of ancient Tula, seat of the Toltec empire.

The ranch can accommodate up to twenty guests although ten guests makes up the average compliment making for an unprecented amount of personal attention to the interests and wishes of individual guests.

It has well appointed rooms with king beds and private baths and tiled showers which open onto a courtyard with a fountain and hot tub. There are two separate cottages with sitting rooms and a porch providing more privacy. The rooms are built of handcrafted stones and are decorated in Mexican country style, bright and comfortable with lots of attention to detail.

The rooms are provided with shower gel, shampoo and conditioner and hairdryers. In every room there is purified drinking water. The rooms have a daily maid service and laundry services are provided.

The food here is prepared by the excellent chef with fresh local ingredients - your three daily gourmet meals are served in the rustic dining room or you can dine outside under the big oak tree. Complementary wines accompany lunches and dinners.

The chef prepares an international cuisine with a definite Mexican slant. Extraordinary attention is given to ensure guests do not have an upset constitution and this includes using bottled water in cooking even for the preparation of soup. A typical supper might be cold avocado soup. chicken in a delicious sauce and end with a refreshing dessert of lime sorbet in vodka. On special feast days you will find the table settings decorated to celebrate the occasion.

The kitchen is open twenty four hours a day encouraging a late night snack or early morning mug of coffee and a well stocked bar is located in the great room for unlimited guest use. Wonderful picnic lunches are taken in quiet scenic spots on the all day rides.

Activities

All through the year there are special events throughout the region, including horse and rider exhibitions. Every village holds fiestas periodically if you are interested in experiencing this part of the Mexican culture. Colourful folklore events sometimes take place at the ranch including traditional dance and music and you may get invited for some impromptu salsa lessons.

The archealogical site of the famous Atlantes of Tula, thought to be the capital of the ancient Toltec people, is a half hour drive from the ranch. On the way back from this site you may also visit Tula's town square and experience the lively Mexican atmosphere.

On Fridays you have the opportunity to experience an incredible, colourful spectacle - the weekly market in Jilotepec, the local town. Here you can buy anything and everything. Drivers from the ranch will take interested guests to town for several hours.

A local artist offers painting courses in oil, ink, pencil and acrylic. Please tell us in advance if you are interested in participating so we can organise some classes (not included).

Horses

Type of horses: Quarter Horse, Criollo, Criollo X TB

Nature of horses: Calm, well schooled, responsive

Number of horses: 12

Height of horses: 14.2 - 16.0 hh

Weight limit: None within reason

Tack type: Mexican Charro

Further Details

Languages: English, Spanish, German, French

Health requirements: No special requirements

Age limit: None

Tuition: Yes

Included: Accommodation, food, soft drinks and wine with dinner and all riding, transfer at fixed times, internet access

Not included: Flights, private transfer from airport, alcoholic drinks

Travel Information

It's easy to get here - the closest airport is Mexico City International, a very modern and safety oriented airport. The ranch is located only fifty miles north of the airport and we can arrange a safe transfer for you with our personal driver any time of the day or night.

Pick up from Mexico City International airport is included on the first day of each trip at 08.30 and 16.30. Drop off is included on the last day at 08.30 and 16.30. Transfer at other times can be arranged for $100 each way payable to ranch.

Airport: Mexico City

Colours of Mexico

During this trip you will often canter or gallop, but will also walk on many occasions to enjoy the countryside and give the horses their well earned break. There are also opportunities to visit local places of interest not on horseback. You are always free to skip any of the following rides and just relax at the ranch...

Day 1: If you arrive in time for the morning pick up (8.30 a.m.) you will be able to join the afternoon ride together with the riders of the VIVA MEXICO trip who are now starting their second week. But first get to know the ranch, the horses and the rooms. Settle in and have a nice Mexican lunch under the old oak tree.

The afternoon ride gives you the chance to get used to your horse on a canter through the beautiful plains of Yonté. Your first, tasty, Mexican Tequila awaits you upon arrival at the ranch. Salud!


Day 2: Now the group is complete and the first ride will take you along the canyon to the village of ‘Xochitlan de Las Flores’. Sunday is a leisurely way of living in the village and a visit takes you to their beautiful old church... a trip back in time.

After a nice canter or gallop you will enjoy lunch back at the ranch. Now it is also time to evaluate the riding abilities and if necessary, split the group.
Back on the horses you will take another route down to the river. After the crossing there is a steep climb up the rocks. A lovely ride through crops and little ponds leads you to the the sunset hill. There you enjoy a long gallop around it, with a final canter to its top where you will enjoy the stunning view of the beautiful countryside which is ready to embrace you during the rides to come.

A canter or gallop will take you back into the sunset. Horse and rider both will enjoy the sun’s glorious display as it slips silently behind the mountain range.


Day 3: A tasty Mexican breakfast and... you are off, following the old, stone paved 'Camino Real', the route which the royals used to travel from one Hacienda to the other. You stop for refreshments at the Hacienda of San Antonio and then follow the road to the old village of San Miguel de Las Piedras, a beautiful little village built into the canyon, its ways paved with river stones.

After leaving the village you stop in the shade of the trees along the river where you will enjoy a picnic. If you like you may take a dip in the water.
Refreshed again you follow the canyon, pass by giant rocks and climb up the steep tracks to the top of the canyon. On the way back you cross authentic Mexican countryside and finish the day with a nice canter or gallop.


Day 4: Today after leaving the ranch you will canter across an open plain. The first hours take you into a shady valley filled with old oak trees covered with Spanish moss. You then climb to the little sanctuary of the Virgin of Guadalupe. After following the river you ride through the village of El Divisadero. You are now crossing the road into the open country. Nice canters and gallops take you through the vast cornfields.

Crossing the town of San Francisco Soyaniquilpan de Juarez 'San Pancho' you arrive at a colourful Mexican Fonda -small restaurant- ‘La Mesita Campestre’ where you will have lunch, tasting true local cuisine. After this break the horses are fresh again for another gallop across open fields on the way back. Before arriving at the ranch you pass the village of San Agustin Buenavista with its church finished by 1701. Back at the ranch get ready to enter a magical world filled with Mexican Colours, Mexican Ballads and Mexican Dance... a night to remember.


Day 5: Heading out north from the ranch you will pass little villages on the way to the Lake District. Passing along some of the lakes you reach Santa Maria Macua, a beautiful village built into the mountains. Experience the Mexican way of life.

Leaving the village you climb up into the mountains and have a picnic on the mountain ridge from where you may admire the mighty canyons and its typical Mexican landscape from above. The way back takes you through Heroes Carranza, a dreamy little village with an enchanting old church. Here you will have refreshments before cantering or galloping back to the ranch.


Day 6: The longest ride will take you today to the Cathedral of Canalejas. Through open fields you pass the village of Zaragoza and from there canter cross country to arrive at the wells of Mexicaltongo next to the village of El Tejon. Then the route takes us up through the hills of Jilotepec over to Canalejas where you climb the little mountain with its Cathedral on the top.

After the visit of this beautiful Cathedral where many weddings are held you ride down into the village of Canalejas where you will enjoy real Mexican Tacos at a place well known by your hosts. On the way back through ever-changing countryside you will have several opportunities for a relaxed canter or a speedy gallop.


Day 7: Market day in Jilotepec is an option to the morning ride, which takes you 2,000 feet up the mountains. The countryside changes quickly as the sure-footed horses begin the climb beyond the small villages into the mountains where the landscape is filled with cactus and tequila plants.

A rich ‘Arrachera’ beef prepared the Mexican way awaits you back at the ranch, where you will be joined by the people who went to the Friday Market
If you choose this option, you will have the opportunity to drive to the largest weekly market in the region where all the people in the surrounding villages bring their goods to sell. All types of live animals, colourful vegetables, tasty fruits, fashionable sombreros, fine leather boots, tack for horse and rider and great mounds of chilli peppers are everywhere. On the way back to the ranch you stop at a place where colourful pottery and hand painted Mexican ceramic are on offer. Back to the ranch for lunch - a rich "Arrachera" beef prepared the Mexican way.

Now you have the chance to swim with horses before you take a last afternoon ride galloping across open plains and through the fields or visiting the old hacienda of San Agustin after crossing the beautiful antique bridge ‘Puente del Muité'.

As an alternative to the swimming with the horses and the farewell ride you may prefer to visit the archaeological site of the Atlantes of Tula, where you will be able to admire the giant stone figures once you have climbed the steep stairs of the temple. Along the walkway, to the main square of the site, there are many little stalls with art and handicrafts from all over Mexico. After the Atlantes you will be driven to the town centre of Tula where you may visit the colourful Zocalo - town square - and mix with the locals or go shopping at a Mexican tack or Western clolthes store.

Your last romantic night 'HASTA LA VISTA' helps to deepen all the impressions caught over the last days and to seal the new friendships made.


Day 8: Today is the final day for everybody... either you catch the early transfer which drops you off at the airport at 8:30 am or you spend the last morning at the ranch and go for the final ride tailored to your taste. After lunch join the transportation which drops you off at the airport at 4:30 pm.

(If you have a late arrival or an early departure, it might be necessary to make your own transfer arrangements.)

Minimum group size: 1

Maximum group size: 10

Ability description: Beginners and intermediate

Type of ride: Trails

Total riding time: 8 days 7 nights riding as per itinerary

Departure dates: 22nd -29th March; 12th -19th April; 3rd -10th May; 24th - 31st May; 21st -28th June; 19th -26th July; 16th -23rd Aug; 13th -20th Sept; 4th-11th Oct; 25th Oct-1st Nov; 15th -22nd Nov; 27th Dec -3rd Jan 09

Pricing: £678 per person "Patio Classic Room" double use or twin share
£143 supplement for guaranteed single use.

Mexico Lindo

This ride will take you through fabulous countryside around the ranch- the pace dictated by the terrain but with plenty of easy canters. Longer rides of three to five hours are taken in the morning and shorter rides of one to three hours in the afternoon.

However, if you wish you may just relax at the ranch in a hammock and read a book from the library, use the hot tub, enjoy a massage (optional), have a salsa lesson, go hiking or help the cook to prepare one of the fabulous Mexican dinners...


Day 1: This trip includes pick up from the airport at 8:30 am (for guests who arrive on a night flight and at 4:30 pm.Morning arrivals will be able, after a nice lunch under the shady old oak tree, to do the following afternoon ride on this very first day.

Explore the countryside close to the ranch at an easy pace. While riding through the village of ‘El Colorado’ enjoy observing how the locals live. Across wide, open country, you arrive at a little lake in the middle of nowhere! Back to the ranch - crossing the river ‘Rio Rosas’. Enjoy your first, fabulous, Mexican Tequila from horseback!


Day 2: Today’s morning ride will take you along the hills of San Agustin. You then follow the river into our village centre of San Agustin Buenavista. The central church was built in 1701. After crossing the village you will again join the river on your way back to the ranch, where lunch will be waiting for you.

In the afternoon, the horses will cross the flowing ‘Rio Rosas’, pick up an easy canter along the old water channel to then climb sunset hill. Up there you will have a breathtaking view of the ranch and it's surroundings. Then amble back to the ranch enjoying the sunset. If you feel like it you may learn at the bar to mix a Margarita or a Piña Colada with or without alcohol, before sitting to a lovely dinner.


Day 3: After a rich Mexican breakfast you ride north through the village of Vista Hermosa -beautiful view-. From there a steep climb takes you up the Cerro del Ahorcado -the hanged mans hill-, with a 360º view of the pink church of Heroes de Carranza and the Lake District. A canter beneath the eucalyptus tree rows takes you down to the lake where the horses love to splash along the shore. Enjoy the barbeque under the big oak tree

After a short siesta you will be crossing the ‘Rio Rosas’ and take an easy canter between the corn or flower fields. Pass by the race track where once a month ‘illegal’ horse races are held. From there you follow the old Spanish track towards 'El Bordo Viejo’ and pass by Mexican countryside, as you know it from the movies. On the way back to the ranch you will cross rocky terrain which the horses manage without any problems.

Once at the ranch, get ready for an entertaining and unforgettable evening. The theme tonight is ‘Noche Rosa Mexicana’ -Pink Mexican Night-. If you like to coordinate with the table deco, wear something pink! However, formal dressing is not really necessary, but nice attire is always appreciated. The night is filled with Mexican music and folklore... yet another memory of Mexican life to take home!


Day 4: Today you will head to the old Hacienda of Tandeje. Built in 1685 the walls still try to tell us of the past. A cobbled stone path takes you to the enchanted forest of old oak trees heavy laden with Spanish Moss shimmering in different shades of silver. Their roots growing between rocks are overflowed by the rivers waters which then open to a breathtaking waterfall.

On the way back you will pass by ‘El Huizachal’ an old part of San Agustin Buenavista. Behind the former Lienzo Charro ‘charro ring’, a place where they once had festivities with horses, you have a beautiful view of two of the three Cascadas (waterfalls) which are located next to the ranch.

This afternoon you will be driven to the archeological site of the Atlantes of Tula, where you will be able to admire the giant stone figures once you have climbed the steep stairs up to the temple. Along the walkway, to the main square of the site, there are many little stalls with art and handicrafts from all over Mexico. After the Atlantes you will drive to the town centre of Tula where you may visit the colorful Zocalo -town square- and mix with the locals or go shopping to a Mexican tack or Western clothes store.

Back at the ranch relax in the Patio with a refreshing ‘Cerveza’ -beer- or a tasty Margarita before enjoying a nice gourmet dinner.


Day 5: Passing through genuine Mexican countryside, crossing old overgrown train rails hidden between cactus, we will ride to ‘Los Organos’ a place forgotten in time. The trail leads us down into the canyon along rivers, where wild horses roam. You visit the ‘Peregrinos Petrificados’ a big rock formation in the middle of nowhere where it is told that they were former pilgrims turned into stone because they did not want to complete their pilgrimage. Picnic along the river as goats graze near-by. Here the river is mixed with a warm well so it is perfect for a swim while the horses are resting.

Homeward bound the horses climb up the canyon and then you pass through the village of Heroes de Carranza with its pink church from 1697. After a refreshment you cross the wide open country back to the ranch. You can relax in the hot tub enjoying your favourite drink, listening to Mexican music in the background as dinner is being prepared.


Day 6: Friday is the big market day in the town of Jilotepec. Approximately a 30 minute drive from the ranch you will have the possibility to discover the largest weekly market in the region where all the people from the surrounding villages bring their goods to sell. All types of live animals, colourful vegetables, tasty fruits, fashionable sombreros, fine leather boots, tack for horse and rider and great mounds of chilli peppers are everywhere. On the way back to the ranch you stop at a place where they offer colourful pottery and hand painted Mexican ceramics.

After lunch and you will saddle up for the afternoon ride. Pack your swimming trunks! This afternoon you will swim with the horses. A 30 minute ride takes you to the lake, the saddle comes off and you will learn to swim bareback on your horse. It will be a once in a lifetime experience.

After the swimming and a short break to dry the horses, the ride takes you to the ancient hacienda of 'La Goleta' built around 1690, where you can admire the wrought iron from Sweden protecting the windows, the tiles from Spain covering the front porch and the original blue wall paintings. The old aqua duct is still providing water for the many families living there.
Then back to the ranch in time for dinner.


Day 7: Today you may be able to join the morning ride if your flight is later and you are taking the afternoon flight.

Minimum group size: 1

Maximum group size: 10

Ability description: Intermediate to experienced

Type of ride: Ranch based trail

Total riding time: Up to 8 hours a day (flexible) 7 days 6 nights

Departure dates: 13-19 January, 3-9 February, 24th February-1 March, 16-22 March, 6-12 April, 27 April-3 May, 18-24 May, 15-21 June, 13-19 July, 10-16 August, 28 September-4 October, 19-25 October, 9-15 November, 21-27 December (20% supplement)

Pricing: The price is £599 for double room accommodation.
Single supplement is £122

Payments may be made by cheque, bank transfer, credit or debit card.

Viva Mexico

The ultimate riding vacation experience. Start on the slower rides until you feel comfortable or have become used to the saddle again, then take the all day rides and get the most out of your holiday.

Day 1: This trip includes pick up from the airport at 8:30 am (for guests who arrive on a night flight or on the day before the trip starts. Morning arrivals will be able, after a nice lunch under the shady old oak tree, to do the following afternoon ride on this very first day...

Explore the countryside close to the ranch at an easy pace. While riding through the village of ‘El Colorado’ enjoy observing how the locals live. Across wide, open country, you arrive at a little lake in the middle of nowhere! Back to the ranch - crossing the river ‘Rio Rosas’. Enjoy your first, fabulous, Mexican Tequila from horseback!


Day 2: Today’s morning ride will take you along the hills of San Agustin. You then follow the river into the village centre of San Agustin Buenavista. The central church was built in 1701. After crossing the village you will again join the river on your way back to the ranch, where lunch will be waiting for you.

In the afternoon, the horses will cross the flowing ‘Rio Rosas’, pick up an easy canter along the old water channel to then climb sunset hill. Up there you will have a breathtaking view of the ranch and it's surroundings. Then amble back to the ranch enjoying the sunset.

If you feel like it you may take your first salsa lesson or learn at the bar to mix a Margarita or a Piña Colada with or without alcohol, before sitting to a lovely dinner.


Day 3: After a rich Mexican breakfast we ride north through the village of Vista Hermosa -beautiful view-. From there a steep climb takes us up the Cerro del Ahorcado -the hanged mans hill-, with a 360º view of the pink church of Heroes de Carranza and the Lake District. A canter beneath the eucalyptus tree rows takes us down to the lake where the horses love to splash along the shore. Enjoy the barbeque under the big oak tree

After a short siesta you will be crossing the ‘Rio Rosas’ and take an easy canter between the corn or flower fields. Pass by the race track where once a month ‘illegal’ horse races are held. From there you follow the old Spanish track towards 'El Bordo Viejo’ and pass by Mexican countryside, as you know it from the movies. On the way back to the ranch you will cross rocky terrain which the horses manage without any problems.

Once at the ranch, get ready for an entertaining and unforgettable evening. The theme tonight is ‘Noche Rosa Mexicana’ -Pink Mexican Night-. If you like to coordinate with the table deco, wear something pink! However, formal dressing is not really necessary, but nice attire is always appreciated. The night is filled with Mexican music and folklore... yet another memory of Mexican life to take home!


Day 4: Today you will head to the old Hacienda of Tandeje. Built in 1685 the walls still try to tell us of the past. A cobbled stone path takes us to the enchanted forest of old oak trees heavy laden with Spanish Moss shimmering in different shades of silver. Their roots growing between rocks are overflowed by the rivers waters which then open to a breathtaking waterfall.

On the way back you will pass by ‘El Huizachal’ an old part of San Agustin Buenavista. Behind the former Lienzo Charro ‘charro ring’, a place where they once had festivities with horses, you have a beautiful view of two of the three Cascadas (waterfalls) which are located next to the ranch.

This afternoon you will drive you to the archeological site of the Atlantes of Tula, where you will be able to admire the giant stone figures once you have climbed the steep stairs up to the temple. Along the walkway, to the main square of the site, there are many little stalls with art and handicrafts from all over Mexico. After the Atlantes you be will be driven to the town centre of Tula where you may visit the colourful Zocalo -town square- and mix with the locals or go shopping to a Mexican tack or Western clothes store.

Back at the ranch relax in the Patio with a refreshing ‘Cerveza’ -beer- or a tasty Margarita before enjoying a nice gourmet dinner.


Day 5: Passing through genuine Mexican countryside, crossing old overgrown train rails hidden between cactus, you will ride to ‘Los Organos’ a place forgotten in time. The trail leads you down into the canyon along rivers, where wild horses roam. You visit the ‘Peregrinos Petrificados’ a big rock formation in the middle of nowhere where it is told that they were former Pilgrims turned into stone because they did not want to complete their pilgrimage.

Picnic along the river as goats graze near-by. Here the river is mixed with a warm well so it is nice for a swim while the horses are resting. Homeward bound the horses climb up the canyon and then you pass through the village of Heroes de Carranza with its pink church from 1697. After a refreshment you cross the wide open country back to the ranch. Why not relax in the hot tub enjoying your favorite drink, listening to Mexican music in the background as dinner is being prepared.


Day 6: Friday is the big market day in the town of Jilotepec. Approximately a thirty minute drive from the ranch you will have the possibility to discover the largest weekly market in the region where all the people from the surrounding villages bring their goods to sell. All types of live animals, colourful vegetables, tasty fruits, fashionable sombreros, fine leather boots, tack for horse and rider and great mounds of chili peppers are everywhere. On the way back to the ranch you stop at a place where they offer colourful pottery and hand painted Mexican ceramic. Back to the ranch for lunch and a let’s saddle up for the afternoon ride.

Pack your swimming trunks! This afternoon you will swim with the horses. A thirty minute ride takes you to the lake, the saddle comes off and you will learn to swim bareback on your horse. It will be a once in a lifetime experience .

After the swimming and a short break to dry the horses, the ride takes you to the ancient hacienda of 'La Goleta' built around 1690, where you can admire the wrought iron from Sweden protecting the windows, the tiles from Spain covering the front porch and the original blue wall paintings. The old aqua duct is still providing the water for the many families living there. Then back to the ranch just in time for dinner with today’s special Romantic Country Night... which will bring back memories of times long gone.


Day 7: This ride takes you to the neighbouring village along the canyon of the 'Rio Rosas'. Enjoy the lively village while passing through and have one last easy canter through the open countryside on the way back to the ranch.

The afternoon you have a nice canter through the beautiful plains of Yonté. A tasty, Mexican Tequila awaits you upon arrival at the ranch. Salud!


Day 8: Now the group is complete and the first ride will take you along the canyon to the village of ‘Xochitlan de Las Flores’. Sunday is a leisurely way of living in the village and a visit takes you to their beautiful old church... a trip back in time.

After a nice canter or gallop you will enjoy lunch back at the ranch. Back on the horses you take you on another route down to the river. After the crossing there is a steep climb up the rocks. A lovely ride through crops and little ponds leads us to the the sunset hill. There you enjoy a long gallop around it, with a final canter to its top where you will enjoy the stunning view of the beautiful countryside which is ready to embrace you during the rides to come.

A canter or gallop will take you back into the sunset. Horse and rider both will enjoy the sun’s glorious display as it slips silently behind the mountain range.


Day 9: A tasty Mexican breakfast and... you are off, following the old, stone paved 'Camino Real' the route which the royals used to travel from one Hacienda to the other. You stop for refreshments at the Hacienda of San Antonio and then follow the road to the old village of San Miguel de Las Piedras. A beautiful little village built into the canyon, it's ways paved with river stones.

After leaving the village you stop in the shade of the trees along the river where you will enjoy our picnic. If you like you may take a dip in the water.
Refreshed again you follow the canyon, pass by giant rocks and climb up the steep tracks to the top of the canyon. On the way back you cross authentic Mexican countryside and finish the day with a nice canter or gallop.


Day 10: Today after leaving the ranch you will canter across an open plain. The first hours take you into a shady valley full with old oak trees covered with Spanish moss. You climb to the little sanctuary of the Virgin of Guadalupe, the coloured virgin of Mexico. After following the river you ride through the village of El Divisadero. Now you are crossing the road into the open country. Nice canter and gallops take through through the vast cornfields.

Crossing our district town of San Francisco Soyaniquilpan de Juarez 'San Pancho' you arrive at a colourful Mexican Fonda -small restaurant- ‘La Mesita Campestre’ where you will have lunch, tasting true local cuisine.

After this break the horses are fresh again for another gallop across open fields on the way back. Before arriving at the ranch we pass our village of San Agustin Buenavista with its church finished by 1701. Back at the ranch get ready to enter a magical world filled with Mexican Colours, Mexican Ballads and Mexican Dance... a night to remember.


Day 11: Heading out north from the ranch you will pass little villages on the way to the Lake District. Passing along some of the lakes we arrive to Santa Maria Macua, a beautiful village built into the mountains. Experience the Mexican way of life.

Leaving the village you climb up into the mountains and have your picnic on the mountains ridge from where you may admire the mighty canyons and it's typical Mexican landscape from above. The way back takes you through Heroes Carranza, a dreamy little village with an enchanting old church. Here you will take a refreshment before cantering or galloping back to the ranch.


Day 12: The longest ride will take you today to the Cathedral of Canalejas. Through open fields you pass the village of Zaragoza, from there you canter cross country to arrive at the wells of Mexicaltongo next to the village of El Tejon. Then the route takes you up through the hills of Jilotepec over to Canalejas where you climb the little mountain with its Cathedral on the top.

After the visit of this beautiful Cathedral where many weddings are held we ride down into the village of Canalejas where you will enjoy the real Mexican Tacos at a place well known by us. On the way back through ever-changing countryside you will have several opportunities for a relaxed canter or a speedy gallop.


Day 13: The morning ride takes us 2,000 feet up the mountains. The countryside changes quickly as the sure-footed horses begin the climb beyond the small villages into the mountains where the landscape is filled with cactus and tequila plants.

The last afternoon ride depends on your wishes galloping across open plains and through the fields or visiting the old hacienda of San Agustin after crossing the beautiful antique bridge ‘Puente del Muité'. Our romantic night 'HASTA LA VISTA' helps to deepen all the impressions caught over the last days and to seal the new friendships made.


Day 14: Today is the final day... either you catch the early transfer which drops you off at the airport at 8:30 am or you spend the last morning at the ranch and go for the final ride tailored to your taste. After lunch join the transportation which drops you off at the airport at 4:30 pm.

Itinerary may occasionally be subject to change.

Minimum group size: 1

Maximum group size: 12

Ability description: Intermediate to experienced

Type of ride: Ranch based trails (14 days/13 nights)

Total riding time: Two rides per day

Departure dates: 13-26 January, 3-16 February, 24th February-3 March, 16-29 March, 6-19 April, 27 April-10 May, 18-31 May, 15-28 June, 13-26 July, 10-23 August, 7-20 September, 28 September-11 October, 19 October-1 November, 9-22 November, 21 December-3 January (supplement 20%)

Pricing: Price is £1167 per person for double room accommodation
£264 single supplement