08 Apr 2024
My son loves horses so we've done a lot of trail rides in various places (Colorado, Santa Barbara, Costa Rica, etc.). This was probably the worst one. Don't get me wrong, the views of the beach and desert were beautiful and made it worth doing, but we weren't thrilled with this particular company. First, we were picked up at 10:30 at our hotel. Our driver was friendly and said he had to pick up other groups at two other resorts. This took much longer than we expected and the driver, while friendly, drove like a maniac. We didn't get to the riding site until 12:00, then we had to wait another hour or so before we actually hit the trail. We told our guide that we had ridden before, but were not experts at all. He didn't even give us a refresher about the basics of riding. The first and last parts were along a busy highway, so it wasn't very scenic. The ride was over two hours long and our guide didn't suggest a break, only took pics of us at a scenic overlook on the beach. The pics came out nicely. The horses didn't get any water the entire time, which I found unusual since it was hot and dry. Our guide didn't check on how we were doing, just stopped and looked back and gave us a thumbs up once in a while. My horse and my husband's fought and my saddle became lopsided about 2 hours into the ride, so I was very uncomfortable at the end and desperate for the bathroom. The description says water is included, but we had to pay for it. Tequila tasting at the end was free, though. We didn't get back to our hotel until almost 5:00 pm, so it was a MUCH longer day than we expected. It was also more expensive than any other ride we've done before.