Horse Back riding Excursion

The guide was very nice. They made the excursion special for us because we have riding experience. It was great

Our driver Karl was amazing and gave us some history on Jamaica. Our guides were funny and great! Would recommend for any family to try!

Looking back on this excursion I have mixed feelings. The idea of riding a horse in the ocean sounds great. The picture you get in your mind is a great experience and majestic. Now for the reality of it. We arrived to the location and our driver spoke to them and let them know that 6 of the 7 of us were going to do the horseback riding. This is where the picture gets a little less magical. They had plenty of horses to choose from but they chose for us. The names were interesting but humorous and kept us laughing. Me and my friends ranged in size and they had a horse for each of us. They explained to us what we had to do with the horse to get it to respond to us and each one of us had a guide that walked with us. So we didn't feel like we were in any real danger of the horse going crazy and we getting hurt. The smell was REALLY bad. All you smelled was horse poop and pee. Keep in mind that Jamaica is hot like really hot so the smell was even stronger then what it would be like in let's say Pennsylvania on a hot day. The trail was no better as far as the smell. Each guide walked us through how to properly sit on the horse as we go thru ups and downs. That way we didn't injure the horse. Considering that some of them looked malnourished. I appreciated that b/c the horses looked like they could of used a good meal or few. Some of my friends were able to smoke while riding the horse which they loved. We then went into the water and the horses had no issue. I could of done without the seaweed but it was a beautiful experience. The poop smell was gone for the water part. I'm going to hope that the water was as clean as it looked. The guides allowed anyone who wanted to take a small stroll without them guiding the horse a chance to do so. They weren't far away from us if we needed them. They just let us have a moment to "take charge". We could also see other parties behind and in front of us in the distance but we didn't get in each other's way. The we took the dreaded poop trail back to the beginning. Overall a nice excursion but here it is May and I went September 2023 and I can remember that smell like it was yesterday. When we went back to the beginning they offered us a picture package that they did along the way. The price started out at $300USD and when we said that was crazy they did lower it. Now keep in mind we all had our cell phones and were taking our own pictures. They finally brought it down to about $20/pp. We gave them one persons email and they did zip the file over to us. I've come to realize that anything you do in Jamaica has room for negotiations and they always start really high.