Donchian0kHz's Horse Trekking Blog

The difficulty level was Easy, a beginner course of about 2 hours and 9km involving crossing a few small rivers. However, the total trot distance was just over 16 minutes and 2.3km, making it thoroughly enjoyable even for experienced riders. The ridden horse had a tight mouth, making it difficult to control. Only towards the end, when space opened up between horses, could I achieve a good rhythm in trot. When picked up by car, I thought the driver seemed elderly, but later learned he was the owner of the horse farm, which made me feel quite embarrassed. It's a family-run operation, but apparently a large farm with over 100 horses. Incidentally, I was surprised to see the guide at the rear riding bareback.

I have applied because the difficulty level was moderate, but my companions were a family of three who were all first-time horse riders. They seemed to be aiming for sightseeing horse riding and wanted to take photos. This farm will likely arrange a suitable level if you book two or more people. If you are alone, you will likely be going with another group.

I didn't stay overnight and only participated in the One Day Tour. The day before, I received an email inquiring about my riding experience, asking me to choose from "Intermediate", "Strong Intermediate", or "Advanced Intermediate". Since "Strong Intermediate" required six hours of riding experience per day, I selected "Intermediate". We loaded my partner horse onto a trailer and drove about 25 kilometers to the Black Sand Beach. After leaving the Black Sand Beach, the route to lunch took us across vast riverbeds and several river crossings. Unfortunately, the rain was quite heavy, making it impossible to take any video or still photos. It was a breathtaking viewpoint accessible only by Icelandic horse, and even now, thinking back, I can't help but feel deeply disappointed.

    When we arrived at the horse riding facility, we watched an instructional video " Ishestar - How to ride an icelandic horse? ". Afterwards, each person was assigned a horse. The icelandic horse here are particularly friendly and very calm. We started in a group of about 20 people, and halfway through we split into a slow group and a faster group, with the faster group mixing in a lot of trotting. This beginner course on our first day in Iceland was just the right warm-up. I think experienced riders will enjoy it too.