Icelandic Horseback Riding Tour with Pickup Option from Reykjavik
Description
Riding the Icelandic horse is a must-do at least once during your visit. It connects you to Icelandic history and allows you to experience the most authentic travel method there is in Iceland. The Lava tour is a more popular and ideal adventure for beginners as well as experienced riders. During the tour you will ride in beautiful landscapes through lava fields, green hillsides and enjoy a mountain view. For 1.5 to 2 hours, or 4 hours with transfer, your tour offers you a relaxing coffee, tea, or hot chocolate. Included are riding helmets, rubber boots, rain wear, or warm outfit for your ride.
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Please select your pickup point from the list. NOTE: If your hotel or bus stop is not listed, please reach out to us directly so that we can find the nearest pickup point for you. We only pick up from selected pickup points in Reykjavik. Pick-up needs to be pre-booked. Please be sure that you've chosen a tour with pick up included. Please note the weight limit on our tours is 110kg/240lbs and the age limit is 7 years old.
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Important Information
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult
- Age limit is 7 years old
- Weight limit is 110kg/240lbs
- Used riding gear is not allowed on the tour or near the horses
- If you arrive in your own car please be at the stables 30 minutes before your tour starts
- Due to possible harm to unborn children, pregnant women cannot ride on our tours
- All riders must be able to mount the horse by their own strength from the ground
- In our tours up to two children or youth may travel with each adult, paying full fare
Reviews(1,259)
Great tour, they definitely accommodate for all levels and make sure everyone has a great time!
Good experience, group was divided into beginner and those more advanced. Nothing negative to say.
A wonderful experience. From pickup to drop off, everything and everyone were great. The staff are knowledgeable, helpful and so friendly. They take care to ease any worries and enable those more experienced to go through the gates with the horses. They take care on safety with good equipment. And the horses are beautiful and wonderful. The ride gives a chance to take in the older lava friends and other scenery.
I’m an experienced rider and my husband and two boys have very little riding experience. Our guided ride was absolutely perfect for all of us. I did opt to split off with a faster riding group to experience the Icelandic Horse tölt which was a really fun experience. Their focus on safety, basic riding instruction, pairing riders with horses who were a good fit, and having guides spread throughout the group to support riders when needed was really wonderful. I had no concerns leaving my boys and husband in the care of the guides for them to stay with the less experienced riding group and we all had a lot of fun riding through beautiful scenery. The trail guides clearly have a lovely system they have refined over many years of experience doing guided trail rides. And the Icelandic horses lived up to their great reputation of being steady, kind, generous horses for people of all riding levels.
The tour was excellent in so many different ways: - The staff and guides were extremely helpful and very friendly all the way from beginning to end: - The facilities were very well kept and the climate was very friendly with detailed explanations on how to guide the horses and how to stay safe. - The information given was really interesting and the landscape was gorgeous. Would highly recommend it for anyone and for repeating it as many times possible :) Thank you for everything!
Was literally my favorite part of my Europe trip so far, our first time on a horse and they were such sweet creatures, from the host helping us with our transportation troubles to the ladies helping us learn to guide the horses for the first time were just the sweetest and most helpful humans ever. Definitely 10/10 recommend!
Excellent activity. The guides were simply fantastic - super kind and really friendly. The horses seemed really happy and clearly well looked after. Experience to fit all - total beginners and more experience riders.
What incredible friendly well socialized uniquely wonderful horses and guides. I had a wonderful time and learned a lot. We were so lucky and got sunny weather!
Good instructions before getting on. Horses all looked health and fit. Trail leaders were fun and helped along the way. Beautiful landscape! Very enjoyable, I'd recommend.
The team is very helpful and it was great that rainwear was available. The horses were very well behaved
