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Donegal Trails
Discover West Donegal from the Saddle
A One-week trail for Horse Riding Enthusiasts
The
Donegal Trail is an
self
lead
trail ride.
You can ride the Donegal Trail only with a minimum of two* riders.
We are offering wonderful
self lead trails
but it is not advisable to go alone, we
prefer it if you are a minimum of 2 people, however, if a Trail
is really what you would like to do we are offering you, with
our help, the possibility to find a suitable companion whom you
could get to know before you travel
Meeting Page
Donegal, so named because the Vikings established a fort here
(called Dun nGall - the Fort of the Foreigners) is wild and beautiful
with a great feeling of space. The coastline is formed by the
Atlantic, with immense mountains and bogs.
Emerald
Isle - Land of colourful rainbows. In the North West corner of
Ireland: Donegal, the wildest and most romantic of all Irish counties.
Its austere melancholy is unforgettable! Setting off from the
Horse Holiday Farm
, riders will discover this region and
all its beauty.
Look at the
pattern of grey stone walls around the green meadows, pass by
dark blue lakes, ride through boggy hills and valleys and across
chocolate brown marshland. Ride along rugged coastline, rocky
cliffs and on miles of sandy beaches stretching towards the horizon.
Unforgettable highlight: the crashing gallop across the white
sands.
Donegal
West and Donegal South… …
are two of our most beautiful trails to discover the North West
of Ireland in a week - from the saddle, of course.
The choice is yours
:
Donegal
West
Our trails
lead you over low hills, through remote mountain areas and across
vast boglands. They are exciting and relaxing in all kinds of
weather, in rain, wind or sunshine. Anything can happen; the Irish
weather is full of surprises.
Contact to
the local people in Ireland is easy; the people are open and very
friendly. Irish people love horses very much and they like to
listen to the stories their visitors tell them. You will enjoy
their hospitality.
You will ride
through rugged and remote areas where you won't meet anybody,
take a deep breath: you will hardly find cleaner, fresher air
anywhere. You will certainly experience total freedom.
Here is what
you should bring along: curiosity, a sense of discovery, a good
bit of riding experience, suitable clothing for all kinds of weather
and, last but not least, some feeling of adventure.
Your little
group will be on your own during the week, without a guide, sometimes
riding together with a few other guests. But you will reach each
station without any problem using our maps and well signposted
trails. There are six overnight stops - farms and country houses.
You will meet friendly and helpful hosts in all of them.
We provide
you with strong and experienced horses, which are used to carry
you safely through all kinds of open country. Our Irish Hunters
are known for easy handling and safe riding - and they love a
lively gallop on the beach.
Our horses
graze on green pastures and are friendly and reliable towards
their riders. At the moment we have almost one hundred horses
in our stables. We don't offer riding by the hour but only take
bookings for weekly trails and you will find that "your" horse
becomes your friend during that time.
Our equipment
such as bridles, saddles, blankets and cleaning tools are practical
and well looked after. The same goes for saddlebags to carry your
clothing from station to station and maps with trail descriptions
and marked trails.
We look forward to meeting you!
It
is sometimes possible to book at short notice: just phone us,
send us an email or fill up the
contact
form
Tilman and
Colette Anhold
Horse Holiday Farm Ltd.
Grange
County Sligo
Ireland
Telephone
: (071) 9166152
Fax : (071) 9166400
From Europe
and the UK:
Telephone : 00 353 71 9166152
Fax : 00 353 71 9166400
From the
USA:
Telephone : 011 353 71 9166152
Fax : 011 353 71 9166400
Email : [email protected]
Form: enquiries-reservations
Location and airports
The Horse
Holiday Farm is Bord Fáilte (Irish Tourist Board) approved
and
a member of A.I.R.E., the Association of Irish Riding Establishments.
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