- A 2-day horseback riding trip through the Camargue
- Work with the bulls on horseback
- Two very comfortable hotels
- Quality meals at local restaurants
- Gallop on the beach
Two days across the Camargue to discover the Camargue Nature Park on horseback. An exclusive Cap Rando ! You will discover all aspects of the Camargue Natural Park on horseback: its marshes, rice fields, wild beaches ... and you will be able to admire the Camargue horses, bulls, flamingos and more than 150,000 migratory birds. You will visit a bull herd and participate in the cattle sorting on horseback. This ride is the final part of our riding trip from Luberon to Camargue.
HORSEBACK TRAIL RIDE IN CAMARGUE
INDICATIVE ITINERARY :
Wednesday: Meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Arles train station or 8 p.m. directly at your hotel in Camargue. Dinner and overnight in a typical hotel.
Thursday: Astouin - Visit of a bull herd - Les Saintes Maries de la Mer. On horseback to a ranch called "manade" in Camargue. After an hour on horseback in the heart of the Camargue, you will arrive at the manade. Mathieu, a passionate guardian (French cowboy), welcomes us in front of the enclosure of one of his herds of bulls. We accompany him on horseback to "grab" the bulls, that is to say push them through the marsh to a sorting enclosure. Then he tells us about the "Camargue race", the breeding methods, the traditions linked to the Camargue bulls, then he sorts a few bulls in front of us and ends his performance by offering us an aperitif "the friendship glass". Picnic prepared by our 
assistant. Then we leave on horseback to Les Saintes Maries de la Mer. After your installation at the hotel, you can go for a walk in the village streets and do some shopping before dinner in a lively bodega in the village, take a tour of the beach, or enjoy the hotel pool. Night at the hotel.
Friday: A morning ride on the beaches. Nice gallops and walk in the sea. The lunch will be prepared at the hotel by your assistant, and the afternoon you will ride along the Vacares lake: you will discover a lot of flamingos and wild birds on a pleasant trail. Transfer to Astouin if you have left your car and to Arles train station.
* The itinerary may be changed if necessary.
MEETING:
If you come by car: drive to the Sylvereal hotel in the heart of the Camargue, arival between 4p.m. and 7p.m.
If you come by train: Line bus from Arles station to the “Chateau d’Avignon” stop (Arles – Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer line) See the timetable. Meet at the “Chateau d’Avignon” stop at 7:30 p.m.
If you come by plane: Taxi from Nîmes or Montpellier airport (about 150 €). Or train from Marseille airport to Arles then bus from Arles (see above).
DEPARTURE:
End of your ride in the Camargue in the afternoon in Mejanes around 5 p.m. Free transfer to Astouin if you have left a vehicle, and to the "Chateau d'Avignon" bus stop (arrival around 6 p.m.) to take the bus to Arles train station (Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer line - Arles) See the timetable.
RIDING LEVEL: 
To participate and enjoy this trip, it is imperative to be comfortable at the three gaits (walk, trot, rapid gallop) outdoors on balanced horses. This ride requires a very good equestrian level, with gaits that can be fast, especially on the Camargue beaches.
RYTHM:
5 hours a day on horseback on average: 2-3 hours in the morning, 2-3 hours in the afternoon, with a long break of around 2 hours at noon. You will ride the three paces: walk, trot, and canter when the terrain allows. Nice gallops in Camargue on beaches.
GUIDE & ASSISTANT:
1 qualified guide speaking French and English + 1 professional assistant ensuring luggage transports and preparing lunch buffets.
HORSES:
Essentially crosses of Spanish, Arab, French breed. Horses are allocated according to each rider weight, height, riding level and experience. All our horses are trail riding “professionals”. Living throughout the year in a herd, trail riding is their only work activity. For these reasons, they are well-balanced gentle, yet wilfully engaged.
TACK:
Comfortable trail ride saddles equipped with saddle bags. Trail ride saddles are especially designed for long rides as well as for the gaits employed on this type of terrain. The saddles are comfortable for both the horse and the rider.
ACCOMMODATION:
In hotels, double bedrooms or single with supplement.
Subject to availability:
MEALS:
Taken in the evenings in typical Camargue restaurants. The first evening at the hotel, the second evening in a bodega in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. At noon, an assistant prepares hearty buffets.
2024 PRICE / PER PERSON:
In 2 person bedrooms: 700 €
Single bedroom supplement: 120 €
Booking fees: 15 €
THE PRICE INCLUDES:
Equipped horse rental, the guide, the assistant and the minibus ensuring the preparation of the lunch buffets and the transport of luggage, accommodation, meals, drinks (table water and 1/4 wine during meals ), the manade activity in the Camargue, free transfer back to Astouin, free transfers from/to the bus stop at set times, the financial guarantee of your payments by our travel operator guarantee.
THE PRICE DOESN'T INCLUDE:
Individual insurance, drinks excluding water and wine during meals, possible visits, tips, transfers from / to Arles train station, everything that is not indicated in "the price includes".
INSURANCE:
A civil liability and travel insurance (assistance/repatriation) is compulsory. A cancellation insurance is strongly recommended.
A payment by credit card can make you benefit from its possible insurance (check your contract).
We offer to Europe Union, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway residents: the Chapka insurances.
Cap Security: full insurance with cancellation. Cap Cancellation: cancellation only.
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Bookings for this ride are open about 1 month in advance.
Depending on the filling of the integral trip from the Luberon to the Camargue
Deux jours géniaux à cheval en Camargue avec Orane, notre guide, et Pierrot pour l'intendance. Je ne peux que vivement recommander ! Merci Orane pour cette remise en selle au top, Pierrot pour l'intendance impeccable, et au plaisir de randonner de nouveau avec vous!