Horseback trail ride in PROVENCE : 5 DAY PROGRESSIVE RIDE IN THE LITLLE LUBERON

randonnee equestre dans le luberon

promenade a cheval lourmarin

stage cheval dans le luberon

Destination

Provence : Weeks

Thematic

Toussaint à cheval

Best value horse riding holidays

Luberon horse riding

Toussaint à cheval

Best value horse riding holidays

A 5 day progressive horseback ride. The little Luberon is the wild Provence that you will discover on horseback: in the heart of Mediterranean vegetation, valleys, small canyons, panoramas, cliffs, perched villages. Sometimes you can see Bonelli's eagles or Egyptian vultures soaring majestically in the blue sky.

Provence in the little Luberon horseback week progressive trail ride.

Itinerary

INDICATIVE ITINERARY *

Day 1: Lauris - Merindol.
Departure of the horseback ride: you are surrounded by nature in the heart of the "Petit" Luberon. You ride up a track lined with oaks and pines. Above, are cliffs, then you ride down. Picnic stop, then you continue to explore the "Petit" Luberon by descending to Merindol where you can make a short stop at the old village. You leave the village to reach the accommodation and settle in (spacious dormitory with around twenty beds, showers nearby, swimming pool in summer).

Day 2: Merindol - Maubec.
You leave following the foot of the northern slope of the "Petit" Luberon and a canal. You reach the village of Robion, then your evening accommodation in Maubec: Le mas de l'Etang.

Day 3: Maubec - Bonnieux.
You now follow the foot of the northern slope of the "Petit" Luberon. You discover the beautiful village of Oppede le Vieux, then Lacoste sheltered by the famous castle of the Marquis de Sade. Then, you head to the campsite where you spend the night at the foot of the beautiful perched village of Bonnieux.

Day 4: Bonnieux - Buoux.
You set off on horseback towards the Claparedes Plateau: its lavender fields, its dry stone walls, its old shepherds' huts (bories) to reach the Aiguebrun valley and the Seguins inn where you spend the night.

Day 5: Buoux - Lauris.
Return to the starting point of your ride, via the "Petit" Luberon ridges, Lourmarin: another beautiful village in the Luberon. From Lourmarin to Lauris, you follow the foot of the Luberon along the orchards: vines, almond trees, cherry trees, peach trees, apricot trees ...

Indicative itinerary which can be modified if necessary. Particularly in the event of an exceptional risk of fire.

Meeting / Departure

MEETING:
The morning of day 1 at 9 a.m. in Lauris in the Luberon. Lauris is located 1 hour drive from Marseille and Avignon, 1/2 hour drive from Aix en Provence.

DEPARTURE:
Late afternoon on day 5 around 5 p.m. in Lauris.

BUSES FROM/TO AIX-EN-PROVENCE CENTER:
To / from Lauris: see schedule
To / from La Roque d'Antheron (Saint-Christophe bus stop) : see schedule
To / from Aix-en-Provence TGV station, or Marseille airport to Aix center: bus shuttle see schedule

Riding

LEVEL:
To participate and enjoy this horseback ride, you must be comfortable at the three paces (walk, trot, canter) on balanced horses.

AGE & WEIGHT:
From 12 years old. Maximum weight: 85 kg.

RYTHM:
5 hours riding per day on average: 2-3 hours in the morning, 2-3 hours in the afternoon. At three paces: walk, trot, canter when the terrain allows it.

NUMBER OF RIDERS:
3 + the guide.

GUIDE:
Qualified guide speaking French and English.

HORSES:
Mainly Camargue breed. Your guide chooses your horse on the morning of departure based on your height, weight, level and experience. All the horses are trail riding “professionals”. They only do this activity and live all year round in herds. For these reasons, they are balanced, kind and strong-willed.

TACK:
Comfortable western and trail riding saddles equipped with saddlebags that allow you to carry your lunch picnic as well as some personal belongings. Saddles adapted for the comfort of the horse, the comfort and safety of the rider.

Comfort

ACCOMMODATION:
In mixed dormitories every evening.

Indicative:
image-20220603152453-2 Les Argiles
image-20240109184359-1 Mas de L'Etang
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Camping Le Vallon

Auberge des Seguins

rando cheval Luberon MEALS:
Dinners at the accommodations: a local cuisine, varied and refined. Special diets can be adapted. Wine is included with meals.
At lunchtime: picnics are taken in the saddle bags.

LUGGAGE TRANSFERS:
Insured by an assistance vehicle.

Rates

Infos tarif

2024 PRICE / PER PERSON:
1050 € in dormitories
Booking fees: 15 €.

THE PRICE INCLUDES:
The rental of the equipped horse, the guide, the assistant ensuring luggage transports, accommodation, meals with table water and 1/4 wine, luggage transports, the financial guarantee of your payments by our security deposit travel operator.

THE PRICE DOESN'T INCLUDE:
Individual insurance, drinks out of meals and not included, any visits, transport to and from Lauris, tips, 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.
See prices & information

Dates

Cette randonnée peut être proposée sur demande pour 4 cavaliers d'avril à fin octobre.

Other dates may be available for this product, contact us if you cannot find the desired date.

Dates	From	Infos	Contact
19/04/2025 - 23/04/2025	1050€		Information request
28/05/2025 - 01/06/2025	1050€		Information request
01/06/2025 - 05/06/2025	1050€		Information request
16/06/2025 - 20/06/2025	1050€	SOLD OUT	Information request
05/07/2025 - 09/07/2025	1050€		Information request
23/08/2025 - 27/08/2025	1050€		Information request
27/09/2025 - 01/10/2025	1050€		Information request
18/10/2025 - 22/10/2025	1050€		Information request

Booking

How to book

By booking with Cap Rando, you get the benefit of the French travel agency law, one of the strictest in the world: an unlimited financial guarantee for all your payments !

BOOKING PROCEDURE:

1. CHECK THE AVAILABILITY, PRICE, DISCOUNT:
Check the availability and price (depending on the type of accommodation and after possible discounts) by contacting us through the availability & quote request form or by phone +33 (0)483431321, whatsapp +33(0)609520324, or e-mail: contact@horsebackridingvacations.eu
If you already have received the confirmation of the availability and the price, you can proceed directly to your booking:

2. BOOKING:
Fill out the online registration form: https://www.horsebackridingvacations.eu/form/booking-form
If you are registering and paying for several riders, you can add riders on the form.
If you have difficulty with the online form or if you prefer:
- Download the Excel file for 1 rider
- Download the Open Office file for 1 rider
- Download the Excel file for 2 riders
- Download the Open Office for 2 riders
To be completed, saved on your computer, and sent by email as an attachment.
Your personal information (birth date, height, weight, riding level & experience, health information, etc.) are contractuals. The facility / guide / instructor may exclude on site and without compensation, any person whose information is different from the information provided on the registration form, and/or who does not correspond to the conditions of participation.

3. INSURANCES:
Cap Rando is covered for its professional civil liability: GENERALI contract n ° AL974010.
To register on a Cap Rando holiday, you must be covered by an individual liability insurance covering your activity, individual accident, assistance, repatriation, and possibly cancellation (strongly recommended not to lose your payment in case of cancellation for a reason covered by a cancellation insurance).
We offer to Europe Union, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway residents (only) to subscribe the "Cap Security" insurance from Chapka Insurance. This covers you for cancellation, interruption of stay, individual accident, assistance 24h / 24h, repatriation, medical expenses abroad, luggage insurance, civil liability. You can also only subscribe a "Cap Cancellation" cancellation insurance if you have insurance covering other risks.
See all information about our cancellation policy and Chapka insurance offer.
For other country citizens: if you pay by credit card, depending on your card, you may be fully covered: check your contract.
The US citizens can subscribe directly an insurance for instance on: https://www.axatravelinsurance.com/

4. PAYMENT:
- For a stay starting at more than 60 days: It is requested at registration: 50% of the price of the stay, the payment of the insurance possibly subscribed, the transport possibly requested, the booking fees. The balance is to be paid 60 days before the start date of the stay.
- For a stay starting at less than 60 days: Full payment is requested upon registration.
- For a stay starting at less than 21 days: Full payment by credit card is requested upon registration.
- If these are the last places available: Payment by credit card is requested upon registration.
You can pay:
- By credit card on our secure payment website: You will be directed to the payment link after completing the online booking form.
- By bank transfer: Our bank information will be sent to you after reception of your booking form.
For a quick processing and to secure your registration, receipt of your confirmation file within 24-48 hours: choose a payment by credit card. In addition: payment by credit card can allow you to benefit from its possible insurance.
Please note: your reservation will only be confirmed after receipt of your payment.
Your payments are guaranted by our GROUPAMA travel agent bond.
If you book a trip through Cap Rando, you have the guarantee not to loose any payment.
The French law is the strongest and requires all French travel agencies to have an unlimited financial guarantee for their customers in case of financial failure.

5. CONFIRMATION:
You will receive a confirmation file and contract with the invoice and all useful information within 24-48 hours after reception of your registration form and payment.

6. TRANSPORTS:
Before booking your transport: we advise you to wait for the receipt of the confirmation file and check that your transports feet with the meeting/separation times of the offered transfers. We recommend booking refundable transports.

7. CANCELATION POLICY:
Please note: Any stay may be canceled if there are insufficient bookings to ensure the stay up to 20 days before the date of a stay of more than 6 days, 7 days for a stay of 2 to 5 days. In this case, you may be offered a replacement stay or a departure with a supplement, if these proposals do not suit you: a full refund (unless you have accepted a possible supplement upon registration), excluding booking fees and possible non-refundable transport, is guaranteed without compensation.
See the cencellation policy: cancelation conditions.

8. SALE CONDITIONS:
You can consult the sale conditions: see the conditions.