Riding Holidays in Mexico

C O L O R E S D E M E X I C O

8 Days/7 Nights

During this trip we often canter or gallop, but we also walk on many occasions to enjoy the countryside and give the horses their well earned break.

You are always free to skip any of the following rides and just relax at the ranch...

Day 1: Also on this trip airport pick up is included at 8:30 am (for guests who arrive on a night flight or on the day before the trip starts ... see 'Travel') and at 4:30 pm**

If you arrive in time for the morning pick up you will be able to join the afternoon ride together with the riders of the VIVA MEXICO trip who are now starting their second week. But first get to know the ranch, the horses and the rooms. Settle in and have a nice Mexican lunch under the old oak tree.

The afternoon ride gives you the chance to get used to your horse on a canter through the beautiful plains of Yonté. Your first, tasty, Mexican Tequila awaits you upon arrival at the ranch. Salud!

Day 2: Now the group is complete and the first ride will take us along the canyon to the village of ‘Xochitlan de Las Flores’. Sunday is a leisurely way of living in the village and a visit takes you to their beautiful old church... a trip back in time.

After a nice canter or gallop you will enjoy lunch back at the ranch. Now it is also time to evaluate the riding abilities and if necessary, split the group.

Back on the horses we take you on another route down to the river. After the crossing there is a steep climb up the rocks. A lovely ride through crops and little ponds leads us to the the sunset hill. There we enjoy a long gallop around it, with a final canter to its top where you will enjoy the stunning view of the beautiful countryside which is ready to embrace you during the rides to come.

A canter or gallop will take us back into the sunset. Horse and rider both will enjoy the sun’s glorious display as it slips silently behind the mountain range.

Day 3: A tasty Mexican breakfast and... we are off, following the old, stone paved 'Camino Real' the route which the royals used to travel from one Hacienda to the other. We stop for refreshments at the Hacienda of San Antonio and then follow the road to the old village of San Miguel de Las Piedras. A beautiful little village built into the canyon, it's ways paved with river stones.

After leaving the village we stop in the shade of the trees along the river where we will enjoy our picnic. If you like you may take a dip in the water.

Refreshed again we follow the canyon, pass by giant rocks and climb up the steep tracks to the top of the canyon. On the way back we cross authentic Mexican countryside and finish the day with a nice canter or gallop.

Day 4: Today after leaving the ranch we will canter across an open plain. The first hours take us into a shady valley full with old oak trees covered with Spanish moss. We climb to the little sanctuary of the Virgin of Guadalupe, the colored virgin of Mexico. After following the river we ride through the village of El Divisadero. Now we are crossing the road into the open country. Nice canter and gallops take us through the vast cornfields.

Crossing our district town of San Francisco Soyaniquilpan de Juarez 'San Pancho' we arrive at a colorful Mexican Fonda -small restaurant- ‘La Mesita Campestre’ where we will have lunch, tasting true local cuisine.

After this break the horses are fresh again for another gallop across open fields on the way back. Before arriving at the ranch we pass our village of San Agustin Buenavista with its church finished by 1701.

Back at the ranch get ready to enter a magical world filled with Mexican Colors, Mexican Ballads and Mexican Dance... a night to remember.

Day 5: Heading out north from the ranch we will pass little villages on the way to the Lake District. Passing along some of the lakes we arrive to Santa Maria Macua, a beautiful village built into the mountains. Experience the Mexican way of life.

Leaving the village we climb up into the mountains and have our picnic on the mountains ridge from where you may admire the mighty canyons and it's typical Mexican landscape from above.

The way back takes us through Heroes Carranza, a dreamy little village with an enchanting old church. Here you will take a refreshment before cantering or galloping back to the ranch.

Day 6: The longest ride will take you today to the Cathedral of Canalejas. Through open fields we pass the village of Zaragoza, from there we canter cross country to arrive at the wells of Mexicaltongo next to the village of El Tejon. Then the route takes us up through the hills of Jilotepec over to Canalejas where we climb the little mountain with its Cathedral on the top.

After the visit of this beautiful Cathedral where many weddings are held we ride down into the village of Canalejas where we will enjoy the real Mexican Tacos at a place well known by us.

On the way back through ever-changing countryside you will have several opportunities for a relaxed canter or a speedy gallop.

Day 7: Market day in Jilotepec... see Day 6 in MEXICO LINDO ...is an option to the morning ride, which takes us 2,000 feet up the mountains. The countryside changes quickly as the sure-footed horses begin the climb beyond the small villages into the mountains where the landscape is filled with cactus and tequila plants.

A rich ‘Arrachera’ beef prepared the Mexican way awaits you back at the rancho, where we will be joined by the people who went to the Friday Market.

Now you have the chance to swim with horses before we take a last afternoon ride, depending on you likings, galloping across open plains and through the fields or visiting the old hacienda of San Agustin after crossing the beautiful antique bridge ‘Puente del Muité'.

As an alternative to the swimming with the horses and the farewell ride you may visit the Archeological site of Tula and its Atlants... see Day 4 at 'MEXICO LINDO'

Our romantic night 'HASTA LA VISTA' helps to deepen all the impressions caught over the last days and to seal the new friendships made.

Day 8: Today is the final day for everybody... either you catch the early transfer which drops you off at the airport at 8:30 am or you spend the last morning at the ranch and go for the final ride tailored to your taste. After lunch join the transportation which drops you off at the airport at 4:30 pm.

Itinerary subject to change!

If you like do shorter rides see also...

MEXICO LINDO... the easy/relaxed riding vacation

Or why not get the most out of it and do the two rides all in one...

VIVA MEXICO... from easy/relaxed to more demanding rides

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