Maria (this is their first In The Saddle holiday) Bandit Trail - Brilliant scenery, exhilarating riding, outstanding horses! | Definitely! Very high-adventure! If you are afraid of heights, this is definitely not for you.

Lowri (this is their first In The Saddle holiday) Great Trail Riding Experience | I have just come back from a week's riding on the Bandit trail. I went with my 14 year old son and we are both experienced riders. The riding terrain was varied and the views breathtaking. The horses were fit and responsive and extremely well cared for. The ride was paced well to look after the horses on challenging terrain over the six days of riding. The tack was also in excellent condition and the guide was an extremely experienced horseman who obviously loved his horses.
My only comment would be that we were probably advised to take the wrong ride as we both would have liked to ride at a faster pace and would have been better suited to one of the other rides that the company offers. That aside, the quality of the horses and the scenery made for an excellent weeks riding.

Leslie who has been on 5 In The Saddle rides. Beautiful scenery around every corner | Wonderful experienced guide & great horses.

Jeff who has been on 2 In The Saddle rides. Very good. | The riding was good, lovely scenery, the guide Nicky was brilliant, making sure every one was ok and the horse tacked up correctly, Horses were great and very fit.

Some of the rides were too long could have done with finishing a bit earlier, 16:00ish not 19:00 (not to do with my fitness). We had a couple of shoes came off which didn’t help.

It would be nice to enjoy the the villages we stayed at, maybe an early lunch in the village and the rest of the afternoon off.

Overall very good would go with them again.

Stephanie (this is their first In The Saddle holiday) A fabulous 5 days of stunning scenery, great food and great riding | The riding was really good. My horse (Flash) was absolutely awesome. I would have taken him home if I could. I had a little cry when I left him.
The only issue I had was with the tack. My stirrups repeatedly came off. Losing one on a walking phase of the ride. Meaning spending the rest of the day stirrupless. Then the stirrups came away at other random times, particularly during faster sections of the ride.
The bridle was also in an awful state. It also came off during the ride.

Barbara who has been on 15 In The Saddle rides. Freshwater fantastic | Lovely ride, excellent horses, excellent guide and catering.

It would have been good on the long ride sections to have a break and then trot a little more to make up the time.

Flash (this is their first In The Saddle holiday) I thought,there would be more Pyrenes mountains and I would have known more details before for the Wake-Up-Time.

Madelen (this is their first In The Saddle holiday) Fresh and saltwater trail | Good and well cared for horses. I had to change horses during the trailride because the first horse i got was a bit too much of a challange. The second horse i got was simply amazing. Excellent trots and canters and the saddle was very nice to sit in.

AS (this is their first In The Saddle holiday) I thought the participating riders were more experienced. There were a few that didn't always have full control.
The horses matched perfectly with what we had requested.

Jette Merete who has been on 2 In The Saddle rides. I was assigned a horse that I requested; one that wasn't too hard for my back and one that was forwardgoing. My request was fully fulfilled, but I would have liked to try a Spanish horse or an Andalusian. Just to try it. [ITS Comment - we were very pleased that you were able to ride the horse that you requested. I'm sorry that on this occasion there wasn't the opportunity to 'try' another guests Spanish horse].

It was a very exciting and challenging terrain. However, the terrain also only allowed the pace to be in walk most of the time. Could have been nice with a little more trot or canter.
Very good saddles and tack. Thorough introduction to how they wanted us to get the horses ready and tacked for each riding.

Pia Moeller (this is their first In The Saddle holiday) Bandit trail | I had a lovely horse and a great trip.

Tasha (this is their first In The Saddle holiday) Very fun, but a little chaotic | I rode Casper and he bit! I was really stressful trying to quickly tack up a horse that bit me. What I recommend. More time to tack up horses (more help from the guide if you have a difficult horse). Checks to make sure all tack is secure. NO more than 8 people. Our group was 12 and it was nuts.[Sarah from In The Saddle comments: Thank you for your feedback, and we do agree that a group size of up to 8 guests is the ideal, however it is clear within the ride information that on certain weeks in busy times of the season the group size can go up to 12 guests]

Gitte who has been on 3 In The Saddle rides.
The horses were fit and in good feed condition. Responded well to my helpers. The tack in good quality and in order. Long stretch to ride, up to 4 hours without a break, but the horses were fit for it

Frankie (this is their first In The Saddle holiday) An unforgettable week | Me and my sister were matched perfectly with our horses, and completely fell in love with them, we had a number of long fast trot, canters and gallops, as well as climbing some amazing steep tracks which really made the holiday and built unbelievable trust with your horse.

Drusilla who has been on 7 In The Saddle rides. Brilliant holiday! | Excellent