Coastal Adventure Trail
10 June 2023
The Riding
The Accommodation
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Accommodation was mostly great. WaveCrest absolutely stunning! Locations and views amazing, beds were all comfortable, and we weren't too impacted by the electricity. I didn't bring shampoo and body wash because it said there was some at each location - there wasn't but I made do!
Food quality was 50/50, but totally understand the difficulty in getting produce out to the furthest reaches! Having said that, I didn't lose any weight!!
Biggest disappointment was not having a good choice of famous SA wines!
My dietary preferences were mostly catered for - Debs at Kei Mouth was brilliant, but some of the packed lunches didn't provide an alternative to what I couldn't have. (e.g. apple, and apple drink). For one lunch all I had was a sandwich.
[In The Saddle - thanks for letting us know that the hotels are not now providing shampoo/body wash and we have amended our information. We are sorry that they were unable to provide alternatives to apples for your picnic].
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All in all, a fantastic experience in an even more fantastic location. Very well run outfit, super fit and beautiful horses, and a great team.
Julia who has been on 4 In The Saddle rides. Fantastic horses and beaches - perfect combination | Obviously the itinerary was rather impacted by the accident, and it was very disappointing that we didn't just continue up the coast on the next day, but had a 'quiet' ride inland. Also the pace was slower than we are generally used to. I know we can't gallop all the time on trail rides, but the biggest disappointment for me was not to have The Gallop on The Beach, and really see what our horses could do. I know that this was also due to geography, and for the safety of horses and riders!
That said, the horses, guides and location were stunning, and we did have lots of fast canters along amazing beaches and inland, and were extremely lucky with the weather.
I was perfectly matched with my horse Eclipse, who was exactly what was requested. Fast, forward and more importantly, fun! The guides were excellent, friendly and couldn't done more for us all.
Overall I would still say this was an excellent holiday and I would certainly recommend it!
[In The Saddle: Yours was a private group and the guides did their utmost best to make sure everyone was safe and had a good time. The river at Wavecrest was particularly high and so it wasn't safe to go across for the gallop to Mazeppa. We are pleased that overall you had a good time.]