Desert Horse Adventures
Leisure Trail Ride Program
Call to schedule your ride then click below to pay your deposit by credit card!
Per person $180; minimum 2 people. Bring a friend or we will try to find another person. New riders under 200 lbs. please. With some riding experience, we have a horse for 200-250 lbs. Easy riding test required. Max weight for now is 250 lbs. We do use a scale.
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If you don't know how to steer a horse through a simple course, you will need an Adventure Ride in advance of the trail ride. An Adventure Ride can be split between two people; price is $140. At the end of the hour, you will be able to make turns left & right, steer through cones, over obstacles, ride up & downhill, and stop when you want. You will also experience trotting/jogging.
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50% deposit is non-refundable; your ride may be rescheduled for an additional $25 fee.
208-290-7423
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TRAIL RIDE EXPERIENCE
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Available to new and experienced riders under 200 pounds and riders with some experience from 200-250 lbs. Our most popular ride spends a lot of time in the water at the confluence of the Gila and Colorado Rivers know locally as Shit Creek. (Other rides available.)
Meet and greet at the ranch where a pig and some fun, crazy dogs will say hello and retrieve balls.
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ADVENTURE PART 1: Your time with us begins with brushing your horse and helping us saddle up. Helmets are included and required (insurance regs). You are invited to show us your riding skills such as left and right turns and a stop. NOTE: You may need to take an Adventure Ride (lesson) in advance of your trail ride. You'll learn the above plus get experience up and downhill, negotiate a few obstacles and go just a bit faster. Our reviewers were very happy with the confidence the Adventure Ride offered. If just a tune up is needed, you will receive a mini lesson which is prorated for time used.
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ADVENTURE PART 2: We'll load the horses into a trailer and if you have brought a vehicle, you'll follow us to the trail head about 12 miles away passing over dirt roads into the back country through ag fields and viewing irrigation ditches. No 4WD needed.
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ADVENTURE PART 3: The trail ride runs a full hour up and down hills, through the river, the desert, tall brush, shorter brush with an optional narrative including jokes, funny stories, local history and things to do suggestions. You won't get wet unless the water is high enough, see pic below. We'll let you know when you book. This is NOT a nose to tail ride. You actually need to be able to steer and control your horse. It is a leisure ride; no running.​
SAYING GOODBYE: No need to return to the ranch. We'll bring the horses home and take care of them. Sometimes we all go out to lunch, or you can depart from the trail head where you'll be near the Yuma Palms Mall.
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A typical ride includes myself and three others so individual attention is no problem.
MEET OUR HORSES
Lena, a Paint mare, now 17 years old.
Stardust, 17 yrs., an Arab mare does pony rides too.
Spirit, 25 yrs, 44"
