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Day 1 - Saturday
Meeting at the riding centre at 8:45 am. There, we are acquainted with the place, the horses, the guides and your fellow riders, while drinking a hot coffee.
We prepare our horses and begin in the arena, to get to know better our horses. After having chosen the horse who suits you better, here we go for two to three hours ride outdoor. We discover the ocean, enjoying a wonderful view on the Landes forest, with the sea just behind. After a short hour of trail during which we had time to get used to our horses temper, we arrive on the beach, far from civilization. We ride South, taking our time breathing the salted air and considering this endless strech of land... Then, after a few canters, we go back to the forest through the Lette of Seguedey, then the Bias pond where we stop to have lunch.
We get back into saddle at 3:30pm, after a short and necessary nap. We go towards the Moulasse Swamp, then some crests above dunes, long canters in straight tracks on the brigand path to arrive at the riding centre where our horses will stay tonight.
We spend the night at the welcoming manor of Tireveste where we can enjoy a typical Landes dinner.

Day 2 - Sunday
We wake up early today, to have breakfast at 8:00am and be on horseback at 9:30am. We ride to the white sand plain and take the Courlis banks, riding near its clear waters for some kilometers. Then we leave Saint Julien en Born for some unforgettable canters in a real labyrinth, leaving behing us the Haute Lande landscapes to find the dunes of the seashore again. We stop nearby the sea for lunch.
This afternoon, we leave along the Sintias Laguna, then the Tirelagüe pond where our horses can drink. Then we enter this huge forest and its luxuriant and wild vegetation. We ride among dunes with unexpected relief, to reach the banks of the Mimizan stream and its mouth. We end up riding on the beach at sunset before arriving at the riding centre.
The arrival time can change according to the weather, the season, and the length of days.

Horses Our horses are mostly Anglo-Arabs. Many of them were born at the farm. They are used to living in herd and to trail riding. They are lively, safe and good-balanced. Tack We use English tack. You cannot come with your own saddle. Saddlebags are provided so you can take your small personal belongings on horseback during the day. Riding level For this trail ride, you must be able to manage your horse at all gaits outdoor and be trained enough to cope with five or six hours a day on horseback, with many canters and trots all along the day.

Useful information
Children are welcome from 13 years old if they are acompanied with an adult. Children from 15 years old are welcome unacompanied if they are good riders, trained and mature enough to stick with a ride made for adults.
Maximum weight : 95kg
You must wear an helmet on this trail ride. Helmets can be lent directly at the farm.
Non-riders are welcome. Many other activities are possible in the area.

Guides
Our trail rides are supervised by guides who have a diploma for guiding trail rides.
They perfectly know the area, and love it, so it will be a pleasure for them to help you discover the region!

Logistics
A support vehicle will move the luggage from accommodation to accommodation, and will join you for picnic lunches.

Accommodation
Our riding center is located 400m from the Atlantic Ocean and in the heart of the pine forest.
On Saturday night, you stay in a 2* hotel in double rooms with private bathrooms.
Single rooms available with supplement.

Meals
During the trail, meals are cooked for you to discover local gastronomy. Lunches are provided by our support vehicule and dinners are taken at your hotel/guesthouse.

Week-end Silver Coast Trail 2011
November 12 to 13	245 €	available

Week-end Silver Coast Trail 2012
February 25 to 26	250 €	available
March 10 to 11	250 €	available
March 17 to 18	250 €	available
April 07 to 08	250 €	available
April 29 to 30	250 €	available
May 05 to 06	250 €	available
May 26 to 27	250 €	available
June 02 to 03	250 €	available
June 23 to 24	250 €	available
June 30 to July 01	250 €	available
September 01 to 02	250 €	available
September 08 to 09	250 €	available
September 29 to 30	250 €	available
October 13 to 14	250 €	available
October 27 to 28	250 €	available
November 10 to 11	250 €	available
November 24 to 25	250 €	available
December 08 to 09	250 €	available

OPTIONS

- Single room supplement : 20 €
This single supplement applies to any booking of a single person. If you are willing to share and we do find another rider of the same gender to share your room, the single supplement will be refunded to you after the ride.

OPTION	Price per person
Extra night including dinner and breakfast, before or after the ride	Double room : 67 €
	Single room : 87 €

- the trail ride as described - full board,
- Total and unlimited financial guarantee (APS) for all payments made to us (see "why ride with us ?"),
- Protection of the French Law for travel consumers who book through French travel agencies (see "why ride with us ?").

- transport to and from the meeting point (Landes),
- drinks,
- any other service or optional visit entries, personal expenses,
- tips,
- a tour to discover other regions of France before or after the trail (castle life, golf training, thalassotherapy spas...), see our "after ride proposals".
- optional insurances.

2 days / 1 night / 2 days on horseback

English / French speaking guide. One of our guides on this trail also speaks German and Spanish.

From 2 to 12 riders.