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Our age limit for the Mid rivers trail is 6 years old, Our Rees River Trail ride is 7 years old, and our experienced day rides is a minimum of 12 years (provided their riding experience is up to the level required). We unfortunatly do not offer pony rides to children under our age restrictions due to insurance policies.
All children under 18 years old and MUST be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
The well being and safety of our horses is of the utmost importance to our team and weight limits are put in place to ensure their welfare is kept in accordance to the world horse welfare tourism standard. We are strict on this policy.
Please note that guests may be weighed at check in and then introduced to the horse that best suits your riding ability and weight.
Long trousers, suitable sturdy footwear, sunglasses, sunscreen. During winter please bring warm layers including socks, gloves, scarf.
All booking cancellations 7 days prior to your trek date will be refunded in full.
50% of the booking cost will be refunded between 7 days and 24 hours of your cancellation request.
No refund is available within 24 hours of your departure time
Depending on your ride, movie magic is never far away! It is not hard to see why this beautiful part of the world has been a favorite movie location for some of the Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters, as you ride amongst towering snow capped mountain ranges, fantasy based landscapes, ancient forests and spellbinding scenery. High Country Horses are lucky enough to have EXCLUSIVE riding rights to many of these secret locations, so movie nerds can rejoice at the change to ride through actual places their favorite film/s were made.
Glenorchy and surrounds has played host to some of New Zealand’s biggest Hollywood blockbusters including:
The gateway to the untamed beauty of the Wakatipu Basin.
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