Packages and Options

Gratuities are at your discretion. In the restaurants service is included in the price but an additional 10% tip for the waiter is usual. Taxi drivers receive 10%. Also tour leaders, drivers and helpers are very appreciative of tips, if you are content with the service.

Rates Note:

Return transfer at 12 noon.

Day 1: Arrival in Malaga and transfer to Zahara de los Atunes (about 3 hrs.) Dinner and overnight in a hotel right on the ocean or alternatively overnight at Rancho La Paz near Malaga.
Day 2: After breakfast you start your ride along the beaches. The firm sand gives you the opportunity to get used to your horse in all gaits.  On a clear day you can see as far as Morocco. In Bolonia you have lunch in a typical Spanish ‘venta’. If you want you can visit the famous Roman ruins. Then you ride along a sandy beach, (several miles long) that invites to brisk canter, to Tarifa. The horses stay in Tarifa; the riders are driven back to the hotel at the Atlantic beach.
Day 3: Today’s ride takes you into the interior along soft trails and ancient paths. You follow a mountain range which brings you to the Santuario Nstra. Sra. De la Luz, an old pilgrimage site. On an historic smugglers path you cross a narrow mountain pass before reaching Facinas in the late afternoon. Transfer for overnight as the day before.
Day 4: In the morning, enjoy a few nice canters before reaching the Almodovar Reservoir. Noisy creeks rushing down from the mountains make the air fresh and cool. Here, far from everything, the support vehicle awaits you with a picnic. The whole valley has been declared a bird conservatory and is home to several rare species. At the end of the day you reach Los Barrios, only 6 miles from Gibraltar.  Here, the horses will be put up for the night. Riders are driven a short distance to the hotel in Alcala where your luggage awaits you.
Day 5:  You ride across the hunting grounds what was once one of the largest estates in Europe, the Almoraima, home to a vast population of deer, as well as a rare and very shy species of wild goat called the Cabra Iberica. The oak forests in the small canyons are sprinkled with bizarre sandstone formations. One of them is the ‘Torero’, a rock 20m high that resembles the head of a bull fighter in amazing detail. Overnight as the day before.
Day 6: Until today you have probably been amazed by the endurance and smooth canter of your Andalusian horse. Now you can admire how surefooted they are when climbing the mountains of the National Park Alcornocales. Only by special permission are we able to enter this protected nature reserve once owned by old Andalusian nobility. These mountains are covered with cork oaks and other deciduous trees and keep the natural waters all year round, even in the summer. Rare plants, such as orchids, grow in the shade of the trees. Although this mountain range is only 1,600 ft high, it offers spectacular views over the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic.
Day 7: Today you have an unforgettable ride on your enduring and sure-footed horses. Inside the Sierra de Aljibe Nature Park you ride, in one day, up to the Finca Buenas Noches, situated at 1,900 ft. On a winding path at 2,900 ft you ride on to Corso de los Lobos. Picnic lunch at an elevation of 3,500 ft.  Then follows a spectacular descent down to the beautiful village of Jimena. Here you say goodbye to the horses and spend the last night or drive back to Rancho La Paz and stay overnight there.
Day 8: After breakfast transfer to the Malaga airport.
Itinerary subject to change. Some departure dates have the first and last night at Rancho La Paz .

The overall climate of Andalusia is similar to Southern California: hot in the summer, pleasant and moderate in the spring and fall, and fairly cool in the winter. Rain is possible anytime, but rare in summer. The main rainy season is from the end of October to the beginning of May. The Atlantic Ocean is warm and pleasant to swim in from May to October.