Enjoy a first class ride in Mexico! For twenty five years, your guides have been leading riders to the most exhilarating places in Mexico. Your meals are fresh traditional Mexican…even the guacamole is made from scratch and the hospitality true Mexican! If you want to limit your riding to the mornings and desire your afternoons free to enjoy non-riding and cultural activities, this is the ride for you!

ITINERARY:

Day 1: Sunday
Transfer from Marriott Reforma at 10:30am or the Courtyard Marriot, Toluca Airport, at 11:30am to the Hacienda.

Day 2: Monday
After a delicious Mexican breakfast, you will enjoy the scent of fresh pine needles and the faint smell of wood smoke rising from the local villages in the warm dry Mexican air as you ride under sun glinted canopies of Motezuma pine and scrub oak. In the afternoon, you can choose to continue to ride or experience the local culture with visit to the village of Valle de Bravo.

Day 3: Tuesday
Your horse will carry you to Rancho Santa Rosa, the area’s largest horse breeding and training facility. In the afternoon, you will visit the incredible monarch Butterfly Sanctuary where billions of beautiful butterflies hang in the fir trees (season for butterflies is November – March).

Day 4: Wednesday
The ride will travel through pine and oak forests and cross crystal clear streams to peaceful meadows blanketed with colorful flowers. In the afternoon, you can choose to continue the ride, relax in a hammock next to the pool with a Marguerita or visit the colonial town of Valle de Bravo.

Day 5: Thursday
The morning is filled with another enjoyable ride through the countryside. In the afternoon, you will relax on a boat which will take you to “La Pena”, a historical rock where the Aztecs performed human sacrifices.

Day 6:
Friday Your horse will carry you to an overlook for a spectacular view of the lake and town below. Your afternoon is free for a hand glider adventure or a siesta in the spa. Your delicious farewell dinner will be served in a fine historical restaurant in Valle de Bravo.

Day 7: Saturday
Three hour morning ride followed by a farewell dinner that is served in a fine historical restaurant in Valle de Bravo.

Day 8: Sunday
7:00 AM Breakfast, then transfer back to Toluca Airport or 10:30 AM at Marriott Reforma Hote,l Mexico City.

Details:
Dates:
2011:November 27-December 4, December 4-11, December 11-18
2012:January 8-15, January 15-22, January 22-29, January 29-February 5, February 5-12, February 12-19, February 19-26, February 26-March 4, March 11-18, March 18-25, March 25-1, April 8-15, April 15-22, April 22-29, April 29-May6, May 6-13, May 13-20, May 20-27,June 3-10, June 10-17, June 17-24, October 14-21, November 4-11, November 11-18, November 18-25, November 25-December 2, December 2-9, December 9-16
Airports: Mexico City International Airport or Toluca International Airport
Meeting Place: Hotel Marriott Reforma, Mexico City or Hotel Courtyard Marriott, Toluca Airport.
Riding days: Six (3 hours each day)
Group size: 1-12
Riding ability: Novice, Intermediate Moderate with some trots and canters
Saddles: English, Western, Mexican Charro
Horses: Quarter horses, Mexican Criollo, Trakheners
Non-riding activities: golf, sailing, kayaking, water skiing, mountain biking, tennis, paragliding, shopping
Hotel/s: *****Hacienda
Prices: $2,150 per person, double occupancy, high season (January-February, October-December); $1,950 per person, double occupancy, low season (March-June)
$405 single supplement

Includes: transfer to and from airport hotel meeting location, 7 nights lodging, all meals except 1 dinner, horse, tack, guide, visit to Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary November – March, Lake boat trip.
Not included: airfare, pre or post ride lodging in Mexico City or Toluca, farewell dinner, gratuities, laundry service