Meeting: Gheorghieni
Airport:   Cluj-Napoca, Bucharest       Train station:   Gheorgheni
Transfer: Cluj-Napoca or Bucharest    Distance: 130 / 200 miles

Transfers are available from Bucharest at set times (6 hrs one way). You can also take the train from Bucharest Keleti at 6:40 am (Gara de Nord) to Gheorgheni and we will pick you up from there

Tack:		English trekking
Horses:		Szekler Horse, Lipizzan cross
Pace:		Moderate pace with 4 to 6 hrs in the saddle per riding day | Walk | Trot | Canter | Gallop |
Level:		(2.5 to 3 out of 5)    Low Intermediate
Age:		Min 14	Max 70
Weight:		Max 230 lbs
Riders:		Min 3 riders	Max 8 riders

A. Castle to Hut    (3 to 8 riders)
- 7 nights - no camping, 5 riding days, 4 hrs a day
B. Saxon Land     (4 to 8 riders)     
- 7 nights - no camping, 5 riding days, 4 hrs a day
C. The Salt Way   (3 to 8 riders)   
- 8 nights with 2 nights camping, 6 riding days, 5-6 hrs a day
D. Csango Land   (3 to 8 riders) 
- 8 nights with 1 night camping, 6 riding days, 5-6 hrs a day

Horses and Equipment
The horses are mostly Szekler horses and Lipizzan half breeds. At a very young age they already learn how to proceed securely on broken, slippery and rocky land since they take part on the tours following their mothers. The studs are kept on the pasture, so their nervous system is stable and calm and they are glad to fulfill their daily tasks.
They train their horses at an age of 4-5 years and mostly all of them can be used under saddle or as pack-horse and as coach horses. Their withers are between 1,40 m and 1,70 m, so all weights can find an adequate tour companion.
The  saddles are English type tour saddles and modified army saddles. In addition they have their own designed front and rear pack-belts’ saddlebags.
The saddlebags and the belonging baskets and bags were modified according to their experiments to enable the pack-horses to follow the team even at a canter.

Tour Leader, Csaba Gall:
His love towards mountains, horses and riding tour started in his childhood. When he was 4 years old he had the luck to persuade his grandfather to take him to the snow-covered mountains (havasok) on a family event.
The first dawn on the wagon made him fall in love with the mountains. As a consequence he became constant companion of his grandfather and slowly became familiar with the surroundings of the snow-covered mountains and he made friendship wit the horses as well from an early age.
After foreign experiences and studies he started his own enterprise and his commitment towards nature and horses became even bigger. He feels most at home when he can be close to horses and nature; his is guided by the basic rules learnt from his grandfather, to respect horses and nature, since only then can you work in harmony with them.
As his grandfather always said:  human kind has to learn continuously and develop to be able to keep pace with the rushing, developing world.


Passport and Visa Requirements: Passport valid for at least three months beyond length of stay required by all nationals referred to in the chart except:(a) 1. EU nationals holding a valid national ID card. Not required by all natio. more