Transfer Option:

Großglockner-Ride

Day 1  Arrival, check in, meet your horses at the stables, dinner and overnight.
Day 2  Short 2 hour morning ride to get to know the horses. The afternoon is open for relaxing or sightseeing. Dinner and overnight.
Day 3  All day ride with picnic lunch or at a local hut, dinner and overnight.  The first riding days enjoy wonderful star rides to numerous cultural and scenic high points, like e.g. the Apriacher Stockmühlen, high Waterfalls and the Graden Valley. We ride on scenic trails in the Zirknitz Valley with great views of the Grossglockner and the high Tauern.
Day 4  All day ride with picnic lunch or at a local hut, dinner and overnight.
Day 5:  We start a 2-Day-High Mountain Trail. We climb about 1000 m to reach a simple Almhütte. Dinner and overnight at alpine hut - in sleeping bag accommodation.
Day 6:  Return ride (different route) from the alpine hut to the hotel. Lunch along the way. Dinner and overnight
Day 7:  After breakfast we enjoy a 3-hour ride to a local waterfall with picnic lunch. The afternoon is open for relaxing or sightseeing. Dinner and overnight
Day 8: Breakfast, departure.
   (6 riding days, approx. 18 riding hours.) 
 
Glacier Ride

During the summer months, the Hohe Tauern mountain region radiates an incredible vital force: innumerable flowering plants put out vividly coloured blossoms, enticing insects to pollinate them with their strong scents. Dazzling seas of flowers cover the mountain meadows. Snow grouses flock together on their courtship grounds, marmots sun themselves on flat rocks, while ravens perform real aerobatics. The flora and fauna show themselves in all their magnificence and vitality.

Austria enjoys a temperate Central European climate with four distinct seasons. Summers are hot with cool nights. In Vienna and other low-lying cities temperatures during the day can get very hot over July and August. Winters are cold, below freezing in January and February. The ski season in the Alps runs from December to April but the mountains are also popular with hikers and climbers over the summer when the weather is usually warm and bright.

Accommodations

The riding hotel offers, in addition to basic hotel amenities, additional options for entertainment and relaxation:
44 en-suit bedrooms with satellite TV; singles, doubles and family suites are available
Table tennis; 2 clay tennis courts and free admission to the adjacent outdoor swimming pool
Health and fitness area with Finnish sauna, steam bath, relaxation room and tanning booth
Large garden, playground, orchard and terrace with deck chairs

Overnight mountain rides:
No single rooms available in the mountain huts - sleeping bag lodgings!

Meals

At the riding center breakfast and dinner included - the longer riding days all include a picnic lunch or lunch at a hut.
Healthy buffet breakfasts with fresh, regional produce
Choice of delicious home cooked set dinners, salad bar and Carinthian specialties.
At the riding center we include a large breakfast buffet and various 4-course-dinner menus.
The meals are wonderful Austrian and local specialties with options for vegetarian cuisine

English, Italian and Hungarian Spoken

This trip includes and can accommodate special dietary requests.

Tack:		Western
Horses:		Haflinger
Pace:		Moderate riding pace with few canters. At the riding center 2-43 hrs per day, on the mountain rides 4-6 hours per day. | Walk | Trot | Canter |
Level:		(2.5 to 3 out of 5)    Good Novice+
Age:		Min 10
Weight:		Max 220 lbs
Riders:		Min 4 riders	Max 10 riders (per riding group)	Max Capacity 44

Two-day trek up the Grossglockner Mountain.

The overnight treks include 5 to 6 riding hours per day. The rides from the center average 2-3 hours.

Passports
Passport valid for at least three months beyond length of stay required by all nationals referred to in the chart except:
(a) 1. British nationals whose passport should be valid for intended length of stay.
(b) 2. EU nationals holding a valid national ID card.
Note: EU nationals are only required to produce evidence of their EU nationality and identity in order to be admitted to any EU member state. This evidence can take the form of a valid national passport or national identity card. Either is acceptable. Possession of a return ticket, any length of validity on their document, sufficient funds for the length of their proposed visit should not be imposed.
Passport Note
Austria is a signatory to the 1995 Schengen Agreement.

Visas
Not required by all nationals referred to in the chart above for the following lengths of visit:
(a) nationals of EU countries for an unlimited period, provided passport is valid;
(b) 3. nationals of Australia, Canada and USA for the purposes of business or tourism for stays of up to three months. For stays longer than three months an entry permit must be applied for which is valid for up to six months.
(c) 4. holders of the following British passports do need a visa: British subject (without right of abode in the UK); British Dependent Territories; British Overseas Citizens; British Protected Persons.