This 7-day package includes 5 riding days.
Please, note that there are no trail rides on Wednesdays. Your package also does not include any riding activities on your arrival and departure days.
Due to weather conditions and rider’s riding skills, we reserve the right to change the following program.
Each day of the week is associated with a different trail:
- Monday: Ride to Škocjan Caves
- Tuesday: Karst Living Museum Ride
- Wednesday: no riding
- Thursday: Kokoška Hill Ride
- Friday: Socerb Castle Ride OR Rodik Park Ride
- Saturday & Sunday: White Horse Trails
Ride to Škocjan Caves (Mondays)
When leaving the riding center, you will ride east towards the green Brkini hills. Following lovely wooded trails, you will explore the east Karst. The pinnacle will be the stop at the world famous Škocjanske caves. For the caves, we suggest that you bring some sport shoes and a hoodie with you. You can leave those items at the stable and one of our employees will bring them to the Škocjan caves, so you don’t need to carry with you on the horse.
After visiting the caves, you will have a lunch break before making your way back to the riding center.
Karst Living Museum Ride (Tuesdays)
This ride follows the living Karst museum path. With typical karst features such as karst dolines, uvalas, sinkholes, grikes, abysses, and of course, underground caves, the living museum of Karst area, which extends over 700 ha, is defined as ecologically important area and its larger part belongs among the Natura 2000 sites. Enjoy the easy yet pleasant ride in this natural museum.
Kokoška Hill Ride (Thursdays)
Our destination for the day is Kokoška hill, where you will enjoy lunch in a cottage.
On the karst edge, overlooking the gulf of Trieste the hill of Kokoška stands. The refreshing and easygoing forest trail goes up to 670m above sea level. With rich fauna and flora, this path is widely popular among locals. On the top of the hill, there is a charming hut. While the horses rest in the shade, you will have a short walk to the amazing view of the Adriatic Sea and the city of Trieste. To keep your belly full and happy you will also have a nice lunch in the hut.
After that, you will slowly descend back to the spacious meadows of Lipica.
Socerb Castle Ride (Fridays)
Riding to the edge of Karst to beautiful old castle Socerb where we can enjoy in stunning view the Gulf of Trieste.
Rodik Park Ride (Fridays)
In the park, you will meet the12 mythological/folklore points of interests, taking you back into the world of our ancestors.
White Horse Trails (Weekends)
Description to come.
On Wednesdays (no riding day) clients will get a tour of the stud farm. It is also possible to go on a carriage ride or visit an official training of the Riding School.
Optional dressage lesson - extra fee applies
The Stud Farm teaches dressage, following the principles of classical dressage. Classical dressage was developed in the past centuries based on dressage of horses for battle purposes. For the rider in the battlefield, a horse with a good command of pirouettes, change of gallop, side passes and other elements is sometimes of vital importance. This skill has developed to the greatest extent in Spain. The basis of the classical dressage is natural capability of an animal. The basis and aim of classical dressage is the preparation of a horse and a rider in psychophysical and technical sense to perform harmonized moves performed in free movement without force and at the highest level of concentration.
Lessons are 45 minutes long (+15 minutes to prepare the horse) and need to be booked at least 3 days in advance.
The instructor chooses the exercises in line with rider's knowledge and ability.
Non-Riding Activities
There are many activities available for non-riders including cycling, hiking, Casino, mini golf, golf, visit of the stud farm & carriage ride.
Golf *
The international Golf Klub Lipica is located directly on the Stud farm. The 9-hole course was built in 1989 in accordance with the designs of Donald Harradin, a worldwide known designer of golf courses. It is the only golf course in Slovenia that remains open throughout the whole year. It boasts of picturesque fairways and practice range where the Academy of Golf without Borders is located.
Visit of Lipica Stud Farm
Get to know the history of the stud farm all the way from its foundation until today. Find out everything you wanted to know about Lipica and the Lipizzan horse. A visit of the Stud Farm includes the visit of the old stables, entrance to the Lipikum museum, visit of Avgust Černigoj Art Gallery, access to Karst House & visit of the Valley of Our Lady of Lourdes and the Chapel of St. Anthony of Padua.
A Tale of Lipica Show
Many centuries ago, a story of love, pride, and beauty began at the green Lipica estate. This new show of the Lipica Classical Riding School narrates the story of the exceptional stud farm heritage, the white Lipizzan horse, and its connection to the rider. We invite you to experience the elegance of these white horses and listen to the universal language of beauty. Let A Tale of Lipica impress you as it impressed many visitors.
Carriage Ride (one session of 30-minutes included)
Our coachman will take you for a romantic drive around the property of Lipica through the centennial tree alleys, which were also used by the Hapsburg royal family!
Cycling *
Those fond of active holidays can find many cycling trails in the Karst surroundings of the estate. This region will attract cyclist who desire a safe and diverse landscape, away from busy roads and enjoy dirty trails and tracks combined with asphalt roads. Cyclists can discover different parts of Karts including viewpoint peaks, remarkable blind valleys and steep cliffs on the edge of plateau. A network of cycle paths is well-marked, helping you to find your way. And when you feel hungry, find a Karst inn and enjoy the typical air dried ham – ‘pršut’.
A cycling package can be arranged for you - please inquire.
Sightseeing
A walk through the mysterious underground world of many Karst caves is a unique experience in itself. You may also explore the cultural heritage of Karst villages where the interaction over thousands of years between natural phenomena and the influence of man, whose work helped shape the curiosities, is undoubtedly eye-catching.
Hiking trails
The area of the cultivated Karst landscape of the Stud Farm, which is under the special protection of monumental heritage, encompasses pastures and meadows with protective fences, oak groves and avenues of trees. The man-made landscape is an integral and redesigned natural environment whose development is based on many centuries’ tradition of horse breeding.
In view of the immense importance of this area, we would like to familiarize visitors with this location. For this purpose a network of nature trails and promenades of various lengths have been arranged within the protected area. The planning of trails was underpinned by the basic principles of monument management which added another dimension to the core activity of horse breeding. Our nature trails will lead you through the remarkable man-made landscape of the Stud Farm. The legacy of our ancestors includes not only typical Karst pastures with isolated oaks but also many other elements of the man-made landscape such as Karst ponds, wells, ice-pits, mines, limekilns, carved boundary markers and much more.
*: extra fee applies (inquire for rates)