Viking tour – horseback riding

Riding the ancient and historic Icelandic horse is something you have to experience at least once in your life, the horse the Vikings loved and rode proudly.  We ride in green valleys surrounded by striking mountains, and in a pretty forest with good views.  We ride in the Flokadalur valley, that is so deeply connected to the history of when Vikings settled Iceland, in the mountains of the Trollaskagi area (“The peninsula of giants”, named so for the striking mountains), in an area famous for still weather and good weather in summertime, and snow in the wintertime.  This tour is ideal for beginners and experienced people, everybody enjoys it, it is a fantastic choice for a horse ride.

We start with a little introduction to riding the Icelandic horse before the ride, a simple lesson, depending on our visitor’s experience.  So if you are beginners you learn a bit about how to ride, and experienced riders learn how to ride the Icelandic horse. That is helpful and fun for everybody 🙂 So, the whole visit/experience here can easily take 30-90 minutes more than the tour itself, and that is fun for everybody, but you have to expect to spend a bit longer time here than the time for the ride itself.

The tour is 2 hour total. (where the whole experience can be 3 hours), and includes refreshments/snacks.

The timing is the show-up time, please try to be rather sharp on time.  If you arrive a lot earlier you just have to wait while we’re finishing saddling up the horses.  There might be more guests coming. We also start preparing the horses a bit before you come and it’s not fun for them to wait for a long time if you are late. So it’s good if you’re sharp on time.