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The charming Innviertel
region
is located between Salzburg and Passau and borders
on Bavaria.
This new ride in traverses forests and high
plateaus, along lakes and overnights in charming
traditional guest houses. This is a trail design for
the rider with riding experience, but at the same
time not so demanding that there is still plenty of
time to look around and enjoy the scenery. You start
your trip near Mattinghofen, a lovely town situated
on the edge of a little hill, stretching down to the
Mattig river and the romantic Schwemmbach brook. The
riding center is situated in the middle of forests
and meadows. From here we explore the forests of the
Innviertel in Upper Austria all the way into the
Salzburg land. Small villages, pristine lakes and
never ending forests are your daily riding
companion.
Your professional guides and hosts Claudia and Rudi
will take good care of you and the horses on this
relaxing weeklong riding vacation.
 PG-INT8
Rates
include accommodations with breakfast and dinner, 6
riding days.
8 days/ 7 nights
$ 1,295
Single +$59
-- based on €
875 / € 38
2008 Dates:
04/19-04/26
05/10-05/17
07/26-08/02 10/04-10/11
Also:
Star rides from the center
- with 2 day trail:
8 days/ 7 nights
$ 1,095
Single +$59
-- based on €
745 / € 38
2008 Dates:
weekly SA-SA all year
(min 2 riders)
Meeting: Höhnhart
Airport: Salzburg or Vienna
Train Station:
Mattighofen
Transfer: from
Mattighofen Euro 24, Linz Euro 100, Salzburg Euro 60
- all rates are return per vehicle (max 4)
Level:
Intermediate
Horses:
Shagya-Arab, Haflinger, Icelandic and German
Warmblood
Tack:
Australian trekking saddles
Pace:
all paces on 5 to 6 hours of riding per day
Notes: Lunches are taken in small
restaurants along the way - to pay locally
Day to Day Itinerary
Day 1
We can arrange transfers from Linz, Salzburg or
Vienna. Arrival at the riding center in the
afternoon. Your hosts will show you around and
introduce you to the horses. Over dinner you meet
your riding companions for the week.
Day 2 After breakfast we get to know the
horses and exercise in the arena. Then we start a
long ride to explore the surrounding area that will
give you a taste of the following trail days. Over
dinner your hosts will be happy to answer any of
your questions before getting ready for the multi
day riding tour that will start tomorrow morning.
Day 3 We start our trail at about 600 meter
elevation in the center of the ‘Innviertel’. We ride
in north easterly direction towards the Inn River.
After a nice ride through the Gaugshamer forest we
reach Wagham, where we stop for lunch at a ‘Gasthof’.
Already riding across the ‘Inn” plateau we head
towards the well known Thermal village of Geinberg.
The final destination for today is Weilbach, where
we overnight on a Western riding center that raises
Missouri Foxtrotters.
Day 4 Our trail continues in easterly
direction. Passing by Oberweintal and through the
Rothenberger Forest we finally reach Untereitzing.
We stop for lunch at the local ‘Innviertler
Vierkanthof’.
And on we ride across a hilly countryside towards ‘Atzing’.
We pass through the village and climb up to an
elevation of 583 meters, where wonderful vistas over
the ‘Waldzeller Ache’ await us. On a clear day we
can see tomorrow’s lunch stop from here. Through
Ramerding and by Staxroith our trail leads us to a
farm in Brockenbach with its Noriker stud farm.
Here our horses stay for the night, giving us time
to admire some of the famous studs. A short drive
will take us to our lodgings for the night in
Mettmach. We stay at a large guesthouse with
excellent local cuisine.
Day 5 Through Rainthal and Hochkuhl we
reach the highest point of the day – the 723 m high
Hochkugelberg. A great panorama over the villages of
Lohnsburg and Waldzell is in fornt of us. We ride
throught the village of Kobernaussen that gave the
following forest tits name ‘Kobernausser Wald’. The
‘Kobernausser Wald’ with the bordering woods of the
‘Hausruck Wald’ form a 50 x 20 kilometer forest area
that is today one of the largest of its kind in
central Europe. After lunch we ride on forest trails
that invite for nice longer canters across the
‘Hausruck Wald’. Tonight we enjoy a typical Upper
Austria dinner at the ‘Gasthof Lohninger’.
Day 6 From Fomach across the Koglholz with
its moors at an elevation of 700 m we reach the
sothern border of the forest area. We ride through
the ‘Langholz’ and leave Upper Austria and enter the
countryside of ‘Salzburg’. After lunch we cross an
ever changing countryside and reach Brunn at about 3
o’clock in the afternoon. From the terrace we have a
great view over the Upper Austria lake district. If
you like we can organize a boat trip on the ‘Mond
Lake’ or you can go for a swim in the ‘Irrsee” lake.
Of course you can also just relax for a few hours
before we all meet for dinner at the ‘Brunnerwirt’.
Tonight a few of our friend from the local riding
club will visit and usually make for some nice
conversations.
Day 7 After breakfast we start our last
riding day. First our trail leads us to a small high
point and through a small woodland to the end of the
hill country and we enter the plateau. Nice long
canters await us passing the villages of Lengau and
Aug. After lunch we ride along the ‘Schwemmbach’
stream and through the Munderfing village , then
across the ‘Hohenruecken’ we return to the
‘Kobernhausser Wald’ Forest. We traverse the
‘Kindstale’ to the village of Hoeh. From here we
ascend and get back to the riding center where we
started our journey.
Day 8 Departure after breakfast.
Accommodations:
You stay overnight at the cozy guesthouses and at
the riding center with private bath. |
 
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