They are designed both for those who, surprised by their decision yet completely inexperienced, decided to learn this wonderful sport, and for already really experienced riders wishing to spend a wonderful holiday time admiring the world from the horse’s back 🙂 Since we take about 20 people at a time, riding training really becomes an elite individual riding school. We further divide the group into 4 sub-groups of 5 people each, so that each rider is in his/her own group of advancement and ALWAYS under the supervision of an instructor.
Rides with us are always conducted by certified instructors and there is no situation where children are driving others!
Both here and in the gallery, note that practically no photo shows a host of horses. Almost always (unless the exercise requires it) you ride individually, causing the horse yourself and learning its individual behavior.
Almost everyone has met the situation in which, after months of riding, he was surprised to find that he does not know how to ride the horse out of the depot … This is prevented from the very beginning . Later it is only easier
There are almost 6 rooms at the disposal of our guests, all of which are provided with bathrooms and other necessary equipment . Some even have windows .
We can certainly also boast a fantastic kitchen . Each course is individual , so as well as the rides , the meals are prepared to the taste of our guests . Within reason, of course, ALSO DISTINGUISHED COURSES – THESE ARE NOT EXERCISES . ON THE DAY OF ARRIVAL YOU DESIGN THE MENU FOR THE WHOLE WEEK YOURSELF.
Both our life and our camps are run according to the philosophy:
“It is impossible to spend a whole life with horses….
BUT YOU HAVE TO TRY” 😉
Every ride is ALWAYS led by a certified instructor or trainer, and during those few moments when you have a break from the horses, there are always two more tutors – or two tutors 🙂 . We practice from dawn to dusk, and actually many times after dusk 🙂 also. Certainly with us you have to try very hard to get bored 🙂 .
And perhaps most importantly… We ask parents not to persuade their children to stay at our Center in the style of “maybe you will like the horses after all” 🙂 .
If the future participant does not feel like riding or being with horses, he will certainly get extremely tired with us 🙂 . We spend with the horses, by them, on them, in and around the stable even up to 7 h a day, also it looks like a course for … really fierce riders 🙂 . Of course, the necessary minimum is 2.5 h of riding per day, the rest of the activities at the horses is (like taxes) purely voluntary… 🙂 .
Each weekly module is a MINIMUM!!! 2.5 hrs a day (2 x 1:15) of full rotation in the saddle, training and playing. In addition, there is saddling, cleaning and preparing horses for riding, preparing meals and feeding and watering the animals. All of this adds up to a total of 5-6 hours at the horses so… there is not much room with us for people who are unsure of their love for horses.
Each person who comes for a period longer than a week is guaranteed to continue his/her training tailored to his/her skills – there is NO SITUATION THAT HE/sHE IS TRYING THE SAME THING FOR 3 WEEKS.
Remember – despite the fact that many of your friends claim (or may claim – we encounter this very often) that on the second day of learning it is impossible to collect a horse, gallop or move to a half-saddle on the bar – we are happy to show how wrong they are! Our methods, not only are they different. They are simply much faster and incomparably safer 🙂 .
A standard day looks as follows:
Wake up at 7:45 for the first 5 people who want to help in the stables. At 8.00 to the horses and we prepare a meal for them. Here the whole ceremony with learning about the rations, composition and feed additives for each horse. When we let the horses out to pasture we go to breakfast. This will be at 9 am.
At 10:00 the first two groups march to the horses, saddle them up and we start the manege. The first ride, of course, is mainly to get to know you and your riding skills. At 11.45 a.m. we change groups and tire out the next ones 🙂 . At 13.00 the end of the rides, (cleaning the equipment, walking the horses directly after the ride) at 14.00 we have lunch and immediately after that we dash to the horses. Before you go to the field. Always with an instructor, on really good horses, in the second largest forest complex in Poland – and this is already a real adventure.
Around 7 pm dinner – this time exceptionally we are the first 🙂 and only around 9 pm we set off to feed the horses. Then we already have time for ourselves 🙂
Every such week is not “something there” on the manege! Depending on the weather, the sophistication of the participants and their willingness, we conduct very different rides. Thanks to our extensive experience and authorizations, we offer you a really wide range of activities with horses. From the basics of dressage, through elements of jumping to the basics of natural techniques. Basics because even a vacation would not be enough to grasp the subject 🙂 .
As for riding techniques –
We would like to prepare you, our guests, for a kind of riding shock.
Many people who already know how to ride will be surprised to find that it is no longer necessary to DRIVE with the calves or “push” the poor thing so that the hair comes off its back in order to get the horse to move or go at a trot. Suddenly you find that the reins can possibly be a HELP and not a means when braking. We will teach you how to speak with your own body so that the horse freely understands you and WANTS to cooperate with you. We will show you many surprising and at the same time simple things that will make you rediscover horseback riding. We will show you that it is not the whip and spurs, but the use of natural reflexes, knowledge of even the basics of horse anatomy and psychology that will make your mount WANT to work for you. He will start off even though none of the observers will know why, he will go at a drawn or collected trot depending on whether you want him to, and finally he will gallop from a trot.
THESE ARE NOT SPECIALLY PREPARED HORSES
WE ARE A NORMAL EQUESTRIAN CENTER
BUT VERY DIFFERENT!!!
But… you will come, you will see.
Do you think “JOIN UP” is for the chosen few? Not necessarily – it is necessary to be able to do something, to be aware that it is not at all as wonderfully beautiful and delicate as Monty Roberts described, but there are situations in which it comes in handy and is much easier than you suppose.
Remember – don’t imagine yet how much better you will ride, don’t think about what you can do on a horse on which it seemed impossible to do something!
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Phew – well that would be …
Not at all!!!! That’s not all!!! So far we have only written about the purely equestrian nature of our Resort 🙂 – and that’s not all!!! It’s time to tell you about what you can also do ADDITIONALLY AND ABOVE the GENERAL PROGRAM OF YOUR STAY INCLUDING HORSE RIDING. These are additional activities that we are happy to spend time on, if only you feel like it 🙂 !
First and foremost: we organize such entertainment for our participants as: fireworks with various things on a stick, parties and games by our own big (the size of a small car) fireplace. But that’s still not all! In addition, we have swimming equipment nearby and enjoy the beauty of nearby lakes. Probably the coolest thing is the canoe trips (not included in the price of the stay, because, after all, not everyone has to use them). If there is just enough time, or the heat is unbearable we go on a rafting trip. Of course, always accompanied and in capoos 🙂 . The fun is great as we float down the Vda River. Brilliant river, which in calm places reaches our waist and the whole bottom is covered with sand 🙂 . You can splash, splash and go wild to your heart’s content. Later we get into the kayaks, a few turns in the calm current and again we have Eden and the right amount of fun, water and humor in the BEAUTIFULEST places you can imagine. Well. I could multiply the extra activities we do, but probably no one reads it anyway, so I’ll simply stop 🙂 .
And have you ever ridden a horse at night? We are good at it 🙂 . We have specially prepared routes, where you are sure that nothing will happen to you – mostly ;). We have been riding this way for many years and believe me: lying on a horse’s back at 2 am and looking at the sky… you don’t want to be anywhere else. Means lousy people, of course, want to be in bed, but there are none like that with us 🙂 . Brilliant – those who survived will certainly confirm.
Or have you ever gotten up at 3:30 to watch the sunrise from the saddle? In our country, I fear, it will happen to you ….
Those few who manage to call, contact and wait for an email response are of course welcome 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 !!!