HORSE RIDING

There are a number of places around Tropical North Queensland where you can enjoy horse riding. Maybe an outback farmstay is what you're looking for, spending a few days immersed in a genuine working Aussie cattle station. Or maybe you'd just like to escape for a few hours, and take a sunrise ride along a deserted beach, or trot through the tropical rainforest. Whether you're looking to go horse riding on the Atherton Tablelands, around Cairns, or in Cooktown, you will find everything you need to know on this page.

THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL MANNER OF HORSERIDING EXPERIENCES IN TROPICAL NORTH QUEENSLAND. IF YOU HAVE SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS, OR YOU CAN'T FIND WHAT YOU NEED ON THIS PAGE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO .

BLACK MOUNTAIN HIDEAWAY
Black Mountain Road, Julatten (MAP)
Phone (07) 4094 1101

www.blackmountainhideaway.com.au

A wide range of adventurous and exiting trailrides!

Learn how to ride while enjoying the scenery of our diverse environments. At Black Mountain Hideaway, Suzie and Saxon offer a wide range of adventurous and exciting trailrides. From short, historical, interpretive, low-impact tours to full days of action.

Every tour begins with a brief of horsemanship which includes safety guidelines and instruction. They have horses for all levels of riding and even include a free riding lesson with all trailrides! Choose one of our spectacular rides or we can tailor your own special adventure.

HIDDEN VALLEY TRAIL RIDES
Keatings Lagoon, Cooktown (MAP)
Phone (07) 4069 6073 / Mobile 0419 816 631

www.hiddenvalleytrailrides.com.au

Free overnight camping. BYO swag!

Fed up with going on a trail ride with dozens of others , riding a tired, bored trail horse? Then swing up and head out on a Hidden Valley Horse and trail ride through the tropical outback wonderland of Cooktown.

Join Hidden Valley Trail Rides and ride amongst the gum trees and all the other types of fauna and flora growing in the tropical outback of Cooktown's river's flood plains. Follow an animal trail away from everyone and everything. Feel the quiet. Smell the ever changing bush pungents. Let a trail take you alongside mighty croc filled tidal rivers and pretty lagoons to find hidden valleys and wide plains of striking white gums alongside dense tropical woodlands. And finally follow a trail to a secret bush camp for some billy tea and fireside eats before heading home.

Enjoy the free camping with toilets and showers for your convenience.

MOUNT N RIDE ADVENTURES
Lot 212 Irvin Access, Little Mulgrave, Gordonvale (MAP)
Phone (07) 4056 5406 / Fax (07) 4056 5302

www.mountnride.com.au

Come ride with us!

Mount n Ride Adventures offer half day, private and campfire tours. The half day are the most popular horse riding tours, allowing between two and two and a half hours horse riding, the opportunity of swimming in a pristine swimming hole and a delicious farm style lunch or afternoon tea. The private tours are for experienced horse riders and those who want to ride without group numbers. There's an opportunity to trot and canter over a ten to twelve kilometre journey. But if you decide to go for the campfire tour, you'll be treated to the sights, smells and sounds of tropical Queensland at night, while delighting in a delicous meal around the campfire. Included is a one hour horse ride, animal feeding, farm experience and a three course campfire feast.

Whatever you tour you choose, you will witness spectacular scenery on your horseriding adventure as well as exotic and beautiful plant life and animals, which are in abundance in the region around Cairns.

TAIT'S WONGABEL STABLES
P.O.Box 261, Deep Creek Road, Wongabel, Atherton (MAP)
Phone (07) 4091 2070

www.wongabel.com.au

Continuing the tradition of bush riding!
Tait's Wongabel Stables has been operating since 1987. Your host, Sheila Tait, is a long-term member of the Tablelands Trail Horse Riders' Club, and has gained knowledge of the district by helping with the planning of extended rides in remote areas. She also has some experience of riding with pack horses on the Bicentennial National Trail.

While providing all riders with the opportunity to enjoy a bush ride which suits their ability, safety is always the first consideration. Appropriate tuition is given with every ride. Tait's Wongabel Stables offer one hour or the popular half day rides. For the more experienced, whole day rides can be given for small groups. Or enjoy a catered 'Holiday on Horseback' of 5 days or more, with all camping equipment supplied.

CAPE TRIBULATION HORSE RIDES
Cape Tribulation Road, Cape Tribulation (MAP)
Phone (07) 4098 0030 / Fax (07) 4098 0120

www.capetribbeach.com.au

Morning and afternoon horse rides for beginners and experts!

You will be collected from your resort reception and taken to the stables, where you will be given a horse to suit your riding ability and brief instructions for the ride. The ride leaves the yard and heads through the rainforest to Myall Beach, where you will ride along the beach and have photo opportunities.

On the way back towards the forest, you will stop at a beautiful fresh water, swimming hole for a pleasant dip and refreshments and then on to the stables via a forest track.

Morning & Afternoon Horse rides available, departing at 8.00am and 1.30pm from the Beach House. There are opportunities for EXPERIENCED RIDERS ONLY to trot and canter the horses. Spectacular scenery and the thrill of horse riding make this a especially enjoyable activity.

WOODSTOCK TRAIL RIDES
Jones Road, Woodstock ,Townsville
Phone (07) 4778 8888
Experience an authentic outback morning in the real Australian bush whilst mustering cattle on horseback, learn how to crack a stock whip and shear a sheep, and then give a hand to draft the cattle and brand the calves. Or choose from a full day or a half day horse riding tour