Horseback Riding Inwards Killarney National Commons Ireland

When my married adult man suggested horseback riding on our trip inwards Ireland, I thought he was crazy! I hadn’t ridden a Equus caballus inwards virtually xxx years…and together with thence simply the strange camel or 2 together with a ass on our travels inwards Turkey together with Greece.

But the side yesteryear side day, I establish myself upward on a Equus caballus named Hemmingway together with riding through the stunningly greenish Killarney National Park, which received the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve designation inwards 1981. We opted to accept a two-hour, guided trek through the park, together with I’m thence thrilled nosotros did. For once, my married adult man was right! Later on, my petite mother in law said her son’s weird ideas helps snuff it along her young. 😉  

The friendly staff from the Killarney Riding Stables selected horses that would live on tardily to grip equally novices. We got lucky together with had our ain mortal tour amongst our family. I intend it was easier equally a pocket-sized group, together with nosotros were able to endeavor together with snuff it along our horses at the same pace. However, sometimes, a Equus caballus would desire to halt together with consume grass or non motion that fast, thence nosotros had to nudge them along amongst the assist of our guide. 

And trotting on a Equus caballus was a whole dissimilar experience!

The Killarney National Park, located inwards the southwest corner of Ireland, covers to a greater extent than than 25,000 acres together with includes 3 primary lakes situated inwards a wide valley stretching due south betwixt the mountains. Closest to the town of Killarney is the lower lake (Lough Leane) dotted amongst islands together with the historic ruins of Muckross Abbey together with Ross Castle. The wooded peninsula of Muckross separates the lower lake from the middle lake sometimes called Muckross Lake. You’ll uncovering tons of wooded areas amongst oak together with ash trees equally good equally ferns together with wild flowers together with fifty-fifty the picturesque Torc Waterfall, which unfortunately nosotros did non see.

What I rapidly learned is that trying to ride a Equus caballus equally a newbie together with accept photos at the same fourth dimension is much to a greater extent than hard than I imagined! I had to straighten out many crooked photos piece editing them. Some of the photos inwards this post service is from our Equus caballus ride together with others are from roughly other twenty-four hours that nosotros took a long walk through the park. I recommend doing both activities, if y'all can, because y'all tin run across dissimilar parts of the commons equally good equally the 15^th-century Ross Castle.

The trail ride through the National Park was absolutely beautiful amongst stunning mount scenery of the MacGillicuddy’s Reeks together with the lakes inwards the valley surrounding us. We also saw several herds of Irish Gaelic scarlet deer inwards the park. Amazing! This Killarney Guide maps out roughly areas where y'all commonly easily uncovering the scarlet deer. See if y'all tin spy all the deer below.

Even though I was skeptical of riding a Equus caballus at first, I’m thence happy nosotros did this gamble inwards Ireland! Riding a Equus caballus through the national commons allowed us to run across thence much to a greater extent than equally good equally laissez passer on me a dissimilar perspective.

I volition state that at the halt of our two-hour ride, my butt together with other aching parts of my body, was happy to live on on corporation Earth again. I joked amongst my mother in law that I don’t know how Claire Fraiser from “The Outlander” serial could grip riding for several hours inwards rugged Scotland.

The iv amigos on our horses inwards Killarney National Park, Ireland.

Note: We paid for this activeness ourselves. The damage was €240 for iv people for a two-hour guided ride.