Last weekend it was time for the first tour of the season; the wintertour special – Horses On Ice! Every year in the first weekend of March, the competition on Ice ´Mývatn Open´ takes place, and the day before the competition there is a groupride organised for anyone who would like to do some iceriding. […]
It has been 1,5 week now since Bjarni & his herd came home after 57 days of riding the Dreamtour. Roughly 1600 kms and see what this did to his stirrup!We asked our friend Karin Gerhartl to take some pictures of the homecoming. See here a photo impression! All pictures taken by Karin Gerhartl. Video by Margret
This blog is not really about part 6 of the dreamtour in particular. It is more about the Saltvík / Riding Iceland experience in general. Written by Pat from the USA, who joined part 6. Enjoy! To say I left my heart in Iceland is an understatement. My daughter and I first experienced Iceland in 2019.
For part 5 of the dreamtour Laura vd Ham wrote a blog about crossing a lot of water! Of the many rivers and lakes that characterize Northwest Iceland, Lake Hóp must be one of the most famous one and could not be missed as part of the Dreamtour. Along the way to the lake we
When riding unknown trails, one sometimes comes across some unexpected obstacles, like we did on day 5 of the tour through the Westfjords. After a beautiful ride through a deserted valley past several pretty waterfalls, we came to the mountain/plateau we were supposed to cross and soon found ourselves hiking with our horses over the most
Dreamtour Part 3 is finished now and Emely made a real nice photo impression of these 6 days. Please travel along a little! Eileen, demonstrating the good back rider skill of keeping enough distance between riders and herd to allow the herd to walk single file. The occasional “hop hop” will be needed of course,
Dreamtour Part Two; The Golden Highlights of the South started early on Monday 26th July. When we arrived in Fossnes the first thing after meeting the guests that already did Sprengisandur, was to grab the raingear because of the persistent rain. After our preparations and shoeing we could start for the ride and as usual, if everybody
Thursday 15th of July was the big day. Bjarni and his herd of fantastic horses left Saltvík to go on the longest trip they ever made; the Dreamtour! 57 days away from home in total. The tour consists of 6 parts in total:– Part 1: Sprengisandur (9 ridingdays)– Part 2: Golden Highlights of the South