Instructions and training

Arrival in the district of starting point or Adazi and settling down in guest house. Safety briefing and acquaintance. Refreshing equestrian skills or instructions (tuition in accordance to information left during reservation of vacation).

Sandy beaches horse riding route: Ķemeri – Apšuciems (22 km)

The route starts in Ķemeru National Park – famous in soviet times for its resort and recreation place, but nowadays it reminds a dead city. Route heads along white sandy beaches of Riga Sea Gulf for the rest of the day. Improvement of horseback riding skills gained the day before.

Fisherman villages horse riding route: Apšuciems – Abragciems – Engure (20 km)

Beautiful route with typical fishermen villages and boats. The coast is covered with wide white sandy beaches, where small rivers cross the beach occasionally. Route leads also through the paths on coastal dunes covered by pine forest.

Engure Nature resort horse riding route: Engure lake Nature resort – Mersrags (30 km)

This horseback riding route crosses meadows stretching into the sea interchanging with rocky sandy beaches. Engure Nature park surprises with its virgin environment and beautiful lake surrounding. The end of the route reaches Mersrags – fishermen village full of old traditions.

Iron curtain of former Soviet Union horse riding route: Mersrags – Roja (26 km)

The exotics of fishermen villages with traditionally smoked fish. We will enjoy beautiful sandy seashore with rocks and the bathing of horses in the sea. Interesting exotics in place where starts the border zone of former Soviet Union with its strict security regime.

Kolka horn horse riding route: Roja – Kolka (33 km)

This horseback riding route heads along fantastic, highest bluffs of Riga sea gulf (Evazu coast). Authentic village of Kosrags, creating centuries old landscapes of fishing villages. The route is heading to Kolka Horn, the furthest northern point of Kurzeme, from which a 6 km long shoal heads to island of Kolka lighthouse. The lighthouse has functioned since 1884.

Slitere National Park horse riding route: Kolka – Sīkrags (30 km)

Further on the horseback riding route heads along the wilder coast of the Baltic Sea in contrast to the previously visited coast of Riga Gulf. Slitere National Park with its untouched nature offers fantastic beauty, where many of the places can be reached only on horseback. White sandy beaches with relics of fishermen wooden moles have preserved a skeleton of a historic and authentic fisherman boat.

"The secrets of Soviet security system" route: Mazirbe – Irbene (32 km)

A special equestrian route with nature that has developed without the interaction of humans in the places, where there were Soviet Army secret security objects. The special security zone was created not only because of former Soviet Union outside border, but also because of radio telescope complex. This complex was used during the Cold War for interception of American and NATO satellite communication. The radio telescope of Irbene is connected underground to a secret computational centre located in a secret village, where the transcription of the intercepted communication took place. There are air defence bunkers, tank sheds, rocket casings and other hidden military objects located in the secret territory of radio telescope. The strict security allowed for nature to develop without the interaction of local inhabitants.

Irbene - Alderi (Transfer)

Irbene - Alderi (transfer). Return to Alderi overnight with and/or transfer to airport or direct transfer to airport.