EQUESTRIAN PROGRAMMES

Being on the tour is undoubtedly the highest ranking leisure time that one can spend with a horse. Ever since we organize and participate in riding tours, we have experienced a lot of adventures. After so many years I’ll try to summarize what we think is the most interesting in it: Get started, be on the road and reach elsewhere…

It is a very ancient experience, it lurks in our instincts, thrills us, and if experience it, we move on as another man: we would be less if it had not happened. The horse adds a very special feeling to this road: as if we were to see the world from a different era, we move differently and walk on other roads, just as nomads were used to in ancient times from river to river, through the mountains…

The largest part of our journey leads us through intact and in flora and fauna rich landscape protection area. We do 25-35 km each day, but of course there are, there are differences between the distances.

MEALS: During the trip, we usually have a picnic lunch, served by the service car.
Breakfast is usually provided by the accommodation, dinner is typically a more hungarian meal consumed at the accomodation or restuarant.

HORSES, SADDLES: The Akhal Teke is a breed that ancient Magyars rode during the conquest of the land of Hungary today. This horse is famous for its high level of comfort… an ancient treasure from the mystical world of the Orient… During a 300 km long tour in 2010 it proved that the legends about it are true…
Not only the horses, but also our saddles are special: Self-made Hungarian-style saddles, modernized for today’s riding needs and horses. They are extremely safe and comfortable, proven to be extremely usable during the tours of recent years…

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FROM BLOND TISZA TO THE BLUE DANUBE
ATTILA’S TOUR

FROM BLOND TISZA TO THE BLUE DANUBE

DATE

9-16 September 2023.

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General description:

No doubt that equestrian tours are the highlight of all riding experience. We have had several adventures and remarkable experiences during the tours we have organised. Below, I shall make an attempt to summarise the most interesting components of the equestrian tours we have organised during the past few years.

Setting out, on the tour and arriving somewhere…

This is an inherent, ancient experience, which lies hiding in the realm of our instincts, which fills us with excitement, and if we experience it again and again, we carry on in our lives as completely different persons: once we have had the experience, we know that we would be deprived of something absolutely significant if we had missed it.

The horse during a tour provides us with an utterly special feeling: it feels as though we perceive the world in a different age as we progress differently along different paths similarly to nomadic riders, we ride from ,,river to river across mountains”…

In the largest part of the journey we ride through the rich and unspoilt flora and fauna of the landscape zones…

We ride about 35-45 km/day, but of course there are differences between the days.

,,Take a flask of water from the Tisza to the Danube…”
This tour takes the riders from the flood plains of the river Tisza through the sand dunes of the Kiskunság region and the salty plains of Solt to the river Danube. This is a tour of riding long distances…

One of our friends, who participated in this tour, said at the end of the event: “We are inclined to think that we know our country. But now that we rode through the region of Kiskunság, it dawns on us that we hardly see it at all out of our car windows.”

It is impossible to cover such a long distance on foot. The horses however take the riders to places, which reflect the genuine characteristics of the region, and during the tour the riders can also experience unique features in nature, which they may think are non-existent anymore.

The sand dunes, the flat land, the long distances – these are features in the region that suit best the type of horses we breed in our stud. The Akhal Teke is a breed that ancient Magyars rode during the conquest of the land of Hungary today. This horse is famous for its high level of comfort…an ancient treasure from the mystical world of the Orient…During a 300 km long tour in 2010 it proved that the legends about it are true…

DAILY PROGRAMME

Approximate daily program:
Saturday – Arrival/transfer
Seat yourself in our Yurt Camp, this is our first accommodation.
If it’s possible test riding and look around in the Akhal Teke Stud.
We have dinner between 19-20 o’clock.

Sunday – Riding to the river Tisza
Breakfast at 8 o’clock.
Start to go at 9 o’clock and after a 3-4 hour long riding we have the picnic. Then riding until our destination.
On the way we go through the romantic old floodplain of the river Tisza. There we have a picnic and collect water from the Tisza to take itt o the Danube…
Our accommodation will be at our Yurt Camp.
We have dinner between 18-19 o’clock.

Monday – Riding to Kiskunmajsa
On the way we go through the typical sodic desert of the Plain that will changing with the dunes of the Kiskunság…
Breakfast at 8 o’clock.
Start to go at 9 o’clock and after a 3-4 hour long riding we have the picnic. Then riding until our destination.. The next day (on Wednesday) we’ll have the possibility to have a bath in a Thermal spa at Kiskunmajsa.
The accommodation will be near to the Thermal spa, in a village guest house.
We have dinner between 19-20 o’clock.

Tuesday – Riding to Bugac
Breakfast at 8 o’clock.
Start at 9 o’clock and ride until the picnic lunch. We go through a sand land with juniper bushes at Bugac..
In our destination (Bugac) there is a shepherd museum and a stud, and there are wranglers too. This is a very traditional horse and cattle breeder region.
Our accommodation will be in an intimate farmhouse.
We have dinner between 19-20 o’clock.

Wednesday – Riding to Kiskoros

Breakfast at 8 o’clock.
Start to go at 9 o’clock and after a 3-4 hour long riding we have the picnic. Then riding until our destination.
That day we go though turf-grounds.Accommodation will be in a homely farmhouse.
We have dinner between 19-20 o’clock.

Thursday – Riding to Bakodpuszta
Breakfast at 8 o’clock.
Start to go at 9 o’clock and after a 3-4 hour long riding we have the picnic. Then riding until our destination.
During the riding we get insight into the romantic world of the Great Hungarian Plain. We can see native animals and protected species of water birds…
The accommodation will be at a wrangler ranch, our hosts are our dear friends, who are always pleased to see us.
Dinner at 19-20 o’clock.

Friday – Riding to the Dunube
Breakfast at 8 o’clock.
Start to go at 9 o’clock and after a 3-4 hour long riding we have the picnic. Then riding until our destination.
The vast saline-alkaline desert is similar to the ancient steppes, it gives a monumental panorama. At the end of the tour we will pour the water of the river Tisza into the water of the river Danube..
Accommodation will be in a village guest house.
We have dinner between 19-20 o’clock.

Saturday – day of departure/transfer
Breakfast at 8 o’clock.
Knowing behind us the 210 km long tour we go back to Ferihegy Airport to travel home.

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ATTILA’s tour

DATES

7 – 13 May 2023.

30 July – 5 August 2023.

6 – 12 August 2023.

1-7 October 2023.

Akhal Teke horses – Special saddles – the meadows of the Great Hungarian Plain and the River Tisza region
Visiting the National Historical Memorial Park of Ópusztaszer, the Akhal-Teke stud by Steppe-Train and riding to the cattle herd
Accomodation in original kazah and mongolian yurts

General description:

Setting out, on the tour and arriving somewhere…

This tour is a star tour, we return to our Yurt Camp every day.

In the largest part of the journey we ride through the rich and unspoilt flora and fauna of the landscape zones…
We ride about 25-35 km/day, but of course there are differences between the days.

HORSES AND SADDLES:

During our riding tours you can discover the landscapes affected by our journey, riding the horse of the hungarian conquestors, the legendary Akhal Teke. This is the breed with which our history is intertwined and is famous for its special comfort…

Not only the horses, but also our saddles are special: Self-made Hungarian-style saddles, modernized for today’s riding needs and horses. They are extremely safe and comfortable, proven to be extremely usable during the tours of recent years…

For those who are interested in the Akhal Teke breed or in our saddles, this tour or its abbreviated version gives a good opportunity to try them and get acquainted.

For those who do not want to sleep in the yurt, we can provide single accommodations in Hotel Aqua nearby at an additional cost.

DAILY PROGRAMME

Sunday – Arrival
Accommodation in Yurts, in the pasture of the Akhal-Teke Stud, in Ópusztaszer. Our riders can stay in genuine Kazakh and Mongolian Yurts. Yurts are not tents, they represent an ancient form of men-made dwelling.
Yurts were wide-spread from Eastern Mongolia, to the steppes in Southern Russia and temporarily even in the Carpathian Basin as a representation of an ancient type of dwelling in a vast area.
Our Yurts are located in the grasing field of our stud. Our guests can see the starry sky through the open ceiling of the Yurts, and can also hear the noises moving horses make, so they rest in harmony with nature in close proximity with the horses just like our ancestors over 1000 years ago.
We serve dinner between 6-7 p.m.

Monday – Test riding and stud introduction
Breakfast is served at 8.am.
Familiarisation with the horses, mounting at 9 a.m. Test riding in the manage, generating rapport between individual riders and horses selected for them, riding skill assessment.
Short riding tour in the morning followed by lunch at the Yurts.
In the afternoon visit to the stud by Steppe-Train: Our groups are transported by vagon(s) towed by a tractor (like a train) to take an adventure tour to the Akhal-Teke Stud and our farm, to see the sires, work-horses and foals.
The Akhal-Teke breed we see during the tour was the companion and vehicle of our ancestors when they arrived in the Carpathian Basin, so our guests can see the horse breed used during the Hungarian Conquest.
Dinner: 6-7p.m.; Accommodation in the Yurts.

Tuesday – Riding to the Turul Statue

Breakfast: 8 a. m. Departure: 9 a. m.
After 3 hours of riding picnic lunch at the Turul Statue which commemorates the Hungarian conquest. The Turul (the perregrine falcon) is an important player in the sagas of origin of the Magyars. The statue commemorates the Hungarian Invasion of the Carpathian Basin.

Dinner is between 6-7 p. m. at the Yurt Camp, in the meadow of the Akhal-Teke stud at Ópusztaszer.

Wednesday – Riding to the Communian mounds in the meadow

Breakfast: 8 a. m. Departure: 9 a. m.
You can see Cummunian mounds all the way from the Carpathian Basin to Mongolia. These mounds served as burrial grounds for various peoples of the steppes for over 2000 years. Not as monumental as the pyramids, however they were used for the same purposes in vast areas all over Eurasia for a long period of time.
In our world today you can rarely see such landscape elements of steppes. The 1,600 mounds explored in the Great Hungarian Plain represents only a fraction of all the steppe mounds.
During our ride among the Cummunian mounds in the meadows of the plain along reeds and in oak forests in flood plains we can discover the rich flora in the plain which can be called a real jungle.
During our tour we can see a real manifestation of the shepherd culture in Great Hungarian Plain. Picnic lunch at a Communian mound.
Upon arrival back to Ópusztaszer, dinner is between 6 and 7 p. m. at the Yurt Camp in the meadow of the Akhal-Teke stud at Ópusztaszer.

Thursday – Riding to the grey cattle herd, visit the panorama picture in the Memorial Park

Breakfast: 8 a.m. Departure at 9 o`clock. We ride to the centre of the winter feeding grounds of the grey cattle herd. This venues is situated in an approximately 1,200 hectare nature conversation meadow, where our riders can have a good view of the special local protected fauna, such as the water buffaloes grazing in the open, the colorful bird population and the wide horison of the intact meadows.During the tour we ride at armslenght to the Hungarian Grey Cattle herd, in which you can see small calves and mighty bulls.
This landscape is a credible reflection of the great steppes.In the afternoon, the program is to visit the Feszty Panorama Picture in the National Historical Memorial Park. The painting depicts the ancient Hungarian Invasion of the Carpathian Basin.
Dinner is between 6-7 p.m. Accomodation in the Yurts.

Friday – Welcome to the Jungle

Riding to the river ferry port opposite to the village of Mindszent

Breakfast: 8 a. m. Departure: 9 a. m.
During this programme (if the water level allows it) we penetrate inside a dense forest in a flood plain and complete an adventure riding tour amongst the jungle-like mighty trees and creeper plants.After 3 hours of riding we cross the river on the ferry and have lunch at an elevated part of the river bank under poplar trees. The river Tisza is one of the two major rivers in Hungary. It is commonly called ”the Blonde Tisza”.
After riding back to Ópusztaszer, dinner is between 6-7 p. m. in the meadow of the Akhal-Teke stud at Ópusztaszer. Accomodation is in the Yurt Camp.

Saturday
Breakfast: 8 a.m.
Farewell and departure from the camp.

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Moments of the tour

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