Private riding holiday request

Request Riding Holiday Availability

Share your preferred dates, riding background, rider details, and travel context. Every request is reviewed manually against horse welfare limits, seasonal conditions, rider suitability, and operational capacity.

Before the form

Designed Around Suitability, Not Volume

Vonfidel Ranch does not confirm riding holidays through automatic availability. The request process exists to protect horses, match riders responsibly, and shape journeys around the real conditions of the Ranch.

Horse Welfare First

Horse workload, rest, recovery, weather, footing, and temperament are considered before any riding schedule is confirmed.

Rider Suitability

Experience, balance, confidence, conduct, physical readiness, and rider weight are reviewed before horse matching.

Season and Terrain

Routes and pace are shaped around the land, season, temperature, ground conditions, and what is appropriate on the day.

The stay

A private Ranch house after the riding day

The Ranch house is reserved exclusively for one accepted residential booking party, including its declared non-riding companions. The Tack Room combines a bedroom and sitting area, while the house provides a spacious living area and bathroom, front and rear patios, air-conditioning, a fan, reliable hot water, high-speed Starlink Wi-Fi, and included laundry.

Accommodation, full board, and the agreed structured riding or training program form part of an accepted residential request and remain subject to availability.

The Tack Room bedroom and sitting area for riding-holiday guests at Vonfidel Ranch.
The Tack Room at Vonfidel Ranch, prepared for riding-holiday guests.

Request form

Riding Holiday Request

Residential holidays include Ranch lodging, full board, and the agreed structured riding or training program. Complete the request accurately, including every rider, any non-riding companions, and any transport required. The Ranch may ask for additional context before accepting, adjusting, or declining the request.

Contact Details
Travel Request

Count every guest staying with the party who will not ride. Their lodging and full board will be included appropriately in the quote.

Horsemanship Training and instructor-led immersive ice-breaker Riding Holiday experiences have a minimum riding age of 12. Every rider under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian, who may stay as a declared non-riding guest.

Declare requirements in advance so full-board meals can be planned appropriately for every affected guest.

Transport is quoted separately and must be requested with this initial application. The end-to-end option is recommended for the smoothest stay.

Riding Background

Enter one current body weight per rider, without helmet, boots, or other riding equipment. The maximum is 75 kg. Weights are used for horse welfare and safe horse-rider matching.

Required Acknowledgements

Before submitting, we recommend reviewing Riding With Us to understand the standards and responsibilities that govern riding at Vonfidel Ranch.