Come to where the sun shines 30% more and receives
50% less rain only minutes from Vancouver.
Trail rides are mainly through Campbell Valley Park
in Langley, which is located right across the street from the
Equestrian Center. This beautiful nature park is fourteen hundred acres
of pristine new forest where the Campbell River runs through it's
valley. This wonderful land was mainly donated to the municipality, by
local area residents to become an Equestrian Nature Park. Now the land
is run by the GVRD Parks and Recreation Board and have acquired more local
properties. With walking trail in it's center and a specially built
equestrian trail around it's perimeter. You'll enjoy the rolling hills
and meadows where plants and animals live in a natural environment.
Quite often you'll see deer, coyotes, wild rabbits and an incredible assortment
of birds. In fact, in the silence of the forest the only noise you'll here
are the chirps of the birds. You'll ride the finest quality horses
in riding stable history. As past and current equestrian champion
competitors, It was our vision to create a stable with properly
schooled horses, so the regular public can enjoy mans first transportation
and friend, the horse. Like family to us we have attracted over 53
volunteers and regular riders to help maintain and care for these magnificent
horses.
We are open year round, 7 days a week, from 9am until
4:30pm in the summer, and 9am until 2:30pm in the winter. We do not
provide guided rides throughout the park, although we promote the buddy
system. Your buddy is a regular rider or leasee, most of which have
been here for years and enjoy Langley 204 weekly if not daily, to ride
their own horses and many are enrolled in our educational programs. You'll
learn the park and we'll know our family of horses are well taken care
of. After you learn the park, and believe you can head out on your own,
you may ask to do so. We always promote safety and the buddy system,
riding with experienced riders is enjoyable and you could learn about
horsemanship.
We prefer our clientel to become regular, as then we
know are horses are ridden well. If you've never ridden before or have
only ridden up mountain trails where your horse just followed the other
horse and lucky to break into a trot. We would recommend you take
lessons in riding and controlling your horse. Being just a passenger on
a horse is not the safest and common sense is to learn properly. We
promote quality riding, safety and the enjoyment and closeness to your
horse, which means your group is as big as it gets. No long follow the
leader line ups where you'll eat plenty of dust and crash into the
person in front of you to stop. The largest we allow groups, for safety
reasons is 6 riders, you'd never be able to see the person in front in
humungous groups, but you'd sure eat their dust. So if your group is
larger then that, we may have to split them into smaller groups for
safety and health.. We do provide horses for all riding experiences,
however, if you have never ridden a horse before, we prefer that you
take a lesson. Also, the youngest we allow on
the trail is 10 years, with previous riding experience. If they are
younger, we do provide pony lead lines.
Reservations must be made in order for us to choose an
appropriate horse for your size and riding experience. When you call,
we will be asking you for your height, weight and experience, as well
as a Visa or MasterCard number to hold the time for you and set aside
appropriate horses. Any questions? Feel free to call
and ask.
