horseback rides
Maremma Park and Uccellina's mountains
Horseback riding in Tuscany, in Maremma. Enjoy one spectacular view on the sea and Argentario
PROGRAM
2 hours activitie
The guide give you all informations about your horse and how to drive him/her.
You start ride on flat, in the history part of farm, to take confidence with your new adventure’s friend.
Than you do up and down in Uccellina’s Mountains.
You join a sight view on the see, Monte Argentario and Orbetello.
Time strat is conditioned by the season.
Start of activities can change according by the availability and needs of riders
WHAT IS IT LIKE
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WHERE
This ride starts in the south area of Maremma park, a regional park near Talamone - Maremma’s jewels.
TERRAIN
Paths are a mix of different scenary. They pass trought coastal hilly reliefs of Mediterranean scrub woods, low vegetation areas, garrigue, dirt and asphalthed secondary roads and centuries-old olive groves.
Vegetation is typical of Mediterranean scrub with shrub and wooded areas of holm oaks, cork oaks, strawberry trees, rosemary.
It is possible to meet deer and wild boar and other wild animals.
WHO DOES IT SUITS
RIDER REQUIREMENTS
You must have not fear of horses.
Suitable for Knights and Amazons with very little experience or their first outings.
Physical or mental problems must be comunicated before to booking.
Often a guide walks near the frist horse to support novice and beginner riders.
Under 14 and over 11 years old can do this experience only in private tour with a guide who walk near them leading the horse.
WEIGHT LIMIT
Max weight 85/90kg.
If your weight is about 90kg-198 lbs, or you have second degree obesity, please notice us before to booking
HORSES
Well-trained Italian horse
TACKS
All tailored to the individual horses
Mostly Maremma saddle: Scafarda
PACE
This ride is only walk (no trot, no canter).
Often a guide walks near the frist horse.
WHAT TO BRING
K
days
hours ride daily
Total length
difficulty
All year round, every day. Reservation required
Scafarda
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Maremma park
Maremma park is the frist regional protected area born in Tuscany.
Its 8902 hectars has a dynamic accurate equilibrium for a good conservation of biodiversity and human presence.
Territory are a mix of natural and wild lanscape with an incredible number of plant species and animals, and cultivated areas.
Uccellina Mountains are hills - the highest point is 417m s.l. with up and down sometimes similar to the one of the mountains.
Forest vegetation is rather different, from holm oaks (Quercus ilex) and cork oaks (Quercus suber) that are the dominant species and we can found also some one who can be up to twelve metres, to the typical Mediterranean vegetation, with a dense bush rich in different species - Lentiscus, rosemary, viburnum strawberry tree.
In spring time, in the humid and shadowed soil of the under wood we can find cyclamens, wild asparagus, and liane.
In these environments it is possible to see rare birds like buzzards, biancone, magpi, jay and pheasant.
Closed to the wooded hills there are cultivated fields, vineyards, olive groves, deciduous woods.
Mens’ presence is since Prehistory. Etruscan period was flourishing era like the year of Italian State. Mussolini and his Opera Nazional Combattenti completed the reclamation of the swamp area south of the Park -started to Cosimo I dei Medici. Thanks to this and thanks to the and of a period of wars and plagues, it was possible to project in this area a territorial organisational set-up plan - giving to some family a farm and a land bringing the Maremma to a better economic situation.
Some years later, in 1975, Maremma regional park born to protect complex ecosystem, cultur and historical-artistic testimonies. This is a luck: in fact the area has maintained its originals natural habitats.
- por person with equestrian guide
250€ total price puor 2/3 riders
