Dublin to Wicklow and Glendalough Guided Tours with Horse Riding

Posted By : kerriWato
A great small group experience. Loved the horse riding and thoroughly enjoyed the tour guide. Linda was honest, open and relatable and made the experience awesome. She even gave us great music! One of my fave tours yet.
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Posted On : 2023-12-24 15:17:39

Posted By : Alicia G
It was a beautiful trip and our tour guide told wonderful Irish stories on the way and informed us about some Irish history. The horseback riding was a great adventure, had to learn how to ride the English way which took some getting use to. The weather was gorgeous, sun was out and the countryside was a beautiful sight to see. I highly recommend this tour if you want to get out of the city and see more of the countryside and small towns. We loved it!
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Posted On : 2023-12-20 11:44:19

Posted By : Rebecca_L
This was a great tour with lots of scenic views and opportunities to take pictures. We enjoyed the horseback ride as well. The people at the stable were friendly and the horses were seasoned and well behaved. Our tour guide, Richard was knowledgeable about the areas and offered many interesting facts about the locations we visited.
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Posted On : 2023-12-03 10:55:02

Posted By : bddral
The best thing we did in Ireland! This tour is fantastic. You get to see some of the best natural scenery Ireland has to offer, and all within 8 hours. The tour guide is very knowledgeable and entertaining. I also really like a smaller group setting which allowed us to get to know the guide and fellow passengers better. Please don't miss Gelndalough upper lake!
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Posted On : 2023-11-27 04:07:54

Posted By : davidgY4126BM
Awesome experience! Kevin was a great tour guide, very funny and informative . My only recommendation is to clean the helmets, mine stank. Highly recommend, great tour.
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Posted On : 2023-11-19 15:01:25

Posted By : Q4909GLhannaho
Great ride, super peaceful and beautiful in the trails. Horses knew the paths like the back of their hands! Our tour guide was Kevin and he was grand! Super knowledgeable on all of Ireland and had great wit. I was in such a hurry to get to my event that night i completely forgot to tip him I’m sorry! Whoever has him next tip him double he deserves it ◡̈ would love to see him again.
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Posted On : 2023-11-15 12:51:41

Posted By : Timothy_W
Such a tough review to write. Really wish I could write two separate reviews. Let’s start with the positive: Kevin (SAINT Kevin) was awesome. He picked us up on time in Dublin, was a great driver, told some funny and semi-true stories, and we couldn’t be happier with the tour of Wicklow and Glendalough. Unfortunately, this is at best a 3 star review because the horseback riding experience was just abysmal. I don’t know if it was a bad day at the stables or what, but from the minute we got there, it seemed the staff didn’t want to be bothered with us. In the reviews I had read prior visitors indicated they were assessed for their riding ability and matched to horses. None of that happened here. We were given helmets with almost no regard to sizing, but told they were mandatory. I had to trade my boots in for muck boots because the girl checking us in said the boots didn’t have enough of a heel. I’m a moderate level Western rider, and ride weekly, but the one guide, a younger guy, treated me like I didn’t know what end of a horse goes which direction. The lead gal was extremely shy and hardly spoke. Both of them just kept looking at their watches and the only time they spoke was to repeat “Lean back going downhill, lean forward going uphill.” I was second in line, they put another couple between my wife and me. When I write reviews, I always include the names of guides who help us. I can’t today because they never even introduced themselves! I’ll digress at this point, but I really have nothing good to say about the stable and staff. My horse for the day, Ned, was a good horse, but I never got to really see what he could do. I was just along for the game of follow the leader. Maybe that’s what some people look for. The views were nice. Ireland is beautiful in the fall. Could have been a great experience, but the trail guides and staff kind of ruined it. Back to Kevin and the rest of the trip: no complaints. Glendalough was awesome, loved the lakes and the views. Sorry Hilltop for the 3 star, but Killegar Stables sank this one for you. Kevin deserves kudos and we would take another tour with hilltop, but we would not return to Killegar.
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Posted On : 2023-11-12 14:41:21

Posted By : C890YHmariam
Awesome for solo travelers. Cozy tour bus. Richard was our guide and he was brilliant, so friendly and very knowledgeable. Had jokes, too! I could tell he takes pride in his work, professional without being too serious. The horseback riding was fun. Would recommend bringing your own boots as the ones they provided were in less than great condition, most with holes in them. Also had to share riding helmets which makes sense for safety but was kinda gross as I thought about it. I’m not into sharing like that. The riding was beautiful, scenery great. The rest of the tour was awesome. I can’t say enough good things about it. I’ve already recommended it to a handful of people.
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Posted On : 2023-11-12 12:27:04

Posted By : Sue_C
The last tour of our week's trip and it was nice to have a smaller van instead of the big coach buses. Kevin was our driver for the day and though his microphone wasn't working the greatest, he was a great guide with patience. The horse-back riding was the most adventurous trail ride I've ever been on. Though it started out as your typical nose to tail line up down the path, the horse's took matter into their own hands when we reached some particularly boggy spots along the trail. You had to half trust your horse to find the best way through for themselves while keeping in mind that they're looking out for themselves and not necessarily the person sitting on their back as they cut through between different trees. Everything was fine, no one was hurt or came off their horse, it just definitely made things more interesting. The guide was wonderful about helping all us city folk and making sure everyone was doing ok. Poppy's was a quaint little diner were we stopped for lunch. It was the cheapest place we ate all week, too. Next up was a nice drive through the mountains with a couple stops for pictures. Then an hour and half or so of free time to walk along a nicely paved path through the woods to a lake. All in all, it was a more quiet day from our other tours and a nice way to wind down our trip.
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Posted On : 2023-11-12 11:04:33

Posted By : Natasha J
Wonderful experience, the stable time and the interesting stories for our guide made the day pass so quickly. We were worn out by the end though!
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Posted On : 2023-11-10 15:16:41