Von Aukland ist es nur eine anderthalb stündige Fahrt mit einer wunderschönen Aussicht über die Küste nach Pakiri. Erleben Sie ein tolles Reitabenteuer mit Ihren freundlichen Gastgebern - Nachfahren des ersten Maori-Chefs (Maori Rangitira) der Region. Phantastische Strände und weites Farmland (Nordinsel, 5 Tage).

Reiten Sie entlang einer der schönsten Küstengebiete Neuseelands über endlose menschenleere Sandstrände. Sie reiten über uraltes Maori-Stammesgebiet durch Pinienwälder, über weites Farmland zu erfrischenden Seen. Galoppieren Sie entlang den Dünen über Sandstrände, dass die Gicht nur so spritzt und gehen Sie anschliessend mit Ihrem Pferd baden. Sie übernachten im bequemen Farmhaus und geniessen schmackhaft-defige Landküche. Wachen Sie mit dem Geräusch der Brandung auf und freuen Sie sich auf abwechslungsreiche Reittage.

• 1. Tag:
  Arrive Pakiri at approx midday. 2pm. Introductory ride along beautiful Pakiri beach Approx. 2 hrs. Dinner with your hosts Laly and Sharley, descendants of Te Kiri paramount chief of Ngati Wai and his daughter Rahui, and who have lived their lives farming this land.Over night at the farm house or in the beach house.
• 2. Tag:
  Depart Pakiri at 10.00am for a days riding on the beautiful white sand Pacific surf beach. Here you may be lucky enough to see wild dolphins playing in the surf and indeed ride in and swim with them.this of course cant be guaranteed but we do this occasionally! You will ride along trails in the pine forest once used by Maori warriors in ancient times as they protected their territory here from visiting tribes.This is the trail run by the legendary runner Tau Kokopu who was as famous for his skill with the taiaha as he was for his speed running. Lunch at the freshwater Lake Tomarata ..if the weather is fine you might like to swim your horse and cool off. Then up over Te Arai Point where the views over the beach and out to the islands Te Moana nui O Toi O tuatahi ( The floats of the net of Toi in the great sea) Hauturu (Little Barrier) Aotea (Great Barrier) Mokohinau and the Taranga (Hen and Chickens) are spectacular. Return along the beach to your farm accommodation at Pakiri and a hearty dinner. Approx 5 hours riding.
• 3. Tag:
  Today you will ride over coastal farm country through paddocks of sheep and cattle, then through native New Zealand rainforest where you will follow an old Kauri logging trail used many years ago by bushmen felling the ancient kauri trees. From here you will ride on to recently cleared land at Whangaripo , picnic lunch and then return through the native bush and a rare wetland forest to your accommodation at Pakiri. Approx 5 hours riding.
• 4. Tag:
  Depart Pakiri for the Maori Marae at Leigh. We climb high above the white sands of Pakiri beach to the Pa (the lookout fortress) of the paramount chief Te Kiri the ancestor of your hosts Laly and Sharley Haddon. Here you will be able to look out over the ocean to the Barrier islands and the Hen and Chickens and Coromandel and also to Rangitoto and Auckland city in the distance. We will travel over beautiful farmland down to the little fishing township of Leigh where we stop for lunch at the Seafriends Café and aquarium. A short ride from there to Omaha Marae, a genuine Maori marae still run on the traditions of the past. You will all sleep the night together in the meeting house on mattresses on the floor as is the custom. You will be able to talk with the people and learn something of their history and their lives today. Approx 5 hours riding.
• 5. Tag:
  After a hearty breakfast you will return to Pakiri stopping for lunch at Te Kiri’s Pa high above the sea. From here a steep descent to the beach where you can enjoy a brisk gallop along the sand and then ride through the dunes and along the estuary where you can see a wonderful variety of birds, up over some hilly farmland and return to Pakiri. Afternoon tea or a cool beer and depart Pakiri. Approx 5 hours riding.

Pferde: Crossbred, Appaloosa, Thoroughbred, Quarterhorse, Stock Horse und Clydesdale.
Sattel & Zaum: englisch, western oder Stocksättel.
Reiterfahrung: Tempo gemässigt mit einigen flotten Galoppaden am Strand.

Programm: Reittour
Termine: ganzjährig
Unterkunft: Lodge & Farm
Verpflegung: Vollpension
Zimmer: Doppel- und Einzelzimmer
Sprache: Englisch
Nichtreiter: nein / eigenes Pferd: nein
Min. / max. Teilnehmer: 4 / 10.

Saisonzeiten & Termine: Warrior-Trail

12.05. - 16.05. / 16.06. - 20.06. / 07.07. - 11.07. / 04.08. - 08.08. / 08.09. - 12.09. / 06.10. - 10.10. / 03.11. - 07.11. / 11.12. - 15.12.

Leistungen und Hinweise

5 Tage/4 Nächte: 3 in Lodge, 1 Nacht im Marae-Langhaus, 5 Reittage. An-/Abreise: Warkworth, Pakiri Beach 1,5 Std. von Auckland. Nächster Flughafen: Auckland. Im Preis nicht eingeschlossen: Transfer: Bus von Aukland nach Warkworth, Von dort Transfer für US$ 40.

Tour	Preise pro Person in € ohne Anreise
5 Tage Tour	1.744,-

Irrtum und Änderungen vorbehalten.