Alhestar

Amazing experience!! I did the Midnight Sun Tour last week and it was fantastic! Very well organised- booked through this website here, confirmation with all the details came through straight away and the pick up was also arranged by them as the riding centre is about 40 min drive from Reykjavik. The lovely lady, Elva, who did the pick up is also one of the riding guides and a very friendly and kind person who speaks excellent English. She was very informative about the ride ahead and also told a lot of interesing things about Iceland in general on the drive to the stables. Once we got there, we met the owner Magnus who is so welcoming and warm you feel at ease instantly. We had some coffe and a chat about what to expect from the ride. Magnus is a great horseman and he knows his horses so well, he knows exactly which one to pair you with according to your skill level. But all the horses are incredibly beautiful and sweet-natured. We took a few extra horses with us as they love it-running along with the others. It's not a typical 'nose to tail' ride, Magnus is so brilliant- he modifies the route and speed according to the riders. The midnight ride was 4 hours, but I could have carried on- it was that much fun! We rode across the sand dunes, lava fields, country roads and beautiful beaches. We had a few stops along the road, to let the horses rest and eat some grass and have a little stretch ourselves. The scenery was so magical and the ride from sunset to sunrise, in the twilight/moonlight, when it barely gets dark at all was just a stuff of dreams!! I would very much recommend the evening/ twilight ride, but I'm sure the daytime and shorter rides are just as great! Beautiful and spirited, yet so gentle Icelandic Horses, great people who really look after you and love their horses and the fairy tale like Icelandic landscape! One of the best rides and possibly the best thing I have ever done on n a holiday!

Our guide Annika was really sweet and she made the entire experience for me a wonderful one. The owner was Icelandic and could not communicate in English, but Annika translated for us. It was our luck that it rained and could not see the midnight sun. There was hail stones and we were all wet (our luck). However, we completed the 4 hours horse riding at night and were surprised at the agility of the horses and how well the owners were well versed with the entire landscape and location. It was difficulty for myself as I was a beginner however, Annika made it all better for me. I managed to experience the horses straddling and galloping. It was an overall learning experience for us. We were thankful for the gentle horses and the owner's kindness even when it was so cold and tiring for them.