I’ve gotten into the strange habit of doing my best to ride a horse in every country I go to, and after being lectured to specifically in class about how unique the Icelandic ponies are, there wasn’t really a question that I add another country to my list of places I’ve ridden while we were in Iceland.
We left the campsite early to make the slightly longer than an hour drive to Eld-Hestar. We chose the ‘Meadows and Mountains’ tour – a 2.5-3 hour ride that starts in the flat meadows around the farm, and then goes up into the bases of the surrounding mountains. They pick a horse for you, and make sure you’re appropriately saddled and helmeted before taking off and teaching the traditional (and very bouncy) tolt gait that is unique to the hardy little ponies of Iceland. It cost right around $125 per person. We didn’t have the best weather in the world, as it was still misting quite a bit, but it was still a nice little ride and a good way to say one last goodbye to the country we had spent the last week and a half in.
Ashley and Stacy on their Icelandic ponies
Once we said goodbye to our horses, we made the last of our drives in Iceland – a 45 minute drive to return our now very muddy camper to the van drop-off just outside of the airport. From there we took a short bus ride directly to the terminal, and within a few hours were off to Chicago.
No matter where we were or what the weather was, Iceland provided beautiful scenery
