1,5h Trail Ride for All Levels

by Hestaland · Sightseeing day tours · Reykjavík

  • Fine on your own

from €120.95 per person

Next departure: Sun 25 Oct

  • Duration

    1 hour and 30 minutes

  • Difficulty

    Easy

  • Season

    All year

  • Pickup

    Meet at the start point

  • Starts at

    Hestaland by Staðarhús

    Staðarhús, Borgarnes

  • Guide

    Guided in English, Icelandic

  • Departs

    10:30, 13:30, 15:30

  • Minimum age

    6

  • Cancellation

    Cancelling costs 50% of the price within 5 days of departure, rising to 75% within 3 days.

Meeting point, in Hestaland's words: Meet on the location Hestaland Staðarhús

About this experience

Trial rides with a prep lesson.
Explore Iceland’s stunning landscape on horseback. We take the time to give each rider a prep lesson in our indoor arena before heading out on the trail. This ensures you’ll be confident, comfortable and prepared for your ride.

Description from the operator, Hestaland. Prices and availability in the booking panel are live.

Included

Riding gear and protection helmets.

Cancellation for this tour

Cancelling costs 50% of the price within 5 days of departure, rising to 75% within 3 days. If the operator cancels for weather or safety, you get a full refund or a new date.

Why this one and not the cheaper one?

The nearest cheaper Reykjavík Luggage Storage in BSI Bus Terminal from BagBee is €12 — €109 less. Here is every difference we can actually measure.

Hestaland · €121BagBee · €12
Changing your mindNot statedFree until 2 h before

On everything we can measure, the BagBee tour is the better buy. The €109 is not buying anything we can point to, so unless you want this operator in particular, take the cheaper one.

Who this is not for

  • Children under 6 cannot join this one.

Read off the operator's own conditions. If none of it applies to you, this is a good one.

Why we list it

Hestaland is one of 207 operators we work with — chosen for reliability, honest descriptions and how they treat guests when weather changes plans. We don't list everything; we list what we'd book ourselves. The six checks every operator passes →

What travellers say about Hestaland

Read all 156 reviews on Google →

Operator rating 4.6/5 from Google — these are reviews of the company, not this specific tour. Shown as Google returns them, unedited.

  • Victoria OConnell Curran

    ★★★★★ · a month ago

    Had a wonderful week in June at Hestaland for their knitting and riding retreat. The staff was great, horses lovely, tolting is so much fun, and finished a lopapeysa sweater in a week! Add in hot spring and sheep farm, what is not to love? Kirsti was an amazing leader for our riding and knitting. Hope to get back again for more riding

  • Patricia Cook

    ★★★★★ · 2 months ago

    This experience at Hestaland was a peak experience. I couldn’t stop smiling all week. The people, the horse, the landscape and community warmed my heart and spirit.

  • Dustin Polly

    ★★★★★ · 2 months ago

    Wonderful staff and beautiful horses. The guide made sure everyone got to experience the tilt gate the horses are known for. Nice ride along a little river with small waterfalls and rapids. At one point the guide stopped and took our picture.

  • Lydia Jeffries

    ★★★★★ · a month ago

    If you are an experienced rider, this is the trip of a lifetime. Trekking with Icelandic horses with new friends across picturesque landscapes was incredible!

Reviews from Google · updated 23 Oct 2026

Reviews from our travellers

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Reviews arrive the day after each trip — none yet for this one. After your tour we send one email asking how it was, and what you write goes here, unedited.

Hotels

Where to stay for this tour

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Pairs well with

Add any of these to this tour and 3 % comes off both at checkout — about €6 on the cheapest pair. One basket, one payment, however many operators they come from.

Hestasport

Pleasure in every hoof step

from €92 per person4.80· 435 Google reviews of the operator

36% below the €142 typical for sightseeing day tours

from age 6 · meet at the start point

1 h · from Sauðárkrókur

  • Gear included
  • Book same day
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Laxnes

Laxnes special

from €142 per person4.82· 2,059 reviews of this tour

about the usual price for sightseeing day tours

from age 7 · pickup at extra cost

2 h · from Reykjavík

  • Gear included
  • Family friendly
  • Free cancellation 24 h
Check dates

from

€120.95 per person

Book Sun 25 Oct · €120.95