Horseback Riding and Natural Pool Adventure in Aruba
Description
Experience the north coast of the Arikok National park with all your senses. Join us and ride through the desert trails to the Wariruri natural bridge on horseback. The views of the coast during the tour are beautiful and best experienced on horseback. After the 90 minute horseback riding excursion, we will continue our adventure in the National Park to the Natural Pool in our private Jeep. The Jeep tour has a duration of 3 hours and includes visits to the Natural Pool and Fontein Indian cave. Local snack included.
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Itinerary
The Bushiribana Gold Mill Ruins is a Historic Gold Mill from the nineteenth century. The gold mill processed ore from mines in the nearby hills during the gold rush in Aruba. On the way to our destination we will pass by the trail leading to the popular Bushiribana Gold Mill Ruins.
Join us on this horseback riding adventure to the Wariruri beach on the northern coast of Aruba. Wariruri beach is popular with local surfers and has it's own baby Natural Bridge where we will stop for pictures.
After the horseback riding excursion at the north coast, we will continue our adventure inside the Arikok National Park on our Jeep, Landrover Defender.
The Natural Pool, also known as "Conchi", is the next stop on our morning adventure. On this guided tour we will enter the park by jeep and drive down to the Natural Pool, where you will have 30 minutes of swimming and leisure time.
Enter the Fontein Cave and admire the natural stalactites, stalagmites, bats, and ancient Indian rock drawings inside Aruba's cave. Your guide will lead the way and tell you all about the history, myths, and show you the best picture areas.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
The pick up time for this tour starts at 8:00 am. Please be ready outside the lobby of your hotel and look for the company van with "the gold mine ranch" written on it. If you did not receive a confirmation with your specific hotel pick up please contact us. **If you are on a cruise ship, the pick up time is 8:20 am Local time (not ship time).**
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Recommended for travelers age 6 and up
- Make sure to contact us with your hotel information for your pick up time
- Bring your towel and swim clothes for the natural pool
- Do not book if you exceed 230 Lbs or 105 kg
Reviews(56)
The staff was awesome on both the horse back and safari tour. If you have back issues beware that the safari ride is really bumpy. Great way to see off the beaten path of the island
We already went on 3 horseback riding tours, and each time was simply amazing. The first time we were alone with Jesúz,our guide. The second and third time we had larger groups and a second guide as well. The guides give clear instructions and pay attention to the horses and the riders as well. During the tour you get the chance to run with the horse if you want to. It is a breathtaking and once in a life time experience and so worth the price! We highly recommend Gold Mine Ranch and we will for sure book our 4th tour next time we come to Aruba.
We had a wonderful experience! The horses were so fun, all of the guides were amazing, and the jeep ride through the park to the swimming hole was so beautiful. We would recommend this to anyone!
The views are spectacular and the horseback ride was great fun! The horses were easy to ride and the guides were friendly and very helpful. We also had a personal 5-Star tour with Andrew to the park and caves. He was very knowledgeable about the history of Aruba and was very kind and easygoing. Highly recommend doing the combo tour!
This is a smaller tour company and they take great pride in providing individualized service. I highly recommend this tour. The horseback riding was incredible. These were really quality horses and very experienced horse guides. I do recommend having some horseback riding experience. And then the jeep tour was a great way to see the national park. It is definitely four- wheeling, be prepared for very bumpy. I loved seeing all the petroglyphs and the carvings in the cave, and the swimming hole was the best. All around a great tour and our guide Andrew was great at giving us the history of Aruba, which was an added bonus that we truly enjoyed.
The horses were super fun but the real fun was when Mr Bryan took us to multiple stops on the jeep. While telling not only history about the spots but Island and culture. He was absolutely amazing we would definitely recommend!
Amazing horseback and jeep tour. Professional, safe guides who love people and share island history.
Great experience. Friendly staff and tour guides. Suggest wearing the helmets on the horseback ride which was awesome and beautiful ride. We also did jeep tour to park and natural pool. Sooo neat. If possible snorkel at the pool - thank you Andrew for having the snorkel gear for us. And the seat massage. Hahaha inside joke with Andrew. We had a wonderful time and highlight of out trip. (ANDREW - AQUAFARI was what we tried to tell you about in Curacao, also fun experience)
This place is fantastic. We booked a private tour for mine and my husband’s honeymoon. One of my husband’s bucket list items was to run a horse on a beach. And this place succeeded our expedition on this ride. They go based off you experience for riding so whether you are new or experienced this place is for you. Highly recommended!!!!! I was to give a big shout out to Kandi our guide who makes this day unforgettable.
Top notch all around. The guides, horses and the scenery were great. Andrew took us on the jeep tour and was also great
