Ride Overview
OK all of our Scotland fans – THIS is your ride – it doesn’t get any better than this from the time you wake up until you slip between the sheets in your luxurious room after a relaxed gourmet dinner.
Three to four hours each day you will gallop the incredible and expansive countryside of the Scottish Borders. The Scottish Borders, or normally just “the Borders”, is designates the area of southern Scotland and northern England that bound the Anglo-Scottish border. A scant 40 minutes south of Edinburgh, it’s crazy easy to get there from either Edinburgh or Glasgow and the expanse of common lands for riding are like few we’ve seen. Long (yes l-o-n-g) canters, rolling hills, woodland and even some beach riding await you! It’s a paradise for folks that want almost limitless riding on top notch sport horses.
Afternoons are at your leisure and can be spent relaxing in and around Cringletie, fishing, sporting clays, cycling (can also be arranged for the day) golfing at nearby courses, or touring local sites such as Abbottsford House (the home of Sir Walter Scott), seeing the Scottish Tapestry, visiting local distilleries or the “home of tweed” in Hawick. Anything can easily be arranged by the concierge service onsite – and the staff are a true wealth of knowledge.
And when you aren’t riding, your base for the week is your own luxury manor house, the Cringletie House Hotel. With only 13 rooms plus an additional 2 bedroom, 2 bath guest house, you’ll feel like royalty entertaining a few of your closest friends for a week. The rooms are exceptionally well appointed (homemade shortbread, a dram of whisky, luxury bath amenities, turn down service, etc.) and each morning a full breakfast awaits you. But we’d certainly be remiss not to mention your evening meal – a culinary delightful five course dinner – catering to all dietary palates.
This is the week of dreams. coming true……
Dates: Open year round, Sunday arrival (other dates on request)
2024 Rates: $4,855.00 USD per person in a shared room. Single Supplement: $1,380.00 USD
Shorter stays: $770.00 USD per person per day in a shared room (Single Supplement: $250.00 USD)
Included
- 6 nights luxury hotel accommodation
- 5 days of guided riding
- Full Scottish Breakfast daily
- 5 packed lunches
- 5 course dinner each evening
- Horse and all tack
- All local taxes
Not Included
- Airfare
- Travel Insurance
- Alcoholic beverages
- Airport transfers
- Gratuities for the riding staff at the end of the stay
Liz G.
The trip to Scotland and interaction with the hotel and stable was great. Our choice to start out in Edinburgh for 2 or 3 nights was a nice way to tour at a higher pace and make Cringletie House seem all the more quiet and secluded.
As for our nights at Cringletie…it was so cool to see 3 different rooms (our group) and enjoy the amazing hospitality (special thanks to Harriet, Hubert and Murray). I seemed to be the MOST HAPPY about the amount and types of food provided. I don’t think I will ever have the opportunity to have full course meals with local ingredients and hours to sit and talk ever again (let’s hope that’s not true, but it truly felt once in a lifetime on that front). We had so many great meals!!
Gemma was a hoot as far as ride guide goes and I am happy to note that the rides were a lot less strenuous/low difficulty level compared to what I had expected. It was very neat to hear the horse acquisition stories from Ireland as well as the training regimen for the horses. There were some who were very quiet (mostly mine) and some who had some annoying head throwing habits, but all were so beautiful! I really enjoyed the rolling hills and heather vistas the most. As a group, we were able to take a jumping lesson, which also felt once in a lifetime (Re: the horses, a new language/terms for things and the cost of the horses–I’m not sure when and if I will have opportunity to ride $50-70,000 horses again).
Thank you so much!
Abby T.
What a great trip-where to even start!
Initially I was worried going to the borders wouldn’t offer the drama and views vs riding in the highlands, but oh was I wrong! The riding was great- from beautiful trails to sheep pastures with sheep, to riding through town, to a beautiful beach – the riding was great and there was always something to see.
The Scottish weather also showed us how diverse it could be – changing from rain to sun to mist sometimes in the course of 30 minutes! The horses were also wonderful and they did a great job matching riders to horses. Having Gemma as our guide was awesome- she was beyond knowledgeable about the horses and the trails.
Cringletie was charming with cozy luxury rooms, comfortable beds and amazing local art. We also ate like kings each morning at breakfast and at dinner each night. The food and service was great and something I won’t soon forget. Overall this was a wonderful trip and one I would eagerly do again- especially the beach riding day!
Finally, I think having a rental car for this trip makes exploring when not riding much easier.