Horseback riding

	Horseback riding and rafting in East-Latvia Latvia (9 days) Read more about protected nature areas en route in the description below.

	1st day Arrival in Riga / Pick up the hired car at the airport. Pick up the info package with the map and detailed itinerary from the hotel reception. Free time in Riga. Overnight in a hotel in Riga.

	2nd day Breakfast at the hotel. Drive: Daugavpils - Krāslava - Kaplava (275 km). Arrival at the stud-farm, meet the owner. Horseback riding with an instructor in the surroundings of the farm (approx. 2h). Dinner and overnight in a cottage.

	3rd day Breakfast at the cottage. Horseback riding (approx. 4h) to Priedaine through the nature park "Daugavas loki" through forests and meadows, alongside the river Daugava. Arrival in a country house where the lunch will be served. Return through peaceful pine forest through Saulkrasti to the cottage. Dinner and overnight in a cottage.

	4th day Breakfast at the cottage. Horseback riding through the Latvian/Belarus borderlands (approx. 4h). Observing the landscape with lakes, small villages and forests in Belarus. Return through an etnographic village. En route lunch in a farmstead. Dinner and overnight in the cottage.

	5th day Breakfast at the cottage. Drive with the car (60 km). En route visit the workshop of a traditional potter (entrance 2 LVL per person per hour) and an ethnographic village where an old-believer community lives (entrance 1 LVL per person), the observation tower of Vasargališķi near the river Daugava, from which one can see the landscape which is pictured on the Latvian 10 Lats banknote. Lunch in the ethnographic village in the style of old-believers. Return to the cottage. Dinner and overnight in the cottage.

	6th day Breakfast at the cottage. Horseback riding to the manor house Vecborne through the nature park "Daugavas loki" in the surroundings of Daugavpils. Visiting village Veckaplava where one can see a unique complex of traditional wooden buildings. Return to the cottage. Lunch there. Leisure time in the surroundings of the cottage. Dinner and overnight in the cottage.

	7th day Breakfast at the cottage. Drive with the car to Piedurja (40 km). Rafting on the river Daugava on the borderlands of Latvia and Belarus (approx. 2,5 h). Picnic during the tour on the riverbanks. Transfer to the car. Drive back to the cottage. Dinner and overnight in the cottage.

	8th day Breakfast at the cottage. Drive back to Riga (275 km). Overnight in a hotel in Riga.

	9th day Breakfast at the hotel. Drive to the airport / vive back the car / departure.

Package price per person: from 980.00 (if 2 persons traveling) Services included in the package price: 2 overnights in a hotel in Riga (DBL or TWIN, with WC, shower and breakfast) 6 overnights in a cottage (TWIN, WC and shower in corridor, breakfast and dinner) 5 lunches 4 horseback riding tours with an English speaking guide 1 rafting tour with a guide Rented car 9* days (without fuel) Maps and detailed description of the itinerary Extra costs not included in the package price: Tickets and entrances to the attractions and sites Sauna evening (20. LVL), Sauna consultation (4 LVL / per person), massage (10 LVL / per person) Fuel Extra car insurance (CDW – Collision Damage Waiver) Super CDW/TP Self liability (Budget): 200.00 EUR **The hired cars are 1-3 years old, except Audi A4. In the car rental price are the following services included: - Unlimited kilometrage - Basic car insurance against damage and theft (LDW – Liability Damage Waiver, TP – Theft Protection) - Own risk of the tenant - 500,00 LVL

Information & booking - tel: +371 67617600, e-mail: lauku@celotajs.lv