About Kerewong Horseriding Tours

Horse Riding Holidays New South Wales Australia

Southern Cross Horse Treks offers a riding destination that combines quality Australian-bred Arabian horses, captivating scenery and modern accommodation within a multi-day trek that caters for horse riders with good intermediate to advanced levels of riding skills.

Ride with like-minded people for a great horseriding holiday experience with responsive, fit and forward trail horses at different paces, including long gallops on the beautiful NSW Mid North Coast of Australia.

Centre-based and Overnight Trek Tours

Southern Cross Horse Treks' main business consists of 2 Main Horse Riding Tour Programs, which both combine 5 days of horse riding with 6 nights all-inclusive accommodation: 

• Country & Coast Kerewong Farm - based Horse Riding Tour - 7 day / 6 night Trail Riding Holiday Program with 5 days of horse riding through varied landscape and returning to the comfortable Kerewong Lodge and Cabin Accommodation for each night (includes Beach Horseriding).
• Australian Hinterland Adventure Trek & Beach Ride Tour - 7 days / 6 nights / 5 days horse riding Horse Trek, with 4 nights stay at Kerewong Farm and 2 nights overnight accommodation in Luxury Country Guesthouses, Country Retreats and Cabins along the trek route.

Also available by special arrangement:

• Horse Riding Holiday Retreat Escape Trek - 9 days / 7 days horse riding /  8 nights in 4 different high quality accommodations
• Weekend / Long Weekend Horse Riding Getaway
• Customised Tours
• Shorter Riding Tours and Trail Rides

Please Note: For logistic and safety reasons beach rides are only available as part of a multi-day tour booking with a minimum of 3 days riding.

Riding Tour Schedule 

The main week long rides and horse treks are scheduled every second week year-round (please refer to the individual Tours Pages and Tour Schedule Overview for dates) and are planned according to suitable low tide times for the beach horse ride. 

Weekend rides are scheduled a few times per year, often around Australian Public Holiday long weekends, or can be arranged on request with a minimum of 2 persons - please contact us for dates. 

Shorter trail rides (2 hour, half day and single day rides) can be requested anytime but take place by special arrangement only and are depending on availability. 

Riding is in all gaits (walk, trot, canter, gallop); riding pace is moderate with long active walks, trotting, canters and fast galloping sections of up to 4 km's). Horse riding pace and tour itineraries are subject to terrain & weather conditions. Each day of riding generally covers 30 to 40 km per day in 4-6 hours riding.

From a riding level perspective all riding tours are similar. It should not be assumed that the stationary riding program is easier or less challenging then the progressive trek tours. Since the farm - based ride (A) follows mostly forestry trails it generally offers more opportunities for long fast gallops then the trek tour ride (B and C), which go into small farming communities and follow some rural roads. Consequently the treks have some days with a slower pace which gives horse riders the opportunity to take in the scenic farmland views.

Horse Riding Treks In Small Groups 

Southern Cross Horse Treks Australia keeps the horse riding tour groups small, with a maximum of 4 riders and 1 tour guide, to ensure a high quality riding experience. 

Riding groups usually consist of single travellers or couples from all parts of the world meeting at Kerewong for the first time and guests often leave with new like-minded friends. You can come alone and leave as friends!

Single travellers are welcome to join the scheduled tours.

Alternatively, if you already have a party of 3 - 4 riders you make up your own exclusive group.