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Highlights
of the trip
Your trip starts at the village Stana, (a hilly reagion near Huedin) and goes
right through the Apuseni Mountains over the Muntele Mare - Gilau Mountains
to the Vladeasa ridge. The trip goes along the beautiful lake Fintinele.
The trails go along forestry tracks, over large open meadows and country
roads. You'll pass and stay in typical Romanian and ethic Hungarian villages.
You ride on Hutsul horses and mixed breed Lipizaner horses.
THE
PROGRAM
Day
1: Arrival, acquaintance, introduction in the
village Stana where you sleep the first 2 nights. The
village is ethnic Hungarian. If there is some
time left we introduce you the horses and give you
instructions.
Day
2: Trip through the surrounding hills around Stana.
Ttrip
about 5-6 hours riding. Accommodation again in
guestrooms in Stana.
Day
3: Trip from Stana to Risca. You leave Stana
and ride over open pastures to the villages Izvoru
Crisului and Valeni. From there it goes over the hills
to the settlement Fonogea and you descend along the
Risca river to the village Risca where you stay for
the night. Distance 16km, 5-6 hours riding.
Accommodation guestrooms in Risca.
Day
4: You leave the village Risca and ride to
Dealu Mare and Lapustesti (church has a nice painted
interior) from where you descend a 7 km long winding
road to the village Rosesti. From here it’s just a
few km to the village Rusesti where you stay in
guestrooms. In Rusesti you find a working watermill
and "piua" (that something you'll have to
see for yourself). Distance 16-km. 4 hours
riding.
Day
5: From Rusesti you have to climb to one of
the highest settlements of the Apuseni Mountains, the
village Marisel at 1200m. You’ll have beautiful
panoramas. There is an altitude difference of 600m
between the 2 villages. You sleep in the village
Marisel in guestrooms at a local farm. Distance 14 km.
4 hours riding
Day
6: Trip to the village Belis. Nice trip
through the forest with a descent to lake Fintinele.
From there over a large pasture and wild open land to
the village Belis at the border of lake Fintinele.
Distance 15km, 4-5 hours riding.
Day
7: Trip to the village Scrind. Trip to the
huge evergreen forest at the north side of Lake
Fintinele. You ride at the slopes of the Magura
Calatele mountain and descend the Ruginoasa hill
to the village Scrind. Distance 22 km. 6 hours
riding
Day
8: From the village Scrind it goes over the
Ruginoasa ridge to the village Margau where you have a
beautiful fortified church. From here it goes over the
hill to Bociu and further to Sancraiu. The last part
of the trip goes through a strange eroded landscape.
Distance 22 km, 5-6 hours riding
Day
9:
Trip
from the village Sancraiu over Domos, Horlacea, Saula back to Stana. Again
a trip through the Kalotaszeg region, through small villages with fortified
churches, over open
pastures and scattered forest. Distance 17km. 4-5 hours driving
Day
10: The program ends after breakfast
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the horses
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Most of the riding horses are Hutsul horses. This is a typical Romanian
breed, coming from the Bucovina region, near the
Ucranian border.
The Hutsul was already in the 17th century mentioned
in written documents.
It is a relative small but robust horse. Height
between 139 and 151cm.
Weight between 380-420kg.
Color: dark red-brown, chestnut, black or gray.
Character: very easy going, lively and with lots
of energy.
The horse is strong and especially adopted for
mountain regions. It isn't fussy about food and
resists all types of weather.
Other horses are mixed breed, with dominant Lipizaner
blood.
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