The Saddle Camp
Highlights
- Experience your own horse while learning to ride and care for gentle ponies at The Saddle Camp.
- Join Mini Adventure Rides or overnight camps that cater specifically to beginners, ensuring fun for everyone.
- Relax with a coffee at the bush cafe, savouring local meals and seasonal treats while the kids ride.
- Explore wilderness walks, spotting local endangered species in the serene surroundings of Braidwood.
Your own horse for as long as you stay; learn to ride, care for and compete with your beautiful, gentle horse or pony.
From Mini Adventure Rides, whole day experiences and overnight camps – including Horsemanship, Trail Rides, Gymkhanas and Show Days! All rides are designed for beginners so there’s no experience required!
Boys are more than welcome to join the day activities but overnight stays are strictly girls only.
For the parents, relax with a coffee at the bush cafe where you will find local and season inspired meals and the place to purchase local jams, relishes, juices and more. Enjoy one of the wilderness walks and spot some of the local endangered species while you wait your children’s return.
There’s Tiny House Accommodation if parents would like to stay too.
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Activities
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.
- Asks all visitors if there are any specific needs to be met.
- Advise tour guides of the access needs of guests at the time of booking (includes pick up and drop off requirements)
- Assistance with booking arrangements (includes providing clear itineraries with written instructions on what to do at various destinations)
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Uses Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
- A quiet space is available at the venue/ facility.
Physical – Mobility
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Uses floors/coverings which are slip resistant, firm and smooth
- Uses non-slip tiles in the bathroom or slip resistant matting
- Seating in common areas including reception area
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
- Step free access to restaurant, lounge and bar
- Doorways which are easy to open and have lever handles (doorways 850mm or wider when open and not heavy).
- An accessible public toilet which is unlocked.
Allergies and intolerances
Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.
- Modify their cooking and cleaning practices to cater for people with food allergies or chemical intolerances (could include menus with meals free from: nuts, dairy, seafood, eggs, gluten etc).