Horseback Ride and Swim at Sandy Bay Ranch
One of my favourite parts about our first trip to Negril Jamaica was taking the Horseback Ride and Swim tour. It was offered from Chukka Adventures at the Sandy Bay Ranch, a tour easily booked at our Island Routes kiosk at Sandals Negril. It’s literally horseback riding, in complete paradise!
Despite not being on a horse in many years, I wanted to take on this tour to see the Jamaican countryside and as advertised, horseback ride in the ocean. Who knows if I’d ever get an opportunity like that again?
This Montego Bay 2.5 hour guided tour starts with some laps on the Chukka property as the entire group gets onto a horse. This is a great time to meet your guides and get a feel for horseback riding. After some instruction, you leave the property and make your way through beautiful mountains. Really, the backdrop can’t be beat. The location is very much like a rainforest, and the guides take this opportunity to tell lots about the land and history of the area.
Our guide picked one leaf and had me taste, mint! Another leaf was an ingredient for the jerk spice. Be still my heart one guide even picked a flower and gave it to my husband to deliver to me on horseback!
Needless to say the Chukka guides are both knowledgeable and entertaining. After arriving back from the riding tour, everyone has a rest before getting back onto horses to ride through the ocean. This time, bareback! I can’t say how odd of a feeling it is to be bareback on a horse and walk into the ocean.
Water rising and rising until it’s just below waist level, it’s like swimming but riding .. a completely different but exhilarating experience. My horse, well, he loved to RUN in the ocean. Ahhh, this was incredible!
The Horseback Ride and Swim tour with Chukka Adventures was such an amazing experience, I highly recommend it. Even people who hadn’t been on a horse before went and had a great time.
horse back riding in the ocean. OMG that sounds like an amazing trip to paradise.
It’s as exhilarating as it sounds!!
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Wow these pictures are amazing, what a fun thing it would be to horseback in the ocean!
I would love to do it again, the entire trip was phenomenal!!
In the ocean?! Adding this to my bucket list, that would be so cool!
in.the.ocean!!! AHHH, so fun!!
That would be one great day spent, I would love to do this!
It was a wonderful day spent in paradise! You must do this one day!
I had no idea you could even do that! How fun – and what a gorgeous setting, too!
It was remarkable feeling being wist deep in water on a horse! Plus, riding through the mountains and getting the backyard look at Jamaica? Perfect!
This place looks so calm and tranquil… I’m so ready for spring to arrive!
Ahhh, close your eyes and feel the bliss!! lol
i could use me some warmth these days, so cold here in Canada!
what a beautiful beach, looks so calm and relaxing!
Jamaica does have some beautiful beaches, even beyond the famous 7 Mile Beach!
Wow, this looks soo amazing. Meanwhile in Ohio… 20 degrees!
-30 here, I feel ya!
Absolutely amazing once in a lifetime kind of awesome Tammi!!!!! Beautiful and just WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You would love to do this Kristen – I guarantee!!
Sounds incredible! What a once-in-a-lifetime experience!
Never thought I’d ever do this, and would love to go again on a future trip to Jamaica!
I really enjoy all of your vacation posts. You’ve got me dreaming of taking a vacation to a warm destination. I’ve never done horseback riding, but I’d love to one day.
Thanks Tiffany, more to come!!
Horses in the ocean…now I’ve seen everything!
I know, right? I think my jaw was dropped for a good portion of this trip!
This looks absolutely amazing! I’d love the opportunity to ride horseback in the ocean.
I’d recommend booking this excursion!!
That looks like so much fun. All we have here is snow!
Here too, life is way to short not to get away and see life beyond the snow piles! lol
This post has me so ready for spring break! What a lovely view and it must have been an amazing adventure.
It was wonderful!
How beautiful!!!!
Agree!
You want to hear something funny? I’ve done that same exact horseback ride! It was SO FUN!
Nice! You know exactly what I mean then, such a great trip!
OMG, this is on my bucket list. When I went to Costa Rica we horsebacked through the rain forest and hills. We were going to do the beach but, plans changed. I would love to do Jamaica! Beautiful.
Oh that would be beautiful as well!
That looks like such an amazing experience! It’s cool that you got to do this. And the pictures are great.
Thanks Pam!
Awwww this looks like an awesome relaxing paradise… WOW.. this will go on my bucket list; I had no idea this place even existed.. thanks for sharing, so beautiful
You are very welcome, you need to go!
Oh gosh, that really is an experience of a lifetime. Bareback in the ocean. Cool!
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What??? They go in the ocean with you on their backs like that? How cool that must be!!! Those pictures are just breathtaking. I am drooling over the sun. lol
YES!! It was amazing!
Wow, that looks like a truly magical place. I would love to go there!
You need to Ashley, it was amazing! I love Jamaica!
How amazing of an experience was this?! I can imagine that being bareback and going into the ocean was a little unnerving at first, but wow! Beautiful photos too!
I was hesitant and at first, it was the craziest feeling. But, wonderful!!
So beautiful and relaxing!
for sure, and I’m channeling some of this today!
This looks and sounds amazing…we went to Jamaica for our honeymoon. When we go back for our 20th anniversary in a couple years we will have to do this!!!
Yes, you must!!
Wow! That does look like paradise! Totally a dream vacation to me!
What a great memory maker on vacation! I would love to do this too!
Riding a horse on the beach on a tropical island sounds amazing! Total bucket list moment
It was exceptional! We stayed at Sandals Negril – an amazing resort!
That is just so serene and beautiful… I would totally be on board with doing this
looks like lots of fun!
A horseback ride tour would be awesome anywhere, but especially in Jamaica! I’ll bet that was absolutely gorgeous.
I haven’t rode a horse since I was a child. What a fun and amazing experience.