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Tours
& Rides
Dates for seasonal tours and special
days are
on our home page.
Sweetheart Day
Our Sweetheart
buggy and our Belgian Mare "Nell" will be available for photographs of
you and your special someone. Reservations are required so
contact us by email or phone to arrange your appointment. $5.00 per 15
minute seating. This is more than 50% discount on our regular photo
props rate. See the
Sweetheart buggy on the Photo Props
page. See
our
home page for the date.
Kite Flying Days Free Kite Flying in our hay
field on top of River Ridge. Picnic tables available for (bring
your own) lunch or snack. Bring Your Own Kite. 12 to 6 p.m.
each day. Wagon rides available for a small fee. See our
home page for dates.
Nostalgia
Days
Special rates for
grandparents who bring their grandchildren. $4. per person for a
20 minute ride. 12 to 6 p.m. each day. Picnic tables
available for (bring your own) lunch or snack.
See our home page for dates.
Spring Flower Tour
Come
along
for our spring flower tour on our farm
through several wildflower habitats, upland oak forests, meadow, moist
river bluff. We will provide a horse drawn wagon ride to the river. Our
wagon holds 8 people but the group may be of any size. See our home page for dates.
The 2-hour
ride takes you
across the
ridge with a view of the Cumberlands
and the Clinch River Valley down to the river and along its
banks. Cost: $90.00.
The 4-hour
ride with lunch or afternoon
snack covers
the same area but allows time for the snack and for a stroll along the
river and bluff. Cost: $150.00 plus cost for a sandwich, chips,
cookie and fruit, soft drink or bottled water for each passenger.
Autumn Color Tour
The autumn color
tour is along the same route as the
spring flower tour with a wagon ride to the river. 2 hours (minimum)
or 4 hours with lunch or afternoon snack. Cost is the same as the
Spring Flower Tour. See our home page for
dates.
Country
Road Tour
We also offer
a wagon ride
up River Road
from
the farm to Miller Island. 4 hours with lunch or afternoon snack.
Cost:
$150.00 plus cost for a sandwich, chips,
cookie and fruit, soft drink or bottled water for each passenger.
Rides are available year round. Please call ahead.
Full Moon Moonlight Tour
The full moon
silvers the landscape, highlighting the mists in the Clinch River
Valley and outlining the mountains and ridgetops. You marvel at the
beauty of the landscape as we ride through our hayfield and pasture on
the top of River Ridge with owls hooting and maybe a coyote serenading
the moon as the horses' harness chains jingle gently in the night. On a
clear night you see from the Cumberland Mountains to the Smokies and
the end of Clinch Mountain.
We will be offering Horse Drawn Moonlight Tours in September, October,
November and December during the full moon. The tours will start
nightly at 7:30 p.m., except on Wednesday when they will start at 9
p.m. For the cool months dress warmly and we will provide wool blankets
for your lap. There will be hot chocolate and a camp fire afterwards to
warm your fingers and toes.
Please call for
reservations. The ride will be about 20 minutes. The cost
is $4.00 per person with
children up to age 5, sitting on an adult's lap, for free. The tours
will be cancelled if it is raining or snowing. See
our home page for dates.
Dark of the Moon Tour and Lightning Bug Tour
Similar
to Full Moon Tour but at different times. Call for details.
Caroling Tour
How long has
it been since you have been Christmas Caroling? And did you ever carol
from the bed of a horse drawn wagon? Well here is your chance!
!!!!No Talent Necessary!!!!
In December just before and after Christmas we will have Caroling Tours
on the farm. The tours will start nightly at dusk and continue until 9
PM. We will have hot chocolate and a
camp fire to warm you up afterwards.
Please
call for reservations. The ride will be about 20 minutes.
The cost is $4.00 per person with
children up to age 5, sitting on an adult's lap, for free. If it is
raining or snowing we will move the ride and hot chocolate afterwards
to the huge Sport Horse Center Arena nearby. See
our home page for dates and a link to Sport HorseCenterArena.com.
Daily Rides
Wagon
rides at the farm per group or individual are:
- $50.00
for the first hour.
- $40.00
for each additional hour up to
three
- $150.00/4
hours.
- $300.00/8
hours.
Our
wagon holds 8 people but the group may be of any size.
Rides are available all year. Please call ahead as early as
possible.
You must sign a waiver of liability in order to
participate in wagon
rides or other equestrian or farm activities. To get a copy of the waiver send a blank email to wagonride@riverridgefarmtn.com or you can phone or
email us for a copy. For
safety's sake we
reserve the right to refuse a ride to anyone who
in our judgment alone exhibits signs of being under the influence of
alcohol or drugs or who exhibits unsafe behavior.
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WARNING!UNDER TENNESSEE LAW, AN EQUINE
PROFESSIONAL IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY
INJURY TO OR THE DEATH OF A PARTICIPANT IN EQUINE ACTIVITIES RESULTING
FROM THE INHERENT RISKS OF EQUINE ACTIVITIES, PURSUANT TO TENNESSEE
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