
Riding Lessons
We
have a team of instructors at Nyanza who cater for pupils
from novice level to advanced competition riders. The correct instructor to suit
your needs is carefully selected for you.

All our instructors are trained and supervised by Ann Davies, and Wandy
Williams. Wandy has had horses here since 1968, and the riding school has been operating since
1983.
Ann Davies became a valued part of our team in 2004, we
consider ourselves very fortunate to have
someone of her calibre at Nyanza. For those
who have not yet met her, Ann joined us from Italy. She trained in England at
the Talland School of Equitation and was subsequently employed there
as an
instructor before going on to Italy, where she ran her own very successful
competitive riding stable. She trained horses and riders to high levels, including for the European Three-Day Event Championships. Her pupils
have successfully competed all over Europe.
Ann is a qualified International Level 3 instructor, as well as a Judge in
Three-Day Eventing, M level Dressage and Equitation. She supervises and trains
all our staff in their stable management, riding, and teaching. She is also
available on certain days for lessons by prior arrangement, for those who are
serious about wanting to further their riding ability.

Lessons are held throughout the week and on weekends by special arrangement.
They range from lessons for the novice in balance and control, to those for
riders with the ability to do dressage, show jumping and equitation.

If you are living locally, the best idea is to ride as often as you can each
week. Some people come once or twice a week, some come every day!
Our facilities are excellent, we have large jumping and dressage arenas and have
added a wall of mirrors which enables the rider to visually assess their
position on the horse and the horse' outline and movement. We also have a
large grass jumping arena and two separate lunge rings.

For those who are not living here, but just visiting our area, it is best to
fit as much as possible into your stay. The ideal situation if you would like to
learn the most is to have at least one lesson a day, and then either a
second
lesson or trail the same day. We
now have an ever-growing number of riders from afar, who come to stay for
several days in order to further their riding ability. For us it is very
encouraging to watch our pupils progressing over the days, and we hope to
provide a basis for many years of happy horsemanship.
All lessons must please be booked at least the
day before.

Schooling and Lesson Packages

For those who want to take advantage of the level of instruction and
schooling we have to offer we also provide a 5 day training package. These
packages are
aimed for local people who keep their own horses at home, or those
stabled elsewhere who
would like to take advantage of the expertise Ann has to offer. We now have
horses coming from far afield to benefit from the experience.
During these packages your horse comes and stays here at Nyanza and works
every day; a combination of schooling of the horse by Ann on some of the days,
together with lessons for you on the other days. You can of course arrange with
her for only schooling or only lessons if you prefer. For those coming from
further afield we can extend the package for longer to suit you. This package is
offered at a very reasonable rate to allow more people to seize this amazing
opportunity to work intensively with such a highly qualified and experienced
rider and instructor as Ann.

Our packages
are ideal for horse and rider to progress through the early stages of the young
horse’s schooling


Riding Clinics
General Info



Riding Clinics are lessons only, structured for those who
would like to work more intensively over a shorter period. Participants can
bring their own horse or ride one of ours, but both horse and rider have to be
reasonably fit. The clinics can be private lessons or small groups of people of
the same ability (maximum two to four people in a lesson, depending on their
ability). Anyone is welcome to organize their own group of riders, especially
those from afar – you can have a valuable few days together.


Accommodation for Packages and Clinics
Riders are free to come from home if living close enough,
organize their own accommodation, or enjoy any of the various types of
accommodation that Nyanza has to offer.

Ponycamps
Our
Pony camps are designed for children who would like to combine learning with fun
and games. Participants stay overnight, and the days are spent in a mixture of
lessons, lectures, training competitions, quizzes and fun and games.
For the Ponycamps we take a m
inimum of 6 and a maximum of
10 children. (Larger groups by special arrangement). It is great fun for the
children to come with their own group of friends, and spend a few days enjoying
the fun of the farm while furthering their horsemanship skills.

VAULTING
Vaulting is a new sport to Swaziland, although it is
becoming recognized more and more world wide.
Similar to gymnastics on horseback, it is wonderful to
improve the balance and confidence of a rider. It has huge
implications in the field of development and less advantaged riders, as only
one horse is required for a whole team of riders. It brings in a whole
new group of people into this horsey world we love so much, as those already
involved in gymnastics become more and more involved with the sport, without
their financial status being such a factor as in the other equestrian
disciplines. We are very excited to be able to bring this opportunity
to our young people, and hope to be able to incorporate the local schools as
well as our regular customers.
We have specially trained horses who have already
started teaching our young riders this wonderful spectator sport and we feel
it has a great future both here at Nyanza and for the rest of Swaziland...


- Horse Trails
- The stables are open every day for horse trails...
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- Our Horses
- Take you on a "virtual tour" around our stables...
- Liveries
- Private liveries are available, part time (clinics or holidays) or full
time...
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