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Cleone Gardens Inn Escapes
Join other compatible RRR riders on special multi-day riding get-aways in Mendocino. (Weekends are great, but weekdays can be even better.) You may arrange your own lodging, meals and nightly entertainment, or sign on for one of our escapes detailed below. Our well-trained English or Western horses are available to suit all riding abilities. Sign up for as many or few days each weekend as you like.  Carpool information from the San Francisco Bay area is available, as well as recommendations for local lodging and camping. If you would like to stay at the Cleone Gardens Inn, Hill House Inn of Mendocino, Howard Creek Ranch Inn or The MacCallum House we are happy to make reservations for you.

Exceptional horses, English and Western

Cleone Garden Inn
Three-Night Escape

Join Ricochet Ridge Ranch and Cleone Gardens Inn for a fabulous three night stay, with horseback riding on deserted beaches and in the magnificent redwoods, with cosy accommodations within walking distance to MacKerricher State Park. (Note: this Escape is also available for 4, 5, 6, 7, or more days if you like.)



Cleone Garden Inn

Your weekend stay begins upon your arrival at the Cleone Gardens Inn, located just down the road from Ricochet Ridge Ranch, a short drive up the coast from Fort Bragg (2 miles) and Mendocino (10 miles). The Cleone Gardens Inn central meadow is a focal point, accented with a redwood grove, fir trees, numerous seasonal flowers and shrubs. It provides a visual expanse where one may stroll or relax, enjoying the warm sun or evening stars and moonlight. Their large outdoor decks provide space for group get togethers. The Inn consists of 10 comfortable units all with private bath. Each accommodation is different; some features may include fireplace, kitchen with dining area, 1 bedroom suite with separate bedroom, double/queen/or king size bed, television, AM/FM stereo radio, accent antique furniture pieces, garden entries, and/or private decks. All rooms are dedicated for non-smokers. Close by the Inn, one has access to miles of sandy ocean beaches, sand dunes, the facilities of MacKerricher State Park, Lake Cleone, Inglenook Fen, and many wonderful restaurants in the towns of Fort Bragg and Mendocino. Guests also may use the outdoor Jacuzzi hot tub.

Close by the Inn, one has access to miles of sandy ocean beaches, sand dunes, the facilities of MacKerricher State Park, Lake Cleone, Inglenook Fen, and many other activities. Dinner your first evening will be at The Bistro, a Zagat rated local treasure in a historic Fort Bragg building.

Start your second day with a full hearty breakfast at Cleone Gardens Inn. Following breakfast, walk or drive over to Ricochet Ridge Ranch, where you will meet your trailguide and your horse for an exciting All DayTrail Ride. We have horses that are both fit and sensible, safe for all levels of rider, English or Western style. A pack lunch will be prepared for you, including a hearty sandwich, granola bars, trail mix, pickles, peppers, candy, fruit, juice and water. Today you will ride through a horse ranch, a vast cattle ranch, past virgin redwood trees thousands of years old, to the tops of mountains overlooking the Pacific Ocean. After your ride, return to Cleone Gardens Inn for a soak in the hot tub, before enjoying a delicious dinner at the Wharf Restaurant at Noyo Harbor.

Your third day begins again with another full hearty breakfast at Cleone Gardens Inn. Head back to Ricochet Ridge Ranch for a four hour ride. Today, you will ride on Ten Mile Beach, where osprey and pelican circle overhead and seals and whales cavort offshore. Take a break along the Ten Mile River, where you can relax for a moment in the Ten Mile Dunes preserve and estuary, before remounting and heading home. You won't believe the quality of the horses! After your ride, you will have the rest of that day and the entire next day free to explore to the North Coast! This third night, you will choose your own dining place following suggestions from our staff according to your preferences. This final night dinner is not included in your package.


The CLEONE GARDEN INN ESCAPE INCLUDES:

(package price dependent on room price and availability):
  • Three nights at Cleone Garden Inn
  • Dinner two nights
  • Breakfast three mornings
  • Gourmet Pack Lunch one day
  • All Day ride in the redwood forests on Saturday
  • Four hour beach ride on Sunday
      Not included: Customary gratuities for trail guide, housekeeping and service staff; additional meals and incidentals taken during your stay.

Horseback Escape...
per person,
double occupancy
single occupancy
surcharge
Laguna, Lupine, Blue Iris or Meadow View rooms$797.00$155.00
Noyo or Navarro Suites$845.00$258.00

Additional Rooms may be available. Please inquire.
You might first like to visit the website of Cleone Garden Inn to review the amenities of each of the rooms that are available. Additional nights at the inn and additional days of riding are also available! Should you like to book this excursion, please contact us directly by calling 707-964-9669, or e-mail us. We are happy to customize this vacation to suit your needs, adding a Mendo Wine Tour, a relaxing massage, or one of our many Surf Excursions. For more information about all of our riding vacations and trailrides, please visit our website's home page. Private and custom weekends, as well as weeklong riding vacations, also available.

If you would like to ride for free...
Join ten days of Weekend Adventures, and receive your 11th day free. Or, bring ten friends on any day, and your ride is free.
"You really know how to plan a 5-star vacation from beginning to end: the horses... the trails... the weather (how'd you do that?!)... the Inns... the food... the entertainment (WOW!)... all were exceptional."
-- Susan and Don Katz, Monsey, New York     


"Your horses are outstanding. Your terrain is spectacular. We thoroughly enjoyed the cuisine and accommodations throughout the week. We have ridden in Canada, the U.S., the U.K., Portugal, Mexico and the Caribbean, and your ride is one of the very best."
-- Jery M. Lougheed, Jr., Ontario, Canada


Equine and Wine
Weekend

Join Ricochet Ridge Ranch, MacCallum House Inn, and Mendo Wine Tours for a fabulous weekend stay, with horseback riding on deserted beaches and in the magnificent redwoods and a first class wine tasting tour of the famous Anderson Valley wineries.

Surf & Turf Weekend

Join Ricochet Ridge Ranch and All Aboard Adventures for a fabulous weekend stay, with horseback riding on deserted beaches and in the magnificent redwoods and a first class whale watching, crabbing, or deep sea fishing excursion, or a sunset cruise on Captain Tim's "Sea Hawk".

Call us at 707-964-9669
or e-mail for more information

or for assistance with accommodations
while you are in town.

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For daily or mulitiday trailrides,
call Ricochet Ridge Ranch: 888-873-5777 (toll free) or 707-964-7669
For weeklong or custom riding vacations ONLY, call Lari's home office: 707-964-9669

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