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Contact

Estrada Municipal N122-1,

8970-068,

Alcoutim

Portugal

Phone/WhatsApp

+351 934972737 / Whatsapp

Alcoutim

+351 934972737 / WhatsApp & Mobile

A Good Place For Horses & People

Country Quest is a horse farm in Alcoutim, Portugal.  Our mission is to bring people closer to horses, in more ways than just riding. We offer horse assisted mindfulness meditation with our 11 amazing equines for individuals and groups, we also offer hikes with the heard, teach you about positive reinforcement training and natural ways to keep your horse.

Although everything we do is done with the horses well being as a priority,  we do really look after our guests too.

 

 

 

A horse business with a difference

From the beginning of Country Quest, we always wanted to be the horse business with a difference. We wanted to show people that it is possible to work with horses without exploiting them. Our horses well being is our #1 priority and we are not just saying that because it sounds good. It shows through in everything we do and in the way our horses behave and are.  We believe in a completely force free training and absolutely no violence. We work to create a partnership with each horse, a two way conversation where the horse also has a voice and a right to an opinion.

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Our horses well being is our #1 priority

We operate with the animal welfare at the heart of our business. This involves their active monitoring of both physical and psychological health, resting periods and only participation in our activities if they chose to. Our horses live as a herd in a fenced open field arrangement which means they are not confined to a stable or restricted in an way. In order to also maintain the most natural living conditions for the horses, at Country Quest horses are kept barefoot and their food is distributed around the field to promote movement and imitate their natural eating behavior.

With Country Quest you get to spend time with horses

Horses can offer you so much more than just a mean to get from A to B – they are so much more than just a mean of transport or a machine to win ribbons with. Horses can offer you so much more than sitting in the saddle, but yet it is often difficult to find a place where you can learn and participate in the care of the horse and a place where the horse is seen as an emotive, valuable being.

Country Quest is not expensive mass tourism operator whose only interest is circulating large numbers of tourist for maximum financial gain – we are a very small family business and we are in business because we love what we do!

 

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More videos in our Gallery page

PODCAST : Entrevista a Daniel Silva pela apresentadora Sofia Fernandes da TVI sobre a Terapia energética com equídeos

 

                              Some other articles about us: 

Revista Equitação

The Equine Sciences Academy – August 2020 Newsletter (featuring our blog “your horse is not a machine” )

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