my friends, husband, children and I went with About Riding on a 1 hour horse trek while staying in Auckland, none of us has ever ridden a horse so were a bit nervous to begin with. The horses were so amazingly gentle and calm that we lost our fears before we had ridden very far at all. It's simply one of the best things to do at Muriwai Beach. It's fantastic, we got to ride along the beach watching the big waves rolling in then along a river that flows across the beach and through a great big pine tree forest. The children are already asking to go back for a 2 hour ride so we will for sure be doing just that very soon. The horses are beautiful and the guides are patient, friendly, they made us feel really safe. About Riding even emailed us some lovely photographs they took of us on our trek too. I highly recommend this horse trek to everyone, such great fun for the whole family, even dad had to admit he enjoyed riding a horse :-). Check out their web site, you can see photographs from their treks read more