• Eating in the wild with your gypsy horse caravan
  • Family holiday in Wicklow Ireland
  • A child friendly holiday that they won't forget
  • Horse caravan holiday in Wicklow Ireland
  • Drive your own caravan on our exclusive horse caravan trips
  • Animal fun for children walking the horses and donkeys
  • Family friendly holiday in Wicklow Ireland
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The horse caravan experience

Why not take to the road with a friendly horse pulling your home and experience the gypsy lifestyle?

Clip clopping along, you will be surrounded by the peaceful and charming green Irish countryside which features wild valleys, clear rivers, mature woodlands, roads hugged by a canopy of trees, picturesque old stone bridges and traditional Irish cottages. This is a holiday where you form a strong bond with your horse companion, indulge in your childhood fantasies, splash around in wellies and toast marshmallows and sing around the campfire.

We have a selection of 3 night horse caravan tours available for fun-filled childhood adventures or sweet, loved-up days.

Combine your horse caravan activities with a visit to the spectacular Wicklow Mountains National Park and Glendalough or for the full animal lovers package, swap your horse for a donkey on day two and take to the hills for a walking adventure with a long eared friend!

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Fairytale Slow Travel

Discover Wicklow with 1 horse power, learn something new and get outside!

Choose from one of the following 3 Tours and prepare to leave the screens behind.  Reconnect with those that matter most, breathe, smell, see and really feel nature and weave unforgettable memories and moments that will stay with you forever.

Horse Caravan Explorer

Tour 1

For those passionate about exploring, Tour 1 offers a taste of the romantic nomadic lifestyle travelling from place to place and setting up camp somewhere new in the evening. Share stories of your horse adventures and toast marshmallows on the campfire or hide away in your cosy caravan with your loved ones beneath the shimmering star-lit skies.

Horse Caravan Explorer - Tour 1

Wicklow Mountains Discovery

Tour 2

To experience Ireland’s Ancient East at its very best why not try Tour 2, a lovely combination of horse drawn caravan travel and discovering the Wicklow Mountains National Park and the beauty of Glendalough on a day hiking the dramatic valley hills or walking the flat wooden board walk between the Upper and Lower Lakes.

Wicklow Mountains Discovery - Tour 2

Horse & Donkey Adventure

Tour 3

Tour 3 is for all the animal lovers out there! Enjoy a day with one of our gentle giants travelling by horse caravan and the following day, accompany one of our friendly donkeys on a walking tour and get off the beaten track to see the Wicklow hills and forests from a long eared perspective.

Horse & Donkey Adventure - Tour 3
Our prices and tours vary between high and low season

Click here to visit our horse caravan prices page for more details.

Holiday with a Horse – Training

Over 70% of our new visitors have no horse experience at all.

We provide all visitors with a full ‘horse instruction’ which consists of your learning and practicing how to catch, look after, harness and drive your horse.

Our training is such that we have confidence that our visitors will be capable of caring for their horse and enjoying their holiday. If you need any assistance along the way, we are only a call away!

Our horses, Irish Cobs, are famous for being strong, quiet and docile. We take great care to match you with a horse especially selected for the route and for your ability.

For those that would prefer an escorted caravan tour, we can arrange to add a guide/driver to your booking on advance request and at an additional cost. This way you can still get involved and hands on with the reassurance of extra assistance should you need it.

Your Unique Accommodation

Your horse caravan is well equipped to give you all the necessary comforts for your trip and yet light enough for one horse to pull. The caravans are approx. 5m long and 2m wide.

The caravan includes:

  • cosy daytime seating and night-time sleeping accommodation for 4-5 (two double-beds and a bunk bed suitable for children)
  • Bed linen, duvets, sleeping bags and pillows.
  • A gas cooker (two rings & a grill), cooking pots and utensils, a frying-pan, cutlery, crockery, teapot, kettle, water container and cleaning utensils.
  • Gas lighting provided by internal gas lights at the front and rear of the caravan.
  • Sink with draining board, table, drawers, shelves and hanging space for clothing.
Clissmann Horse Caravans Floor Plan

Hear from some happy holidaymakers

We really enjoyed our tour ambling round the lovely Wicklow countryside.  Romeo was a fantastic horse – you couldn’t have asked for a more good natured, patient and friendly animal.  We were actually quite nervous about how we would handle him at the start, as neither of us had had anything to do with horses up until last Saturday, but under John’s expert instruction and all of you being so encouraging, we felt very supported and really confident by the end.  It was a fantastic way of seeing some beautiful countryside and having time to appreciate it rather than dashing through it in a metal box.

We want to send this mail just to thank you, your family & everyone at the farm. We enjoyed an unforgettable holiday in Ireland and will spread this good news further on to all our friends & colleagues in Belgium & abroad. We experienced the Irish people to be extremely open, friendly and helpfull. Special thanks first of all to Toby, a one in a million horse, it really was a pleasure to travel with him  !!     Also to you & the whole team, we knew we could count on you whenever necessary.Take care and we look forward to our next visit in Ireland…

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