Event Phone: 403.408.7674

Horseplay! Ranch Adventure Camp

July 8 – 12

Give your children the chance to live the life of a ranch kid for a week!

We believe in traditional western family values so this camp is offered to children from 4 to 12 years old. Parents are also welcome to come along with their child!

Ranch adventures all take place on Big Rock Farms, an active working ranch that has been in the family for 120 years, so we only cater to small groups of 8 children a week. No simulated activities; everything we do here is real and has a purpose!  If cows need herding, the kids will help!  Or, if we need to haul water out to the cow pasture, the kids will be offered the opportunity to splash along in the back of the truck.

The Typical Day

Every morning we will start the day feeding the small animals and completing a few basic ranch chores before heading out to round-up horses.  Once our ponies are in children will learn at their own pace and ability, how to catch, groom, saddle up and ride.  (They will have all week to work on these basic horsemanship skills.)

Every day instructors will ensure that all children have equal amounts of lead-line/solo ride time (based on ability) as we go out on trail rides to look for seasonal flowers and grasses, fox dens, muskrats, coyotes and cow bones.  We will go find and check the cow herd (and watch the deer one too) and of course play in the creek. Our pack pony will carry all the lunches and we’ll enjoy a picnic somewhere new each day!  Each day will be different…  If we discover a cow having a baby, we’ll stop to watch! (From a safe distance of course)

 After being out on horses for several hours we come back to the barn, let our ponies go and work on individual rustic barn wood horse projects using resources gathered from our adventures.  These are quality pieces that kids will take home at the end of the week along with a professional photo of themselves with their pony or horse, and a HorsePlay! Ranch Adventure T-shirt.


Cost:  $425
– Monday to Friday, 9 am to 4 pm
– A non-refundable 50% deposit is required to reserve a space with the balance due 7 days prior to event.
Note: If before and after care is needed please email Kari at Horseplay@cheerful to arrange details. 

What Kids Need to Bring:

  • Their own water bottle, lunch and an afternoon snack.  (There is also a mini-fridge with $1 pop and pre-packaged snacks on site)
  • Children should also have sunscreen applied, bring bug spray, wear long pants/jeans and either rubber boots or cowboy boots.
  • Please also bring your child’s helmet.
  • An extra change of clothes (shorts and running shoes) might be a good idea for the trip home.
  • Any personal medication that may be required.

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Venue:  

Venue Phone: 587.394.7674

Address:
418215 64 St W, Okotoks Alberta T1S, Canada

Description:

HorsePlay! Ranch Adventures is based out of Big Rock Ranch (est. 1885), a 130+ yr old family owned ranch located SW of the town of Okotoks, AB.

 

DIRECTIONS

HorsePlay! at Big Rock Ranch is just 12 minutes SW of Okotoks (3 min South of the Big Rock erratic).

 

 

From Okotoks:

  • Take highway 7 heading west towards Diamond Valley. You’ll see the Big Rock Erratic and then take the next turn South (left) on 64th street.
  • Look for the ‘HorsePlay / Big Rock Ranch’ sign on the West (right) side of the road. (If you go past the 434th Ave intersection you’ve gone too far.)
  • Drive straight past several white farm buildings and park by the white building with the HorsePlay sign in the window.

From Calgary: Follow the signs to Okotoks and Diamond Valley.  You can either drive through Okotoks or go via Aldersyde to get to highway 7.  Then follow the Okotoks instructions listed above.

From High River:

  • Take highway 543 heading west towards Hartell and Longview.
  • Turn North (right) on 64th street.
  • Go past 434th Ave and take the first turn West (left) into a wide driveway. There is a big ‘HorsePlay / Big Rock Ranch’ sign.
  • Drive straight past several white farm buildings and park by the white building with the HorsePlay sign in the window.

From Black Diamond/Turner Valley:

  • Take highway 22 heading South towards Longview.
  • Turn East onto 434th Ave (heading towards the MD dump).
  • Turn North (left) on 64th street and then take the first turn left again into a wide driveway. (There is a big ‘HorsePlay / Big Rock Ranch’ sign.)
  • Drive straight past several white farm buildings and park by the white building with the HorsePlay sign in the window.