Event Phone: 403.408.7674

Horseplay! Ranch Adventure Camp

(March 25th to 29th)

This program encompasses all sorts of spring ranch activities!  Most importantly, we believe in traditional western family values so this camp is for mixed aged children 3.5 to 9 years olds.

Every morning we will feed horses and chickens, check for newborn calves and pick eggs.  Children will work together to complete different ranch chores, but most excitingly, children will learn all about how to catch, groom, and saddle up ponies.  By the end of the week the older kids will be doing all the haltering for the littler ones, as well as helping to saddle up ALL the ponies each day!  

Our instructors will ensure that all children become comfortable with basic horsmanship and then have equal amounts of lead-line ride time as we go out on trail rides to look for spring flowers, cow bones, play in the creek, or go cowboy tobogganing (if there is snow).  Our pack pony will carry all the lunches and we’ll enjoy a picnic somewhere new each day! 

There will be 2 groups of 6 kids with an hour and a half of horsemanship a day.  Rustic ranch and horse crafts will also be incorporated into the program.  Each day will be different…  If we discover a cow having a baby, we’ll be watching! (From a safe distance of course)

Please pack one morning snack, water bottle, and your child’s lunch.  We will provide the afternoon snacks that will be shared with the ponies just before we let them loose for the day.

  • Full Day Camp – 9 am to 4:30
    • Monday to Friday for $475 + GST
    • Individual Days (you choose) for $110 + GST

For the little ones that are not quite ready for a full day at the farm we offer:

  • Half Day Camp9 am to 1:30 pm, Monday to Friday for $340 + GST

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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.