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Experience · Sonoma Coast, Sonoma County

Picnic Ride

by Five Brooks at Bodega Bay

$210–$360/personStarts in Bodega Bay

The short answer

Picnic Ride is a bookable experience in Bodega Bay, Sonoma County, run by Five Brooks at Bodega Bay. A working horse ranch on Highway 1 near Bodega Bay that runs a guided picnic ride: you ride along Salmon Creek to a meadow lookout where lunch and dessert are laid out for you. A longer version combines riding and kayaking before the picnic. Price: Picnic Ride: $210 per person for the 2-hour group ride, $250 per person for a private ride. Horseback-kayak tour with picnic: $320 per person (3-hour group) or $360 per person (private).

Checked from fivebrooksbodegabay.com · stated on the venue's own website.

Details

Price
  • Picnic Ride: $210 per person for the 2-hour group ride, $250 per person for a private ride.
  • Horseback-kayak tour with picnic: $320 per person (3-hour group) or $360 per person (private).
Food on site
The ranch packs in a picnic lunch and dessert; you choose the menu when you call to book.
Groups
Minimum of 2 people.
Hours
Open daily
Season
Open daily.
Prices
$210–$360 per person
House rules
Book by phone (the ranch prefers calls to email, especially for short-notice, weekend and holiday rides) and choose the picnic menu then.

What to expect

A guided trail ride through the wetlands and along Salmon Creek canyon to the Miwok meadow, where the picnic is set up at a lookout point while you and the horses rest. The horseback-kayak version adds a paddle down Salmon Creek to the same meadow picnic.

  • Hiking trails

Good for: Romantic · Families · Views

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About Five Brooks at Bodega Bay – Picnic Ride (horseback)

A working horse ranch on Highway 1 near Bodega Bay that runs a guided picnic ride: you ride along Salmon Creek to a meadow lookout where lunch and dessert are laid out for you. A longer version combines riding and kayaking before the picnic.

  • Guided trail ride with a packed-in picnic lunch and dessert
  • Picnic set up at a meadow lookout along Salmon Creek
  • $210 per person (group) or $250 (private)
  • Horseback-kayak tour with picnic from $320 per person
  • Minimum two riders; book by phone

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