5- 7 DAY CAMPS

7 DAY CAMPS

Kiah Park horse riding camp was was established in 1978. The property itself is 315 acres of beautiful, varying country situated 20km east of Gympie and 160km north of Brisbane. Visitors can enjoy the peaceful farm surroundings with horses, other farm animals and new friends.Includes accommodation with adult supervision and great meals. Children adopt a horse to enjoy for the week and activities include arena lessons, trail rides twice a day, learning how to keep and care for a pony/horse, gymkhana, animal feeding, collecting chook eggs, cow milking and fun night activities.

Our 7 Day Riding Camps are the core of our business and are held every school holidays, from 11am Saturday to the 7am the following Saturday. Kiah Park Horse Riding Camp is fully catered, has full insurance, qualified Instructors and adult supervision. Kids ages aged 6 yrs to 16 yrs, of all riding abilities are welcome to attend. For the safety of our riders and health of our horses we have a safety weight restriction of 80kg.

The accuracy of your child’s individual details including their height, weight, and riding ability is vital in assuring we have the ‘right’ horse available for your child. Mention if they have no experience or are walking, learning to trot, trotting well, learning to canter, cantering well or advanced. For all our kids returning to Kiah, please mention which horse they rode previously and if their level of riding has progressed since their last camp.

BOOKINGS

In 2022 to are moving to an online booking and PAYMENT system… just like booking a flight you will be able to book and pay online for your Kiah Park experience. For all booking enquires or changes please email [email protected] (we can not make any changes to bookings over the phone). The price for our 7 Day Camps in 2022 are 1100 per child. The 7 Day camps in January 2023 are 1375. Prices of camps may change throughout the year and the current price will be advertised on the home page of the website at all times.

    • Photo package 50 (35 photo package, 15 USB stick)
    • Bus Fare 45
    • Boot Hire 20
    • Extra riding lesson/ Horsemanship 45
    • Jumping lessons 45 (Jumping lessons are for kids cantering well. If you book a jumping lesson and your child can not canter they will do a riding lesson focussing on areas they could improve in)

TRANSPORT

Kiah Park Horse Riding Camp hire a bus and pick up from Brisbane and different points up the coast. The bus fare for camps is $45. There are a limited number of seats available each camp so please book in early.

ACCOMMODATION

Our cabins are located along the ridge overlooking beautiful scenery. There are seperate boys and girls cabins with their own hot showers and toilets. All cabins have double bunks and mattresses. An adult leader sleeps in the cabins with the children and assists in each cabin.
Children are required to care for their belongings and keep their cabins tidy. Let us know on your booking form if your child would like to share a cabin with a friend that is also attending camp.

SUPERVISION

We employ one leader for every six children booked in to camp; the leaders are female and hold their blue cards. Leaders sleep in the cabins with the children offering 24 hour supervision. Owners live on site and are involved in the running and supervision of the camp.

BEHAVIOUR

Children with behavioural problems are a risk to other campers and parents are required to ensure that their children understand and are able to respect the rights of others with regard to safety of persons and property, manners and privacy.

CANTEEN

Campers are not permitted to bring food/ snacks to camp. The canteen is open in the morning and afternoon and sells drinks, chips, chocolates, ice blocks and lollies. All wallets are locked away in the office for safe keeping.

PHONE CALLS

To minimise disruption to the camp routine, please keep calls to our landline to a minimum or emergencies. From 2022 we have decided to offer a complete device detox for kids. Kids are not permitted to bring mobile phones (or any devices) but rather we will allow them to use our land line to call home if they wish.
If you have to talk to your child you may try and call our landline 07 5486 6166 between 7:30am- 8:30am or 6.30 – 7.30pm. Calls after 7.30pm are not taken as the night activity has started and no-one is available to answer the phone. Rest assured that we will contact you if there are any problems. Please email if you need your child to phone home.

DINING

We have a large dining area where all campers meet for meals. Please let us know if your child has any special dietary needs, as we will happily cater for them. There is a surcharge of $140 for special diet catering.

CAMP RULES

Safety is our first priority, closely followed by as much fun as possible. To ensure a happy and enjoyable camp for all we have established a set of rules to which we expect our campers to adhere. These will be explained to campers on day of arrival. Please note any breakages must be paid for.

FUN COMPETITIONS

On awards not we present various awards including:

The Best Camp Kid whom is chosen on behaviour, manners, attitude, cooperation and enthusiasm throughout the week.

Dressed to impress! We acknowledge our best dressed riders on Gymkhana day as well as the effort they put into present their horse.

On Gymkhana day we split the kids up into riding ability groups and all campers have opportunity to win a ribbon over the course of the morning as they compete in different events. At Kiah Park Gymkhana the focus and judging is based on horsemanship not speed.

We introduce the LJ Keough and Co Horsemanship Award in 2020. We wanted to reward the person who demonstrates the best horsemanship skills over the camp period. The recipient of this award will be one of the most advanced riders of the camp group, who has king approach to horsemanship and listens and takes on board all instruction. This award is something for all camp kids to aspire to achieve. We treat this award quiet seriously combining feedback from all instructors before making the final decision.

CAMP ROUTINE

We have a structured camp programme however due to weather we may shuffle the programme a little, we also may add something new! On Saturday the kids are introduced to Kiah Park with a focus on safety, horsemanship introduction and the arena assessment to find the most suitable horse for each child based on their ability, size and personality… of horse and rider!

This is a basic overview of a day at Kiah Camp…
6:30am: Yard Duty, Milk cows, Feed animals, Collect eggs7.30am: Breakfast, Clean up duties & tidy Cabins
8:00am: Lesson Horses are saddled up
8:30am: Arena Lesson, other riders Saddle up
9:30am: Morning Tea & Canteen
10:00am: Gear check & Mount up
10.30am: Trail Ride/Activities for lesson riders
12:00pm: Ride back to camp, Untack & groom
12:30pm: Lunch
1:00pm: Structured activity or free time
2:00pm: Lesson Horses are saddled up
2:30pm: Arena Lesson, other riders saddle up
3:00pm: Afternoon tea & canteen
3.30pm: Trail ride/activities for lesson riders
5:00pm: Ride back to camp, Untack & groom
5.30pm: Feed animals, let horses out, showers, prepare for dinner
6.30pm: Dinner, clean up duties
7.30pm: Night programme (Welcome games, quiz/bingo night, campfire night, night walk, movie night, variety show and presentation evening.
8.30pm: Prepare for bed
9:00pm: Lights Out

Traditionally we have a long ride on the Tuesday with damper and sausages by the dam to follow and we wrap up the week with the gymkhana on the Friday.