This place had great reviews on Yelp so I went for it! It was slightly underwhelming for what the…read moreother reviews were saying. It was an experience to be in the rural country area of Florida. Time stops here so don't expect everything to be as the time slot shows. It's a dirt road out to a house with a little old sign that barely appears to be the business. We pulled in and looked around for the owner and eventually found him preparing everything for our ride. It took some time standing around waiting for some of this family to arrive to go on the ride with us. In the mean time we let the goats and chickens and horses. All the horses look well taken care of and all the animals seem happy so that was a good sign. There's a definitely a moment of "what did I get us into" when we pulled up to the barn and saw the behind the scenes and waited around a bit for them to load everything up into the trailer. We followed them to the trailhead in our car and then saddled up and headed out. I've been on better trails before for the ride so it was a bit underwhelming, but the Florida foliage was unique and pretty. Our guide was training a new lead horse so we had a few jumpy moments, but he knows what he's doing and showed us his training skills. All our horses were very well behaved and felt safe to be on. Overall, it's definitely a novice business and nothing special, but the opportunity to interact with some real country folks made it feel authentic and was neat.

Makin' Tracks Trail Rides is a family owned business and you truly feel the love and warmth of the…read morecommunity and love the workers and stable hands give to the rides. I really recommend this ride to anyone! they do a 75$ hour dry trail ride and a 120$ 3 hour ride where you spend one hour riding to the river an hour litterly swimming with the horses and an hour coming back ! We did the dry ride and will def be back for the swimming with the horses. Thank you for showing my mom and i a great time!!

We booked our horse adventure for my wife's 70th birthday and had one of the best experiences ever…read more Jennifer & Jay were amazing hosts and are very knowledgeable about their horses and their personalities. Also, Jennifer took tons of photos that she later sent to us so we could enjoy the moments without concerning ourselves with being on our cameras. Highly recommend!!!!

Jennifer is a great guide. You can tell she takes such good care of her horses. We had age ranges…read morefrom 12 to 40+ with various riding experience and she made us all feel really comfortable. I highly recommend booking with Jennifer. She took SO many pictures that it was hard to choose a favorite.

Took the whole family riding on Wednesday (03/23) and had an amazing time. The entire ranch crew…read morewere so patient and awesome with my kids taking the time to teach them so much including feeding, watering and brushing the horses in addition to riding them. My wife and two older kids went on a trail ride while my two younger kids rode in the arena and were given instructions to know how to control the horses and give them commands. Special thanks to Beth, Brenda and Cathy for a memorable experience that has my kids already planning our next trip to the area and a stop at the Blue Moon Ranch.

I've known the owners for a long time. If you're looking to ride or learn how to ride this is the…read moreplace for you. Trail rides, lessons, parties, you name it they do it. They also take trips to go scalloping.

There information is not updated. They take in walk ins for day visits according to their website…read morebut the farm was closed when we arrived. We came from Jacksonville and had spoke to someone on the phone before hand only to be dismissed At the gate. This was very disappointing to my family. We wanted to visit the farm and horse ad its stated on the site that we could. Update your website so your not waisting peoples time

Such an experience. I would recommend to anyone visiting Ocala, amazing views and nature all…read morearound. Service if just the best and friendly. Don't hesitate, come and try for yourself

Oh my gosh what a fun date ! I am always one for adventure…read moreso when we flipped a coin and decided to make the drive , I had no idea what to expect. This was one of the best dates ever as we both love outdoor adventures and horse back riding . The zip lining was a bucket list of mine and the adrenaline rush was insane. I am a horse lover so when he surprised me with the horseback riding, it was the cherry on top. Our horses Nugget and Jiminy cricket were amazing and I loved feeding them carrots. The views during the ride were absolutely gorgeous and we already made plans to come back with other couples this fall. This is a 10/10!

We lived less than an hour away from this and had no idea it existed! Such a fun, non-theme park…read moreadventure, perfect for anyone trying to let their wild side run free. Our guides were charismatic and very professional. Safety was their top priority and they made the day so much fun!

We loved spending time with the horses, we didn't ride we just did the horse tour. There was 2…read moreguides, one was Jason and he was amazing. So knowledgeable about the horses, interactive and very sweet. Spent a lot of time talking with everyone and was great with the horses. The other guide seemed to be rather mean with the horses.i didn't catch his name, as after he came over and interrupted while I was spending time with a horse to show someone how "if a horse likes you you can do whatever to it" and while he was roughing up the horses, the horse got nippy with him and he hit him pretty hard on the nose. If it weren't for the second guides actions it would have been a perfect 5 star visit but I can't overlook those actions.

We signed up our 3 teenagers (grandkids) who have never rode before. They learned a lot and loved…read moredoing it. They loved the horses and the lovely two workers (sorry don't remember their names) were excellent guides and teachers. They were very patient. We did go in the middle of July and it was hot. We will definitely try to do it again in the future but perhaps when it is cooler. The trail is wooded and the area where you mount and dismount is covered with trees so that helped. The way of contact thru email is not always desirable but I didn't think important enough to take off stars. It is a small run business and having someone man a phone is costly on a business so we won't complain.

Silver Springs State Park was an amazing experience. I came out with a group to kayak, and it ended…read moreup being one of the highlights of the trip. The water is absolutely beautiful and crystal clear, and we saw wildlife pretty much the entire time. We spotted tons of birds, turtles, fish, and even the famous monkeys! Kayaking was a great way to explore the park because you can get surprisingly close to the wildlife while still just enjoying the scenery. Seeing the monkeys out there in the wild was definitely something I won't forget. Beautiful park, plenty to see, and a great place to spend a few hours on the water. I'd absolutely come back.

My parents were reminiscing about when they were middle school aged and came here for field trips…read more I was surprised to find out that Silver Springs State Park and the glass bottom boat tours have been around for that long! It was about a 1.5 hour ride from Orlando. Woke up real early on a Saturday (on honestly one of the coldest days of the year) to arrive at the park around 8am. I highly suggest purchasing glass bottom boat tour tickets online about a week in advance atleast since time slots fill up! We purchased the 1.5 hour tour on the boats. Our tour guide was incredible and shared so much knowledge and facts about the wildlife and park. I got to see tons of manatees! Plus getting to see gators, turtles, birds, and even monkeys! The glass bottom gives such a cool perspective on viewing the wildlife and plants underwater. Aside from the tour, we walked several trails to enjoy the great outdoors. Also, we had coffee in the morning when we first got here and lunch after the tour. The food was pretty good and filling. At the gift shop I made sure to leave with a magnet and Christmas ornament to remember such a great day here.

Had a blast! Maddy and Patrick were great guides! Excellent trail for beginners, and the guides…read morewere more than happy to help if it's your first time riding. My horse Chippy had a very playful and silly personality and was a great horse! It was very relaxing and peaceful. An experience I won't soon forget!

Where do I begin!!! Well first things first No Masks!! Whoop!! Can I just say how amazing this…read moretour is!! I'm not kidding! It was amazing and our guide, the owner was phenomenal!! He was so knowledgeable fun and interactive with the kids!! All the horses are rescued, they are retrained and so sweet. They have little personalities it's super funny!! But nothing to be scared of. I love supporting people and animals especially during this trying time! What a wonderful to do both! You don't want to miss this opportunity. If you're thinking of trying, just do it!! They get three dollar signs from me ($$$) but it's well worth the two hour ride!! Not one complaint from 5 children! You can book online and helmets are required for kids but not adults. Waivers are required as expected, but no worries here. We will definitely be back!!

My husband and I had a fantastic experience! We really appreciated that they gave us time to get…read morecomfortable with our horses and provided a tutorial for riding before heading out on the trail ride. The owners were friendly, engaged, and seemed to genuinely care about our safety as well as providing a positive experience. We would definitely return!

What a great place! Took my wife and one of my daughters from NY for a ride on Sat for my wifes…read morebirthday and one word decribes our experience ,,,WOW!! Terry and Madison are absolutely great hosts. They made sure everyone was comfortable with their horse before the ride through fields and woods. You both made our day. We have gone on trail rides in Puerto Rico rain forests , Cancun Beaches, and home in Socal on Catalina and this ride was right there with them. This will be a destination for our visitors when in Florida for sure. Gerard (Jerry) Sullivan

My girlfriend and I booked a trip with Wild West Horse Tours in Ocala, FL thinking we'd have a nice…read moreday date riding horses on a Saturday and it turned out to be quite a mistake. I'm posting this with the genuine hope that no one else will repeat our error in judgment and will avoid this company at all costs. We got the first red flag when we contacted them through the website to make sure the date and time were available. Two different people from their company called us four times over the course of two hours trying to get our credit card info to book the trip. Initially, I thought, "Perhaps they're just disorganized, but really want the business; times are tough, right?" I should have pulled the plug then. The lady I spoke with to book the trip seemed very friendly and took down our information and confirmed us X weeks in advance for the date and time that we wanted on a Saturday afternoon. However, after the call, we never received a confirmation email or anything stating that the card was being charged or that they were expecting us... red flag number 2. The charges for the trip appeared on the card, so we knew they had at least gotten our information correct. On the Monday before the Saturday of our trip, my girlfriend wanted to make certain that we were confirmed, so she emailed the company checking to make sure we were still confirmed for Saturday. Someone named George responded that we were confirmed for Saturday at 11 and said he was sorry that we didn't receive a confirmation email, that maybe it was in our spam box. There was no email in the spam box from them, though the spam box would have been a fitting place for correspondence from Wild West Horse Tours. Regardless, we felt better having received the email confirmation from George. On the confirmed Saturday morning we drove for 2.5 hours to Foxtrotter Ranch in Ocala, FL. We very excited when we arrived 25 minutes early and saw that there were other riders already on horses, prepared to go on the trail ride. We walked into the stable area and were met by one of the workers who was walking a horse out of a stable towards the other riders. His less than cordial first words were, "We don't have any more horses." I was stunned and said, "Are you serious? We confirmed with you on Monday and we just drove 2.5 hours to get here." He simply responded, "You'll have to talk to George about that. You might go up the road to Cactus Jack's (another horse tour company), he probably has some horses." And then he walked away with no apologies or any semblance of helpfulness to our inconvenience and expense. We returned to the car with our confirmation email in hand and I promptly called the number for Wild West Horse Tours and there was no answer, so I left a voice mail message that I wanted someone to call me as soon as possible. No one returned my call, so I called again a few minutes later. This time I got George on the phone and explained the situation and that I wanted a refund. He didn't even bother to apologize for the inconvenience and expense that his company's incompetence and disorganization had caused, he just said that he would take care of the refund... red flag number 3. At this point, we were greatly concerned that the whole website was perhaps a front for a credit card scam and that we should keep an eye out for fraudulent charges. In the interest of proactively retaining legal paperwork, we emailed him later that same day, informing him of our dissatisfaction with Wild West Horse Tours and that we expected to see the refund posted to the account by the end of the week. He never responded. We received an email from the company that processes their credit card transactions, INRG Marketing in Palm Coast, FL with an email from Gloria who was the first person to offer an apology for Wild West Horse Tours' failure to provide services. She stated that we would receive a refund, gave us a confirmation number and informed us that it should take several days for the credit to appear on the account. In summary, after they get your credit card information, the staff is incompetent, disorganized, rude, unhelpful, unconcerned and fortunately, with these as their company characteristics, probably won't be in business much longer. Do NOT waste your time or money on them; find a reputable company to work with if you are looking to book a trail ride.