My wife and I booked a private horseback tour with the Gold Mine Ranch during a trip to Aruba last week. It was an excellent experience and I would recommend it to anyone traveling there in the future. The ranch picks you up from your hotel and takes you immediately to get saddled up. Our guide, Candy, was very knowledgeable... more

My parents and I were recently in Aruba and had booked the 2 hour horseback riding excursion. It was great! We were the only ones on the tour, so it was very nice. It was $50 per person since we booked on-line, and that is the cheapest that I found on the island. The owner of the ranch, John, was... more

I just got bacck from my honeymoon in Aruba, and we had a great time horseback riding at the Gold Mine Ranch. It is one of the lesser known ranches on the island, which I liked because it was not full of people, in fact my wife and i were the only two on our tour, so we had a... more

My husband and I just returned from our trip to Aruba and going horseback riding with Gold Mine Ranch was definitely one of the highlights of the trip. I was torn between this ranch and another one and fortunately, someone on the forum recommended this ranch over all the others. Mostly, b/c it was very personal and a much smaller... more

We had a great time horseback riding with the Gold Mine Ranch. Unlike the larger ranches, we had the ride to ourselves (family of four) with just our guide. He took us down to the edge of the ocean and we were able to go into the surf with our horses - what fun. more

If you're looking for beginner level horseback riding, this was a fun ride. Gold Mine Ranch is a little rustic, but the horses were fine and John made sure that we were fitted well on the horses and all was well. Candy, our guide, spoke a little English. We speak a little Spanish, so we did OK among us. A... more

We were approached on the beach by "Junior" who offered lots of adventures. Hubby chose this horseback tour as we had taken a similar tour in Hawaii that he really loved. We were picked up at our hotel and picked up only one more rider at another hotel. there were 3 of us plus the guide...what a treat to have... more