Stable Assistant/Trail Guide

  Greece

Rural Areas

Term: Academic Year, Fall, Spring, Summer, Throughout the year, Trimester, Winter 
Durations of Program: 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months and 7-12 months
Typical Duration of Program: 3-6 months

Description: Duties here include:
- saddling, preparing, brushing cleaning etc. of horses
- mucking out stalls/leanto's
- riding on trail rides as a guide
- helping with foaling, imprint training or sales of foals (season dependent)
- handling horses and stable on own IF and WHEN necessary
- assisting with deparasitizing horses and annual shots
- maintaining stables and grounds, feeding grounds guard dogs
- letting horses out for grazing and rounding up in evening to bring in.
- riding horses to maintain training

Highlights: You get to live in one of the most beautiful parts of Greece! within a huge national park with many wildlife viewing opportunities. Riding and handling great horses daily. We are a 2 hour drive from the ionian coast for summertime applicants, and have an amazing natural swim hole 10 min walk from the village. Also located near one of Europes cleanest rivers. Plentiful hikes, treks, walks either alongside the river, along the Vikos gorge (deepest gorge in the world), or in the awe inspiring mountains with each season providing its own beauty.

Qualifications: The position requires basic horsemanship skills, comfortable with animals, ability to work in all weather conditions, an independent nature, openess to a different culture/traditions, capable of living in a remote mountain village. Positive extras to have but not required are horse training experience, extensive horse knowledge, drivers license, first aid training.

Credit Available: yes

Salary / Pay: Food and housing provided as well as potential paid position for second person (see Kalliopi Hotel entry for more details)

Experience Required: yes

basic horsemanship

This Program is open to World Wide Participants. This Program is also open to Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Greece Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Resume
• Written Application

White Pegasus's Mission Statement: Providing horse trail rides and treks in the Northern Pindus National Park. We hope to better sensitize our clients to the raw beauty of nature and to learn to appreciate and enjoy an activity that can bring one closer to the outdoors with its wide variety of flora and fauna.

Year Founded: 2005