Driving your Irish horse-drawn caravan Text Menu Driving a Horse Drawn Caravan Instruction You will be given instruction and practice in leading and driving the horse and caravan before leaving on your tour. The instructor will travel with you for some distance to teach you the correct method of controlling the horse on the road. Whenever the situation demands it, your horse should be led at the head. When other road users have difficulty in passing a horse-drawn caravan on a narrow road, the horse should be controlled at its head, and the caravan stopped until the other road user has passed.
Some few roads are quite unsuitable because they are too steep, too narrow or too busy.
You will be advised to avoid these. However, if you happen upon a hill that seems steep, it helps to wonder whether a normal adult would manage to cycle up the hill without difficulty. If so, the horse will manage it. Horse-drawn caravan operators vary in that some have fixed routes for you to travel and others arrange routes with you by discussion at the base before you depart on your tour. You should always contact the operator before varying an agreed route.