There is no guarantee of seeing the herds of wild ponies, but they do see them on most days and know the best places to look for them. Want a unique experience on Assateague Island? Add this Kayak Tour around Assateague Island to your itinerary.Īn experienced guide can take you to some of the more remote parts of the island during a kayak tour. Rentals for kayaks, paddleboards, bicycles, and canoes start at two hours and go up through a week. They offer kayak rentals that will take you through the marsh areas and up close to the Assateague Island Horses. This side of the island is also nice if you’re traveling with little ones because there aren’t big waves.Ī great way to explore the sound of the island is with Assateague Outfitters. You can kayak, swim, look for clams and go crabbing in the warm shallow waters. From our experience, this side of the island is less busy. I stopped for pictures and then we let him be.If you’re looking for some time to yourself on the water, we recommend heading to the bay (western) side of the island. And as we were leaving there was another horse laying by the side of the road sunning. It was a chance for us to drive around and even walk a bit on the beach. We will most likely visit again and hope that we see more horses the next time. We saw a great deal of horse crap, but five was our limit for the day. We did see two more horses standing in a marsh kind of getting away from everyone. There were people in the surf but we could have seen that from our hotel room in Ocean City. There are beaches on both sides of the road and we checked out both and there were no horses frolicking in the surf. So we saw three how many more would we see? Well that was pretty much it.
ASSATEAGUE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE REVIEWS DRIVER
The ranger there came toward us and chastised the driver who honked. We slowed down and were getting ready to snap a photo when the idiot behind us honked. We pulled into the park and were driving slowly along the road and there were three horses close by, right by the side of the road. So we were prepared to search out the horses as well as be prepared to walk away when one got too close.
We stopped at the visitors center and were told if the horses walked up to you, walk away cause they bite and cause other damage. We were going to see horses frolicking on the beach. It was our anniversary trip and if that is what she wanted that was what she was going to get. We want to Assateague simply because my wife wanted to see some wild horses. If you want to avoid crowds, try visiting off-season when things are slower and certainly less stressful. There are picnic tables and restrooms available, but the restaurant and gift shop were closed in October during our visit, as was just about everything else in Ocean City except some of the hotels. Kitiwakes scurry down the sand searching for tidbits and seagulls pretty much ignore visitors. Proceed slowly down to the seashore and take in the beauty of the pristine beaches dotted with shells and horseshoe crabs.
But they are BEAUTIFUL! Cyclists were pedaling down the walkway where the horses were resting and grazing and didn't seem to be bothered. They will bite as the pamphlet painfully shows. Just like bears in other State and National Parks, they lose their fear of humans and are looking for food. They are wild so don't approach, attempt to touch or feed then. Drive slowly and carefully as the horses do wander onto the roadway. Shortly after beginning our drive to the seashore, we came upon the wild horses along the road. The cost to enter the Park is $5.00 on the honor system I assume since it was October and there was no one manning the booth. Assateague Island State State Park and Assateague Island National Seashore are all in the same area.
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