These are UK-based tour operators and specialist travel agencies featuring ranch holidays in America and Canada, from relaxing dude ranches where you don't even need to get on a horse, to hard working ranches where riders are expected to be experienced.
| American Round-Up |
0870 747 2624 |
Wide range (!) of ranch holidays in the USA and Canada. |
| Barfield Travel/Agritours |
0870 442 3290 |
Barfield (which also trades as the Agricultural Travel Bureau) operates a small selection of ranch and other equestrian holidays. |
| In the Saddle |
08700 133 983 |
Riding holidays all over the world including US ranch holidays.... but there are also round-ups in Patagonia (Argentina). |
| Just America |
01730 266588 |
A small selection of ranches in Arizona, California, Colorado & Wyoming. |
| Outlaw Trails |
01892 515612 |
Small group horse riding holidays, pack-trips, long rides and expeditions deep into wilderness regions of the United States, Mexico or South American continent, often following the trail of famous cowboys and outlaws. |
| Quest Travel |
0870 442 3519 |
Quest feature a small selection of ranches, particularly in Canada. |
| Ranch Rider |
01509 891305 |
Working ranches, guest ranches and resort ranches all over the USA and Canada. |
| Statesavers |
01803-866455 |
A small range of ranch holidays in the USA and Canada. |
| United Vacations |
0870 111 0110 |
United Vacations (holiday division of United Airlines) offers a number of ranch holidays. |
| Western & Oriental Travel |
0870 277 3310 |
W&O have taken over the old Ranch America programme (2010). RA used to be a well-known independent ranch specialist featuring ranches all over the USA. Opportunities to learn cowboy skills (eg. riding, roping, branding, etc) and participate in cattle drives spending several days on the trail. |
Notes
- If you want to find a particular ranch and independently arrange a stay, Ranchweb.com is pretty comprehensive directory. Likewise, the Dude Ranchers Association also has a searcheable database of its 118 members. (We might build our own list at some stage, but for now use theirs!)
- Estancia Los Potreros is an exclusive 6,000-acre working cattle farm run by an Anglo-Argentine family located the top of the "Sierras Chicas" in Argentina, where they offer ranch riding holidays.
