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Cattle Drives
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North America
    USA
    Canada

South America
    Colombia
    Argentina

Europe
    England
    Iceland

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CattleDrive vacations

CattleDrive tours

Cattle Drives

Out in the West during spring and fall it is cattle moving time. Large herds of cattle need to be driven between the summer and winter range, or moved for shipping. On a cattle drive you might be traveling 6 to 12 miles a day in a straight line, but you will have ridden three times that much bringing in the strays from the flanks. The evenings are a very special time around the campfire. It's still like it was a hundred years ago. Cattle drives are a time where you can get back to life's essentials, and where friendships are formed. The horse riding pace on cattle drives is usually slow and accommodations mostly quite basic in tents. The well-trained horses, the romance and the very special ambiance of cattle drive trips make it a wonderful experience.

There are some cattle drives being offered also in South America or Australia if you are looking for more remote locations for your riding holiday

Round Ups

You like the working ranch idea, but you really want to work cattle a lot. Well, a Round Up will definitely give you that opportunity. Every spring and fall ranchers prepare their cattle to be moved to the summer or winter range and the calves need to be sorted, separated, marked and shipped. Round ups are a time for lots of activities and work at the ranch. You can get a real inside view of the day to day ranch work. On a round up be prepared to put in long hours, break a sweat here and there and feel real good about yourself at the end of your stay.

Also many of our South America destinations have cattle round up options - like our estancias in Argentina or Ecuador.

Argentina

Esquina Gaucho Week

7 days / 6 nights, rate from ~$1,225
Dates : Available all Year

Working Ranch
Cattle Drive, Round Up
Short Getaway
Riding with fishing options
Center-based ride
Polo Clinic

Enjoy estancia life and join the gauchos on their daily activities!Ride as much as you wish: help rounding horses and cattle, pitch in with branding, vaccination and use the lasso as a work tool in the real environment of an Argentinean Gaucho. more

Inca Trails Cattle Drive

9 days / 8 nights, rate from ~$1,990
Dates : May & Oct

Cattle Drive, Round Up
Suitable for riders over 210 lbs

For centuries, the beginning of Fall, marks the time when gauchos round up cattle grazing the open range. It is time to get ready for Winter. more

Canada

Saskatchewan River Valley Ranch

8 days / 7 nights, rate from ~$1,455
Dates : May to Oct

Guest Ranch
Working Ranch
Cattle Drive, Round Up
Short Getaway
Family Vacation
Riding with fishing options
Trip with multi activities
Suitable for riders over 210 lbs

Riding and roping, cowboy cookouts on the range, toasty bonfires under the stars, magnificent scenery, and down-home hospitality will leave you with unique and treasured memories for a lifetime. Within the trademark rolling prairie landscape and tucked away in the beautiful Saskatchewan River valley, this working ranch lies along the picturesque shores of Lake Diefenbaker. more

Colombia

Casanare Cattle Drive

6 days / 5 nights, rate from ~$3,110
Dates : May & Nov.

Working Ranch
Cattle Drive, Round Up
Horse Drive
Center-based ride
Ride with Western Tack

Only twice a year "Work of the llano" is culturally done in the cattle ranches or hato in the Casanare region. It’s given this name for having more than a thousand hectares and more than a thousand head of cattle where the hato are collected for the vaccination cycles also marking and counting of the new born calves is done. more

England

The Dartmoor Cattle Drive

7 days / 6 nights, rate from ~$2,400
Dates : May to Oct

Cattle Drive, Round Up
Short Getaway
Center-based ride
Ride with Western Tack

Attend and be a part of the only cattle drive in the UK! Whether it is your first time on a drive, or you've done it before, ever rider will play their part in helping out move, muster, and checking cattle. more

Iceland

Sheep Round-Up on Horseback

5 days / 4 nights, rate from ~$2,200
Dates : September

Cattle Drive, Round Up
Short Getaway
Ride with Gaited Horses
Suitable for riders over 210 lbs
Center-based ride

Melrakkaslétta:This part of Iceland is inhabited by only few people, most of them living in little fishing villages along the coast and on farms. There is a lot of diversity in this tour starting with beautiful mountain views from the wide Öxarfjörður Fjord. more

USA

Bighorn Mountain Ranch Hideout

7 days / 6 nights, rate from ~$4,400
Dates : March to October

Riding Clinic
Guest Ranch
Working Ranch
Cattle Drive, Round Up
Short Getaway
Family Vacation
Riding with fishing options
Suitable for riders over 210 lbs

Hidden Trails is proud to offer this wonderful authentic 100-year old working cattle and horse ranch with generations of ranching experience just an hour from the city of Cody. On the way in you will drive through true wild horse country to reach the ranch. more

Bison and Cattle Working Ranch in Colorado

8 days / 7 nights, rate from ~$4,200
Dates : March-October, custom dates possible with 3+ nights

Guest Ranch
Working Ranch
Cattle Drive, Round Up
Short Getaway
Family Vacation
Riding with fishing options
Trip with multi activities
Suitable for riders over 210 lbs

This 103,000 acre authentic Bison and Cattle ranch borders the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve along its Eastern border. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains tower alongside the ranch with several 14,000 foot peaks with trail heads leading into them, just minutes from the lodge. more

Chico Cattle Ranch

7 days / 6 nights, rate from ~$2,820
Dates : Year round except Thanksgiving & Christmas

Working Ranch
Cattle Drive, Round Up
Family Vacation
Suitable for riders over 210 lbs
Center-based ride

Our working cattle ranch has hosted guests for vacations that revolve around a large-scale working ranch since 2000. Guests are intimately involved in all ranch life to the extent that they desire, whether this be on horseback, fixing fences or putting feed out for the cattle. more

Devils Tower View Working Ranch

8 days / 7 nights, rate from ~$2,170
Dates : April-October

Working Ranch
Cattle Drive, Round Up
Family Vacation
Suitable for riders over 210 lbs

The Ranch is located in the North-East region of Wyoming in the famous Black Hills, not far from Montana and South Dakota borders. Nothing can describe the beauty of these places. more

Lonesome Spur Ranch

7 days / 6 nights, rate from ~$1,900
Dates : May to Oct

Guest Ranch
Working Ranch
Cattle Drive, Round Up
Family Vacation
Trip with multi activities
Suitable for riders over 210 lbs

Come and visit with a real Montana guest ranch family. This is an authentic fifth generation working cattle ranch resting in the Clarks Fork Valley, between the Pryor Mountains and the Beartooth Mountains. more

Pryor Mountains Cattle Drives

7 days / 6 nights, rate from ~$2,100
Dates : April-May, Sept-Oct

Working Ranch
Cattle Drive, Round Up
Suitable for riders over 210 lbs

This Montana Working Ranch was built in l898 and has run thousands of head of cattle and been the home of many cowboys who have rode and trained hundreds of foundation bred quarter horses over the years. As you leave the paved highway and start up the canyon along the rutted road toward the mountain, you actually feel as if you are traveling back in time. more