and saddle your own horse on a daily basis - longer rides challenging more experienced riders, and the weekly "Cattle Drive 101" a great experience for everyone - even those who have never been on a horse before. Family-friendly, pony rides complete with an obstacle course are
available for younger guests and "Training for the Trails" will have your tweens and upwards acquainted with all the necessary skills from mastering basic horse control through to tackling tougher terrain. Seven-nights from £1,149pp (no single supplement). Departing June through September. For an equally invigorating cowhand stay visit British Columbia's Big Creek Ranch, the owners combining occasional cattle work with spectacular scenic rides through the remote Chilcotin - 2020 seeing the launch of their new Anvil Mountain Adventure Camp in the Big Creek Provincial Park. Seven-nights from £1,269pp (two sharing). Departing May through October.
THE “GOOD OLE” AMERICAN WEST
Where the West is still wild, America is our first love as it's where we started out from, Arizona putting Ranch Rider on the map over two decades ago. A sought aſter destination, Tombstone epitomises the spirit of
the country's early pioneers, several hundred mining claims setting it firmly on its path to becoming an 1800s boomtown and cementing its status as an enduring part of the frontier West. Today Mainstreet still retains the look and feel of its past (this year's Annual Doc Holliday's Festival due to welcome Tombstone movie actress Joanna Pacula as their featured guest, 07 - 09 August 2020), regular gunfights at the OK Corral popular with visitors - and fortunate for fans of this enchanting era - the Tombstone Monument Ranch lies only three miles west of its namesake.
LIVE OUT THE ADVENTURE
Proving that guest ranches will still test your mettle, the playful exterior of the Tombstone Monument Ranch (its buildings a replica of what you might expect to see back in the day) is no match for its
more challenging adventures, the fast canters taking you across the rough and ready rock-hewn dusty tracks. Saddle up for the all-day ride to Fairbank, Tombstone's original railhead once the departure point for the ore pulled from the city’s silver mines and the scene for one of the old West’s last great train robberies - the heist led by lawman turned outlaw, Burt Alvord. Unspoilt as far as the eye can see, the dramatic landscape
surrounding the ranch is in many ways still the real wild west, the trails showcasing ancient Indian petroglyphs, abandoned railroad grades and trestles, forgotten mines and old prospector’s monuments - including that of Ed Schieffelin, the man who discovered the mineral deposits that triggered the Tombstone silver stampede. Seven nights from £1,260pp (two sharing). Departing year-round. For those of us who want to spend more time in the saddle, there
is always the genuine working ranch, the Rocky Mountain states of Colorado, Montana and Wyoming favourites amongst experienced riders.
Straddling the Wyoming-Montana border, the fourth generation TX Working Ranch offers unlimited riding without boundaries, the trails beginning on either side of the Pryor Mountains and continuing for miles down into Big Horn Canyon. Authentic to the last, the hands-on cowhand holiday is focused on seasonal activities from branding to roundups. Seven nights from £1,315pp (no single supplement). Departing 25 April through 26 September. With the American trend for more multi-generational holidays closely mirroring our own summer sojourns, Texas' Dixie Dude is deserving of a final mention, the owners recently celebrating 80 years of doing the dude. As with the majority of our riding holidays, the accommodation, meals and most activities are included in the stay making it great value for all the family - seven nights at the Dixie Dude from only £1,100pp (two sharing) and from £529pp (6 - 12 years). Departing January through November
For more information contact Ranch Rider (01509 618 811;
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