Top 50 Ranches

Elk Mountain Ranch is high and remote in the San Isabel National Forest with off-the-beaten path charm. Unique for spectacular scenery, quality horses, variety of activities & superb menu. Here you will savor hospitality second to none - warm, friendly and sincere.

Top50 Ranches showcases some of the most breathtaking, authentic ranches in the world. From working ranches to luxury escapes, Top50 is the leading resource for travelers seeking ranch and riding vacations.

Ranch specials offer western vacationers the opportunity to focus on what they love on their dude ranch vacation , and thanks to Averill’s Flathead Lake Lodge special packages, 2012 promises to offer your best dude ranch vacations yet... Calling all foodies...

A summer vacation at Tarryall River Ranch will never be forgotten! The magnificent Rocky Mountain scenery and the clear Colorado weather combined with great activities and warm hospitality will provide the vacation of a lifetime! Family vacations are the perfect platform to bring people together and create lifelong memories.

The worlds top dude ranch , guest ranch and working ranch vacations. You can enjoy your relaxing and happiest vacations for your family and friends .

A maximum of 16 guests enjoy the antique, luxury cabins, soft beds, great food, top-notch riding and cattle drives. At the Lazy E-L, you have the opportunity to live and breathe adventure and experience complete relaxation.

Love dude ranch vacations? Then you'll love the riding and yoga retreat put together by C Lazy U Ranch and Julie Goodnight! Taking place at the Colorado guest ranch on May 18-21, 2012,

The Hideout Ranch in Wyoming, USA, inspired one of its guests for fictional novel "West of Sheridan". The ranch's good friend and guest, Mr Dean Ross, penned and published the fictional novel about two men traveling through northern Wyoming after a solar event destroys the nation's population and access to modern technology. The men subsequently find themselves in the modern day/future version of the "Old Wild West".

Dude ranch vacations can be expensive: Fact. Whether you choose a rustic working ranch vacation or an all-frills luxury dude ranch vacation, one thing you can't escape is the cost. But have you often wondered where all that money goes? How is a ranch's revenue spent and what do guests get in return? That is something Peter de Cabooter, manager of The Hideout Guest Ranch in Wyoming, USA, is frequently asked by guests.

Horseback riding holidays at Beaumont High Country Experience in Southland, New Zealand, offer more than just a unique sheep mustering experience on the 20,000-acre sheep and cattle station. Head to the 160-year-old New Zealand ranch and you'll discover Flecks Hut, a small, unassuming building with a big history.

Cattle drives offer a real treat for anyone looking for an authentic taste of western cowboy culture. And where better to experience the excitement of cattle drives than at Montana guest ranch Bonanza Creek, an adult-oriented working cattle ranch that is steeped in history. And it is this history which helps makes cattle drives at Bonanza Creek so special and authentic

Horseback riding holidays at Snowy River Horseback Adventure in New South Wales, Australia, are so much more than a horse trekking experience. The ranch, which specializes in leading small groups on two- to five-day horse treks across 'The Man from Snowy River' countryside, is a historical property where guests can learn about the Old Ingebirah Homestead during their horseback riding holidays.

Dude ranch vacation packing can be a nightmare! Unsure of what - and what not - to throw in your suitcase when packing for your horseback riding holiday? Whether you've signed up for an overnight pack trip, a backcountry riding adventure, a luxury ranch-and-spa break or anything in between, we've got your packing predicaments covered

Since you can't go ahead and take entire items in your wardrobe, listed here are the primary points to consider when packing for the dude ranch vacations

Whitened Stallion Ranch, an extravagance dude ranch and dealing cattle ranch in Arizona, USA, may be the latest ranch to achieve the Top50 accolade. One factor that actually separated itself for all of us wasn't only the ranch's location just 35 minutes from Tucson Airport Terminal, but the truth that the moment you step cowboy boot-clad feet within the Arizona ranch, you may be 100 miles in the 'outside world'.

Running a guest ranch is about much more than playing host and offering excellent hospitality. Providing dude ranch vacations brings with it a whole set of challenges as well as constant change, to which luxury dude ranch resorts and working ranches alike much adapt to in order to keep their ranching businesses - and their livelihoods - alive.

Tracey O'Connell, owner of Tod Mountain Ranch in BC, Canada, explains the challenges faced with running a guest ranch located in prime forest fire territory

Making July 2012 a great time to plan a Canada ranch vacation. The 10-day rodeo, exhibition and festival held each year in Calgary, Alberta, is one of the world's largest rodeos and attracts over one million visitors every year.

One ranch ticking all the boxes when it comes to catering for kids is Red Horse Mountain Ranch in Idaho, USA, whose comprehensive children's program caters for 3-11 year olds.

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