No one gets upset if they have to wait in a traffic jam while cowboys herd cattle across the road in Wind River Country, Wyoming. Cowboy hats and boots are a more popular choice than baseball caps and tennis shoes, because cowboying is a way of life here. Visitors can choose from 25 ranches in this Wind River region that offer traditional dude ranch vacations and chances to join a spring or fall cattle drive.
Equitours offers horseback riding trips, cattle drives and roundups as close to home as Wyoming, Arizona and Utah, and as far away as Argentina and Africa. In Argentina- Gaucho Cattle Drive you'll join colorful gauchos herding cattle in the mountains and plains of Patagonia. Or, help a ranch family on the Arizona/Utah - Long Valley Cattle Drive move cattle between summer and winter pasture. Long Ranch Cattle Drives starts at $1,295 summer,$2,195 winter. Request price for Argentina.
If you want to combine horseback riding and river rafting into one trip, check out Western River Expeditions River & Ranch vacations. Prices go from about $1,240 per person for the four-day River & Ranch trips. The company offers combination vacations to the Grand Canyon and Utah.
