You've seen our Top 10 Ranches Worldwide list. Now here are a few others to keep you hootin and hollerin'. Get along, little dogie.
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ARGENTINA
Partido de Lobos, Buenos Aires
Estancia Santa Rita
Southwest
of Buenos Aires, cattle, sheep, horses and pigs are
raised at the Estancia Santa Rita. The estate
also produces...Read the full review.
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AUSTRALIA
Queensland
Wrotham Park Lodge
Leave
it to the pioneering Aussies to take a traditional Outback cattle station and transform
it into a luxury resort...Read the full review.
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CANADA
Quilchena,
British Columbia
Little Beaver Creek Ranch
Although
no longer devoted to raising livestock, Little Beaver
Creek Ranch is surrounded by cattle farms and...Read the full review.
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ECUADOR
Imbabura Province
Hacienda Zuleta
www.zuleta.com
Although built in 1690, this ranch is most famous for being owned by the descendants of Galo Plaza Lasso, president of Ecuador from 1948-52. Its industry makes it one of the most productive ranches on this list. The dinner table alone attests to its output: fresh milk and hand-churned butter, handmade cheese and bread made from estate-grown wheat. Also raised here are livestock, sheep and Zuleteño horses, a robust crossbreed of Andalusian, English and quarter horses. Rides along high altitude trails will take you to cloud forests and ancient Inca pyramids. Your stay also gives you a chance to be socially responsible, since Hacienda Zuleta supports a condor rehabilitation project and an embroidery workshop to preserve indigenous traditions. Because you're sleeping in the family house and the hacienda accepts a limited number of guests a year, the atmosphere is intimate and sociable.
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NEW ZEALAND
Otautau, Southland
Beaumont High Country Experience
With just one three-bedroom cottage, complete with a kitchen, two lounges and an outdoor garden area, Beaumont...Read the full review.
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UNITED STATES
Arizona
Hidden Meadow Ranch
For
those who think Arizona is all cactus and sagebrush,
think again. This pine-clad property is located next
to the...Read the full review.
Montana
Triple Creek Ranch
Surrounded by four million acres of national forest land in the Montana Rockies' Bitterroot Mountain Range, the...Read the full review.
Wyoming
The Hideout at Flitner Ranch
www.thehideout.com
Although city slickers are welcome here, this is a true cattle ranch, where guests can spend full days rounding up Black Angus mother cows and pushing them through the Bighorns. The 300,000-acre property has been family-owned since 1906 and open to guests since 1990. Adult-oriented, it emphasizes gourmet cuisine (the ranch's own prime beef) and cocktail hour along with riding quarter horses—there are more than 60 to choose from. Guests are invited to join ranch cowhands in team penning/sorting competitions, as well as pursue non-ranch activities, such as airboat rides, hiking and tours of the local dinosaur track site. Private cabins cater to no more than 30 guests each week.
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