Meet Your Host

Learn about the lives of dude ranch owners and equestrian vacation guides from around the world.


Meet Your Host- The Ranch at Emerald Valley

April 15, 2013
Learn about a new Colorado guest ranch created by The Broadmoor… a true wilderness experience with Five Star flair. Eight miles into the Pike National Forest from The Broadmoor Resort Colorado Springs, Colorado, lies a brand new guest ranch-- The Ranch at Emerald Valley. This wilderness enclave offers a chance… Read more »

Meet Your Host- The Red Rock Ranch, Wyoming

March 5, 2013
Owned by David and Deborah MacKenzie since 1974, The Red Rock Ranch is a longtime Jackson Hole dude ranch that has been offering dude ranch family vacations for over 34 years. Located in the Bridger-Teton National Forest, the ranch offers mountain trail riding through streambeds, alpine meadows and to mountaintops with stunning views… Read more »

Meet Your Host- Alisal Guest Ranch & Resort in California

February 9, 2013
Meet David Lautensack, the general manager of Alisal Guest Ranch & Resort, a Solvang, California resort and guest ranch that's been welcoming guests since 1946. Located on a 10,000-acre working cattle ranch, Alisal's giant sycamores, rolling hillsides and grazing cattle make for a peaceful setting. It's this setting that has… Read more »

Meet Your Host- Stone Horse Expeditions Mongolia Riding Vacations

February 8, 2013
Learn about Mongolian Saddles, horse culture and what it's like to take a riding vacation in Mongolia from the husband and wife team whose passion for Mongolia spurred them to start their own horse trekking business and show others the view from the saddle. Co-owners of Stone Horse Expeditions &… Read more »

Meet Your Host- HorseWorks Wyoming

February 5, 2013
I've been told that I grew up to do what I said I would as a child – marry a cowboy... MaeCile Brown, one of your hosts at HorseWorks Wyoming. Dreaming of taking a working ranch vacation with authentic cowboys? Want ride sagebrush flats to grassy slopes with canyon views?… Read more »

Meet Your Host- Wyoming Dude Ranchers Association

January 20, 2013
Haven taken several ranch vacations in Wyoming, we were excited to hear from the Wyoming Dude Ranchers Association about why Wyoming is such a great state for dude ranches and have them share some photos of Wyoming dude ranches seeping with Western history and adventure. Equitrekking: What is most special… Read more »

Meet Your Host- Tsylos Park Lodge

January 3, 2013
Learn about Tsylos Park Lodge from owner Karen McLean, who grew up at this Canadian wilderness lodge on Chilko Lake in British Columbia. Canadian Bud McLean and his American wife Corinne dreamed of having a fishing and hunting lodge for themselves and future generations of their family. Committed to conservation… Read more »

Meet You Host- B & B Ranch, Guest House & Spa

November 24, 2012
Located in Central New York State, only 10 minutes from Cooperstown, B & B Ranch, Guest House & Spa offers luxury, private club style equestrian vacations with gourmet food, riding instruction, and miles of trails through stunning Fly Creek, New York farm country. Riders may hack out through open pasture, forest… Read more »

Meet Your Host- Geronimo Trail Guest Ranch

November 11, 2012
Meet Meris Esterly, who was inspired to own a guest ranch from her own dude ranch vacation, and find out more about her New Mexico guest ranch.   As a teen, Meris Esterly joined her family on a dude ranch vacation. They liked the experience so much that they went back… Read more »

Meet Your Host- Mountain Lodges of Peru

October 14, 2012
On a seven-day Peru equestrian vacation, travelers can experience the only lodge to lodge horseback ride to Machu Picchu, a once in a lifetime trip that combines ancient history, authentic culinary delights, exotic flora and fauna and local culture. This has been a dream in the making for Mountain Lodges… Read more »