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Ranch Volunteer Programme USA

If you’ve ever wanted to experience the life of a modern day cowboy, you’ll be given an insight into ranch life on this volunteer program. You’ll be involved in daily activities including cattle driving, gathering cattle, herding and lassoing horses, riding trails and getting involved in general chores. You’ll be allocated a horse appropriate to your experience or level of riding and whatever you wish to achieve during the four-week program. We aim to tailor this program as much to you as we can.

Volunteer Role

Volunteers get involved in activities with weekly visitors to the ranch from Sundays through to Friday every week. These include veterinary procedures such as vaccinating the horses, riding the horses on trails, checking fences (including replacing the fences if they’re damaged by wildlife), herding cattle, and going out riding with adults, parents and children.

You’ll also have the chance to take part in other activities such as longer trail rides, trips to nearby towns and helping in special clinics that are held over the weekends.

You’ll find that you’ll develop an amazing bond with your horse as you both participate in activities at the ranch every day. You’ll also learn how to go about ranch duties in a team set up. During your time on the ranch, you’ll really come to understand what life is like on horse back for modern American ranch hands, and you’ll see a great deal of this stunning region’s landscape from horse back too.

Project Location

Based close to Cody in Wyoming

Accommodation & Meals

You’ll be sharing a two to four person lodge cabin that’s located on the ranch. Every meal will be served in area called the Hub. It’s made up of a kitchen area and dining room and whilst you eat, you’ll be looking out on to panoramic views of the surrounding area.

Programme Overview

Prices & Durations: 4 weeks - $2869/€2099

How to book & pay:
$339/€259 deposit to secure place, balance due 10 weeks before departure.

What is included?
Donation
Airport transfer
Orientation on arrival
All accommodation & meals
Instruction by ranch staff
Tack
Use of horses on the ranch
Full support and assistance
Buddy list of volunteers
24 hour support

What is not included?
Flights
Personal items
Email or phone charges
Any extra excursions

Programme Summary:
Become a modern day cowboy and volunteer for this program, living life from horseback. It doesn’t even matter if you’ve never ridden a horse before as every level of experience can be accommodated. You’ll soon be herding and lassoing with the best of your fellow cowboys.

Programme dates:
2007: 1st-29th July, 12th August-9th September, 2nd-30th September