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Family Vacations
Our team is full of family travellers, meaning we know what it takes to make sure everyone enjoys the experience just as much as each other.
Honeymoons
We’ve been crafting dream itineraries for newly married couples for years. Learn more about the ins and outs of our honeymoon service here.
Solo Travel
Our travel experts have experienced the thrills and challenges of solo travel, all with the aim of producing some of our most immersive and exciting itineraries.
Couples Vacations
Our couple itineraries are paced perfectly for you to enjoy the very best a country has to offer whilst making sure you enjoy the quality time together you’re after.
Group Vacations
No matter what the size or the occasion, we’re well versed in taking larger groups of people away for those special adventures.
Unusual vacations
The world may be conquered, but enough secrets remain to keep us up all night, dreaming of ways to whisk you off to the most unique corners of the globe. Where first?
Remote Destinations
We’ve chosen these experiences, destinations and adventures to bring you closer to the great outdoors. This is your ticket to our wonderful world.
Adventure vacations
Hike across mountain ridgelines, scramble across glaciers and kayak down rivers – these trips are designed to immerse you in vast wildernesses and ancient cultures.
Beach Vacations
Porcelain shores, perfect seas and swaying palms; the allure of a beach break is hard to ignore. Which is why we handpick the best beachfront boltholes to offer you…
Food Vacations
Food and travel have long gone hand in hand, and we have put together some mouth-watering trips that capture the palate, of countries across the world. Bon appétit.
Safari vacations
With a team of experts that have worked as conservationists and wildlife photographers, we have the expertise to make your safari dreams come true.
Slow Travel
As the world becomes busier, slow travel has never felt so fitting. Whether it’s meeting fishermen in Maine or learning the Dukha-way in Mongolia, take time to connect.
Eclipse Vacations
Eclipse travel celebrates our place in the wider cosmos. Let us take you to wherever in the world the eclipse is at its most arresting, and we’ll do it in style.
Proposal Service
Found the one and want to propose in style? The moment will be a memory forever and we’re here to help you make sure it’s the most perfect moment for you and your loved one.
Train Travel
“It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.” We’ve all heard this, haven’t we? And with these captivating luxury train journeys, we’ll show you the joy to be found travelling across the world by rail.
The Pursuit of Feeling
From impassioned and emotive journeys, to podcasts and our Feelings Engine, you’ll find something to move you and something to soothe you. We want to fire your heart and provide food for your soul.
Set Jetting
Swapping salubrious saloons and questionable lodgings for sumptuous hotels and eye-opening experiences, each of our show-stopping journeys will take you behind scenes of some of TV’s most awe-inspiring locations.
See You in the Moment
Field Trip
Education begins in the classroom, but it’s IRL that younger generations put their lessons to the test. Field Trip is a curriculum of educational encounters around the world.
Take Me On A Story
A series of family experiences celebrating the transformative power of the books we loved when we were young, and the stories our children have come to adore.
Get Lost
Designed as a once-in-a-lifetime challenge, train with elite survival experts before traversing a polar, jungle, coastal, mountain or desert region in your mission back to civilisation.
Blink
The ultimate luxury camping retreat. From the Sahara desert to the Andean Mountains, with Blink anywhere you can envisage it, we will create it.
Bring it Back
Bring It Back will embed you in an entirely different way of thinking, and of learning about a culture directly from its experts on the ground. You may be surprised by what you discover.
The Great American View
This series of breathtaking journeys culminate in some of America’s most legendary sights. They are the places you’ve always sought out, and now it’s your time to find them.
James Bond
We are proud to have been selected as the official travel partner to curate James Bond inspired trips.
Agatha Christie
We’ve been hand-picked by Agatha Christie Limited to help bring Agatha’s world-famous Grand Tour to life through a series of episodic trips across Africa, Australasia and North America, and a unique prelude in London.
Tasting Notes
Eating at a Michelin – starred restaurant is one thing. But now you can learn about the country through the lens of some of the most critically acclaimed chefs in the world, by travelling with them on the ultimately culinary experience
Eater Journeys
We’re often asked who we’d invite to our ideal dinner party. Ernest Shackleton? Amelia Earheart? The entire editorial team of Eater? Easily. So we invited our friends at Eater over to dinner and quizzed them about their favourite foodie trips and then created them for you to experience too.
Surf Air
We’re proud to launch a brand-new series of exclusive US trips with ground-breaking private air company Surf Air. Bringing our combined knowledge of ground and sky together, we’re helping you to see the world in style.
Take the Open Road with Auberge
With the iconic hotel brand Auberge Resorts, we’ve created a new series of tailormade, luxurious road trip itineraries. Emblems of America’s most iconic landscapes, regions, and people.
Remarkable Drives of Discovery with Auberge
Following on from the much lauded ‘Take the Open Road’ series, here’s five brand-new bespoke, multi-destination trips created with our friends at Auberge Resorts Collection. Delve deeper than ever before.
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Let’s get straight to it – what on earth is a dude ranch? Over a century ago these were remote vacation spots that east coast “dudes” would visit to hang out in the western wilderness. Today, they’re some of the coolest cabin stays in the US, and the perfect place for family members – of all ages – to play cowboy.
This isn’t about mucking out stables (we wouldn’t do that to you). Nor is it about macho pursuits that feel far too boisterous for a family vacation. Instead, it’s pure adventure – herding cattle on horseback, fly fishing in rivers, hiking up majestic mountains, and revelling in some of the most awe-inspiring landscapes in the country. And after all that? Regroup with your family for a night of shuffleboard, jukebox hits, and a seat at the bar, sampling some of the nation’s finest barbecue and bourbon.
As luxury travel experts, we’re here to make your dude ranch vacation a core life memory. Add a ranch or two to your bigger US trip, or base your entire vacation around these sought-after spots.
New Mexico
One for hardcore nature lovers, Vermejo, founded by philanthropist Ted Turner, is one of the most beautiful dude ranch stays in the southern Rocky mountains of New Mexico. Entire extended families can be accommodated in the historic cottages, mountaintop lodge, or grand mansion, where over 1,000 wild bison, black bears, elk and mountain lions are your distant neighbors. In the daytime, it’s all about wholesome family fun – think riding, fly fishing for trout, or hiking. Just like Black Tomato, the team at Vermejo are passionate about regenerative travel, with a deep appreciation for the beauty of the natural world, and a commitment to restoring and safeguarding America’s wild places for future generations.
Montana
For a luxury stay that sits somewhere between a dude resort and a dude ranch, look no further than the outdoor playground that is Paws Up, Montana. This family favorite is packed with activity options, with over 100 miles of hiking trails, ATV tours, wilderness workshops, and a Saddle Club to make the most of. There are a number of cozy cabins to choose from, but the real family adventure may just be in one of the five stylish camping sites, where sprawling tents are kitted out with kingsize beds and ensuites. Swing a hammock creekside before an evening feasting on flame-grilled chicken and Tomahawk steak at the Chuck Wagon – the ranch’s campfire cooking outpost is a hit with even the fussiest eaters.
Montana
Located in the heart of South-western Montana, the Ranch at Rock Creek is a traditionally styled ultra-luxurious ranch that’s part of the esteemed Relais & Châteaux group. There’s as much to enjoy outside as there is inside here, with acres of mountains, meadows, lakes, and streams to explore on horseback or foot. Roll-top baths, leather arm chairs, antiques, and open fires feature in many of the cabin rooms, or for a more relaxed stay, try one of the teen-favorite Luxury Canvas Cabins, which line the banks of Rock Creek. After a day exploring, gather up the gang and live out your Wild West fantasies in the Silver Dog Saloon, with its seriously cool four-lane bowling alley, or leave them to it, while you indulge in a Saddle Sore Soak treatment in the spa.
Wyoming
With a prime position virtually on the doorstep of Yellowstone National Park, Lone Mountain Ranch in Wyoming has been hosting dude ranchers for over 100 years. As you’d expect, the ranch owners are now experts in outdoor adventures. Visit for horseback riding, year-round fly fishing, all-access tours of Yellowstone National Park and skiing on 80km of Nordic trails and downhill slopes. Or, for the ultimate Montana experience, stay over the summer for the weekly Lone Mountain Ranch Rodeo, where you can marvel, jaw agape, at the dizzyingly impressive skills of the local cowboys and cowgirls as they compete in bull riding and rope ranching events.
Wyoming
Some take dude ranch vacations for adventurous activities, others for delicious home-cooked food. At Brush Creek Ranch, a collection of guest ranches located in 30,000 acres of Rocky Mountain wilderness in Wyoming, you’ll have your pick of both. When you’re not all trying your hand at a cattle drive or float fishing, you could be meeting winemakers, taking part in a culinary retreat, or settling in to multi-course meals at a gourmet guest chef event. Admittedly, that may not thrill the teenagers in your party, but a night in the classic saloon, with its jukebox, billiards, and shuffleboard tables, certainly will.
Montana
A great choice for grown-up families, thanks to its adult-only status, Triple Creek Ranch is the place to appreciate the raw beauty of the Bitterroot Mountain Range of the Montana Rockies. Wooden cabins are the place to cozy up in after a bracing day of dog sledding or cross country skiing, while the outdoor decks are the spot for long summer evenings following a morning and afternoon of riding, fishing, and rafting. Over 1,5000 pieces of original western artwork adorn the walls and gardens of the ranch. See some of them for yourself on a self-guided sculpture tour, or get involved in a mini hands-on workshop with one of the many artists in residence.
Colorado
Introducing Smith Fork Ranch, Colorado, the ultimate group getaway and See You in the Moment stay for wannabe dude ranchers. The luxurious ranch – with space to sleep 38 guests across six whimsical cabins – is reserved for one group at a time, meaning every aspect of your family vacation is private and customized. So, gather up your most adventurous nearest and dearest for a trip of a lifetime – where slow mornings can be spent meditating serene river valley, which is surrounded by a million acres of National Forest, before thrilling afternoons of white water rafting, horseback riding, fly fishing, and hiking. And to follow? A late-night fireside hangout toasting marshmallows, billiards and bingo, or line dancing. This is your stay, done your way, after all.
You’ve read about the ranches, but what about the regions? Here are a handful of our favorite destinations for family dude ranch vacations that can make up part – or all – of your bespoke luxury Black Tomato trip.
