Gun totin', lasso spinnin' and cattle herding have typically been seen as cowboy work. Now cowgirls are taking over the ranch. Just America, which offers wild west holidays on nine ranches in America's southwest and Rocky Mountains, says female guests are set to outnumber men this year. Guests can choose basic ranches such as Kara Creek, Wyoming, where you sleep in bunkhouses, tents or tepees, or opt for more luxurious ones with spas like the four-star Tanque Verde Ranch, Arizona. Most offer horseriding and horse(wo)manship training, rodeos, riflery, western dancing and hiking.

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