Many countries in the western hemisphere with sufficient land area offer the opportunity to work at a ranch in one form or another, though countries outside the Americas tend to subsume ranching into the larger field of agriculture. The particular type of work you might be doing during a ranching internship abroad also will depend on the geography of your host country and the norms of how their ranching industry functions.

The Americas are generally the most popular destination for ranching internships abroad. The United States and Canada in North America all boast thriving ranching industries and a rich legacy of the profession. The United States in particular has the largest ranching industry in the world, as is made popular worldwide by the country’s iconic cowboy culture of the old wild west (though real-life ranching is and always has been a bit less glamorous).

Ranching has played a similarly important role in the histories of countries such as Argentina and Chile in South America. These countries boast a long legacy of gaucho culture which you can enter into as an intern abroad at a ranch. Other destinations across the world where ranching thrives in various forms include Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.