When Mark Twain traveled by donkey through Spain, it was 1878. And despite myriad innovations in transportation since then, author Tim Moore did it more than 125 years later. Why? Just take a look at his book: "One Man and His Ass on a Pilgrimage to Santiago."
In a world where it's child's play to reach any destination with a passport and plane ticket, donkeys and other beasts of burden can still carry us where mechanized vehicles fail to reach. Consider the wilds of the Yukon or Rajasthan, high into the Rocky Mountains, deep into Mongolia, or even rural Catalonia.
Not every animal-based trip must involve donkeys. Four times a year, Jakob Von Plessen leads tours in Argentina and East Africa on horseback. His Jakotango Safaris takes a small group into Patagonia for six days and then for another four to an estancia south of Buenos Aires. Joining them are several gauchos and three pack mules to carry the camping gear and, of course, the wine.
