(Mu'amin) 40 : 80
وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا مَنَافِعُ وَلِتَبْلُغُوا عَلَيْهَا حَاجَةً فِي صُدُورِكُمْ وَعَلَيْهَا وَعَلَى الْفُلْكِ تُحْمَلُونَ
And you have benefit in them, they help you to reach you the destination where your chests wish, and upon them and in the ship you are carried.
Not only in ancient times but even in this modern period, people use cattle for traveling through areas where vehicles couldn’t go. See explanation 16: 6-7; 36: 71-73.