Tucson and Southern Arizona Tour with EcoSouthwest.com

	Southern Arizona Desert Adventure

Tucson & Vicinity Tour
(Week-long; all-inclusive; limited season; group or custom tour booking only.)

This tour is still under construction and scheduled for the fall 2001. Stay tuned !

Please note: This tour is only available for special tour group booking only; otherwis, it will be an open tour listing for the 2008 season. The minimum number of guests for this tour is 8 and the maximum is 50.

When booking this (or any other tour) we will always advise you what to bring with you so that your tour will be more comfortable, as well as to help cut down on your luggage.
Keep in mind our MD all-inclusive tours include the following: choice accommodations; lunch and dinner (with the evening meal starting on the first full day of your tour) (*), but alcoholic beverages are not included in the price of the tour and may be purchased separately when dining out; snacks and refreshments; transportation (from our meeting place and a return to same); all National Park/Monument entry fees and special admissions; all your camping gear (if the tour warrants); all host and special guest speaker fees (if the tour warrants); and all side excursion tours, such as rafting, jeep tours, horseback riding, etc.

(*) A continental breakfast is usually included in most of the hotels we use on all of our tours, but breakfast is otherwise on your own when not available in the hotels we use along the way in any of our SD or MD tours. Please inquire at time of booking.

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TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:
This preferential tour is for those of you who want to visit Arizona's southern ramparts, Tucson and the surrounding region. You'll find no finer desert to walk in then this, the high Sonoran desert. Surprisingly, Tucson has nowhere near the heat that its sister city, Phoenix, has just a 100 or so miles further north. Plus Tucson is surrounded by rugged mountains that adds to the equally rugged beauty of the setting. There's much to do and explore on this week long adventure, including caving in one of the best kept secrets ever discovered in the underground - Kartchner Caverns.

Here is a day-by-day account of what we have in store for you on this nearly full week's adventure. . .

DAY 01/SUNDAY:
If you're traveling by air, we'll meet you in Tucson at your hotel. Over dinner we'll discuss the exciting week we have planned for you and make sure you have everything you need to ensure you the best possible vacation, ever. There is a regular airport shuttle service available to this choice location or we would be happy to arrange a limousine transfer for you. Bus and shuttle service from Phoenix is also available. We recommend flying (or driving) in early so that you can take in some of the great sights Phoenix or Las Vegas has to offer, as both locations are the closest to the South Rim.

DAY 02/MONDAY:
Depart Tucson, visit Kartchner Caverns (near Benson), arrive Bisbee (mine tour), free time for shopping, then dinner, etc.

DAY 03/TUESDAY:
Hike Carr or Ramsey Canyon area (near Sierra Vista), hike in Coronado National Monument, visit Cactus Preserve in Bisbee, dinner. etc.

DAY 04/WEDNESDAY:
Early morning Sandhill Crane viewing, possible talk by local botanist/naturalist(if available), drive to Arivaca (via Patagonia and Ruby Road), dinner and lodging at Casa Bella B&B.

DAY 05/THURSDAY:
Box lunch hike in Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge (possible hike in Brown Canyon, or Arivaca Cienaga), dinner at Casa Bella.

DAY 06/FRIDAY:
Drive to top of Kitt Peak, visit observatory, hike in Saguaro National Park west, return to Tucson. It's time to begin the journey back to Tucson. We'll be stopping for yet another great lunch. Later in the day you'll be taken back to where you started, and your farewell dinner promises to be a great experience to cap off this exciting week.

HAPPY TRAILS from all of us here at ECOSOUTHWEST.COM and we hope to see your smiling face on this exciting adventure. Contact us (preferably by e-mail) and let us know if you need more information. We're good for it and a whole lot more.