The sun shines in southern Arizona nearly every day. So, being out in the environment is a favorite for native residents and visitors, alike. Take advantage of our wonderful weather as well as the many nature driven pastimes that abound.
Some of our favorites
- Golf: Try one of the many Tucson area golf courses.
- Tucson: Colossal Cave Mountain Park: There is a crystal-filled dry cave once used as a hideout for train robbers and also used by prehistoric peoples.
- Tucson: Wildflower Festival Experience the desert’s many wild flowers at Tohono Chul Park
- Benson: Kartchner Caverns - Guided cave tours, Discovery Center, interactive displays, theater with video program and gift shop.
- Tucson Balloon Rides: Daily flights over Saguaro National Park West including champagne brunch, digital photos, and a flight certificate.
- Tucson Botanical Gardens A Mecca of native vegetation and flowers are yours to enjoy at this serene site.
- Tucson: Old Tucson Studios: Visit a working movie set originally built for the 1939 Western Arizona. This theme park is a re-creation of an 1880's frontier town with period townsfolk. Gun fights, pony rides, stage shows, steam train, gold panning.
- Cochise Stronghold: Indian historic stronghold, beautiful mountains and good hiking
- Picacho Peak: Civil War Battle Re-Enactment between Tucson & Casa Grande
- Tucson: Trail Dust Town: Two restaurants, a cavalry museum, old wagons, small tour train for children, shops, and an evening wild west show
Rodeos:
Hiking/Biking:
- Tucson: Sabino Canyon Recreational Area: A narrated tram ride will take you up the canyon and you can get on and off to hike, sit by rocky pools or running streams in the Spring, or hike. You can use the tram to ride back or walk the 3.8 mile paved trail.
- Tucson: Saguaro National Park: Hiking is available in both the East and West Parks, also mountain biking on some trails. Visitor’s centers in both locations.
- Sierra Club Tucson Trail Guide
- Tucson: Purple Mountain Goat: Purple Mountain Pack Goats is an outfitting business which operates under a Special Use Permit from the United States Forest Service. We guide day hikes, overnight hikes and camping trips in the Coronado National Forest (which covers most of southeastern Arizona).
- Southwest Trekking: Southwest Trekking has experience in taking individuals into the remote areas of Southern Arizona and Mexico, serving more clients than any and all guide services in Southwest.
- Tucson: El Tour de Tucson (perimeterbicycling.com
- El Tour You missed El tour de Tucson as a hyper link: This annual bicycle race occurs every November, the weekend before Thanksgiving.
Birding:
Horseback riding:
