Scenic Horseback Adventure

Overview

Enjoy a 1 hr hour walking guided horseback ride with panoramic views of the Verde Valley. We are only 30 minutes from Sedona. This ride is tailored for nervous first timers, beginners, families and children. The ride takes you around the Texas Longhorn pen where you will get to see Brutus, the gentle giant as well as buffalo.. Enjoy views of the Verde Valley, Mingus Mountains and see as far as the San Fransico Peaks in Flagstaff. The old west feel of this location, the western facades, horses, chickens, goats and cows will make you want to trade your shiny shoes for an old pair of boots and your fancy car for a horse! Guest are also welcome to feed the barbado sheep, give the horses treats or take a selfie with the minis.

City: Flagstaff

Sun 22 Sep

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Starting at $89.00

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Sun 22 Sep

Starting at $89.00

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What's Included

Use of helmet (optional)

Horseback Ride

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Regular temperature checks for staff
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
This is an outdoor activity in open air.

Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

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Reviews (209)

scrambledbrainz

Mar 2021

We did the 1.5 hour sunset ride and words can’t express how amazing the whole experience was. The views are spectacular, the people that run it are so kind and gentle with the animals, it’s obvious they are passionate about what they do. They know every detailed story of every rescue, they told each rider the story behind their name. If we can fit it into our schedule before we leave, we’ll go again. We’d highly recommend them!!

Got_too_many_dogs

Mar 2021

So we did two rides with this place. We did a group ride with the kids and then a private tour just me and the husband. First the group ride. This is the ride for the beginners and the little kids. You're placed with a well trained, gentle, experienced horse. You're in a group of other riders, probably 15 or so people. The youngest in our group was only 6 years old. This is a slow, uneventful ride through the desert. You get a glimpse of the giraffes at the Wildlife Park in the distance, you get some decent views. You're not in the red rocks of Sedona, this place is in Camp Verde so the landscape is brown and sparce but we enjoyed it. You ride through a cow enclosure and see baby cows and back at the ranch they have a petting zoo that I didn't know about which was soooo fun! They had a one week old calf and we got to pet it! They had baby pigs and chickens and ponies. It was a nice perk. Overall a super fun day and perfect for our versatile group of inexperienced riders. You'll feel safe, everyone will have fun. There's a lot of cowboys that work the ride so there's always someone close to your horse to make sure everything goes off without a hitch. Jacob led that trip and he was polite and friendly. We love that it's a family run business. On that ride my husband was chatting with Thomas about a private ride. My husband and I are intermediate riders and we like a little more excitement. We picked the mellower option for the kids—which was great. But Thomas suggested that we do the Vinyard ride if we want a more off trail experience, so we booked it. This was SO FUN!!!!! Our guides were Thomas, Gary, and Eduardo. This ride was tailored more to our skill level. They made sure we were comfortable with how fast we rode etc. We rode along the river, through some gorgeous scenery. Much prettier than the first location. We got to cross the river on horseback and rode up to a scenic overlook. This was 100% the most fun we had on this whole trip! The guides made us feel super safe. They are extremely experienced and very nice. They were the biggest highlight (besides the horses of course). If you're an experienced rider, I recommend the private vinyard tour. It's a little more expensive but so worth it. I recommend wearing long sleeves no matter how hot it is outside. You'll scratch your arms on brush. Your shoes might get a little wet in the river, and bring water! This was one of those experiences we won't ever forget. We felt like cowboys in the old west!

145pennyf

Mar 2021

We thought this would be the highlight of our visit to the Sedona area but it was a huge disappointment. Originally we had booked the sunset ride at the vineyard but due to poor weather they rescheduled us for the next day at the Wild West ride. They assured me it was a great ride and we would see about 20 calf’s and African animals at the nearby African animal park. We arrived to our scheduled time only to discover they had no record of our reservation and there was another family there who also had been rescheduled from the day before but also no record of their reservation. They had 19 horses ready but were 6 horses short. We waited about 25 minutes not sure if we would get to ride, after driving over an hour to the location. They ended up rescheduling the other family a third time, but were able to prepare three more horses for us so we could ride then. I did appreciate their effort but then the horse my 13 year old daughter got looked very sickly, was difficult for her to handle, and she shared later she was terrified the whole time (she is a first time rider). I also noticed that her horse had diarrhea unlike the other horses that had healthy looking droppings. Since they didn’t have enough horses they gave me a little pregnant pony and the makeshift rope reins they had prepared were too short for me to reach, and my daughter had the same issue. I told the ranch hand and he said sorry that’s all we have left. This meant I couldn’t really steer the horse without leaning over and straining my back. It also contributed to my daughter struggling to handle her horse. Several times her horse left the line of horses and a ranch hand had to rush over to take control of the animal. In the middle of the ride a ranch hand rode by us and declared to his companion with delight -“I love the horse I got this time he’s so responsive.” Really rubbed salt in our wounds that an employee got a beautiful horse with nice long leather reins that he could really enjoy. Halfway through the ride one of the horses ahead of us tripped and landed on its front knees. Fortunately the child riding that horse was not thrown but as inexperienced riders it was scary to see. Also, we saw some cows but never did see the calves or any African animals at the neighboring wildlife park. I can see by the reviews this is not typical for this establishment but we had a really bad experience. All that and they still haven’t refunded us the difference between the more expensive sunset vineyard ride and this one. What a let down. The one highlight was that my son got to ride a very fine looking horse with long enough reins he could comfortably hold. If not for that I would give our experience 1 star.