Verde Canyon Railroad Adventure

Overview

Hop aboard the Verde Canyon Railroad for a 3.5-hour rail journey through the untouched and unspoiled Verde Valley. With luxury class seating, you will enjoy appetizers, Champagne and unobstructed views of Arizona’s geological wonders, wildlife and archaeological finds of the ancient Sinagua people who once lived in the area.

City: Sedona

Thu 26 Dec

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Starting at $111.55

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Thu 26 Dec

Starting at $111.55

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What's Included

Appetizers

Bottled water

Beginning in 2023, all tickets include Cafe Voucher

Restroom on board

Champagne toast

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Please Note: Special dietary options are unable to be accommodated
Infant age is 0-1 year. Any guest aged 1 and over will be charged an adult rate. Guests cannot board the train without a paid ticket
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
All complimentary first-class appetizers will be individually-packaged for customers.

What To Expect

Verde Canyon Railroad

It’s not the destination, it’s the journey! Enjoy a luxurious train ride through a 20-mile wilderness area, along a wild and scenic river, only accessible by rail. For 3.5-hours, enjoy comfort and style, exceptional amenities and outstanding service in vintage rail cars on a century-old route. Wind your way through a red rock paradise, with tracks that hug the curves of the Verde River. Every season offers a different reason to ride! Astonishing views of a wild and vibrant frontier, historic trestles, bridges and a 7000-foot tunnel are just a few of the highlights tucked into unusual rock formations, red rock pinnacles and towering crimson cliffs. Majestic bald eagles and hawks float effortlessly on the breeze above Javelina, wild burros, jackrabbits and many other Canyon creatures, peacefully coexisting with this heritage railroad for more than 100 years.

John Bell Railroad Museum

At the depot, be sure to visit the John Bell Museum, home to the railroad's history and artifacts from its early days, as well as a wealth of information on Clarkdale, Jerome and the Yavapai-Apache Nation.

Verde River

The train runs on the same tracks that were created following the Verde River back in 1911. The river is visible for most of your journey.

Perkinsville Ghost Town

Discover the history of Perkinsville Ghost Town through on-board commentary on your train journey. This is the turn-around point of your trip.

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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (1000)

Sims A

Jan 2019

Fantastic time joining a birthday party in the private caboose cabin. Kenna our cabin guide was awesome, knowledge and made our trip that much more fun - ask for her! Beautiful scenery, private car for fun with friends and what an experience to watch the world go by from the back of a train in beautiful redrock country.

Response from Host

Jan 2019

Thank you very much for this wonderful review. We will share it with Kenna.

Nancy J

Jan 2019

The Verde Canyon Railroad Adventure is a beautiful train ride through the Verde River valley. The 20 mile train ride in the first class seating was relaxing and enjoyable. The natural beauty of this canyon is wonderful to see. We enjoyed the bar and the light refreshments. We did not enjoy the bartender lady speaking loudly over our conversation and over the recorded commentary. We would have much preferred listening to the recorded commentary and not hearing what she thought the rock formations looked like (dinosaur, Jay Leno, etc.). Please either have recorded commentary or a live speaker, not both, and please ask the bartenders to not act angry that people want to have a quiet conversation instead of listening to her. Thank you for a fun afternoon!

Response from Host

Jan 2019

Thank you so much Nancy for sharing your experience with us. Would you mind writing to us and providing which train car you were seated in. We are always open to comments and suggestions that will help us grow and adjust to provide better customer service. My direct email is [email protected].

rlgoodallphx

Jan 2019

We rode this train for the second time in 4 years in October 2018. We chose the special "Ales on Rails" local Arizona microbrewery trip this time; and we chose 1st Class accommodations both times. This wonderful day began with a 2-hour AZ microbrewery tasting event in the station plaza. Several local brew tastes from around the state were available for sampling. In addition, for a small fee, special "Ales on Rails" pint beer glasses were available (very nice). After boarding the train for our 4-hour afternoon ride, most of the local beers that we had previously sampled were available for sale in our train car (as well as most any other wine or spirit drink you may desire), along with complimentary sandwiches, fresh fruit, cheese & crackers, delicious cookies and bottled water. Seating in 1st Class is very comfortable and much less crowded than in Coach class, and I highly recommend it. The great complimentary food, spacious non-crowded comfortable surroundings, and access to a bar directly in your personal car definitely makes 1st Class worth the reasonable extra price in my opinion. In addition, you also get direct access to your own personal car-group tour guide and adjacent open gondola car for outdoor standing or bench-sitting to view the beautiful scenery in the fabulous fresh open air if you wish. On this most recent trip, we spent much of our time outside, as it was picture perfect, shirt sleeve weather. On our first trip 4 years ago, we ran into a cold downpour thunderstorm back in the canyon and spent more of our time inside looking out the nice large windows. Either way is great, but when the weather is nice, there is nothing better than to get a plate of your favorite food and a delicious bar drink and stand along the railing of the open gondola car and take it all in.

Response from Host

Jan 2019

We are so glad that you enjoyed Ales on Rails. This has been a popular event for us for 18 years now. We are proud to be able to serve so many great Arizona beers during this event. Your experience and satisfaction is most important to us. Thank you for sharing.