TOUR SCHEDULE 2009 – 2010

DAY TOURS AND HIKES

Phoenix – Desert Botanical Garden and Heard Museum  -  Visit the lovely botanical garden to learn how best to appreciate and grow desert plants, enjoy a delightful lunch in the gardens, and you will be amazed at the historical and cultural collections of the world famous Heard Museum.
Feb 19             $136                Helena Kummerli

Apache Pass – Ft Bowie – Butterfield Stage Route  -  Hike along the old stage route while learning about the rough and tumble part of Arizona History in a majestic setting.
Mar 5              $99                  John Dell – Hiking Tour - MD

Copper Creek – Bunker Hill Mining District  -  Early Arizona mining history comes alive in this fascinating part of Arizona in the beautiful Galiuro Mountains east of Mammoth.
Mar 9              $99                  John Dell

Kartchner Caverns Big Room  -  Learn about this world-reknowned underground complex and the unique environment of migrating bats and incredible geological structures.
March 11 - fall dates TBA           $126    Tallia Cahoon

Black Hills Back Country Byway  -  Take the historic Safford – Clifton road across the Gila Box National Riparian Conservation area.
Mar 18                          $99.00           John Dell

Patagonia – Alpacas and Vineyards  -  Enjoy learning about tame South American Alpacas raised in Patagonia, Arizona, and taste the unique flavors of wines produced at the Sonoita Vineyards. Includes a delightful luncheon in Sonoita.
 Mar 25                        $125    Helena Kummerli

Boyce Thompson – Besh-ba-gowah  -  See and learn about thousands of desert plants and learn about prehistoric Salado culture as you drive through some of Arizona’s most scenic country.
Mar 31               $114     Helena Kummerli

Coronado National Memorial – Montezuma Pass  -  Learn about the first European entry into what is now the US as you trace Coronado’s explorations of the 1500s and enjoy spectacular scenery along the US/Mexican border.
Mar 31                                    $99.00             John Dell

Chiricahua National Monument – Nature and Culture  -  Visit this spectacular land of “standing up rocks” to learn about the homeland of Chiricahua Apache and to later pioneer ranching families
Apr 13                         $99.00                        John Dell

Phoenix – Taliesin West, Culinery Institute, Basha Gallery  -  Visit the famous Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, enjoy an unforgettable gourmet lunch at the ACI Culinlery Institute, and peruse the life time  western art collection of Zelma Basha Salmeri.
April 14             $143                Helena Kummerli

Ruby - Arivaca  -  Take the scenic route to the old ghost town of Ruby with former resident Tallia Cahoon.  Hear her personal stories and visit local and long forgotten historic sites to gain a unique perspective of early Arizona.
April 15 - fall dates TBA            $114  Tallia Cahoon

White Canyon Wilderness – Superior AZ  -  One of Arizona’s best kept secrets. This spectacular wilderness area offers an incredible opportunity for great hiking
Apr 15                         $99                             John Dell – Hiking tour - MD

Echo Canyon Loop Trail – Chiricahuas  -  Moderately difficult hike passes through a natural corridor for plants and animals from both north and south of the border
Apr 20                         $99                             John Dell -  Hiking tour  - MD

Kartchner Caverns - Rotunda Room  -  This is the main room of the cavern complex with a 58 foot high mineral column and a 21 foot soda straw stalactite.  Singing Winds Bookshop stop at Benson on return.
Apr 27 - Fall Dates TBA             $126.00                                               Tallia Cahoon

Apache Trail and Tonto National Monument  -  Incredible scenery, ghost towns, mining history, cliff dwellilngs and great stories
April 28                        $114               Helena Kummerli

Waterman Mountains – Ironwood Forest – NW of Tucson  -  Impressive Hiking to an old silver mine with panoramic views of the surrounding desert.  Rare torote trees, Nichol’s Turkshead cactus are some of the unique plants seen along the way.
April 29                       $99                 John Dell – Hiking tour – MD

Chiricahua National Monument – Heart of Rocks Trail  -  Probably the monument’s most scenic area,  you will see a spectacular array of grottos, cliff faces, spires and hoodoos. A world apart, this unique area is “sky island” country.
May 4                          $99                 John Dell  - Hiking tour  - D

Organ Pipe National Monument  -  Hike into the scenic national monument to learn about rare senita and organ pipe cactus and the incredible environment in which they live.
TBA - fall dates             $99.00             John Dell - Hiking tour - MD

I’itoi Country – Tohono O’odham Nation  -  Learn about Tohono O’odham culture and the unique environment in which they live
TBA - fall dates             $105                John Dell

EXTENDED TOURS AND FIESTA TOURS CLASSICS

DATES                       TOUR              COST PER PERSON DOUBLE    TOUR LEADER

Feb 24 – Mar 3            Baja Whale Watch                  $2395              M & C Giesy

Mar 12 – 15                 Banamichi Culinary tour         $695                M & C Giesy

Mar 19 – 21                 Mata Ortiz                               $495                M & C Giesy

Mar 21 – 26                 Death Valley                           $1200              John Dell

Mar 27 – 29                 Kino Bay                                 $495                M & C Giesy

Apr 1 – 12                   Copper Canyon                       $2875              M & C Giesy

April 17 – 22               Beauties of the Southwest      $995                Helena Kummerli

May 1 – 7                    Those Who Vanished              $1175              Helena Kummerli

May 10 – 16                Southern Utah Parks               $1400              John Dell

June 15 – 18                Arizona High Country                        $795                John Dell

October 1 – 6              Glen Canyon                           $1400              John Dell

October 10 – 17          Secrets of the Southwest        $TBA              Helena Kummerli

October 26 – Nov 3    Oaxaca Arch & Day of Dead  $2295             M & C Giesy

Nov 5 – 10                  New Mexico Mysteries           $TBA              Helena Kummerli

Dec 6 – 15                   Copper Canyon – Guadalupe $2395              M & C Giesy

Dec 6 – 9                     Bosque del Apache                 $795                John Dell