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Cookouts
We serve breakfast, lunch or dinner. We'll rustle up a real Western "stick to your ribs" menu or design one especially for your enjoyment. Try our authentic southwestern cookout or the unique Native American Feast inspired by recipes handed down from the Pima, Tohono O'odham, Apache, and Navaho Tribes of Arizona. For groups of 20 or more.
Mesquite Trees
Sonoran Desert
You’ve probably read that the Sonoran Desert is one of the most wildly diverse deserts in the world, but it is also one of the most ecologically balanced deserts in the world.
Prickly Pear Cactus
Our Tours Offer Six Different Trails
Our tours offer six trails to choose from. Join us for Fun, Thrills, and Awesome Beauty.
Jeep Tours
Living Desert Ecotour
Mesquite Trees
Mesquite tree develops 75 to 160 feet long taproot designed for the extraction of water hidden deep under the surface of the ground.
Mesquite tree develops bipinnate, feathery leaves that are usually composed of 9 pairs of oblong leaflets. Leaves can be bluish green or olive green in color.
Mesquite tree produces creamy white or yellowish flowers arranged in the form of catkins. Flowers contain both types of reproductive organs (perfect flowers).
Mesquite tree blooms during the spring and summer. Flowers are rich source of nectar which attracts bees, that are responsible for the pollination of this plant.
Anna's Hummingbird
Anna's hummingbirds live in a wide variety of habitats, including open woods, grasslands, forests and deserts. In recent years they have been found more often in backyard gardens where hummingbird feeders and exotic plantings provide them with food throughout the year.
They are found from California east to far western Texas, north to southern British Columbia. They are a common year-round resident in lower elevations of southern and central Arizona.
ROUGH RIDER ADVENTURE
ICE COLD BEVERAGES IN EVERY VEHICLE
(4 person minimum)
Bobcat
The bobcat can be found throughout the Sonoran Desert. It prefers rocky areas with plenty of plant cover, but can be found in mountain forests, riparian canyons, brushland, and in populated suburban areas.
"THE ORIGINAL" WESTERN DESERT JEEP ADVENTURE
Climb aboard our rugged 4-wheel drive, open-air jeeps and Blazers for the "western experience" of a lifetime. Witness the awesome grandeur of the Sonoran Desert as your friendly Cowboy guides gently bounce your group through a maze of cactus-lined trails and desert riverbeds. Your guides will spin yarns of the Old West and teach you the survival techniques used by our Native American Indians centuries ago.
You'll thrill as you enter into a forest of 250 year old Saguaro Cactus and hear the secrets of our desert plants. Remember to always have your camera ready and be on the lookout for our desert critters as they quickly dart in and out of view. To quench your thirst we have a complimentary beverage on us! (A special breakfast, lunch or dinner can be included as part of your desert adventure at an additional cost) (4 Person Minimum) (3 to 4 Hours Beverages Included)
You'll thrill as you enter into a forest of 250 year old Saguaro Cactus and hear the secrets of our desert plants. Remember to always have your camera ready and be on the lookout for our desert critters as they quickly dart in and out of view. To quench your thirst we have a complimentary beverage on us! (A special breakfast, lunch or dinner can be included as part of your desert adventure at an additional cost) (4 Person Minimum) (3 to 4 Hours Beverages Included)
Wild West Cookouts
We serve breakfast, lunch or dinner. We'll rustle up a real Western "stick to your ribs" menu or design one especially for your enjoyment. Try our authentic southwestern cookout or the unique Native American Feast inspired by recipes handed down from the Pima, Tohono O'odham, Apache, and Navaho Tribes of Arizona
With our cookout we can provide a variety of entertainment from a three-piece western band, to a bluegrass band, or a country western soloist. Maybe the folks would enjoy country western dance lessons. A Native American evening could include world-class dancers, a storyteller, and a flutist. We can even have artisans crafting sand paintings, Kachinas, baskets, pottery, or jewelry. Let us design a memorable evening with great food and great entertainment!!!
Ride Them Broncos
Head 'em up, roll 'em out! Experience everything from the Original Desert Adventure plus take a one or two hour scenic horseback ride. Well-trained horses will take your group through spectacular desert and mountain terrain. On any tour, come prepared, always dress comfortably and wear closed-toed shoes. (4 person minimum)
Jeep Tours
Before there were desert tour there was only desert. As family would come to town the interest was to go out to the desert. That’s how Arizona Desert Mountain Jeep Tours was born. Our first vehicle was a CJ7 jeep and from there we grow to be the largest company in Arizona. Now are company not only offers jeep tours we specialize in outdoor adventures of all types!
Sonoran Plants and Animals
Sonoran plants and animals have developed unique ways to survive.
• The roots of the Mesquite tree can bore down 30 meters into the soil to find moisture.
• Some plants die completely above ground, but survive underneath the soil as thickened roots, bulbs, tubers, rhizomes and nodules of a variety of designs, structures and sizes.
• Some trees, like the ironwood and ocotillo, lose their leaves during times of drought, much like trees in Michigan during the winter.
• Kangaroo rats, one of the smallest desert mammals, can survive their entire lives without drinking a drop of water. They get their water from dry seeds and the occasional leaf or insect. The kangaroo rat has a highly effective metabolic system to conserve and recycle any water it does consume. For example, the kangaroo rat pees a highly concentrated paste. Nasal passages are also designed to cool the rat's breath so it condenses the moisture into little water droplets that are reabsorbed into the rat's body.
• Roadrunners spend most of their lives on the ground and can run at speeds up to 40km/hr. Running is actually less strenuous and requires less energy than flying, allowing the roadrunner to conserve water and energy.
• Spadefoot toads estivate (a hibernation type state) for 8-9 months of the year. A horny projection on each hind foot acts as a digging tool to make a burrow underground. Then the toad secretes and covers itself with a slimy substance to keep it from drying out during its very long nap.
• The roots of the Mesquite tree can bore down 30 meters into the soil to find moisture.
• Some plants die completely above ground, but survive underneath the soil as thickened roots, bulbs, tubers, rhizomes and nodules of a variety of designs, structures and sizes.
• Some trees, like the ironwood and ocotillo, lose their leaves during times of drought, much like trees in Michigan during the winter.
• Kangaroo rats, one of the smallest desert mammals, can survive their entire lives without drinking a drop of water. They get their water from dry seeds and the occasional leaf or insect. The kangaroo rat has a highly effective metabolic system to conserve and recycle any water it does consume. For example, the kangaroo rat pees a highly concentrated paste. Nasal passages are also designed to cool the rat's breath so it condenses the moisture into little water droplets that are reabsorbed into the rat's body.
• Roadrunners spend most of their lives on the ground and can run at speeds up to 40km/hr. Running is actually less strenuous and requires less energy than flying, allowing the roadrunner to conserve water and energy.
• Spadefoot toads estivate (a hibernation type state) for 8-9 months of the year. A horny projection on each hind foot acts as a digging tool to make a burrow underground. Then the toad secretes and covers itself with a slimy substance to keep it from drying out during its very long nap.
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