Equitours offers unique opportunities for exploring the most beautiful parts of Arizona and Utah on horseback. Our rides wind back and forth along the border of the two states and cover the highlights of the southwest. Film directors know something about striking landscape and have long recognized that Arizona and Utah have some of the most dramatically beautiful scenery in the world. Mesas towering abruptly a thousand feet above the plain, rippling desert sands, the world’s biggest canyon and saguaro cactus in a blazing sunset have a huge, aesthetic appeal and make an ideal setting for horseback riding vacations. Riders have the opportunity to observe the fascinating cultural aspects of the area where thousand year old remnants of the once powerful Anasazi civilization such as petroglyphs and cliff dwellings can be seen. The rich Navajo cultural life is very much alive and many of their traditional crafts like weaving, silver smithing and pottery flourish for the tourist trade.
The rides traverse trails through tremendously varied terrain in the border area between Utah and Arizona, sometimes on rocky paths, sometimes winding through ponderosa forests with chances to gallop across clearings or on open plains. The Zion to Grand Canyon Rim ride and Grand Staircase to Bryce Plateau ride visit the highlights of all three of these parks and on horseback one can penetrate parts of them seldom visited by other tourists.
You will have reliable, experienced horses who negotiate the difficult terrain with ease and you will quickly have complete confidence in their ability. Your guides are fourth generation ranchers who are well acquainted with the history, flora and fauna of this fascinating area. These rides will give you an authentic Western experience most tourists never dream of.
You can read more here about the centuries old history of Horseback Riding in Arizona.
