A Sonoran Rover Tour

Dusk at Rio Sonora Valley

Rio Sonora Valley Expedition

2024 Expedition dates
TBC

Price
Starting from $3000

Expedition Length
5 days/4 nights

Group Size
6-10 people


Discover the rich borderland ribbon of the Rio Sonora Valley, Mexico, in one of our classic Land Rover Defenders.

Drive or be driven down river bottoms and up mountain tracks. Sample local cuisine straight from the ranch house and visit 17th century towns where Opata, Pima, Yaqui and Apache Indians, Mexicans, Spaniards, Basques and Jesuit missionaries converged and collided in the 17th and 18th centuries.

On this cross-cultural adventure into central Sonora, Mexico, we will experience the natural beauty, countryside, mountains, and culture of rural Mexico. Our main destination is the township of Banámichi, in the municipality of Arizpe, located approximately 135 miles (217 km) south of Bisbee, AZ, by road, and snuggled into the eastern side of the Sonora River.

We will also enjoy sharing homemade country cuisine, agave spirits (bacanora and sotol), and laughs with local people. 

Features

  • Drive classic old Land Rover Defenders off-road. Roll the windows down, open the vents, smell the desert. No air conditioning in these old trucks

  • Sleep two nights in quality safari style roof top tents

  • Hike, ride mountain bikes, or ride horses at a mountain top ranch where Jaguar and Ocelot have been spotted

  • Eat traditional food with local families

  • Visit and soak in local hot springs

  • Spend a night or two in a wonderful colonial hotel - La Posada del Rio Sonora

  • Learn about building with adobe

  • Meet local Bacanora distillers and sample some of the best spirits the region has to offer. Take a bottle with you!

  • Daily training sessions with a local mechanic, who specializes in Land Rover maintenance.

  • Bring your own vehicle or use a Sonoran Rover Truck.

Itinerary

  • Tucson to Bisbee, AZ by way of the Sonoran grasslands. We will stop at Rune Wines via Empire Ranch and the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area

  • Begin the morning with an adventurous drive down the Rio Sonora riverbed. Visit the bacanora still then 4WD drive to the mountaintop Rancho Viejo. Set camp, evening hike.

  • Optional day for hiking, horse riding* relaxing at camp or more 4WD exploring of mountain back roads.

  • Return down the mountain, traditional ranch house lunch and an evening stay at La Posada del Rio Sonora, option to visit the hot springs in Aconchi

  • Drive back to Tucson

Starry nights sky while camping at Rio Sonora
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