Arizona Mission Trail: Gay Travel Bicycling Adventure Tour
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Highlights
- Tour Tucson, famous for its bi-cultural heritage.
- Ride through the rough beauty of Saguaro National Park.
- Visit Indian villages and art colonies along our route.
- Cross the border for dinner in Nogales, Mexico.
- Enjoy REAL Southwest cuisine and relax with an ice cold cerveza after a long ride.
- Experience the desert while riding with a great group of new friends.
- Join our guides for an extra day of hiking and biking from Tucson following our official tour. Let us know if you’re interested.
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Trip includes
- Comfortable hotels and bed-and-breakfasts that typify the region’s variety
- Road bike for the week (with a discount if you bring your own bike)
- Services of two bike guides
- All Breakfasts, 2 Lunches, And 5 Dinners, with snacks along the way
- Transportation to get luggage (and tired riders!) to destination
- Welcome and Farewell Dinners with wine, beer or soft drinks
- Map and route instructions.
- HE Travel provides complimentary Medical & Evacuation Insurance for every US Resident on our group tours who does not have other coverage.
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Itinerary
Tucson is a happening town. It’s historic; it’s hip; it has great restaurants and fun nightlife. We’ll start with a bike tour of the town, to get acclimated to our bikes, the dry air, and the laconic pace of the desert Southwest. There are plenty of great places to ri...
After breakfast, we ride south to the San Xavier Indian Reservation, where we’ll do the bulk of our riding today. First stop is the magnificent Mission San Xavier del Bac, founded in 1700 by Father Kino, where we visit the interesting museum, and the mission itself.
There’s a lot to see today on the road to Nogales. Our route follows the beautiful Santa Cruz River, a linear oasis in the desert. From the artists’ village of Tubac (Arizona’s oldest town) you can walk along the river in the shade of cottonwoods and sycamores until o...
At only 33 miles, today is a shorter day of riding (though extra miles are always an option), taking us through beautiful forests up to the only grassland area in Arizona. Along the way, we can stop at Patagonia Lake State Park and rent a rowboat, take a bird-watching...
Today we offer an easy 20-mile loop through southern Arizona’s wine country or a more strenuous 60-mile round trip to Parker Canyon Lake through scenic high desert forests of pine and oak.
From Sonoita it’s mostly downhill back to Tucson (roughly 50 miles), on fantastically scenic Highway 83. Our ride includes an 8-mile cycling loop on Cactus Forest Drive through Saguaro National Park and a picnic lunch. From here it’s an easy ride back into town, with bike lanes the whole way. Now that we’ve seen a big chunk of Arizona, a farewell feast will top off the day
Our tour ends after breakfast, so you can depart anytime today. We hope you enjoyed our Southwest Adventure!
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What's excluded
- Transportation to and from Tucson
- Transfers between Tucson airport and our hotel
- Helmets and water bottles
- Souvenirs, admissions
- Gratuities for guide
- Personal expenses such as phone, fax and beverages not included with meals.
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If you must cancel a reservation, regardless of the reason, the following policies apply:
Cancellations must be received in writing or by e-mail.
When you cancel 90 or more days before a trip starts:
HE Travel will hold the full amount of your Trip Deposit as a non-refundable, non-expiring credit toward future tours taken with HE Travel.
HE Travel will refund the remainder that you have paid beyond the Trip Deposit.
When you cancel 30 to 89 days before the trip starts there is no refund. You may be issued a credit as follows.
If you have already Paid in Full:
HE Travel will issue a non-expiring credit for the amount of the Trip Deposit.
HE Travel will issue a Trip Credit for 50% of the remaining amount paid beyond the Trip Deposit. This Trip Credit will expire if it has not been applied to a new reservation within 18 months of issue.
If you have not already Paid in Full, HE Travel will issue a non-expiring credit for the amount of the Trip Deposit only.
Within 30 days before the trip starts or for a No-show, there is no refund and no credit.
There is no tour credit or refund for participants who join a trip late or depart early.
There is no tour credit or refund if you receive insurance reimbursement.
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