Many Great Ways To Experience Cowboy Style Fun With Las Vegas Horseback Tours
When some people think about Las Vegas, they don’t picture casinos and the famous ’strip’. They picture saloons and gunfights, women in dresses from a bygone era, and train robberies. In other words, they picture the Old Wild West. To them, a trip to the city can mean only one thing: horseback riding in the desert, cowboy-style. Week-end and holiday cowboys from coast to coast, and some from abroad as well, flock to the city for the genuine cowboy experience that only Las Vegas horseback tours can give them.
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Old Nevada is a replica of an authentic 1880’s mining town. It is part of the Bonnie Springs ranch located approximately half an hours’ ride from the city. The ranch takes visitors out riding on the historic trails that are found in the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area several times a day. Most rides wrap up with a real cowboy meal when you get back to the ranch.
Breakfast rides take you out into the desert in time to watch it as it wakes up and comes to life. After a ride of about an hour and a half, you return to the ranch for a full breakfast. If you prefer to have breakfast and then go riding, there are later rides that are available.
Lunch rides let you experience the desert in the stillness of the day. Mid-day is when you get to really see the desert’s vibrant colors, and will come to understand first-hand why the area is call ‘Red Rock’. On your return to the ranch, you are served a real western-style lunch.
Dinner rides take you out into Red Rock Canyon during mid-afternoon. Aside from the spectacular scenery, you will get to see the beauty of a desert sky as sunset approaches. A western dinner at the ranch follows the ride.
After your day on the trails is done, you can head over to Old Nevada for some Old West-style fun. The mining town-replica stages simulated melodramas at the local saloon, as well as gunfights and hangings. Children will have a great time at the petting zoo, while on holidays and weekends there is a mock posse that they can take part in. Sights in the village include a wax museum and a wedding chapel. There’s also plenty of shopping for those visitors wanting to take home souvenirs.
About forty-five minutes outside of the city is another great horseback riding location. The Sandy Valley Ranch offers a full-day ranch experience designed to give you an authentic taste of cowboy life. Your day starts off with a morning ride in the Mojave Desert, followed by a light lunch. During the afternoon, you head back out to the desert for a cattle-drive, followed by some cowboy games when you’re done, then it’s off for a sunset ride. When you get back, you will be put to work helping to pen the cattle before wrapping up your day with a genuine western barbecue.
Anyone wanting to combine a little romance with their cowboy experience can opt for a sunset ride and barbecue, followed by a sleepover in a covered wagon. In the morning, you get to collect your own breakfast-eggs.
Anyone looking for the Old West is going to find it on Las Vegas horseback tours. They are certain to bring the cowboy out in even the most reticent person.
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