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Horseback Trail Rides Your trip to the Valley will be a memory that you enjoy very much and not soon forget. You will leave the city and enjoy the peaceful and scenic Sonoran Desert on one of our horses. MacDonald's Ranch is proud of our gentle and friendly horses. We are devoted to our horses and ensure that each horse is in its top condition. Be sure to tell our wranglers how much riding experience you have and they will choose a horse you will enjoy. Even if you have never ridden a horse before, we have the right mount for you. After you are mounted, one of our wranglers will lead you down scenic trails with endless views of saguaros and desert wildlife. To the east you will see the McDowell Mountains and Camelback Mountain to the south.

What should I wear?
We recommend you wear close toe shoes or boots and jeans for horseback rides and hayrides. Layering tops and shirts may help prepare for unpredictable warm or cold weather. Expensive jewelry or valuable items that may easily get lost are better left behind. 

Horseback Hayride combination
We offer a combination horseback riding in conjunction with our hay rides. The horses are ridden through the scenic desert to your designated cookout site and the return trip is by horse drawn hayride.

Horseback Trail riding times and costs

• We are open 7 days a week, from 8:00 a.m. till 6:00 p.m.

• Our 1 Hour ride costs $38 per person (plus tax)

• Our 1 ½ Hour ride costs $55 per person (plus tax)

• Our 2 Hour ride costs $68 per person (plus tax)

• Please call or write us to make your reservation!

Moon light Trail ride

• These are special rides given two days before a full moon, the night of the full moon a day after the full moon.

• Mount up as the sun sets and the moon rises. We will take you through the moon lit desert on horseback. See the land in a different way. Watch the owls as they hunt for dinner, listen to the coyotes sing and see the stars as never before.

• The cost of this ride is for 1 Hour $55 per person (plus tax)
  And for 1 ½ Hour $70 per person (plus tax)

Moon riding Nights:

• November 2008, 11th, 12th 13th and 14th

• December 2008, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th

• January 2009, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th

• February 2009 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th

• March 2009, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th

• April 2009, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th

• May 2009, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th

• June 2009, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th

• July 2009, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th

• August 2009, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th

• September 2009 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th

• October 2009, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th

• Oct / November 31st, 1st, 2nd and 3rd

• Nov / December 30th, 1st, 2nd and 3rd