Tombstone Monument Ranch - Arizona

Tina (this is their first In The Saddle holiday) Perfect holiday for your none riding partner to join you | They have set rides going out at 9am, 11am and 3pm. The 9am and 3pm are classed as slow rides and that means walk only. They have none riders too. The 11am is down as a fast ride and includes trot and loping.
The rides are predominantly 1 hour long and all are nose to tail kind of rides. We got told to stay in a line. They did do a 2 hour ride on 1 of the days, which is a walk only ride. Apart from the ride into Tombstone , which is a half day ride, all the rides go over the land immediately surrounding the ranch which can get a little monotonous as you can't really get far doing a 1 hour circular route and the rides kind of cross the same same terrain as previous rides .Having been on working ranch holidays previously, I personally found the riding a little tame and the terrain not very challenging. Even as riders you are not allowed to mount or dismount without one of the wranglers holding your horse. This was my first 'dude' ranch and I feel its ideal to go with your partner or children to have a little ride etc or if your happy to ride single file and tootle around . As we were all inclusive we could sign up to every ride if we wanted. Initially we had our name down for every ride each day but crossed our names off the lists for some of them as it became a little 'same old'. My horse was lovely . Most of them are rescues which is nice to hear. All of the horses on our rides were well behaved and the wranglers are quite chatty.

Do you have any comments about the accommodation and food?

The accommodation is great as resembles an old cowboy town. Plenty of room and very comfortable. They have entertainment every night in the saloon which was great fun. You can play poker with Arizona Bill , listen and dance to the band that visits, go in the pool and jacuzzi, join in with Archery, shooting guns and much more. All great fun.
The food was excellent, really lovely.

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I found In The Saddle very attentive and thorough. The zipped travel folder with all the holiday details in was a lovely touch. Would definitely recommend them to my friends and family.

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Can't fault any part of the process.

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Excellent customer service from In The Saddle.
Tombstone Monument Ranch is a lovely place with lovely people and excellent food. As an overall package with all the activities on offer it is great. I wouldn't hesitate in going and taking my husband or none riding friends.
It's not far from Tombstone and the OK Corral which is a lovely trip out.
If your a rider with your own horses and this being a Dude Ranch, I feel it comes across a bit riding school ish and is better suited to beginners or novices that just want an hours ride with nothing too challenging in the way of terrain.
[Becky from In The Saddle replies: Thank you very much for your feedback and we are so pleased that you enjoyed your holiday to Tombstone.]