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SOUL of the
SOUTHWEST 12 DAY I T I N ERARY
GILA WILDERNESS/Ladder Ranch
Days 1-3 Howl with the Wolves DAY 1 Land in Albuquerque. Stay overnight in town or drive to Gila Wilderness. D DAYS 2-3 Explore the famed Gila Wilderness and the vast New Mexico Ladder Ranch. B,L,D kasha-katuwe / santa fe / bandelier valles caldera / san ildefonso
Days 4-6 Cultural Explorations DAY 4 Leave Gila for Santa Fe. Stop at Kasha-Katuwe en route. Arrive Santa Fe early evening. B,L Reflection on the East Fork, San Antonio River
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ew Mexico, The Land of Enchantment, offers a spectacular combination of cultural experiences, sprawling wilderness areas, amazing wildlife, and incredible adventure activities. Only here can you track the endangered Gray Wolf, soak in
remote hot springs, and horseback ride through ancient ruins, while learning of ground breaking conservation efforts to protect ancestral native lands and endangered species. And the opportunity to explore New Mexico’s rich historic and cultural heritage surfaces daily as you visit Native American pueblos and charming towns that are the very definition of “southwestern.” If photography is your thing, prepare to be overwhelmed by New Mexico’s light, as artists from around the world have been for centuries. Many
DAY 5 Tour historic Santa Fe and important Native American sites. B,L DAY 6 Explore Santa Fe and environs on your own. B,L ABIQUIU/OJO CALIENTE WHEELER WILDERNESS/ TAOS
Days 7-8 O’Keeffe Meets Kit Carson DAY 7 Tour O’Keeffe’s Abiquiu. Soak at Ojo Caliente. Hike or horseback ride through Wheeler Wilderness. Visit art-centric Taos. B,L,D
opportunity to see New Mexico as few visitors have.
DAY 8 Raft the Rio Grande or take a hot air balloon ride. Explore countryside via horseback or llama trek. B,L,D
Discover New Mexico’s unique blend of native cultures, sprawling
VALLE VIDAL/VERMEJO PARK RANCH HOME
of these experiences are not available to the general public, so we urge you to take this
wilderness areas, amazing wildlife and incredible adventureS.
DAYS 9-12 Into the Wild DAY 9 Explore Valle Vidal wilderness. Cross Sangre de Cristo Mountains en route to Vermejo Park Ranch. B,L,D DAYS 10-11 Learn conservation strategies from the experts. Take a horseback safari. Fish on your own or enjoy an optional 2-day fishing clinic. B,L,D DAY 12 After breakfast, head south to Albuquerque or north to Denver for your departure flight home. B
Elk in the fog, Valles Grande
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Game walk, Safari style on the Ladder Ranch
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GILA WILDERNESS/ LADDER RANCH Howl with the Wolves DAY 1 Land in Albuquerque. Stay overnight in town or drive to Gila Wilderness. D
DAYS 2-3 Explore the famed Gila Wilderness and the vast New Mexico Ladder Ranch. B,L,D
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epending upon your arrival time in Albuquerque, you are either driven directly to Gila or you spend your first night at the charming Los Poblanos Historic Inn, designed by John Gaw Meem and incorporating the carvings of New Mexico’s beloved Gustav Baumann.
New Mexico Jeep Tours, known for their experienced, well-informed guides, provides you your first in-depth experience of this amazing state. You travel in comfortable, open jeeps, allowing for maximum visibility of New Mexico’s stunning landscape. Meandering south towards Ladder Ranch, you pass through some of the most pristine wilderness in America. Three days and nights are spent exploring this extraordinary area via guided walks, hikes, and horseback. Home to New Mexico’s most diverse wildlife, it
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is here that you encounter New Mexico’s Big Five – Bison, Elk, Black Bear, Mountain Lion and NEW MEXICO
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Mexican Gray Wolf–as well as the endangered or threatened Chiricahua Leopard Frog, Black Tailed Prairie Dog, Bolson Tortoise, Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout, and Dung Beetle, known as the Little Five. While in the area you visit the famed Gila Wilderness, America’s oldest designated wilderness, and at 3.3 million acres the 6th largest
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Lone Bison bull, Ladder Ranch
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Soul of the Southwest national forest in the continental United States. It is also one of the most pristine, rugged and diverse areas our nation has to offer, with elevations ranging from 5,000 to over 10,000 feet. Thousands of years in the making, the Gila River’s immense watershed system has created dramatic, alien-looking valleys, mesas, and canyons which are home to an extraordinary array of wildlife. Eagle, Hawk, Heron, Antelope, Lynx, Cougar and Bighorn Sheep are just a few of the species you’re likely to run across. Take note and prepare to be
A storm is brewing in the Black Range of the Gila Wilderness
can soak in several rock-lined pools along
dition is an overnight drop-camp trip into
the Gila River or hike 8 miles to Jordan
the Gila Wilderness with a local Warm
Hot Springs, considered one of the most
Springs Apache Indian guide whose
beautiful spots in the area.
interpretation of the environment, plant
Next, you spend time exploring the vast New Mexico Ladder Ranch with ranch manager Steve Dobrott. Steve takes you on a breathtaking journey across this magnificent terrain, deciphering the area’s teeming wildlife and stunning variety of ecosystems. He shares his fasJoe Saenz, Chiricauwa Apache guide
impressed: this area represents a natural, balanced ecosystem at its very best. Within the wilderness, and not to be missed, are the Gila Cliff Dwellings, well-
cinating journey from cattle rancher to conservationist, as well as his efforts to protect New Mexico’s land and wildlife– most notably the once almost-extinct
and animal identification methods, and seasonal foraging techniques will make you feel as though you’ve traveled back in time. This journey through “Dzil” (the mountains of the Gila region) offers an unparalleled opportunity to learn about the lives and philosophies of the first true inhabitants of the area–the Apache people. Accommodations are very comfortable, stylish, and reminiscent of the wild west.
Mexican Gray Wolf.
preserved ruins constructed circa 1280
Take early morning and/or late afternoon
A.D. by the Mogollon culture. After a visit
game drives, as well as exploratory hikes
to this amazing site you take a short hike
to view ancient petroglyphs and visit
to Lightfeather Hot Springs, where you
Indian ruins. A real highlight of the expe-
Mexican gray wolves on the Rebound On March 29, 1998, 11 captive-reared Mexican Gray Wolves began an historic journey of recovery. Missing from New Mexico for more than 30 years as a result of private, state and federal extermination campaigns dating back to the early 1900s, these wolves were released into the wild to once again claim their rightful place in the our landscape. Thanks to the ambitious efforts of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the howl of the wolf can once again be heard in the mountains of New Mexico. The endangered Mexican Grey wolf
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kasha-katuwe santa fe / bandelier valles caldera san ildefonso cultural explorations DAY 4 Leave Gila for Santa Fe.
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Zuni Pueblo ceremonial dancer
fter an early breakfast you journey from the Gila Wilderness north to Santa Fe, passing through dramatic high desert, Indian reservations, and old mining towns. Along the way, you spend time at Los Poblanos Historic Inn. A significant percentage of
this historic property was originally inhabited by the Anasazi Indians. In the morning you
Stop at Kasha-Katuwe en route. Arrive Santa Fe early evening. B,L
have time to explore, hike, or mountain bike along the Paseo del Bosque Trail, a 16-mile
DAY 5 Tour historic Santa Fe and
under the shade of ancient cottonwoods and willows.
important Native American sites. B,L
DAY 6 Explore Santa Fe and environs on your own. B,L
Continue this afternoon towards Santa Fe,
As you visit the state’s
stopping at the spectacular Kasha-Katuwe
important Native American
Tent Rocks National Monument. These com-
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pathway paralleling the Rio Grande River. Lunch is a fresh-from-the-fields al fresco picnic
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plex, cone-shaped formations, a product of
sites, it becomes clear
volcanic eruptions that occurred 6 to 7 million
that the incredibly rich,
years ago, range in size from a few feet to 90
multi-faced traditions
feet high and have been scrutinized by visitors for centuries. Arrive in Santa Fe in time to
of the Anasazi, Apache,
witness one of our spectacular New Mexico
Comanche, Navajo, Ute,
sunsets. Dinner is at a quintessential Santa
and Zuni tribes continue
Fean restaurant. This morning, begin your exploration of 400year old Santa Fe. The second largest art market in the country, the city also boasts a
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to influence and inspire the lives of New Mexicans even today.
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Soul of the Southwest complex history and diverse cultural heritage. Led by an experienced guide you spend the day exploring downtown, the central Plaza, the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, and world-renowned Canyon Road. After lunch in a New Mexican restaurant, wander on your own, but don’t miss the opportunity to shop for Native American jewelry and crafts at the Governor’s Palace portale. Today is spent visiting some of New Mexico’s most important Native American sites. Your first stop is Bandelier National Monument, named after anthropologist Adolph Bandelier. This wilderness area contains some of the most dramatic landscape and extraordinary ruins in the southwest. Steep, narrow canyons teeming with wildlife, and mountains rising to 10,000 feet keep company with the stunning Rio Grande river valley.
Bandelier Cliff Dwelling
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through the breathtaking Valles Caldera,
of solitude. Elk, which regularly dot the vast
one of New Mexico’s most spectacular
grasslands inside the caldera, can reach
wilderness areas. This 89,000 acre preserve,
2,500-3,500 in number during the summer
nestled inside a collapsed crater, is studded
months, and Prairie Dog towns, Coyote
A sumptuous al fresco lunch, served amidst an Aspen grove, allows you time to relax
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on the hunt, even a pair of Golden Eagles
foot Redondo Peak. Limited numbers of
that has made Jaramillo Creek its sum-
and enjoy the surrounding landscape.
visitors ensure maximum wildlife viewing
mer home, are often seen by visitors. And
Next, you are treated to a guided hike
opportunities and an extraordinary sense
nearly 60 species of birds including Wild Turkey, as well as Black Bear, Bobcat, and
an historical contribution to New Mexico Adolph Bandelier’s (1840-1914) unique methodology in his study of the Pueblo Indians of the southwest revolutionized the field of anthropology. Believing that simply living among pueblo members was not sufficient to the understanding of their culture, he began examining Pueblo artifacts and ruins, and even traveled ancestral migration routes from northern Mexico in order to immerse himself fully in their lives and lifestyles. This ground breaking methodology became known as “participant observation.”
even the reclusive Mountain Lion have been chanced upon by hikers, fishermen, and guided tours. On route back to Santa Fe you stop at San Ildefonso Pueblo, home of the worldrenowned black-on-black pottery developed by Maria Martinez and her husband Julian. Today, the pueblo is a flourishing art community, having survived internal conflicts and encroachment by squatters earlier this century. Today you are on your own to explore at your leisure, but we will be available to assist you with whatever you may need. We suggest a morning hike in the gorgeous Sangre de Cristo Mountains and an afternoon at Ten Thousand Waves Japanese Spa and Resort where you can enjoy spa treatments or a soak in the thermal hot springs. Tonight you’re invited to cocktails with our company founders after which you will enjoy an incredible meal in one of Santa Fe’s finest restaurants. Accommodations in Santa Fe are luxury inns or boutique hotels.
Sunrise on the Vales san Antonio
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The cliffs of Abiquiu, in Georgi O’Keefe country
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abiquiu ojo caliente wheeler wilderness taos o’keeffe meets kit carson
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fter a hearty New Mexican breakfast, you travel northeast to Abiquiu, home to one of the most important American painters of the 20th century. It is here, in this magnificent place, that Georgia O’Keeffe perfected her artistic voice, inspired
by New Mexico’s dramatic color palate, densely textural landscape and the ephemeral light of the high desert. A tour of her home in Abiquiu Village and her Ghost Ranch studio will provide insight into the vision and process of this important artist, whose life and persona have taken on mythical proportions since her death in 1986 at the age of 98. We head northeast to Taos, stopping on the way at the secluded Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs Resort and Spa. Deemed sacred by indigenous Native Americans, these
DAY 7 Tour O’Keeffe’s Abiquiu.
legendary waters have been a source of healing for centuries. Enjoy a therapeutic soak,
Soak at Ojo Caliente. Hike or horseback ride through Wheeler Wilderness. Visit art-centric Taos. B,L,D
followed by a healthy, flavorful lunch.
DAY 8 Raft the Rio Grande or take a hot air balloon ride. Explore countryside via horseback or llama trek. B,L,D
You spend the next two nights at the beautiful Bavarian Chalets, perched high above
Welcome to
Taos Ski Valley on picturesque Kachina
o’keeffe country
Peak in the Wheeler Wilderness Area. This is a wonderful opportunity to immerse yourself in the wilds of New Mexico. In the winter months, you can spend the day skiing
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(downhill or cross country) or snowshoeing, NEW MEXICO
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while the warmer months offer horseback riding, biking, and unlimited hiking oppor-
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During your stay, you visit historic Taos, the first significant artists’ colony in the American West thanks to the establishment of the Taos Artists’ Colony, a ground breaking association of European trained painters lured to the
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Following the death of her husband, Alfred Stieglitz, who supported her both emotionally and professionally until his death in 1946, O’Keefe moved to her beloved Abiquiu, New Mexico, where she had spent many summers capturing the stunning vistas of the high desert and painting the sensuous flowers for which she is best known. Due to her unique ability to capture the essence of the northern New Mexico desert, the area became deservedly known as “O’Keefe Country.”
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Soul of the Southwest area by northern New Mexico’s stunning landscape and dramatic light. Also drawn to Taos was a prominent heiress and salon owner named Mabel Dodge Luhan who, for decades, hosted an impressive array of artists and luminaries including Ansel Adams, Georgia O’Keeffe, Alfred Stieglitz,
Exploring the Rio Grande Gorge by air
and D. H. Lawrence. Many stayed, shaping Taos into the important, flourishing art-
Spring llama trekking in the Taos backcountry Photo © Stuart Wilde
ists’ community that it is today. Taos is also home to the world-famous Taos Pueblo, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site
A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Taos Pueblo —most likely
in 1992 by the United Nations World Heri-
constructed around 1000 years ago— is considered the oldest,
tage Foundation. Most likely constructed around 1000 years ago, the Pueblo is con-
continuously inhabited community in the United States. sidered the oldest, continuously inhabited community in the country. The Pueblo’s outstanding contemporary native artists create stunning handcrafted goods using methods passed down through generations of family artisans. Later, you are guided through Kit Carson’s epic adventures as a survey scout, rancher, trapper, Army General, and Indian Agent, and thanks to the preservation of Carson’s eighteenth-century farmhouse, allowed a glimpse into the lifestyle of the era. Today there is a rafting excursion on the Rio Grande, the second longest river system in the country, during which you raft the Taos Box section, a dramatic canyon framed by black basalt cliffs, with just enough rapids to keep your heart really pumping. Or choose a thrilling hot air balloon ride. Afterwards, travel through the countryside via horseback, led by an authentic southwest cowboy, or llama trek with one of our favorite Taos guides.
Hiking in the footsteps of the Jicarila Apache
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valle vidal vermejo park ranch home into the wild
Clearing fog, Valles Grande
DAY 9 Explore Valle Vidal wilderness. Cross Sangre de Cristo Mountains en route to Vermejo Park Ranch. B,L,D DAYS 10-11 Learn conservation strategies from the experts. Take a horseback safari. Fish on your own or enjoy an optional 2-day fishing clinic. B,L,D
DAY 12 After breakfast, head south to Albuquerque or north to Denver for your departure flight home. B
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fter an early breakfast in Taos you journey northeast into the breathtaking Valle Vidal wilderness area, known to Native Americans as “The Valley of Life.” Managed by the 1.5 million acres Carson National Forest as a multiple-use area, this unit is a
favorite destination of outdoor enthusiasts in search of abundant wildlife viewing opportunities, as well as outstanding scenic and recreational experiences. This lush mountain basin, located in the heart of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and straddling some of the highest peaks in the range, is a veritable paradise hosting abundant populations of Mule Deer, Black Bear, Mountain Lion, Bald Eagle, and native Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout. In addition, vast alpine meadows provide critical habitat for the largest herd of Elk in New Mexico. One of the best-known public lands in New Mexico, the Valle Vidal been the topic of strenuous debate since 1982 due to the lack of a clear management plan for accessing underground natural-gas
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deposits. A passionate grassroots campaign
A horseback safari through
resulted in the passage of a law, in 2006, pro-
vast herds of Bison and
hibiting mining and drilling throughout the unit. You spend time with a leading conser-
Elk as they graze against
vationist who addresses ongoing efforts to
the backdrop of the rugged
protect the area from any possibility of future
Sangre de Cristo Mountains
coal bed methane development. Later in the day you cross the Sangre de
is, without a doubt, one of the
Cristo Mountains en route to Vermejo Park
most spectacular nature
Ranch, the largest privately owned ranch
experiences you’ll ever have.
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Soul of the Southwest in the United States at 588,000 acres. With elevations ranging from 6,400 to 12,960 feet, and including six biogeographic zones, this is one of the most diverse nature travel destinations in North America. Dedicated to the restoration of the delicate ecosystems within its borders, the ranch manager and conservationists have worked tirelessly to reintroduce the impressive species that once made this their home, among them Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep, Black-footed Ferret, and Mexican Gray Wolf. The ranch manager fills you in on the ranch’s impressive con-
The Mountain lion enjoy healthy populations in New Mexico, while many species, like the Cooper’s Hawk are on the threatened list.
servation success story and a Vermejo conservationist leads a hike through this extraordinary wilderness. You may also take a horseback safari with the ranch outfitter, cutting a swathe through vast herds of Bison and Elk as they graze
The Valles Vidal wilderness area, located in the heart of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, is a veritable paradise hosting abundant populations of Mule Deer, Black Bear, Mountain Lion, Bald Eagle, and native Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout. against the backdrop of the rugged Sangre de Cristo Mountains. This is, without a doubt, one of the most spectacular nature experiences you will ever have. The ranch is a birder’s paradise with over 150 species identified, including Golden and Bald Eagle, numerous Raptor species, White-Tailed Ptarmigan, Western Tanager, and the largest bird on the ranch, Merriam’s Turkey. It is also home to 8,000 Elk, almost 2,000 Mule Deer, and around 1500 Bison. Black Bear commonly hang out near the lakes, and Mountain Lion is very often seen. You can choose to take advantage of one and two day fishing clinics with a superb Vermejo fishing guide. Or you can spend a few lazy hours fishing on your own in lakes that have
Mountain bikers out for an early jaunt
been restocked with Rainbow, Brook, and Brown Trout, or in the more than 30
The Invaluable Restoration of a 588,000 Acre Ranch Of primary importance at Vermejo Park Ranch is the restoration of its diverse ecosystems, as well as the re-introduction of species that once called this wilderness area home. Prairie dogs can now be seen for the first time in 50 years, Bison roam in significant numbers after an absence of over 100 years, and the expansion of stream habitat necessary for the protection of the Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout is now underway. Additionally, the restoration of healthy, sustainable Ponderosa Pine forest is one of the ranch’s top priorities.
miles of streams that traverse the ranch. Your accommodations are comfortable and remote, and gourmet picnic lunches and candlelit bush dinners are provided. We even cook up any fresh caught trout! After a delicious breakfast, head south to Albuquerque or north to Denver for your departure flight home.
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