Some Great Ways To Have Cowboy Style Fun With Las Vegas Horseback Tours

There is a whole different side to Las Vegas when you are a fan of the Old Wild West. It's not casinos and swank nightclubs that you are there to see. No, it's something completely different. What you are there for is a the opportunity to relive the old cowboy experience on one of it's historic trails, or at one of it's desert ranches. Las Vegas horseback tours are the perfect opportunity to saddle-up and let your Wild West fantasy come true.

One local ranch that seek to provide visitors with that genuine cowboy experience, is the Bonnie Springs Ranch. Situated about a half-hour's drive from the city, it offers a number of riding-tours along trails located inside the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. The rides take place several times a day, in order to suit a variety of tastes and schedules. Most include a cowboy-style meal either before or after the ride. There is even an authentically recreated replica of an 1880's mining town that provides some light entertainment to go along with the ride.

The earliest ride in the day is the breakfast ride. It lasts about one and a half hours, and takes you into the desert just as it is waking and coming to life. After the ride, it's back to the ranch for a big breakfast. People who prefer to sleep in a bit can have the breakfast first, and take a later ride.

At mid-day the colors in the desert are at their peak, and you will get the chance to see for yourself the rich redness of the mountains that gave Red Rock Canyon its name. There's a big western lunch waiting for you when you get back from your ride.

Mid-afternoon rides in Red Rock Canyon allow you to experience the landscape's natural beauty and the colorful evening sky. After the riding is done for the day, there is dinner back at the ranch.

You can wind down your day on the trail by having a little fun watching a simulated gunfight and hanging at Old Nevada, by visiting its wax museum, or by doing some souvenir shopping. There is even a melodrama that is enacted at the Saloon. For the kids, there is a petting zoo, and on weekends and holidays, a posse show that gets them involved in hunting down a villain.

Another great riding-ranch for people hoping to experience a taste of cowboy-life is the Sandy Valley Ranch. Located about forty-five minutes away from the city, it offers a full-day ranch experience that visitors will love. It starts off with a morning ride in the Mojave Desert. After a light lunch the fun really begins, with a desert cattle-drive that is followed by cowboy games. Then it's off once again, for a sunset ride. As your day ends, you can expect to enjoy a western-style barbecue dinner. But before you do, there is still work to do; you will be asked to lend a hand penning the cattle.

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.

If you have a hankering for the Old Wild West, you don't have to go far to find it. Let Las Vegas horseback tours bring out the cowboy in you.

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