The Southern Tour – Adventures In Arizona

Southern Tour Overview

Our Southern Tour starts in Phoenix and runs from Saturday to Saturday inclusive. We will pick you up and drop you off at the airport. Take in the most breathtaking scenery Arizona has to offer. The Tour price includes eight night’s accommodation, rental of a Harley-Davidson and all entrance, excursion and activity fees throughout the tour, all you have to pay for extra are your flights to and from Phoenix, fuel, food and drinks. Two people can eat well for forty dollars, and with a tank of (gas) costing around ten (bucks), each day’s expenses are very low. Here is just a taste of what is included in the trip:

Vist the Pima Air & Space Museum
Entrance to the Desert Museum
Entrance to the Titan Missile Base
Copper Mine tour in Bisbee
Entrance to the Caverns in Benson
Visit the gun range in Phoenix

Southern Tour Itinerary

Day 1: Saturday

The morning is free to do as you please. We will be picked up at approximately 12.00pm to go and collect our bikes. You will have plenty of time to have a look around the dealership and familiarise yourselves with the bike, and sort out the paperwork, etc. We will then ride back to our base hotel on relatively clear, wide roads to get comfortable with your bike.

Day 2: Sunday

We will meet in the foyer, after breakfast, for an 8:00am start and ride South towards TUCSON. On the way, we will stop at the town of FLORENCE then travel onto TUCSON and the very interesting PIMA AIR & SPACE MUSEUM. We will then make our way to the hotel in Tucson for the evening. 160 Miles.

Day 3: Monday

After breakfast we head West and will visit the DESERT MUSEUM before heading South to the TITAN MISSILE MUSEUM, ending up in NOGALES, on the Mexican border, for the night. 100 Miles.

Day 4: Tuesday

In the morning we will be heading East, experiencing some fantastic scenery, on our way to BISBEE for a tour of the COPPER MINE and then on to our hotel in DOUGLAS for the evening. 130 Miles.

Day 5: Wednesday

In the morning we will take a 50 mile ride into the centre of TOMBSTONE to enjoy the Wild West atmosphere of this most famous place. You can take an optional wagon ride around the town and also walk the Boardwalks. After lunch we head North to see the amazing KARTCHNER CAVERNS, before arriving in BENSON for the night. 90 Miles.

Day 6: Thursday

We will be leaving BENSON this morning and heading East towards WILCOX, then turning North, stopping at STAFFORD for coffee and refuelling at the mining town of CLIFTON with lunch at MORENCI then we travel along the amazing twists and turns of the 191 (The Devil's Highway), one of the most highty rated rides in the whole of the USA, through the APACHE NATIONAL FOREST, stopping at the amazing view point at BLUE VISTA before coffee at ALPINE then onto our Hotel at SPRINGERVILLE for the evening. 200 Miles.

Day 7: Friday

We will meet after breakfast for an 8:00am early start heading through SHOW LOW, then we will ride 'in' and'out' of SALT RIVER CANYON onto the GLOBE. Then we will make our way back to Phoenix via LAKE ROOSEVELT AND JAKE'S CORNER ending up at our base hotel. 276 Miles.

Day 8: Saturday

Today is the day you try your hand at the SCOTTSDALE GUN RANGE - another opportunity to try something completely different! After the Gun Range you will be ready for something to eat, before we head back to drop our bikes off and return to our Hotel. 20 Miles.

The evening is free to do as you please, spent either doing your own thing, or enjoying a good meal and great company with the your fellow riders. The choice is yours...