Sonoran Desert: Wild Foods and Skills

Embark on a morning adventure in the Sonoran Desert, sampling wild edibles, learning traditional Apache skills, and creating useful items from the desert. Customize your ideal adventure today!

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • 5700 N Sabino Canyon Rd - Sample delicious wild foods, and learn traditional desert survival skills during this exciting evening hike into the Sonoran Desert!

I’ll share traditional native survival skills with you, such as how to find water, make a fire by friction, as well as showing you wild foods and useful items made from the plants around us.

This a fantastic introduction into the splendor of the Sonoran Desert! You’ll come home with great memories of this special wilderness.

What's Included
  • Activity Guide
Additional Information

Have a whole bunch of fun, and come home with awesome memories on this evening venture into the Sonoran Desert!

Enjoy sampling delicious wild edibles, learn about our unique desert animals, and even learn some traditional survival skills- like making fire using a friction set!

Want to customize your adventure? No problem! Contact me and we’ll create your ideal adventure!

Location
5700 N Sabino Canyon Rd
North Sabino Canyon Road
We will meet at the Sabino Canyon Recreation Area (5700 N. Sabino Canyon Road, located at the intersection of Sunrise Drive and Sabino Canyon roads. At the Visitors Center are public restrooms. I'll meet you at the two picnic tables located east of the restrooms.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Bww649
Aug 10, 2024
Love Tucson - Been to tucson multiple times- favorite trip I may go again in October Visited the Desert Museum for the 8th time , a couple of new restaurants (for me). So much to see - mt lemon, San Javier mission Best time ( to me ) is march and October- much cooler, but still warm to me ( east coast/phila area. Native)
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Tom_m
Mar 21, 2024
Nice experience for... - Nice experience for myself and 8 year old granddaughter. Jon was enthusiastic and communicated in a manner that was suitable for both of us.
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Escape00094066029
Mar 19, 2024
Desert foods - Very knowledgeable instructor that taught us edible foods in the desert, allowed us to taste some, learning medicinal plants, and learning rope making from a Yucca plant.
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Devere_b
Mar 19, 2024
Dessert foods - Learning about various plants that are edible in the desert, tasting them, as well as those plants that are medicinal. We also learned rope making from a Yucca plant.
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Janette_s
Feb 13, 2024
Amazing experience - Wow, Jon is an amazing guide and instructor. We all learned so much from him and had a really wonderful experience. I highly recommend this trip for anyone who visits Tucson.
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Tony_m
Feb 11, 2024
Great desert tour with Jon! - Highly recommend Jon’s desert tour! Very knowledgeable. Answered all of our questions about the desert.
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Dyllanb2024
Jan 30, 2024
Everything we could have asked for and more - Jon was very informative and a great conversation! It was very interesting hearing all the different foods that are all around when no one would thing the desert had anything. I recommend this for anyone any age as it is very useful and mind blowing!
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L5041qdangelicad
Jan 24, 2024
So much fun and learned a lot! Great for everyone! - What a great tour! When I initially proposed it to my girlfriend and her stepdad they were both skeptical but willing to go because I wanted to. Both of them are city people that don't have much interest in this kind of thing and let me tell you, THEY LOVED IT. We all had so much fun and learned so much. Jon is so knowledgable and funny, there was not a boring moment (which was something that I was worried about for a nature tour). I will say that I did expect to make more things because of what is listed in the description. We didn't make container boxes or the cactus cup in the picture. It could relate to the time of year and what is available.
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Max_h
Jan 13, 2024
Highly Recommend - High recommend! Jon is a fantastic tour guide and is very nice. Learned a lot about the biodiversity in the desert, different foods, and how to start a fire.
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Margaret_b
Jan 10, 2024
Memorable and intriguing experience in an outdoor classroom , the Sonoran desert. - John was a remarkable guide—teacher. His knowledge of the Sonoran desert ecosystem was amazing! His method of teaching is quiet and effective. He had so much to show us, and gave us a read grounding in desert botany and how it would save us should we ever get lost on a desert hike.
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