Rancho de la Osa Guest Ranch

Overview

While meal times are focused around quality food and wine, daytime activities include horseback trail rides, guided hikes, nature walks, mountain biking, bird watching and a gentle exercise program for all abilities. Rancho De La Osa’s themed weekends include cowboy cookouts, half and full-day hikes, wine tasting dinners, cooking lessons, cattle round ups, dudeos and informal western dance instruction. And, to compliment your experience, the outdoor heated swimming pool, hot tub, peace garden, and massage service provide a holistic approach to your restoration and relaxation.

The hacienda, built between the 1830s and 1860s, today houses two dining rooms and four salons, with fireplaces for warmth and guest relaxation. The adobe walls of the hacienda are more than two feet thick, providing natural cooling protection from the summer heat and warmth from the late night winter chill.

Known as the "Old Adobe", the cantina is reputed to be the oldest building in the state of Arizona – it has been occupied since the early 1700s and was built as a mission outpost, in what was then New Spain, to provide traveling Jesuit priests with supplies. Used as a gathering place since the 1920s, the cantina has a huge fireplace which was once open on both sides - one side for a blacksmith shop, the other as a gathering place for guests. Today the cantina is used for guest socializing.

The territorial-style guest quarters, made from ancient clays of the ranch, are wonderfully serene, simply elegant and perfectly weathered. The 21 adobe guest rooms are uniquely and vibrantly furnished with Mexican antiques. All rooms are ground level with separate entrances and private bathrooms. Each has a porch that opens to mountain views and most rooms have a wood burning fireplace. All rooms are in close proximity to the pool, hot tub, corrals and dining areas.

As well as being a unique holiday destination for those interested in horse riding, hiking, nature, history and the great outdoors, Rancho De La Osa is also a perfect venue for family reunions, birthday celebrations, seminars, retreats, business conferences, team building getaways, weddings and themed workshop weekends. Because of its size and location, Rancho De La Osa can provide you with an intimate and secluded setting for your special event and can offer the ranch for exclusive use for these occasions. Furthermore, Rancho De La Osa will work with you to produce a tailor-made itinerary to fit your requirements to ensure that your special occasion is an event to remember.

With more than 300 days of sunshine a year and night-time stars that shine with unmatched clarity within a coal black sky, Rancho De La Osa is a special place that rejuvenates the spirit and invigorates the soul!

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Rancho de la Osa Guest Ranch

Travel & Industry Awards

1,000 Places to See in the USA and Canada Before You Die (2007)
The Great Country Inns of America Cookbook (2007)
National Geographic Arizona—Sonora Desert Region Geotourism Mapguide (2007)
Arizona Highways TV travel show (2007)
Forbestraveler.com - 10 Luxury Dude Ranches (2007)
Phoenix Magazine (2007)
Great Escapes of North America by Taschen (2006)
Mountain and High Desert Hideaways by Rizzoli (2005)
Dove (Italian magazine): "...il territorio celebrato dalla prosa di Cormac McCarthy."
Outside Traveler: "Scanning the dusty arroyos it's easy to imagine a time when outlaws crossed this parched landscape to the safety of Mexico, cyclists can borrow the lodge's mountain bikes to explore imagining they're being chased by a posse..."
Sunset Magazine: "This former Spanish haciendastill has a pleasing air of wildness about it, good hiking, horseback riding and bird-watching."
Travel Holiday: "City slicker? Give them (Rancho de la Osa) three days, and you'll be a lord of the ring."
Bon Appetit: "Plates are filled with a red chili Caesar salad, mesquite-grilled turkey with raspberry-chipotle chili sauce, lemon pinon rice, oven-roasted asparagus and homemade cranberry-jalapeno relish."
San Francisco Magazine: "The place is as vibrant and playful as Chagall in a good mood. Against the dusty red dirt, fence posts blaze purple; 17th century adobe buildings are offset by a wall of turquoise."
Persimmon Hill ( The Cowboy Hall of Fame): "...in the 1920s, Rancho de la Osa hosted such notables as Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, author Margaret Mitchell, and cowboy movie star Tom Mix. Photographs show a young Lyndon Baines Johnson."
Highroads: "...dine on a variety of delicious, exquisitely prepared items. Meals range from pork chili verde enchiladas to grilled swordfish with cranberry-orange chipotlerelish and a sinfully delicious, especially the chocolate decadence."
Hip Hotels USA: "First, in terms of location Rancho de la Osa is exactly where a ranch should be: in the high Sonoran Desert, just a mile from the Mexican border, a land of red earth and canyons once haunted by the likes of Geronimo and Cochise."
Arizona Highways: "The effect harkens to the more genteel, slower times of the 1920s and '30s. In fact, one of our primary impressions was the quiet; the lack of hustle and bustle, the plummet in our blood pressures, and our unwillingness to leave."
Objekt Interior, Architecture, Art & Design: "The peace is only disturbed by the sound of the ancient mission bell, ringing to announce the "cantina" is open or that dinner is served, very pleasant …"
The Desert Home: "Evenings beckon their guests to the old hacienda patio for a famous ranch margarita or a sampling from their world-class wine collection. Interiors are a sophisticated blend of hand-hewn artifacts and contemporary art collection."
Architectural Digest: "The couple's admirable historicism, while evident in everything from furnishings to architectural details is always subjugated to a single imperative: to make sure their guests relax."

Affiliations

Dude Ranchers’ Association
Arizona Dude Ranchers’ Association

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Reservation Policy

Unless otherwise quoted, a one-night room deposit is required to hold your reservation. This deposit is then applied to either the first or last night of your confirmed booking. Payment of your remaining balance is then due in full when you arrive and check-in at the ranch. Holiday deposits are quoted on a room by room basis and are based on the number of people in your party and the number of rooms booked.

Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 90 days in advance of your due date of arrival, a cancellation handling fee equal to 50% of your deposit will be incurred. If you cancel within 90 days of your due date of arrival your entire deposit will be forfeited. Holiday deposits are non refundable. If you cancel a holiday booking your entire deposit will be forfeited if the reservation is canceled at any time.