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Scottsdale & Phoenix Guided Desert UTV Tour

5.095 reviews

  • 2 hours
  • Free cancellation up to 24h before
  • Guided in English
  • Mobile ticket

Highlights

This fun and adventurous tour offers a unique way to explore the Sonoran Desert. The UTV is perfect for a family to hit the sandy trails. See Saguaro, barrel and prickly pear cactus as well as dozens of other plant life. You may even spot a bald eagle or a mule deer! This is a great way to see the beautiful Sonoran Desert while having the adventure of a lifetime!

Inclusions

What's included

  • Free Photography
  • Bottled water
  • Full face helmet and goggles
  • Off Road vehicle
  • Snacks
  • Tour Guide

What's not

  • Hotel Pickup and Drop off (if option not selected)
  • Gratuities

Itinerary

  1. You will meet us in the parking area at the trail head, once there you will check in, get kitted with your helmet and goggles, and go over a quick safety briefing so that you feel good about how to operate your vehicle. Once everyone is ready to go you will follow your guide into the off road trails in the Tonto National Forest area where you will ride for 2 hours covering about 20 miles of trail. Your guide will reorder the group after the first 10 minutes to be sure everyone can ride at their own pace, the vehicles can reach speeds of 40 mph, but not everyone likes to go that fast! You will traverse sandy washes and blow up the dust while viewing the beautiful Sonoran Desert scenery. Your guide will periodically stop you to give pointers on the upcoming terrain, make sure you are drinking water, and take photos of everyone in action. After the tour you will return to the starting point where your car will be waiting for you.

    2 hAdmission included

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

Reviews

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Ratings come from 95 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.

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  • 5Sunset UTV

    Mitch was great with explaining everything and showing us great sights. Would definitely do this again. Highly recommend!!

    patrW8337KGvia Tripadvisor

  • 5Highly Recommend!

    Stellar does an incredible job. They did a great job communicating directions & expectations and making it a stress free fun experience. We had a four person UTV on a 2 hour tour. We were lucky and there was only another UTV with us. My husband and I are in our 50s and we went with our 21 & 24 year old sons in a four person Kawasaki UTV. The UTV was in great shape, was responsive and fun with very comfortable well padded seats. All necessary equipment is provided including gators, googles, & helmets. Devo was a great guide a lot of fun and knowledgable. He stopped to give us instructions of how to take different trails, took pictures (free to download later) and provided us with water throughout the tour and stops to change drivers. We had opportunities to "open it up" and drive to capabilities. We went through a slot canyon, saw a lake, twisted through sandy turns and hard and loose rocks, and went up and down and straight of way at speeds from 0-40+ mph. Use common sense, and it's so much fun. The scenery is amazing. It's pricey. You'll get dusty and dirty, but it's worth it all and an experience we'll never forget. We all loved it! Thanks Devo! You're awesome!

    GreatLakesSunshinevia Tripadvisor

  • 5Exciting scenic tour

    Devo was an excellent guide He kept the tour exciting, but with safety as the top priority. Equipment was great too. Would encourage everyone to take this tour!

    John Hvia Tripadvisor

  • 5The Highlight of Our Trip!

    We had such a great time on our UTV tour! Our guides Devo and Clover were amazing. They made sure we were safe and comfortable, but always having a great time. The scenery was beautiful and we have great pictures to remember it by!

    dinadE8933GUvia Tripadvisor

  • 5Family fun

    We had so much fun! Everyone in the family enjoyed! The guide was great. The scenery is of course beautiful and we learned a bunch too!

    R4813EGdaniellemvia Tripadvisor

  • 5NCAA tournament fun

    We were in town for the NCAA final 4 and needed something to do between rounds. We decided to get ahold of Stellar Adventures and they did not disappoint. Our guide Devo was amazing and the whole team was awesome to be around. Our group consisted of experienced and not experienced riders. Everyone in our group had a blast on the tour. All the machines we road were brand new. We could not have asked for a better experience! Thank You Stellar team!

    darrenj587via Tripadvisor

Know before you go

Meeting point
You will be contacted after booking with directions to meeting location.
Pickup
Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
Ticket type
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group size
Up to 80 travellers
Operated by
Stellar Adventures
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • A minimum of 4 people per booking is required
  • 15% gratuity is due for groups of 8+ people

How it compares in Scottsdale

  • Its from-price is 100% above the median of the 170 experiences we list in Scottsdale.
  • It is shorter than most of them.
  • By number of reviews it ranks 29 of 170.
  • The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Scottsdale

Scottsdale is a desert city next to Phoenix, in Arizona's Sonoran Desert, with a Western-style old town, art galleries, resorts and mountain trails.

Scottsdale lies east of Phoenix in Arizona, among the saguaro cacti and rocky hills of the Sonoran Desert. Old Town is a district of Western-themed shops, galleries and restaurants, and the city calls itself the West's Most Western Town. Taliesin West, Frank Lloyd Wright's winter home and desert school, is part of a World Heritage listing for his work.

Top-ranked sights in Scottsdale: Old Town Scottsdale, Pinnacle Peak Park.

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