Money Saving Sedona Vacation Packages

Sleep and Ride Specials

If you are not staying with us, you can find a place from our favorites listed below.  They are each very different, so you are sure to find what’s perfect for you, but they all offer special savings when you stay with them and ride with us.  Click on each hotel’s link to learn how they will help you save money when you visit the M Diamond Ranch!

• Best Western Inn of Sedona
• Sky Ranch Lodge

Saddle and Paddle

For the following packages we have partnered with  Sedona Adventure Tours to offer spectacular and unique ranch visits and recreational trips on the Verde River for a full day of eco-friendly outdoor fun. These packages give you discounted rates for both the Ranch and the River, and taking advantage of them is as simple as 1, 2, and 3!

1.  Call the M Diamond Ranch at 928-300-6466 and let us know which package you would like to incorporate into your Sedona vacation.

2.  We will take your information and get you scheduled for your horseback ride and optional Cowboy Cookout.   Your credit card will be charged for our part of the tour price when you arrive.

3. M Diamond Ranch will then give you the phone number for Sedona Adventure Tours and you simply let them know which package you choose and they will set up your tour time with them and charge you for their part of the package price.

If you would like to learn more about the boating aspects of these packages please visit Sedona Adventure Tours at their website .

With this package you will enjoy horseback riding at the M Diamond Ranch and kayaking on the Verde River with Sedona Adventure Tours and you can add a breakfast or dinner cookout to the package to complete your experience in style. You can come to the ranch in the morning and go kayaking in the afternoon, or vice versa. Times vary with the season. Please call us at 928.300.6466 for details and reservations.

• One hour horseback ride plus kayaking on the Verde River: $145.00+tax
• One hour horseback ride with a breakfast cookout plus kayaking on the Verde River: $158.00+tax
• One hour horseback ride with an evening cookout plus kayaking on the Verde River: $183.00+tax

With this package you will enjoy a morning horseback ride at the M Diamond Ranch and wine tasting at the Alcanterra Vineyards hosted by Sedona Adventure Tours. You can add a breakfast cookout to the package. Come to the ranch in the morning and go wine tasting in the afternoon. It will be a delightful day! Times vary with the season. Please call us at 928.300.6466 for details and reservations.

• One hour horseback ride plus scenic wine tasting tour: $158.00+tax
• One hour horseback ride with a breakfast cookout plus scenic wine tasting tour: $171.00+tax

Saddle, Paddle and Swirl

This package combines horseback riding at the M Diamond Ranch with kayaking on the Verde River by Sedona Adventure Tours and wine tasting at Alcanterra Vineyards. Spend your morning at the ranch and return to your lodging where Sedona Adventure Tours will pick you up for their very popular Water to Wine Tour in the afternoon, or do it in reverse…take the Water to Wine Tour in the morning and join us at the M Diamond Ranch in the afternoon. Times vary with the season. Please call us at 928.300.6466 for details and reservations.

• One hour horseback ride plus Water to Wine Tour: $187.00+tax
• One hour horseback ride and breakfast cookout, plus Water to Wine Tour: $200.00+tax
• One hour horseback ride and evening cookout, plus Water to Wine Tour: $225.00+tax

Saddle and Tube (May – September only)

With this package you will enjoy horseback riding at the M Diamond Ranch and tubing on the Verde River with Sedona Adventure Tours and you can add a breakfast cookout to the package. Come to the ranch in the morning and go tubing in the afternoon. It will be a delightful day! Please call us at 928.300.6466 for details and reservations.

• One hour horseback ride plus tubing on the Verde River: $88.00+tax
• One hour horseback ride with a breakfast cookout plus tubing on the Verde River: $101.00+tax

“An All Day Adventure –
Ranches and Ruins near the M Diamond Ranch”

You know that when you come to the M Diamond Ranch for horseback riding and breakfast or dinner, that we will pick you up and take you back to your Sedona hotel as part of the adventure, but there is so much wonder near us, that you may want to do some exploring on your own. Here is our guide to…

A Trip Back in Time on the Way to the M-Diamond Ranch

The M-Diamond Ranch is located approximately 6.5 miles southeast of the SR 179/I-17 interchange on Forest Service Road 618. Coming from Sedona, go under the I-17 overpass and you will be on FS 618. Or, when exiting I-17, turn east, away from Sedona. The M Diamond Ranch will be 6.5 miles on the left, marked with a sign. The last 4 miles are dirt, and you know the saying is : the Real West begins where the pavement ends!   The Forest Service has designated FS Road 618 as Desert Canyon Scenic Drive. The M Diamond Ranch and the road have been featured by Arizona Highways and AZ Central.  Those links are worth checking out!

So, for the auto-adventurous, here are some things to see and do along the way In nice weather, bring a box lunch, or picnic supplies, and picnic at the Beaver Creek Campground, about 2.5 miles from the interchange. Notice the old Beaver Creek Ranger Station nearby. James D. Bailey, a former Arizona Ranger, was the first Forest Service District Ranger there. He was a partner of Irvin Walker, who homesteaded the M-Diamond Ranch in 1908.

We highly recommend you stop at the V Bar V Heritage site on the right side of the road, just past the campground. It contains displays and information about the old V Bar V Ranch (our neighbor), and guided interpretive tours of world-class petroglyph rock art. Admission is free with a Red Rock Pass, or you can purchase the equivalent there. It is open Friday through Monday 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Plan on an hour to 1.5 hours for this stop.

At the 3.0 mile marker, you will see Sacred Mountain on your left. Drive onto the dirt byway to the fence line. You can take a free, self-guided tour of this ancient Sinaguan pit house and pueblo.

At about mile 4 marker you will see the beautiful red stone gate of Rancho Roca Roja, owned by the Ward family. They helped make Cowboy Artist George Phippen famous by putting his paintings of local western scenes on the old Brown and Bigelow calendars. We have a copy of one he did of Irvin Walker, original owner of the M-Diamond Ranch. Old timers tell us the Wards used to ride over to play poker with Irvin.

At about mile 5.5 is the entrance of the “new” V Bar V Ranch, our next-door neighbor. It is owned by the University of Arizona and operated as an agricultural research station.

And at just under 6.5 miles you will see the M-Diamond entry on your left. WELCOME adventurers!

Also in our area:

• National Monuments: Montezuma’s Castle and Montezuma’s Well
• Fort Verde, AZ State Park

Sedona – Verde Valley Archaeology

Many of the sites mentioned here are part of the Sinagua Circle and the Verde Valley Archaeology Center has developed a Sinagua Circle self-guided tour that is worth checking out. For guided archaeology tours we recommend The Center Focus.