Family-friendly resorts and guest ranches in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Nevada.
Low-key authentic "ranch resort" in Wickenburg Arizona has 60 years of history, kids' program, golf, spa, and of course, horses; guests can ride twice a day. Great chance to learn about Sonoran desert ecology while having fun.
Only fifteen minutes from the Phoenix airport, this resort has its own private 6-acre waterpark. Great golf and adjacent hiking, too.
This landmark and upscale Phoenix resort has kids programs, family activities, playground, waterslide.
Don't let the name fool you: this resort near Phoenix Arizona is an upscale joint. But a family-friendly one, with dive-in movies, adobe-style casitas, waterslide, Camp Pow-wow for kids, and fun side trips to the Grand Canyon or skyward in a hot-air balloon.
All the horseback riding you want, at this ranch in the Sonoran desert founded in 1868: 640 acres in the foothills of the Rincon mountains east of Tucson.
Familytravel.com reviews five fine places and what they offer families, including the Four Seasons Resort-Scottsdale, Enchantment Resort in beautiful Sedona, the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess, and The Phoenician, with nine swimming pools.
Lake Mead Houseboat Rentals - photos. (Accompanies guest article.)
On 500 acres of the Santa Ana Pueblo's reservation, the Hyatt Tamaya is near Albuquerque and Santa Fe. The Resort has three pools, Camp Hyatt, stables, and many family activities based on Native American culture - pueblo bread-baking, pottery, story-telling...
Hyatt Regency Tamaya - photos
4000 acres, AAA 4-Diamond... the numbers looks good, and this resort has kids' club, Junior and Teen nights, Family Movie nights and other family activities.
