• Enjoy a bike ride through Arizona's spectacular desert scenery.arizona desert image by John Keith from Fotolia.com
  
  Arizona’s stunning scenery, spacious national parks and mild daytime winter temperatures (averaging 70 to 80 degrees in the southern regions of the state) combine to make a great bicycling vacation destination. Several tour companies offer bicycling trips through Arizona. With a variety of outdoor activities like hiking and bird-watching, cultural and historical attractions and not too much chance of rain, Arizona offers a good setting for a great bike ride.
  
  

Bike Escapades

• Bike Escapades offers the Desert Winter Sunshine Arizona bike tour. Spend seven days touring the Sonoran desert, riding between 25 and 45 miles each day. You’ll experience a wide variety of terrain including flat, rolling and hilly. Trips begin and end in Tucson and include six nights lodging, daily breakfasts, five dinners, three lunches, snacks, baggage transport and biking guides. Bring your own bike or rent one for an extra fee. Hop onto the support van if you need a break from riding. Vacation highlights include riding through Saguaro National Park, visiting the Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum, exploring the wild west town of Tombstone and staying at culturally and historically significant inns, guest ranches and bed and breakfasts along the way. You’ll also have the opportunity to hike, bird-watch and enjoy Southwestern cuisine.
  
  Bike Escapades
  
  64 Webster Street
  
  Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
  
  877-880-2453
  
  bikeescapades.com
  
  

Escape Adventures

• Escape Adventures offers two Arizona biking vacations, the Grand Canyon North Rim and Grand Canyon North Rim Introduction. Offered in spring, summer and fall, both trips take you along mountain bike trails through Grand Canyon National Park. The Introduction trip lasts five days and is appropriate for beginning bikers. Expect to ride from 55 to 65 miles on backcountry trails. The Grand Canyon North Rim trip is four to five days and is appropriate for intermediate to advanced mountain bikers. Expect to ride from 105 to 145 miles. Accommodations are in the base camp on the Kaibab Plateau; camping is rustic, with no running water, a portable toilet and solar showers. Trips include all meals, transportation to the camp site, a support van, two biking guides, bike maintenance and a free t-shirt.
  
  Escape Adventures
  
  221 W. Charleston, #101
  
  Las Vegas, NV 89117
  
  800-596-2953
  
  escapeadventures.com
  
  

Sojourn Bicycling and Active Vacations

• Sojourn Bicycling and Active Vacations offers the Sonoran Sojourn in Saguaro National Park. You’ll ride from Tucson into Saguaro National Park, where you’ll take a guided hike led by a naturalist into Sabino Canyon. Take a horseback ride at Rancho de la Osa, a guest ranch featuring a pool, hot tub and cantina. Other activities include a guided tour of the Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum and shopping for southwestern artwork at the Tubac art colony. The Sonoran Sojourn vacation is suitable for a wide range of cycling abilities, as guests can choose to ride between 12 and 70 miles on most days. Tours include airport transfer, all breakfasts and dinners, three lunches, and five nights lodging at Hacienda del Sol guest ranch resort, Tubac Golf Resort and Spa at Otero Ranch and Rancho de la Osa.
  
  Sojourn Bicycling and Active Vacations
  
  939 Ferry Road
  
  Charlotte, VT 05445
  
  800-730-4771
  
  gosojourn.com