EXPERIENCE OUR GUIDES!!
We guarantee you will have the desert adventure of your dreams while you relax and leave the route finding and planning to one of our experienced guides. All of our guides are Wilderness First Aid certified and everyone of them has unique skills to make sure you get the most out of your trip! Our lead guide Mike DiStephano has 8 years experience leading guided, catered trips into the Grand Canyon's Havasupai Falls. Mike is a culinary genius who will make sure you are well fed and energized on your mulit-day trips. Dennis is another guide who truly has a love for the outdoors and showing people the desert he loves so much. As a seasoned rafting guide he is skilled at leading multi person trips and getting people from different areas together and comfortable at biking in the desert. Joey Raymond is our resident hucker! He will show you the biggest, scariest lines while you are in town. Look for him in the picture gallery section to see what you can expect from him. You dont have to follow him bu If you are looking for good action pictures in the desert, request Joey as your guide and you catch him flying off a 20 foot cliff!!

OUR BIKES RULE!!
Cactus Adventures, in conjunction with Cactus Bike, has many different rental bikes for you to choose from to make your experience as memorable as possible!! SAVE time and money by leaving YOUR bike at home and renting one of our demo bikes. We have rental bikes for the WHOLE family. Everything from 20inch wheeled kids mountain and BMX to $6000 XC bikes (road or mountain). 2011 technology allows you to try a bike you have been dreaming about riding. See miles of Desert Classic singletrack aboard a 2011 Kona Cadabra or climb National aboard a 2011 Kona Tanuki or try a -new too our fleet- 29 inch, full rigid, single speed Jamis!

Cactus Adventures has a fleet of more than 100 bikes. If you have a need for corporate team building or large group rides, we have the ability to show EVERYONE in your party the desert experience of a lifetime. Let Cactus Adventure help stage your next corporate event!!

ENJOY ARIZONAS VAST NETWORK OF TRAILS!!
When we started Cactus Adventures there was no question in our minds where we would construct our guiding/rental location. We are located at the base of beautiful South Mountain Preserve with over 15,000 acres of preserved desert. All around Phoenix less than 4 hours in any direction, lies THE BEST mountain biking in the world!! Below is a list of some of our FAVORITE areas:

SOUTH MOUNTAIN (link)
The trails on South Mountain are some of the best in the world for mountain biking, hiking and road biking with trails/paths/roads for every genre of biking. If you like road riding plan your trip around Silent Sunday which happens once a month (where no cars are allowed to drive the summit road). This is an awesome ride if you are looking for a leg burning road ride. You can climb the backside of South Mountain and then come ripping down! Any day of the week is good for a cross country or all-mountain ride up South Mountain's Mormon/National loops. If you like downhill mountain biking then hook up with the "Short Bus Shuttle" on Sunday mornings for as many shuttle runs as your body can stand!!

MCDOWELL MOUNTAIN PARK (link)
More acreage than South Mountain but farther out of town, McDowell Mountain Park has something for everybody. The hiking trails are scenic and give you that "remote" feeling and the biking trails are classid desert singletrack. Back in the 90's the infamous Cactus Cup took place at McDowell Mountain Park. This lead way to the Competition loops being created. The Comp loops are mountain bike only trails that range in difficulty level. They are two short loops and one long that enable you to do fairly quick laps and meet back up in the parking lot. No matter what skill level your family or group has you will find something in the McDowell Park that is perfect for you.

SUNRISE PARK RESORT (link)
Arizona's ONLY lift assisted mountain biking located in the beautiful White Mountains. We have been able to ride mountain bikes on this awesome ski resort for almost 10 years now. Trails for everybody but definitley geared towards Downhill mountain biking, Sunrise is the perfect spot to hone your skills and beat the heat of Phoenix. In the Summer months it is generally 30-50 degrees cooler in the White Mountains than in Phoenix. Stay at the Sunrise Lodge or camp at one of the many campgrounds or lakes. Great fishing awaits as well as world class mountain bike riding. Cactus Bike supplys rental bikes for Sunrise including the Kona "Stab Deluxe" and the Kona "Coil Air" freeride bikes that are perfect for Sunrise's challenging and technical terrain.

SEDONA AND FLAGSTAFF (link)
Just 2 hours north of Phoenix lies some of the most diverse desert terrain imagineable! Let Cactus Adventures show you the secret singletrack that abounds in these areas. Escape the summer heat and head to Flagstaff and ride beautiful Mount Elden. On the return camp in stunning Oak Creek Canyon. Wake up to a breakfast of Huevos Rancheros prepared by our staff and then ride the slick rock trails of Sedona. In the afternoon take a ride down the natural water slides of slippery rock and throw yourself off a 20 foot cliff jump into beautiful Oak Creek. Sound like fun? Its hard to imagine doing all of this and not having to plan a thing! The Sedona and Flagstaff areas literally have thousands of miles of trails...

MOUNT LEMON AND TUCSON (link)
Mount Lemon, just two hours south of Phoenix, is another gem popping out of the middle of the sonoran desert. Just like south mountain, Mount Lemon offers something for everyone. Amazing road rides, Epic Cross country riding and narly downhill trails. Just outside of Tucson is the fabulous Fantasy Island network of trails that mimick a BMX mixed bobsled run. With twists and turns the riding here is never boring. Cactus, Cactus and more Cactus...dont forget your tweazers!

OTHER AZ BIKING AREAS
Estrella Mountain Park
Usery Mountain
North Mountain
Squaw Peak
Cave Creek
Payson
Prescott

About Cactus Adventures' commitment to visitors to Phoenix metropolitan area: Cactus Adventures is committed to quality programs and service for organizations and individuals visiting the Phoenix metropolitan communities. In the metro area resorts/hotels recognize the quality of service and work with us to provide bicycle leasing and biking and hiking programs for guests and business groups.Act Now!

Reservation Deposit and Cancellation Requirements: 

A $25/person deposit is required when a reservation is made. A refund of the deposit will be made until two weeks before the scheduled event. Two weeks before the event, should a cancellation occur the deposit is nonrefundable. Notification of any changes in the number of participants must be made before the scheduled date of the event. If participant changes are not communicated before the scheduled date, the basic rate charges for the reservation will apply and is not refundable. Full payment of the reservation is due on the date of the event.