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HAVE FUN WITH #1 VOTED BEST ACTIVITY IN THE Imagine riding through the open desert with the wind in your hair! Leaving the resort world behind, come to Desert Adventures Metate’ Canyon Ranch, our 1000 acre private desert sanctuary right on the infamous San Andreas Fault! From the moment you leave your resort, a Desert Adventure’s Naturalist guide will share secrets of the desert and excite guests for the fun to come! As your luxury coach slowly meanders down the dirt road, the swaying palms of a natural palm oasis come in to view. Slowly you will turn into one of our beautiful canyons. You choose the site, an Old Mining Camp or Indian Village. Which ever you choose, you will step into another time and place, as you enter a world where nature is the star. Our parties are inclusive of everything you need to make your day really special. Today you will enjoy a slow-cooked BBQ breakfast or lunch BBQ, kick up your heels to live music, 4-wheel drive through the desert canyons, enjoy a nature walk or hike to explore your surroundings, relax by a roaring campfire and cook a marshmallow, and just enjoy a unique environment you’ve probably never experienced before!
Choose your adventure camp!
This Adventure Camp provides a magnificent backdrop of mountains uplifted by Earth movements along the
This adventure camp is a replica of an Old Mining Town of the late 1800's. The camp includes a covered eating area for several hundred guests, large dance floor and stage, campfires with group seating, walk-in mine, antique wagons, old equipment and a cowboy town with Assessors' office, hotel, walk-up saloon, bank, livery stable and lock-up jail. The camp has spectacular views of the Coachella Valley from the Salton Sea to Mt. San Jacinto. Behind the camp are miles of hiking-jeep trails for exploration. The site can accommodate up to 1000 guests.
ENTERTAINMENT & ACTIVITIES INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING IS INCLUDED IN EVERY DESERT DISCOVERY PARTY
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UP-GRADES TO BREAKFAST IN THE OPEN DESERT Add Smoked Salmon, Capers, Chopped Eggs, Sliced Tomatoes & Sliced Red Onion |
ENTRÉE Choice of One
Fire Roasted & Sliced Santa Fe Style Chicken Breast with Mango Salsa
Barbeque Beef
Barbeque Chicken
Hamburger Sliders
With Full Condiment Bar Of Mayonnaise, Mustard, Ketchup, Lettuce, Tomato, Relish, Onion, Bacon, Avocado, Peppers, Jalapenos, Ortega Chilies, Pickles, Mushrooms, and Assorted Cheese
SIDES Choice of Two
Southwest Caesar Salad
Marinated Salad of Artichokes, Mushrooms & Grilled Sweet Peppers
Corn and Black Bean Pasta Salad
Nopali (Cactus) Salad with Roasted Red Peppers and Onions
Jicama and Orange Salad,
California Fruits & Berries
Potato or Macaroni Salad
Zesty Cole Slaw
Slow Baked Beans
BREAD Choice of One
Green Chile Corn Bread with Butter Honey
Rolls & Butter
DESSERT Choice of One
Brownies
Lemon Bars
Chocolate Chip Bars
Coyote Cut Out Cookies
Assorted Sodas
Buffet Served On Heavyweight Paper Plates and Plastic Utensils
Includes Private Use of Old Mining Camp or Indian Village, Picnic Tables with separate Benches, Tablecloths & Centerpieces, Buffet Props & Décor, Program Coordinator, Labor & Taxes
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UP-GRADES TO LUNCH BBQ IN THE OPEN DESERT Additional Sides & Desserts Sodas/Beer Sodas/Beer/Wine Coolers Full House Bar |
3 Hour Party Includes:
· All Labor For Set Up/Tear Down
· Professional Party Coordinator to Assist You Prior to and During your Event
· All Equipment and Supplies
· Picnic Tables with Separate Benches, Tablecloths, Linen, Centerpieces
· Props, Buffet And Site Décor, wood, fuel & taxes
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OPTIONAL ENHANCEMENTS
MOUNTAIN OR ELECTRIC BIKES
Add an element of excitement by exploring the
ROCK CLIMBING WALL
carnival Games
Our carnival games are always a hit. Try your hand at some of our challenging games including Poker Darts, Softball Pitch, Boot Hill Ring Toss, and more. All of our games are housed in a unique false front game booth decorated to match the theme of your event, not the boring red & white canopies that are most commonly used. Each booth measures 10’ wide x 10’ tall x 10’ deep.
Horseshoe Pitch Poker Darts Ring the
Cow Chip Toss Boot Hill Ring Toss Softball Pitch
Bottle Tip-Up
Parrot Knock Down Ring-the-King More!!!
COYOTE GOLF
Even Tiger Woods would be challenged on our mini gtolf course set up right in the middle of the open desert! This truly professional quality course was used for numerous high dollar tournaments. Each hold is themed to match your event and features sand traps, palm trees, rocks, banked shots and other natural hazards.
Participants will throw Indian spears at a variety of targets set 30’-60’ away. These realistic spears with beads and feathers will add a fun and realistic touch to your party. Game area will be corralled in split rail fencing for guest safety. Includes all supplies and staff.
Tomahawk Pitch
Guests will throw Indian tomahawks at a large wooden target with a painted bull’s eye trying to make it stick. This is not as easy as it sounds but always a crowd pleaser. For guests safety entire game area is corralled in split rail fencing. Includes all supplies and staff.
GOLD PANNING
Strike it rich panning for gold from our 6’ long stainless watertight trough inside a 10’ x 10’ rustic western facade. This old west panning trough is covered with a rustic wood box cover and filled with river sand, water and gold painted river pebbles. Our prospector will show prospective miners how to pan for gold like a pro.
Bow & Arrow Shooting
Guests will enter our Bow & Arrow Corral and actually have the opportunity to shoot a real bow and arrow. Different targets will be placed on a stack of straw bales. For guest safety the entire game area will be corralled in split rail fencing. Includes bows, arrows, fencing, straw bales for target backboard and staff .
INDIAN TOOL TIME

INDIAN POTTERY AND ARROW FLINT-MAKING
This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to see pottery and arrow flints made by one of the few living artists who practices the old Indian art of making clay baskets from the desert earth. 2-hour program includes demonstration and opportunity to buy this rare art.
INDIAN FANCY DANCING
The heartbeat of America is sounded out on a single Indian drum. Feel the Native American ancient spirits as this Indian Brave creates a dazzling palate of moving color that mesmerizes you with the flashing feet and swirling feathers in the Buffalo Dance, Eagle Dance, and Hoop Dance. Join in the fun as you dance the Friendship Dance that bonds culture with harmony.
INDIAN EXPERIENCE PACKAGE
Includes Indian Fancy Dancing, Tee-Pee, Artifacts Demonstration, and Sand Painting Craft.
OLD FASHIONED MINI-HAYRIDES ON THE FAULT LINE
Relive your childhood and enjoy a moonlight, horse-drawn hayride along the San Andreas Fault. Our 16-foot antique wagon carries up to 20 people, with comfortable loading — a great addition for evening entertainment.
WILD WEST TINTYPE-STYLE PHOTOS
Remember your desert adventure with hold-style photos at our Indian Village, Old Mining Camp, and palm oasis or in the open desert!
Includes:
WILD WEST GUNFIGHTERS
We'll stage a robbery, arrest your outlaw guests and throw 'em in jail. We can even create a custom gunfight scene. These ornery cowpokes will perform one of their entertaining shows and stick around to help complete the authentic Wild-West feel.
ROVING CARD SHARK
THIS GUY IS GREAT as he strolls through your guests, entertaining them with his marvelous card tricks. The hand is definitely quicker than the eye. Our gambler will amaze and amuse you with his tricks.
COWGIRL FORTUNE TELLER
The Wild West had saloon palm and tarot card readers and you can too at your Desert Adventures outing. Hire 1 or more of our accurate FUN cowgirl or saloon girl fortune tellers for 5 minute UPBEAT readings for guests.
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