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Destination Services of Santa Fe welcomes Encore Symposiums to Santa Fe!

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• All activity departure times are definite, unless we call you before your trip to advise you of a change. 
• Please be in the lobby of the Eldorado Hotel 10 minutes before the listed departure time.  Your group will be met by DSSF staff in the lobby of the Eldorado and escorted to your departure point.  Arrival times back to the hotel are approximate and may vary according to your activity.
• Duration times include transfer time to and from the activity location.
• All prices are per person and are subject to a 8.0625% New Mexico State Tax.
• Meals are not included unless indicated.  Alcoholic beverages will be additional.
   

Take a trip to the charming town of Taos. On the way to Taos see the enchanting San Francisco de Assisi Church in Ranchos de Taos, made famous by many artists including Georgia O’Keeffe. 

Next is Taos Pueblo framed by the sacred Taos Mountains. Taos Pueblo has been designated a World Heritage Site, indicating its world cultural importance.  Taos Pueblo is on the National Historic Register, and remains in its pristine, traditional state. 

Head to Taos Plaza for time to shop before rejoining the group for lunch at a superb Taos eatery.  After lunch journey to the rustic Hispanic village of Chimayo, in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 

Your first stop will be at the charming Santuario de Chimayo, known as the “Lourdes of the Southwest,” so named because of the professed healing powers contained in the earth in which a crucifix was discovered, and subsequently became the site where the Santuario was built. 

If time permits, stop at Centinela, where seven generations of the Trujillo family have produced their spectacular Spanish-style weavings. 

Price includes transportation, guide, entrance fees, lunch (entrée and non-alcoholic beverages), bottled water on board, donations to churches and driver and guide gratuities. 

• Duration: 8 hours
• Time: 8:00am-4:00pm
• Minimum: 10
   

We offer the best horseback riding available in Santa Fe, New Mexico. We ride through the scenic hills and high desert ranch from the historic mining town of Cerrillos, New Mexico.

Rides include spectacular 360 views of all area mountain ranges. Trips can include the Madrid Overlook, La Bajada Overlook, Devil's Canyon, Crooked Hat Canyon, Elkins Canyon, Cash Entry Mine, Grand Central Silver Mine, Franklin Ridge and Miner's Trail.

Riders of all skill levels will appreciate our smooth riding gaited horses. All of our horses are registered Missouri Foxtrotters and Tennessee Walkers. Able riders may trot, canter, or gallop.

Price includes transportation, a professional trail guide, and all necessary equipment.   Max weight 220.

• Duration: 3 hours
• Time: 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
• Minimum: 8, Maximum: 12

For nearly a century, artists and art lovers have flocked to Canyon Road, Santa Fe’s art gallery district. Santa Fe is an art collectors dream, and nowhere else in town can you find the artistic scope and richness that Canyon Road offers.

On Canyon Road you’ll find more than 100 art galleries and studios, unique specialty shops, world class restaurants, and the historic adobe architecture that gives Santa Fe its legendary southwestern charm. Join us on a tour of Canyon Road’s many attractions and find out why Canyon Road is “The Art and Soul of Santa Fe."

Includes transportation, guide, studio visits and gratuities.

• Duration: 2.5 hours
• Time: 2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
• Minimum: 10, Maximum: 25

Enjoy a drive through the beautiful sandstone formations into the lush Chimayo Valley.  The tour will take us north of Santa Fe along the “High Road”, passing through several small 18th and 19th century Hispanic farming communities before finally arriving at the village of Chimayo, located in a beautiful valley in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 

Stops include the  charming Santuario de Chimayo, the most important Catholic pilgrimage site in the Southwest, Centinela Weaving, and Estrella Vineyards for a Winetasting.

Includes boxed lunch on board, transportation, professional guide, entrance fees, wine tasting, all service, gratuities.

Duration: 4 hours
Time: 1:15p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Lunch aboard the shuttle is included
Minimum: 10, Maximum: 25

The ancient Puye Cliffs, a Registered National Historic Landmark, are located on the Santa Clara Pueblo between Abiquiu and Los Alamos. 

For more than three centuries, this spectacular plateau was home to the more than 1,500 pre-historic Pueblo people, who farmed and hunted game there.  The style of architecture utilized at Puye was the forerunner of Pueblo-style adobe construction. 

The first dwellings were caves hollowed into the soft volcanic cliffs.  Later, stone structures were built along the slopes and on top of the mesa.  The inhabitants of Puye abandoned the area more than 400 years ago due to severe climatic changes, which forced them to settle in the lowlands of the Rio Grande Valley where the current Pueblo is built. 

A professional guide will recount the stories of "the People" and the history of Puye during the ride to the Cliffs and while the ruins are being explored.

Please note, hiking is included in this tour and recommended attire is walking/hiking shoes and jeans.

Includes boxed lunch on board, transportation, professional guide, entrance fees, gratuity.

Duration: 4 hours
Time: 1:15p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Lunch aboard the shuttle is included
Minimum: 8, Maximum: 25

Discover the thrill of casting to rising trout in a mountain stream or lake.   A professional guide will lead you to a pristine site for a fishing adventure, and will take the mystery out of the art of fly-fishing. 

Both the novice and the advanced angler will enjoy the beauty and peacefulness that surrounds them in northern New Mexico. 

Pricing includes transportation, river guide(s), all necessary fly-fishing gear and equipment, boxed lunch, and a cooler with bottled water.

Duration: 5 - 6 hours
Time: 1:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Lunch aboard the shuttle is included
Minimum: 4, Maximum: 20

New Mexico is the place for Margaritas, and with this lesson, you will learn about Tequila, which is the basis for any great Margarita. 

Your instructor literally wrote the book on Tequila and will introduce you to the history of Tequila and how it is used today by allowing you to sample their selections.

Afterwards, enjoy traditional New Mexican cooking at this local hot-spot.  Price includes transportation to restaurant, tasting, dinner and gratuities.

Duration: 2 hours
Time: 5:00pm-7:00pm
Minimum: 12, Maximum: 20

Travel to Bandelier National Monument where you’ll descend into a canyon filled with the ruins of the Anasazi Indians, colloquially “the Ancient Ones.” Located on the Pajarito Plateau of the Jemez Mountains, Bandelier was the home of the Anasazi from the eleventh to fourteenth centuries. Excavated more than 90 years ago, these ruins were once home to over 200 people, ancestors of today's Pueblo Indians. You may walk along easy paths past the remains of ancient Pueblo dwellings to the cliff dwellings where you can climb ladders to peer inside. 

Bandelier National Monument     (505) 672-3861 ext. 517

One of America's most popular adventures, whitewater rafting, is becoming a tradition for visitors to Northern New Mexico. The rafting season begins with the snowmelt in spring and generally lasts through October. All levels of rafters, from the novice to the expert will enjoy an adventure along the Rio Grande. Along the valley floor, you will experience spectacular scenery, with a full range of whitewater on the "Race¬course" south of Taos.