Green Valley Recreation Trips

Trips & Tours

Our tours are organized and escorted by Pleasurebent Tours of Tucson. Green Valley Recreation has had a long term and very positive relationship with Pleasurebent Tours. Our tours leave from Desert Hills Social Center upper parking lot at the advertised time. The tours can be purchased at any Major Social Center office or online. The tour fee includes motor coach transportation, tour director, admissions, advertised meal (tax and tip) and driver tip. Because of the necessity of the tour company to pre-arrange and pre-pay for bus accommodations, admission tickets and meals, no refunds will be issued after the cancellation date stated on the reservation confirmation. All trips are open to GVR Members and their guests. You may register at any GVR Major Center

2/11 Thursday: Kartchner Caverns and Amerind Foundation Tour – “The Big Room”
Join us for this unique opportunity to tour “The Big Room” at Kartchner Caverns State Park. This cave has absolutely phenomenal cave formations! The limestone cave is wet and living and its calcium carbonate features continue to grow. The Big Room is three times the size of Kartchner's Rotunda and Throne Rooms! The tour takes us onto the cave floor and it requires a 1/2 mile walk. We will enjoy a delightful picnic lunch while at the park. We then travel to Texas Canyon for a self guided visit at the Amerind Foundation Museum. Founded in 1937, the Amerind is a private, non-profit anthropological and archaeological museum and research center and houses one of the finest private collections of Native American art and artifacts in the country. Fee for GVR members is $97 and bring a guest for $102. Price includes roundtrip transportation, picnic lunch, Big Room tour ticket, museum admission, bus refreshments, tour director and driver tip. Bus departs from Desert Hills upper parking lot at 8am and returns at 4pm. No refunds after 1/11.
CR# 19849

2/25 Thursday: Tucson Rodeo and Parade Trip
See over 200 entries in the world's largest non-motorized parade. Enjoy the view from grandstand seating. Lunch will be the buffet at Desert Diamond Casino on Old Nogales Highway then we take our reserved seats at the rodeo. The rodeo, which will celebrate it's 85th year, features bareback and saddle bronc riding, steer wrestling, calf roping, team roping, barrel racing and bull riding. Current and former world champions compete in this nationally televised event. “The Fiesta de los Vaqueros” ranks among the top 15 professional rodeos in North America and is honored in the ProRodeo Hall of Fame. Fee for GVR members is $90 and bring a guest for $95. Fee includes roundtrip transportation, parade bleacher seating and reserved rodeo seating, buffet lunch, tour director, bus refreshments and driver tip. Bus departs from Desert Hills upper parking lot at 7:15am and returns at 5:30pm. No refunds after 2/11.
CR# 19850

3/19 Thursday: Organ Pipe National Monument and Tohono O’odham Nation Cultural Museum
Organ Pipe National Monument is home to the unique organ pipe cactus. This wilderness area is a pristine example of the Sonoran Desert and we will take in their visitor center. We enjoy a delicious box lunch and spend some time on one of the short trails at the monument. Afternoon finds us visiting the Tohono O'odham Nation cultural center and museum, located near Sells has works of art featuring native artists as well as displays of baskets and pottery on display. Come along and explore this very rural and largely undeveloped part of southwestern Arizona with us! Fee for GVR members is $77 and bring a guest for $82. Fee includes roundtrip transportation, all admissions, box lunch, bus refreshments, tour director and driver tip. Bus departs from Desert Hills upper parking lot at 8am and returns at 5:45pm. No refunds after 3/11.
CR# 19852

GVR TRAVELS

All trips are open to GVR Members and their guests. You may register at any GVR Major Center. Please note the last date for cancellation of a trip. Because of contractual commitments, refunds can not be made after the cancellation date.

Tours are escorted by Pleasurebent Tours.

You may register at any GVR Major Center.