Live Your Sedona Adventure
Four-Wheeling! Kayaking! Hang Gliding! Skydiving!

Opportunities for adventure in Sedona are as endless as the brilliant blue sky or breathtaking red rock vistas. It’s a fact that hits home for me every day – my husband, Daniel Finch-McCaffrey, is Hilton Sedona Resort and Spa’s director of adventure, planning heart-racing, adrenaline-pumping activities for the hotel’s groups and VIP guests as well as locals looking for some extra spice on their days off.

So what makes Sedona such a playground for adventurers? Ask Daniel to rattle off the reasons people from all over the world come here for outdoors fun, and I know he won’t miss a beat: “To hike our trails, experience world-class mountain biking, raft the Colorado River, summit the San Francisco Peaks, watch the sunrise from a hot air balloon…I could go on and on. And from a local business standpoint, adventure vacations aren’t cheap – outdoors enthusiasts typically come here with money to spend and that boosts our economy. I also think adventure activities encourage locals to step out of their routine and get in touch with why they moved to Sedona in the first place.”

It must run in the family: To give adventurers a first-hand view of just what Sedona offers, I surveyed different ways to experience the Verde Valley by land, air, and water. Though I’ve lived and worked in Sedona for years now, I still got a special thrill seeing Cathedral Rock from the cockpit of a biplane, kayaking the class one rapids of the Verde River under the watchful eyes of a pair of bald eagles perched on a cliff above, and navigating the Devil’s Staircase in a Jeep. Even if you’re more comfortable with both feet firmly planted on the ground at all times, I think you’ll still enjoy the ride. —Erika Ayn Finch

Farabee’s Jeep Rentals
928-282-8700; www.sedonajeeprentals.com
Rent Jeeps by the day or half-day

Sedona Jeep School
928-274-0570; www.sedonajeepschool.com
On-the-trail instruction on driving 4x4s

Sedona Off-Road Center
928-282-5599; www.sedonaoffroadcenter.com
Rent Tomcars and ATVs by the day or half-day

Sedona Adventures Outfitters and Guides
928-204-6440; www.sedonaadventuretours.com
Kayaking, hiking, birding and vortex tours as well as
kayak and tube rentals

Red Rock Biplanes, Red Rock Helicopters and
Sky Safari Charter & Air Tours
928-204-5939; www.sedonaairtours.com
Biplane, helicopter and fixed-wing tours of Sedona and the Grand Canyon; air charter anywhere in the lower 48 states

Hang Gliding
www.ahga.org
To get to the Mingus Mountain site take Hwy 89A south through Jerome to top of mountain. Turn left at the sign for the Mingus Recreational Area where a packed-dirt road begins. Drive past a meadow, small lake, church camp, and campground. Take a left at the campground to the launch.

Red Rock Skydiving
928-649-8899; www.redrockskydiving.com
Skydiving from the Cottonwood Airport

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