After an active and exciting day you can come back to "La Hacienda" and enjoy a delicious home made meal followed by a hot shower. Afterwards, you can sit around a campfire under the brightest stars in the universe, where tall tales and true legends are born. You will have a quiet nights sleep (except for an occasional howling coyote) ready for the next days adventure!

The guest quarters consist of a suite with two queen size beds, one with a king size bed and our most popular stay is in the bunk room which sleeps six in twin beds giving you a true feel of the compadres from days of old. All are wood stove heated, cleaned daily and unless it is necessary we don’t change sheets and towels but every third day for water conservation.

Rancho El Choyal offers everything from weekend stays to week long events; such as GPS treasure hunts, family reunions, corporate retreats to "La Corrida"(roundup) and 5 day hunts. We can accommodate up to 12 guests. Please refer to our "Contact Us" page for further information and reservations.

Rancho El Choyal has the necessary modern conveniences in a rustic setting. We make our own electricity, running water and mesquite wood heated showers. The buildings are all made of burnt adobe bricks individually hand molded, sun dried and burnt in hornos (ovens) fueled with mesquite wood. All of this is done on the ranch in an area that provides a proper mix of a deep red clay for color and dirt for strength. The guest facilities are faced with a unique colorful shale rock, hand set one by one for a striking effect. The family has endeavored to use as much indigenous material as possible such as the adobes, rocks, dried saguaro ribs, and hearty mesquite woods as possible. The corrales (corrals) are the rare and traditional mesquite fill type, known for their strength and durability. Tradition plays a great part in the Zepeda family and conservation is the top priority. “We have been given stewardship of this property since it was handed down to me by my great-grandfather Jesus Maria,” says Maria Zepeda, “I want to insure that my grand children will be able to experience this lifestyle much in the same way I did as a young girl on the hacienda. Being in the desert, water is very precious to us, we are very stingy with it and so we recycle our gray water for plants and trees and take quick showers.”