The best access to the Chiricahua Mountains is through Cave Creek Canyon located directly west of the Painted Pony Resort and is considered one of the top 200 birding sites in North America or choose another of Arizona's birding hotspots.
A PPR resident Roadrunners perched on one of the adobe walls outside a guest house.
The PPR is a posh desert retreat in Rodeo, NM built to the finest specification and served as the exclusive getaway for a well-known Silicon Valley Software Entrepreneur. This was a place to entertain large gatherings in the serenity and natural beauty of the isolated high New Mexican desert. This now can be your private playground in the desert of New Mexico for your friends, family, and business associates. Under new ownership, you too can enjoy a destination that was envisioned and built for leaving the rest of the world behind.
Birding Tours -- The Sky Islands of the basin and range region of the southwest are exceptional sites for bird watching or observing general wildlife. The north south orientation of these mountain ranges provide migratory corridors between Central and North America at elevations up to 10,000 ft. In addition to endemic species found year round, migrations of a number or sub tropical rare species move through the area at different times of the year. 375 avian species have been identified in and around the Chiricahua Mountains and many local naturalists maintain feeding stations to attract local birds. A number of commercial operations offer birding tours as well as local naturalists, or you can strike out on your own into the Coronado National Forest, with a stop by the American Museum of Natural History Southwest Research Station to update your species checklist of the Chiricahua Mountains or New Mexico.
The Painted Pony Resort is an ideal base of operations for observing the wildlife of the boot-heel. With wireless internet access on site all your wildlife references are at hand. It’s central location in the San Simon Valley allows access to the Chiricahua Mountains, Peloncillo Mountains and the boot-heel. So kick back while watching some of your favorite birding teams play on the big screen TV and plan your wildlife day trips at PPR.
Birding and Wildlife Observation at The Painted Pony Resort
A PPR resident Calliope Hummingbird perched on one of the trees outside the main house.
