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Special Tours

El Rancho de Las Golondrinas offers a variety of unique tours, allowing you to explore the history and culture of New Mexico on an even deeper level.

Reservations are required for these tours. For booking and details, visit our Private Tours page.

Rocky Tucker’s Bird Tour

Spend the morning at the Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve and learn about the variety of birds that live in this unique wetland habitat. Volunteer Rocky Tucker leads this popular tour and offers seven Saturday morning tours throughout the year. This tour is limited to 25 guests—reservations required.
Upcoming Tour Dates: August 24, September 28 & October 26

Where: Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve
When: Select Saturdays, 7:30 am–11:00 am
Price: Free, $5/person donation is suggested

Geology Tour

Geology controls the landscape at El Rancho de Las Golondrinas and has been integral to the successful settlements in this area for the past 300 years. This tour will explore the geology of the landscape surrounding Las Golondrinas and provide insights into how geologic materials were essential to life on the frontier—reservations required.
Upcoming Tour Dates: August 16

Where: Departs from the Museum Store
When: Select dates, Starts at 10am
Price: $15 per person, $10 for members

History of Healing Tour

Doctors did not reach New Mexico until the turn of the 20th century, and even then, they were few and far between. People had to treat their ailments with resources the earth provided and knowledge passed down through generations. Take a guided walk around our historic property and learn about the knowledge, practices, and belief systems that form the ancestral ways of healing in New Mexico—reservations required.

The intent of this tour is NOT to teach you how to be a healer or herbalist, nor promote any of the practices pertaining to those topics.

Upcoming Tour Dates: September TBA

Where: Departs from near the Museum Store
When: Select dates, Starts at 10am
Price: $15 per person, $10 for members

Upcoming Tours

Check our Event Calendar for all upcoming tours.