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NATIVE PLANT TOURS
For
those of you who want to learn about the many uses of the native
plants of the region, make arrangements for a guided tour of the
ranch. Learn about the edible, medicinal, and poisonous
plants which you will see as you ride along on a covered
trailer. You will hear about how you can have a meal,
build a shelter, and then wash your clothes all with the help of
one plant, how to rid yourself of Montezuma's revenge with
another plant, and why you should never make a beaded necklace
with the seeds of yet another native plant. If it is a morning tour, the two-hour tour includes coffee and pan dulce. And if you arrange to come on a weekend, you may get to sample a dish prepared with a native plant! Click here to get the recipe for Toni's delicious Mesquite Sugar Cookies. Tour prices vary with the size of the group:
Special tours are available for school groups of at least 20 at $5.00 per student.1 If it is a morning tour, have the children bring a sack lunch to eat on the patio after the tour. A $100.00 deposit is required for adult tour groups, and a $50.00 deposit is required for school tour groups. Please send a check or money order to reserve your spot. Make reservations as soon as possible to reserve the date you want. Click here to see a calendar of available tour dates. Reservations will be held for seven days to allow for your deposit to arrive. All of the deposit will be refunded if you cancel thirty days prior to the reserved tour date. Half of the deposit will be refunded if you cancel fifteen days prior to the reserved tour date. There are no refunds for cancellations within fifteen days of the tour date. Occasionally tours are "rained out" due to weather or road conditions. For that reason, it is very important that you provide us with contact information for at least two individuals in your group. If we cancel your tour due to weather or road conditions, you will receive a full refund or you can reschedule if another suitable date is available. For the comfort of our guests (and us), no tours are booked during June, July and August. Because we so frequently hear from individuals or families that would like to come on a tour, but do not have a group to come with, we are going to try having a couple of "Open Tour Dates" to accommodate those individuals. Open Tour Dates do not require a minimum number of participants nor does the minimum charge of $225 apply. Please check the calendar for "Open Tour Dates" or for a tour which has been reserved for fewer than thirty people and we will see what we can do. Individuals not associated with a tour group must send a deposit to cover the tour price. 1Refreshments are not provided for student or other discounted tours. For more information, contact: Benito Trevino and Toni Trevino at P.O. Box 442, Rio Grande City, TX 78582, or call (956) 486-2576, or email us at info@rancholomitas.com.
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