Rancho Charro and its well-mannered horses are only 15 minutes by car from Puerto Vallarta's hotel zone. Experience wranglers lead tours upstream from an unspoiled village into the Sierra Madre, stopping at a waterfall and swimming hole and lunching at a rustic restaurant on a jungle riverbank. The ranch offers a variety of trails and a choice of rides from three hours to overnights to vacation excursions of up to seven days. Children are welcome and transportation from Puerto Vallarta offered.

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