Nighttime

Nighttime at Rancho Los Baños offers stargazing at its finest. Here, without the interference of even one human light, you can peer upwards at a universe, and a sky, full of stars. You can literally see tens of thousands of stars and, with the help of binoculars or telescopes, you can gaze at galaxies, nebulas, planets and satellites like never before. You can see the vastness of the heavens above, the beauty of the universe. Even with the naked eye the night sky will be more visible than you have probably ever experienced. Comet and meteor showers will thrill you, the stars will captivate you, and the sheer darkness of your surroundings will leave you in awe. Stargazing at Rancho Los Baños is an adventure, and an experience, that is out of this world. For amateur astronomers as well as for those wishing to see star-laden night skies, the night sky at Los Baños, together with a darkness that is omnipresent, will be a treat to enjoy.

Also at night, Rancho Los Baños offers nighttime safaris. Using our Jeeps and trucks, our 120 kilometer system of roads, in addition to powerful spotlights and night vision goggles, we try to bring you to the ranch’s assortment of wildlife. Being on the border of the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts, our wildlife is by nature nocturnal, using the day to sleep and escape the hot sun. Tucked in their burrows, lairs or under bushes or trees, wildlife here is almost impossible to spot during the daytime.

Once dusk approaches, however, the ranch’s amalgam of wild mammals wakes and begins its nighttime activities. It is only during darkness, then, that the full spectrum of mammal activity can be observed. Using our spotlights and night-vision equipment, we can get a glimpse of this rarely seen world. Using the power of technology, we can peek at a world our eyes are not meant to see. Our vehicles will take you to the best wildlife spotting areas, with good possibilities of spotting both large and small mammals. If nothing else, you will experience a silence, tranquility, and a darkness that cannot be described. You will travel by near total darkness across the rugged landscape of the ranch in search of desert wildlife. You will enter their world, and escape yours. Nighttime wildlife safaris, an adventure of Tierra Chamahua EcoAdventures at Rancho Los Baños.