Southern Arizona Western movie tours take you inside the landscapes, streets and sets where Hollywood created some of its most memorable Westerns.
Explore filming locations from Tombstone, The Outlaw Josey Wales and Tom Horn with a working film director who shows you not just where the scenes were filmed, but how they were made.
Southern Arizona has been creating the Hollywood West for generations. At Mescal Movie Set, Empire Ranch and historic Tombstone, we'll explore locations from Tombstone, The Outlaw Josey Wales and Tom Horn. These Southern Arizona Western movie tours go beyond finding filming locations.
You'll stand where famous scenes were shot and discover how directors, actors and crews turned these locations into the movies we remember.
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Tombstone
Southern Arizona Western Movie Tours
Hollywood Meets the Real Wild West
Walk the Mescal sets where Tombstone was filmed, on your Southern Arizona Western Movie Tours.
then travel to the real Tombstone to discover where movie legend and history meet.
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The Outlaw Josey Wales
Southern Arizona Western Movie Tours
Inside Clint Eastwood's Western
Stand where Eastwood directed some of the movie's most memorable scenes and discover how his choices behind the camera helped create a Western classic.
Tom Horn
Southern Arizona Western Movie Tours
Steve McQueen's Last Western
Walk through the locations of McQueen's haunting final Western and discover the troubled production and filmmaking behind one of his most overlooked performances.
Tombstone
Start: 10am
Finish: 4pm
Price: $997 per day for 2 visitors (FOUNDING YEAR SPECIAL - $897!) Extra person $247
Your tour includes lunch during a stop in Benson, AZ at The Horseshoe - a historical landmark restaurant that's been serving the Benson community and pretty much every movie star visiting/working the Mescal movie set since 1936.
Private full-day experience for up to two guests.
10am-4pm. Lunch included.
Additional guests welcome at cost.
Choose your preferred tour date when booking.
Tombstone is often credited with helping revive the Hollywood Western, but the movie itself nearly didn't survive a remarkably troubled production.
We'll explore that story at Mescal Movie Set while stepping directly into some of the film's most memorable scenes. Then we'll travel to the real Tombstone to discover where Hollywood followed history, where it didn't, and why.
You'll experience scenes and locations including:
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The Oriental, where Doc Holliday and Johnny Ringo have their famous Latin showdown
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The Earps' and Doc's walk toward the O.K. Corral
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Virgil Earp's house and the "Not now, Wyatt" scene
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The boardwalk where Curly Bill delivers his unforgettable "Well... bye"
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The Bird Cage Theatre, C.S. Fly's studio, Wyatt Earp's house and the real O.K. Corral
Along the way, we'll draw on insight from crew and supporting cast who participated in making the movie.
It's part movie-location adventure, part behind-the-scenes filmmaking story and part exploration of the real history behind Tombstone.
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Clint Eastwood began The Outlaw Josey Wales with another director behind the camera. Ten days later, Philip Kaufman was gone and Eastwood was directing the movie himself.
Standing where the film was made, we'll explore that turbulent production and demonstrate how Eastwood's directorial choices helped create one of the great Western anti-heroes.
You'll experience scenes and locations including:
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The opening attack that transforms Josey Wales' life
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The carpetbagger's encounter with Lone Watie
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The actual mercantile built for the movie
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"Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?"
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The location behind "Dying ain't much of a living, boy"
We'll also explore Eastwood's work with Chief Dan George and Geraldine Keams, reveal some hidden remnants of the Josey Wales set, and look at the movie's historical accuracy.
This isn't simply about finding where Eastwood filmed. It's about standing in situ and discovering how he made the movie.
Start: 10am
Finish: 4pm
Price: $997 per day for 2 visitors (FOUNDING YEAR SPECIAL - $897!) Extra person $247
Your tour includes lunch during a stop in Benson, AZ at The Horseshoe - a historical landmark restaurant that's been serving the Benson community and pretty much every movie star visiting/working the Mescal movie set since 1936.
Private full-day experience for up to two guests.
10am-4pm. Lunch included.
Additional guests welcome at cost.
Choose your preferred tour date when booking.
Questions before you book? Contact us. We're happy to help plan your Western movie experience.
Tom Horn
Steve McQueen's final Western had almost as much drama behind the camera as it did on screen.
Directors came and went, the budget fell dramatically and McQueen was seriously ill during production. The result was a restrained, haunting performance in a Western that arguably arrived at the wrong moment in Hollywood history.
You'll experience scenes and locations including:
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Tom Horn's opening ride down Mescal's main street
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His confrontation with "Gentleman" Jim Corbett
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The 90-second gunfight sequence across the street
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The marshal's office interrogation over the killing of Willie Nickell
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Horn's near escape
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The location of Horn's final moments
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Standing where these scenes were filmed, we'll explore how they were constructed and contrast McQueen's portrayal with the considerably more complicated historical Tom Horn. Input from a Mescal movie set historian and a Tom Horn cast member adds another layer to the story.
Was Tom Horn a failed late Western, or a movie made before audiences were ready for it? Come walk through the film and decide for yourself.
Start: 10am
Finish: 4pm
Price: $997 per day for 2 visitors (FOUNDING YEAR SPECIAL - $897!) Extra person $247
Your tour includes lunch during a stop in Benson, AZ at The Horseshoe - a historical landmark restaurant that's been serving the Benson community and pretty much every movie star visiting/working the Mescal movie set since 1936.
Private full-day experience for up to two guests.
10am-4pm. Lunch included.
Additional guests welcome at cost.
Choose your preferred tour date when booking.
Questions before you book? Contact us. We're happy to help plan your Western movie experience.