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Information on Arizona
Home the Grand Canyon, Arizona is a natural wonderland for visitors to it. There are twenty-seven State Parks in Arizona and a vast range of natural wonders and activities ranging from relaxing to extreme, all adorned with beautiful flora and scenic landscapes. The Sonoran Desert and Sagauro National Park feature typical desert scenery, with canyons, red cliffs and sandstone pinnacles, coyotes and rattlesnakes, and the giant multi-armed cacti that typify the Arizonian landscape. The Painted Desert and the magnificent sandstone spires of Monument Valley in the northeast, the spectacular Red Rock Country of Sedona, and the mountains and forests of Flagstaff are just some of Arizona's other natural attractions.
The vast Arizona desert is also the home of the Wild West, with a heritage of cowboys, Indians, gamblers, prospectors and dusty trading towns. The character of the Old West is epitomised in the old mining town of Tombstone, the site of the famous shootout at the OK Corral where staged gunfights, swinging saloon doors and old wooden buildings are reminders of the harsh past that respected the 'law of the gun'.
Two of Arizona's largest and thriving metropolises are Phoenix and Tucson, with luxurious and modern resorts, vast shopping plazas and exceptional golf courses. The region's continuous sunshine and dry desert air have attracted thousands of people to its restorative properties and expensive health spas.
Over a third of the Arizona landscapes are made up from Indian Reservations and the majority of the population are Native Americans, who have lived in Arizona for centuries. Northeast Arizona is known as Indian country, where the Navajo and the traditional Hopi tribal groups reside, and is where the beautiful Canyon de Chelly, and numerous Ancestral Puebloan sites are to be found in the cliff walls and valleys. The Apache live in the southeastern mountains and were the last tribal group to concede to the white American aggressors.
