Scottsdale Desert Classic Guided Hiking Adventure

Awesome experience! Michael was a fantastic guide- very friendly and knowledgeable about the desert plants and animals. Would definitely recommend this to anyone!

Great hike with a super knowledgeable and experienced guide who went out of his way to make it a fun experience. Provided everything we needed and customized the experience to us.

It was a great hike - just the right level of challenge for inexperienced hikers. Beautiful views and surroundings too. Tour operator was responsive.

Jennifer was very informative and upbeat. The scenery was magnificent. The hike was on moderate terrain. Easy to navigate

Great outdoor experience with a highly knowledgeable guide. Thanks Matt. Highly recommend Mad Desert Trekking.

My husband and I went on a hike with Ryan at 0530 to beat the heat. We had an awesome time learning about the area and other excursions they offer. We pushed ourselves and made it to the top of Brown Sunmit! Ryan was very accommodating to me frequently stopping to take pictures lol

I had never been to Arizona before so wanted to experience a hike with a professional guide. Upon booking, Matt had reached out to me the week of to confirm and provide all details of what to expect. He also went above and beyond, providing me a massive list of suggestions / recommendations for things to do in the area while I was in Arizona including restaurants, bars, other activities. The actual tour, my friend and I had a wonderful experience with Jennifer as our guide. She was knowledgeable and provided fun facts along the hike. She went at a great pace and was so fun to hike with! I would highly recommend this trip to anyone looking for a fun / active thing to do with experienced guides.

Anyone looking to go on a hike NEEDS TO BOOK HERE!
My husband and I went down for our very first trip to Arizona and ended up through a variety of connections linking up with Matt. He was incredibly professional, responsive, and easy to communicate with. In no time, we had set up a sunset hike over the weekend. The hike itself was perfect- not too difficult where it wasn’t enjoyable, but just enough that we got our heart rates going and could say we worked out on vacation 😉 It was the perfect length of time for a hike, the sunset was beautiful, and Matt had so much knowledge about the area and landscape. My husband begrudgingly went on the hike with me, and afterwards told me he had loved it!

Because we had such a great experience with Matt, I decided to book him for a hiking group of 9 for my sister’s bachelorette that upcoming February.
We had another awesome experience! Matt was so accommodating, and we were even able to last-minute push our hike back that morning due to the cooler weather that week that we were there.
We met Matt that morning and he had warm coffee waiting for us and was prompt and ready to go! All the girls received a backpack with water bottles and we were off! The girls absolutely LOVED the hike and being able to enjoy some time out in the sun. Again, perfect difficulty level- we had some areas a little tougher but not to the point we had any concerns. I was 4.5 months pregnant and it was perfect for me.
We thank Matt too for all the wonderful group photos he captured! It was one of the highlights for my sister of her bachelorette trip!!

Thank you, Matt, for everything!

This was my husband and my first time hiking in AZ so we decided to start with a guide. Best decision we made. Matt Kalina was really knowledgeable about the area and communicated really well pre-hike. He gave us the confidence to do several tougher hikes on our own as well as a few great restaurant recommendations. When we come back and decide we want to try something more difficult, I would definitely hire Matt to guide us. Well worth the cost.

Our guide Matt was full of great information. He kept the hike interesting from beginning to end. Beautiful scenery, beautiful terrain, and a great half-day activity.

Viator was great with scheduling our 1st Hike in Scottsdale, all of my questions were answered with patience in an effort to find the best fit for our skill level. Matt at Mad Desert Trekking is an Amazing Guide! He made the hike fun and informational, he brought everything needed for a hike (bottled water, granola, snacks & backpacks) he even brought Apple Cider Sparkle to toast our anniversary!

Matt was an excellent guide and provided a fun hiking experience! Would definitely recommend using his company!