Sanctuary Tours

We would love to have you visit the Ironwood Pig Sanctuary and want to make your visit as enjoyable as possible. We have a great sanctuary and are proud to give you a nice tour. That is why we ask you to call and schedule your visit in advance so we can make sure that we give you the attention you deserve. If you are an out-of-town visitor please schedule your visit ahead of your arrival. We may be busy feeding, spending a day with our veterinarian doing medical rounds, a day of neutering or spaying, short staffed or working with a group of volunteers and not able to give you a tour.

Saturday and Sundays are the best days to visit from 10am to 2pm since we have additional staff on those days; however, we may be able to accomodate you during the week if staffing and time allows. We don’t want to miss your visit and understand that you may be passing through the area or are an out-of-town visitor and it is convenient to stop, so please call ahead to make sure that we can accommodate your visit.

Don't forget the summers are hot here and the pigs stay hidden most of the day, so try and plan your visit in a cool month.

So stop by, have a good time, and give belly rubs to our sweet pigs.

Ironwood Pig Sanctuary Facilities

The Mother Lode

“I think we hit the mother lode,” said Rick, our well driller, when I asked how much water he found at 1,200 feet in our new well. Of the 4,000 gallons of water we consumed in a day last summer, 3,200 came from the town of Marana. An older water truck was purchased that was able to haul 4,000 gallons a trip. Even with this large truck we had to make almost a daily trip into town.

The capacity of our existing tanks was only 6,000 gallons, which would only last two days with conservation. We needed to do something to obtain a better water source and increase our capacity for emergencies. This past winter we contracted with a water well driller to go deeper using our original 700 -foot dry hole. He went an additional 500 feet to 1200 feet and HIT WATER!! All the water we would ever need at the sanctuary even considering future growth.

Tank built on site

Our new water tank gives us a total capacity of 40,000 gallons that would last for at least two weeks with conservation in the event of a failure of the well.

For two summers now we haven’t had to haul water. Our precious pigs never had a clue about all this work that was going on behind the scenes to ensure their safety.