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Welcome to Ranchito Paraiso! After a long career as a professor (Cultural Studies and French), translator and Tahitian dancer/choreographer/artistic director, I now call Southern Arizona home. I was raised with Polynesian hospitality, and my idea for Ranchito Paraiso is to create a calming, reflective, welcoming space for artists, musicians, writers, poets, teachers, travelers, my sweet rescue aninals, and kind folk. I have lived in several countries and love to meet people from all walks of life. The Ranchito is my fulltime small business and your comfort is very important to me. Let me know how I can personalize your stay. Once you enter Kassandra's door, you are home for the time you are there - and we become neighbors - so let me know if you need extra eggs or sugar or a particular baking pan and I will do my best to make it happen :). Feel free to ask as many questions as you need before your arrival (from tourism to wine to hikes to desert dwelling and beyond :). Let me know your expectations and I will see what I can do to accommodate your needs (One guest was driving through with a Jersey cow, so we quickly turned our carport into a stall :). I wish you all the best in all your creative, professional, personal and traveling adventures and I thank you for checking out Ranchito Paraiso. I know you will love Kassandra as much as I do. I renovated her with love with all my future guests in mind. Enjoy your stay! Kareva.

I fell in love with this property as soon as I entered the gates, although it was a rundown foreclosure at the time. I had a vision of quitting academia to create a retreat-type space with quirky units, each with a unique personality and a name. We will be holding happy hours, live music and art events - and who knows, maybe karaoke under the stars or open mic or a spoken word poetry night? With the help of friends and volunteers from Workaway and HelpX, I have managed to DIY my way through this dream (oh, and with the help of Youtube as well :). We upcycle, recycle, repurpose as much as possible with a strong sense of aesthetic, color and décor that is greatly influenced by my multi-ethnic background and experiences. I love the 360 mountain views at the Ranchito, the fabulous sunsets and sunrises, the blankets of stars under the night sky and all the trees and succulents. The Ranchito is a work in progress, and I am excited to share this special space with travelers and artists.

The Ranchito is a welcome retreat for all who enter the gates. We are very unique, not only due to the artsy spaces and peaceful surroundings, but our donkeys, piggies, adn goats tend to be the stars of the show. Let us know if you'd like to hang out with the donkeys, piggies, and goats - they are very social, and love to hang out during morning coffee or happy hour. They are part of our family, so they roam the land freely all day. We put them to bed at night. The donkeys are in their corrals, the piggies sleep inside the ranch house on their doggie beds and the goats have a comfortable little house in the backyard. If you prefer for them to be enclosed during your stay, no worries. Just let us know if you'd like to engage with them. You will experience all types of amenities, including a washer and dryer, a fully stocked kitchen (cooking supplies, spices and some goodies in the pantry) and bathroom vanity (first aid supplies, toiletries and things you may have forgotten at home). When you open the fridge, you will see complementary breakfast items, such as English muffins or Croissants, strawberry preserves and cheese plus organic free range eggs, butter, organic coffee, creamer, organic sugar and honey, teas, and sparkling water. After a long journey, we want you to sleep in, relax and sip your coffee or beverage in the morning while enjoying the vast array of beautiful birds (including a family of cardinals), that call the Ranchito home. We have puzzles, coloring books, books, movies and art supplies for the kiddos. We are pet-friendly. We have board games, streaming services (Hulu, Netflix, Prime), musical instruments. and over 100 DVDs. We host art events and live music at the Ranchito. It is a special place, indeed. Once you enter the gates, you are home.