Joshua Tree National Park Scenic Tour
Overview
Your expert guide will illuminate your understanding about how this landscape was created and share the stories of the Indians and settlers who lived here.
See the most iconic and most photographed places in the park as well as stop at a viewpoint where you can see all the way to Mexico!
This tour will visit the most iconic locations in the park including it's legendary giant boulders, learn about the forces of the San Andreas Fault that jolt the landscape beneath Joshua Tree itself.
SCHEDULE
Morning Tours:
Palm Desert Mortons Daily
8 am to 1 pm
Palm Springs Art Museum
Wednesday and Saturday
8:30 am to 1:30 pm
Yucca Valley Welcome Center
Daily 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
Inclusions
- Expert national park guide
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- All Fees and Taxes
- Entry/Admission - Intersection Rock
- Entry/Admission - Joshua Tree National Park
What to expect
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Stop At: Joshua Tree National Park, Joshua Tree, CA
We provide you an informative and entertaining tour of Joshua Tree with one of our professional geology guides. You will explore the park with a professional eco guide while you explore the ancient geological landscape that was once the home of the Serrano Indians.
We also take you to the most photographed places in the park and take a walk in an area where you can find Indian cave drawings and even an old dam left by cowboys long past.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Cap Rock Trail, Joshua Tree National Park, CA 92277
Explore with your guide enormous rock formations exposed at the Earths surface that were produced by the very forces of the San Andreas Fault miles beneath. Here rocks seem to precariously balance upon one another in a fight between gravity and subterranean forces. A 30 minute optional guided walk is made here.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Intersection Rock, Directly Across The Street From Hidden Valley, Joshua Tree, CA 92277
This iconic rock formation is one of the most popular places in the park for rock climbers. Gawk at the climbers as they challenge the perils of the 3rd dimension.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Barker Dam Trail, North of Barker Dam parking area, Joshua Tree National Park, CA
Take an optional hike with your Wilderness guide on this Trail originally lay down by the Cowboys. This will take you by Indian petroglyphs as well as a water resource that is used by high elevation Bighorn Sheep and deer.
This area is surrounded with 20 million year old Miocene rock formations that are the vaunted destination for expert rock climbers all over the world.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Keys View, Joshua Tree National Park, CA
Gawk at a view that stretches for hundreds of miles. From this high point in Joshua Tree you can see as far as the Salton Sea and all the way down to Mexico on a clear day.
You might even be able to make out your hotel on this escarpment that borders the famous San Andreas Fault. Look below this ledge we will stop at and you will see the fault line itself which stretches for over 800 miles.
Duration: 15 minutes
Additional information
- Dress in light clothes in the summer and layers in the winter. It is 20 to 30 degrees cooler in the high desert
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Wear comfortable walking shoes
- Minimum numbers apply. There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there is not enough passengers to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or full refund. There is a 4 person minimum to run this tour.
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 9 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
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Great trip. Bob was a terrific guide. Highly recommend for families and folks interested in experiencing an unusual scenic tour.
Great trip. Bob was a terrific guide. Highly recommend for families and folks interested in experiencing an unusual scenic tour.Our guide, Bob, was excellent. He was very knowledgeable, personable and accommodating. He provided a very good overview and historical perspective of the park and the area. We would certainly recommend this tour!
Our guide, Bob, was excellent. He was very knowledgeable, personable and accommodating. He provided a very good overview and historical perspective of the park and the area. We would certainly recommend this tour!The tour and especially our tour guide Bob was amazing! We wanted to visit Joshua Tree National Park but weren't too sure where to go and what to see. The tour took all of the guessing out of visiting the park and we got to see many great sites all with a very knowledgeable guide who kept it fun ...
The tour and especially our tour guide Bob was amazing! We wanted to visit Joshua Tree National Park but weren't too sure where to go and what to see. The tour took all of the guessing out of visiting the park and we got to see many great sites all with a very knowledgeable guide who kept it fun and interesting. I would highly recommend this tour and the folks who run it and you won't be disappointed.Great tour, I would absolutely recommend for solo travelers. The guide was very knowledgeable about the geology, history, flora and fauna of the park. He knew the best locations in the park (most people who went alone seemed to stop off at earlier points and missed the better attractions).
Great tour, I would absolutely recommend for solo travelers. The guide was very knowledgeable about the geology, history, flora and fauna of the park. He knew the best locations in the park (most people who went alone seemed to stop off at earlier points and missed the better attractions).Bob was incredible! He knew all of the best places to visit in the park and was great with our kids. We had a blast. Highly recommend.
Bob was incredible! He knew all of the best places to visit in the park and was great with our kids. We had a blast. Highly recommend.Beautiful scenery knowledgeable guide we had a cold but beautiful day to explore. Would definitely recommend
Beautiful scenery knowledgeable guide we had a cold but beautiful day to explore. Would definitely recommend