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Joshua Tree National Park Scenic Tour

By Outdoor Adventures, Inc.
9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is €137 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 5h
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Overview

Head out on this a small group tour into Joshua Tree National Park conducted on an exciting air-conditioned H2 Hummer or touring Van. Gawk at the amazing contortions of rock that create an amazing landscape of vibrant colours against the bluest sky in California!

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 1:30 pm

Palm Springs Art Museum
Daily 8:30 am to 1:30 pm

Yucca Valley Welcome Centre
Daily 9:30 am to 12:30 pm

Note: Park Entrance of $15 pp is NOT included in the price.

Activity location
  • Joshua Tree National Park
    • Joshua Tree, California, United States
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • California Welcome Center
    • 56711 29 Palms Highway
    • 92284, Yucca Valley, California, United States

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

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Welcome Centre Van 9:30 am
  • Activity duration is 5 hours5h
    5h
  • English

Duration: 3 hours: This leaves closer to the entrance of Joshua Tree National Park at the Yucca Valley Welcome Centre located at 56711 Hwy 62.

Enclosed and heated van: This makes a nice 3-hour tour and expect to be back between 12:30 and 1:00 p.m.
Starting point:
California Welcome Centre, 56711 29 Palms Hwy, Yucca Valley, CA 92284, USA

Language options: English
Starting time: 09:30
Price details
€136.66 x 1 Adult€136.66
Total
Price is €136.66
Until Fri, 6 Mar
Palm Springs Museum Van 8:30
  • Activity duration is 5 hours5h
    5h
  • English

Duration: 5 hours
Heated Enclosed Adventure van : This leaves directly in front of the famous Palm Springs Art Museum at the bottom of the Museum stairs. Returns about 1:30 pm
Starting point:
Palm Springs Art Museum, 101 N Museum Dr, Palm Springs, CA 92262, USA

Language options: English
Starting time: 08:30
Price details
€153.85 x 1 Adult€153.85
Total
Price is €153.85
Until Fri, 6 Mar

What's included, what's not

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    General Admission
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    Bottled water
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    Expert national park guide
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    Snacks
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    Air-conditioned vehicle
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    Fuel surcharge
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    Service charge
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    Sun cream

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Dress in light clothes in the summer and layers in the winter. It is 20 to 30 degrees cooler in the high desert
  • 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.
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Joshua Tree National Park
  • 3h
  • Admission ticket not included
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.
Cap Rock Trail
  • 30m
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.
Intersection Rock
  • 15m
  • Admission ticket included
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.
Barker Dam Trail
  • 45m
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.
Keys View
  • 15m
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.

Location

Activity location
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    Joshua Tree National Park
    • Joshua Tree, California, United States
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    California Welcome Center
    • 56711 29 Palms Highway
    • 92284, Yucca Valley, California, United States
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Palm Springs Art Museum
    • 101 North Museum Drive
    • 92262, Palm Springs, California, United States

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