Mesa Verde National Park Full Day Tour
- 9 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Your professional guide will customize the trip to your group offering choices from the park's ranger-guided tours (Seasonally available 2nd week of May thru 3rd week of October) as well as adding historical, cultural and archaeological insights on interpretive hikes and walking tours. Park entrance fees, ranger-guided tour tickets and a deli-style lunch are included. Discover Mesa Verde National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1978 and considered the largest archaeological preserve and first cultural National Park in the country. Mesa Verde, Spanish for green table, offers a spectacular look into the lives of the Ancestral Pueblo people who made it their home for over 700 years. Today the park protects nearly 5,000 known archaeological sites, including 600 cliff dwellings. These sites are some of the most notable and best preserved in the United States.
Inclusions
What's included
- Professional guide
- National Park fees
- Tour escort/host
- Driver/guide
- Lunch
- Transport by private vehicle
What's not
- Gratuities
Itinerary
Park for free, check-in, get ready, head off to Mesa Verde National Park for the day
You will learn and see as much as you can in a single day with a guide passionate about the park and the culture. This tour has stops at several of the parks archaeological sites, several of the cliff dwellings, the historic museum, spectacular and a 30 minute ranger guided tour into the crown jewel of the park; Cliff Palace. Cliff Palace is a world- famous masterpiece of architecture and design and the largest cliff dwelling in the park. Considered moderately strenuous, this tour will descend uneven stone steps and climb four 10ft ladders, with an elevation change of 100 feet. Total walking distance is 1/4 mile. Although tickets will be provided for everyone, not everyone has to go on the tour and this can be decided together with your guide at the park. Included: Park fees, Cliff Palace tickets, transportation to and from Durango and within the park, plenty of water and a delicious sandwich lunch. Cannot accommodate children under the age of 4 or people will severe mobility issues
Explore the Visitor and Research Center with your guide
When available, the park has limited the seasonal schedule and the capacity of the ranger guided tour into the Cliff Palace Ruin.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Know before you go
- Meeting point
- Meet at the Mountain Waters Rafting office 303 W College Dr Durango, CO 81301 Free secure parking in Downtown Durango!
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 18 travellers
- Operated by
- Mountain Waters Rafting & Adventure Company LLC
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- Minimum age of 4 years old
How it compares in Durango
- Its from-price is close to the median of the 11 day trips we list in Durango.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 4 of 11.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Durango
Durango is a Wild West railroad town in south-west Colorado, on the Animas River, known for its steam train, the San Juan Mountains and nearby Mesa Verde.
Durango was founded in 1880 as a railroad town for the silver mines of the San Juan Mountains, and its Main Avenue still has Victorian brick buildings, saloons and hotels from that time. A coal-fired narrow-gauge steam train, running since 1882, chugs up the Animas River canyon to the mining town of Silverton, through scenery of high peaks and gorges.
Top-ranked sights in Durango: Animas River, Historic Downtown Durango.
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