Mesa Verde National Park Full Day Tour

Overview

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.

City: Durango

Wed 11 Jun

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Starting at $195.00

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Wed 11 Jun

Starting at $195.00

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What's Included

Professional guide

National Park fees

Tour escort/host

Driver/guide

Lunch

Transport by private vehicle

Additional Info

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

What To Expect

Mountain Waters Rafting & Adventure Company

Park for free, check-in, get ready, head off to Mesa Verde National Park for the day

Mesa Verde National Park

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

Mesa Verde Visitor and Research Center

Explore the Visitor and Research Center with your guide

Cliff Palace

When available, the park has limited the seasonal schedule and the capacity of the ranger guided tour into the Cliff Palace Ruin.

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