Joshua Tree National Park Scenic Tour
- JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK SCENIC TOUR
EXPLORE AND LEARN ABOUT JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK
This Joshua Tree National Park Scenic Tour keeps your family and friends comfortable in a climate-controlled enclosed vehicle including our Adventure Van or H2 Hummers.
Our main departure in Yucca Valley offers you the most economical location for a wonderful 3-hour adventure where we depart daily at 9:30 a.m.
Our vans also conveniently pick up daily in Palm Desert and downtown Palm Springs between 8 and 8:30 am.
The Scenic Tour is a great option for the high desert that is some 20 degrees cooler than the lower desert in Palm Springs. It follows the same route as our open air Hummer adventure and gives you the guarantee of an air conditioner for those hot summer days and a heater when it gets chilly in the high desert elevations.
We visit the most iconic and photographed places in Joshua Tree that you might very well miss without our guide! Wear some nice walking shoes as we are off the van or Hummer for about 1 hour for beautiful walks for photos and fresh air.
See the monolithic giant boulders, forests of Joshua Trees and visit a grand view from our highest point of MILE-HIGH.
Here you can see the entire length of Palm Springs and even make out Mexico on a clear day!
Layered clothing and good walking shoes.
BACKCOUNTRY PEDESTRIAN PASS
While we cover for general admission on the road based portion of the tour, backcountry areas we love to visit do now have an extra fee.
The new national park rules require individuals 16 or older to acquire their own PEDESTRIAN PASS for $15 per person.
Please go to the following website to make a purchase for your entrance fee prior to the tour at this website: https://www.recreation.gov/sitepass/74286
This PEDESTRIAN PASS gives you permission on our tour to go on the walks inside the park as part of the new fee structure introduced in 2024. Tour operators are prohibited from making these purchases on behalf of the guests. Please have your tickets purchased and ready before your tour. Your pass will allow you to return to the park at your own leisure within 7 days.
The park also accepts your America the Beautiful Pass or a Joshua Tree Annual Pass if you have one. It will permit up to 4 adults admission.
Bring your ticket or print your pass for the Entrance Gate to check you in.
WHAT IS INCLUDED:
AN ENCLOSED HUMMER or TOURING ADVENTURE VAN
Expert National Park Guide
See Keys Point
See one of the highest peaks in the park. Here you can see the entire Palm Springs area and even as far as Mexico. Here we take an optional walk and photo stop at this remarkable scenic point.
Experience the Parks largest Joshua Trees
Travel along an old goldmine trail in the largest forest of Joshua Trees.
See and learn about the Windmill Farm
See over 3000 windmills that produce enough electricity for all of Palm Springs by simply harnessing the free power of the wind. These are located in what NASA describes as "the windiest place on Earth."
Daily departure:PALM DESERT8 am to 1:30 pm
PALM SPRINGS8:30 am to 1:00 pmYUCCA VALLEY WELCOME CENTER9 am to 12:30 pm1:30 pm to 4:30 pmDO NOT SHOW AT A LOCATIONNOT ON YOUR TICKET |
Reservations are 100% refundable with at least a 48-hour notice.
This tour also requires 4 people to run on our public tour. This rarely is an issue as this tour is typically sold out most days. If this tour fails to meet this minimum you will be given the opportunity to upgrade this to a private, move this to another tour or receive a full refund. Early reservations are strongly recommended.