Contact Info
- Toll-Free:
- 888-454-8828
- Phone 2:
- 801-487-7200
Basics
- Activity Type:
- Sightseeing,
Hiking / Walking,
Biking - Length:
- 5 days
- Difficulty:
- Low to Medium
- When Offered:
- Nov
Description
California’s Desert Wonderland
Experience the rich palette, surreal geography and many moods of Death Valley National Park. With Backroads, you have access to landscapes where majestic scale humbles the senses. Sculpted rocks peer from behind enormous sand dunes. Brilliantly colored mountains frame narrow canyons. Volcanic craters and ancient salt beds abound, while each evening, the sun creeps over rose-hued peaks in a desert sunset display like no other.
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Hotel Info:
Stovepipe Wells - Stovepipe Wells (2 nights): After a long desert ride, cool off with a dip in this motel’s inviting swimming pool.
Furnace Creek Ranch - Furnace Creek (2 nights): Located almost 200 feet below sea level, this motel offers a golf course and a swimming pool.
Additional Details:
Days 1-2 Stovepipe Wells
Meet in Las Vegas Shuttle to Death Valley National Park In the distance, view the Great Salt Flats, a shimmering expanse that might just trick your eyes into believing you’ve reached the ocean’s shore! Cool off with a dip in the motel’s pool Hike through shady Mosaic Canyon and marvel at the brilliant colors of the surrounding rock—a result of marble fragments fused to the rock walls by sediment Catch a desert sunset while exploring nearby sand dunes Tour Scotty’s Castle, a flamboyant Moorish-style hacienda boasting an indoor waterfall, 18 fireplaces and a pipe organ Bike downhill from the castle and absorb the subtle desert scenery.
Days 3-5 Furnace Creek
Rise early and watch the colorful desert sunrise Ride past jagged badlands awash in pastels Stroll along the Salt Creek Nature Trail and perhaps spot the tracks of bobcats, coyotes and ravens At Dante’s View, enjoy a sweeping panorama of 1,000-square miles of rugged escarpments, vast alluvial fans, sparkling white salt flats, the Panamint Mountains, Telescope Peak and the distant Sierra Nevada Cap off the Day with an exhilarating downhill spin to the desert floor—or perhaps play a round of golf instead How low can you go? Delight in a visit to Badwater, which lies at 282 feet below sea level.
