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:
- Feb, Mar, Apr
Description
Hike & Bike in California’s Desert Wonderland
Death Valley National Park is a place of surprising natural beauty, intriguing topographic extremes and ever-changing weather. And there’s no better way than biking and hiking with Backroads to experience the rich palette, surreal geography and many moods of this remarkable valley in southeastern California’s Mojave Desert. Bordered by the rugged Panamint Mountains to the west and the Amargosa range to the east, Death Valley’s roadways provide access to landscapes where the majestic scale humbles the senses of adults and kids alike. Sculpted rocks peer from behind huge rippling sand dunes. Brilliantly colored mountains frame isolated valleys and narrow canyons and volcanic craters abound. And each evening, the sun creeps below 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 and offering a golf course and swimming pool.
Additional Details:
Days 1-2 Stovepipe Wells Village
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 our 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 Tour Scotty’s Castle, a flamboyant Moorish-style hacienda boasting an indoor waterfall, 18 fireplaces and a pipe organ.
Days 3-5 Furnace Creek
Catch a desert sunrise while exploring nearby sand dunes Bike past jagged badlands awash in pastels Adults ride up 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 Kids hike through Golden Canyon, observing the rock layers and geo-history up close Afterward, kids enjoy a horseback ride into the canyons Adults 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 at 282 feet below sea level.
