Mesa Verde Express Tour With Tickets To Cliff Palace

Discover Mesa Verde with an Archaeologist Trained Guide & explore Cliff Palace!

Experience the difference with the best tour combination around. We secure the “hard to get” ranger tickets so you do not have to try and get them on your own. Come take a look into the lives of the Ancestral Pueblo peoples who made Mesa Verde their home for over 700 years, from 600 C.E. to 1300!

This tour will focus primarily on Cliff Dwellings and include hard-to-get tickets with a ranger tour of the famous Cliff Palace. Your guide will take you around the National Park and give you the history of the park, the archaeology, and the geology of the area. These are areas of focus that are hard to get on your own. Keep in mind this tour is a brief overview of Mesa Verde and the Ancestral Puebloans. If you would like to spend more time in the area please consider our group tour or our private tour.

Mesa Verde encompasses over 80 square miles and protects over 5,000 archaeological sites, including the famous Cliff Palace and nearly 600 cliff dwellings, some of which are more than 800 years old.

When you book this tour you’ll sit back and relax while our experienced, knowledgeable archaeologist-trained guide takes you around the park. All of our vehicles are comfortable with air conditioning for those hot summer months and heated for the winter months.

Itinerary:

• Depart our Durango office at 360 South Camino Del Rio Suite #200 Durango, Co 81301 at 9:15 am
• Arrive Mesa Verde Visitor Center 10:10 am
• 10:10 am – 12:45 pm – explore attractions on Chapin Mesa including any combination of the following:
• Timing-dependent stop for close-up exploration of 12th and 13th-century mesa top sites at the Far View Village complex including Coyote Village and the Far View Great House
• Explore Cliff Palace up close with one of the ranger-led tours with a National Park Ranger.
• Driving tour of selected sites on the Mesa Top Loop to include short walks to Mesa top sites and canyon overlooks for views of the major cliff dwellings in the park including Cliff Palace and “downtown” Mesa Verde
• Arrive at Durango at 2:30 pm

Price includes Ranger Lead Tickets to Cliff Palace and Park Entrance Fees. We will have a cooler on board for snacks and lunches you are encouraged to bring.

Gratuity is not included in the price and is much appreciated.