We operated our very first tour in North America 100 years ago this summer,” explained Tauck CEO Jennifer Tombaugh, “and ...

Located in Southwest Colorado, Mesa Verde National Park is one of the most incredible National Parks in the US and a UNESCO ...

In southwest Colorado, Mesa Verde National Park was established in 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt to “preserve the works of man.” The “works of man” reference the 600 cliff dwellings ...

Unlike at Mesa Verde, visitors cannot go inside the ruins, because very few are stabilized. Beyond that, the only way to see the canyon is by guided tour. Various Navajo tour operators offer ...

In a free audio tour visitors can download ... “There's a lot of really great self-guided experiences at Mesa Verde,” Sholly said. “We do offer talks every day that are free to the public.” ...

But for Mesa Verde, these tours are the best way to see the heart ... the dwellings via ladders and tunnels, this is for you. Guided by a park ranger, you will climb up and down 30-foot ladders ...

Mesa Verde National Park was established 18 years ... Museum and Spruce Tree House are open year-round for free, self-guided tours. RANGER-LED TOURS: Tickets, $3 (euro2.5) each, available at ...

Though the pandemic and canceled ranger tours initially botched my plans, I took refuge in a quieter, more self-guided experience at Mesa Verde, one that allowed my history-loving imagination to ...

The year it closed, 266,351 people took self-guided tours, or about half the parks ... chief of interpretation and visitor services for Mesa Verde National Park., during in May.

In the end, we went to both, and were glad we did. As we found out, both are clusters of authentic ruins, and we actually enjoyed the differences. We could also see, though, that some folks would ...