700 Year Tour - Half Day Mesa Verde Cultural Tour

Overview

Experience all this UNESCO World Heritage site has to offer on this 4 hour small group tour. It provides you with an overall historical view of the Ancestral Puebloans architectural, horticultural, cultural, and religious dimensions of their lives in the Southwest. The interpretive tour guides are all National Association for Interpretation certified. Choose from one of two departure times when you book.

City: Durango

Sat 07 Jun

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Starting at $93.00

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Sat 07 Jun

Starting at $93.00

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What's Included

National Association for Interpretation certified Interpretive Guide

Driver

Local taxes

Transportation by air conditioned coach

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Children must be accompanied by an adult
ADA passengers are accommodated by a visit to Spruce Tree House and Chapin Mesa Museum
Electric scooters will not fit inside the coach, push behind wheelchairs are accommodated.
Dwellings are at 7,000 feet
Dress code:casual with comfortable walking shoes
Maximum Group Size: 40

What To Expect

Mesa Verde Tour Experience

The tour starts at either 8am or 1:30pm from Far View Terrace, Mile Marker 15, 45 minutes inside Mesa Verde National Park where you will board a comfortable and air conditioned coach. Experience a chronological journey starting with a pithouse village (A.D. 600), the development of pueblos and underground ceremonial rooms called kivas (A.D. 900-1100), to the Classic Pueblo era of cliff dwellings dated from the 13th century. Take amazing photos of Fewkes Canyon Overlooks at Oak Tree House and Fire Temple with a walk around stop at Sun Temple. Learn about the 700 years of Ancestral Puebloan history from our experienced NAI certified Interpretive Guides all while we do the driving and parking.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (95)

Luannsu

Oct 2024

Fantastic tour of Mesa Verde National Park (700 year tour). Mark, our tour guide was fantastic. Highly recommend this, especially if you have limited time. So much knowledge. This tour also included entrance to the Cliff House. Irene, our driver, was also fantastic. Can never thank Mark and Irene enough. I’ve learned so much!

Steve D

Oct 2024

We spent 3 days at Mesa Verde and did several tours, along with trail hikes and our own explorations. The Wetherill area was closed. We found the 700 Years Tour to be an excellent introduction to the park, bringing together and expanding on many of the themes introduced at the Visitors Center and Park Musem. We did the tour on our first day to get ourselves started. The first thing to know is that the 700 Tour is a great way to see a number of the park highlights in the Mesa Top Area and the history & culture of the peoples who lived there. One bonus of the Tour is that it includes the ranger/guide-led tour to the Cliff Palace, whose tickets can be difficult to secure otherwise. Our 700 Tour guide had her PhD in anthropology, was an excellent speaker, and a wealth of knowledge. So if you're pressed for time and haven't done pre-research to plan out your visit, this is a good way to go. Another thing I'd recommend is, if you only have time to visit one more site, consider going to see Spruce Tree House in The Chapin Mesa Area, by the Museum. In my opinion, it's one of the key highlights to see that's not on the 700 Year Tour. It's a well developed cliff site that you can get within a few hundred yards of. As I mentioned, the Wetherill Area was closed, so I can't comment on sites there to see for priority. Also, that area is not part of the 700 Tour. Another's thing to know is that, if you can, try to sit on the left side of the bus as you get on from the front because the canyon and cliff dwelling views for the sites you don't stop at will be on that side. You can still see things from the other side, just not quite as optimally sometimes. Finally, know that the bus seats are fairly comfortable. The bus is air conditioned, and they have cold water bottles to help folks stay hydrated. There are also a couple of stops with restroom facilities. Of course, the Park Service Visitors Center and Museum are always worth your time to visit because the NPS does such a great job bringing together and sharing the themes of each place they host. Nither of these is part of the 700 Tour.

Patricia_B

Sep 2024

The whole tour was very informative and interesting.I did not care for the tour guides remark about the “Christian scheme”I thought everyone was supposed to be politically correct now.I would not refer to Native American beliefs as a “ scheme”