We signed up for the half day keep tour to the Joshua Tree National Park. For context, I have two boys, 10 and 5 (about to be 6). This is why I chose the jeep tour. My boys had a blast off-roading into the park. Disclaimer, off-roading is bumpy and if you get car sick easily I recommend taking Dramamine beforehand and maybe have some sparkling water 😉 also the ride into the park does not have ‘breaks,’ meaning there isn’t a gap between off-roading where the path is paved. It’s constant for a good hour or so. Once we got to the park the weather definitely dropped from 111 degrees, but that was okay for us 😂 went down to about 90s (much more bearable). Isabel, our tour guide, was incredible. She is a wealth of knowledge. I honestly could have listened to her all day. We learned so much from her about the desert and it’s natural resources as well as its history. Isabel also made sure to meet our needs by asking us questions in the beginning about what we are hoping to see from the tour. With some extra time we got to check out the hot springs area, and drive past the San Andreas fault. Another bonus she had snacks! 😍 My boys loved that part! We are so glad we did it. The place was magical and that’s one of the attractions the valley is known for so of course we wanted to check it out.