Tour Joshua Tree National Park
Nature preserve covering over 793,000 acres of the Mojave Desert country in Eastern California.
The rugged terrain is famous for the many unusual plants found here including Joshua trees, cactus,
ocotillo, smoke treess, palo verdes, pinon pins, yucca plants. The best
time to visit is early spring when a big array of desert wildflowers
reach full bloom.
Tour Death Valley National Park
This park preserve some of the most extreme terrain in the Western Hemisphere.
Over 3,367,628 acres of scenic desert landscape. Park elevations range from
282 feet below sea-level (at Badwater) to 11,049 at Telescope Peak.
Tour Borrego Springs
Borrego Springs is certainly one of the most scenic desert resort
areas of California. The desert valleys are bordered by 9,000 foot mountain
peaks. Some have said that Borrego Springs is what Palm Springs was 50 years ago
- peaceful, quiet, relaxing. There are no stoplights in Borrego.
Salton Sea State Recreation Area
Located along the northeastern shore of the Salton Sea
since 1955 and offering an abundance of outdoor recreation opportunities.
Salton Sea boasts great fishing - game includes croaker, corvina
and tilapia.
Cibola National Wildlife Refuge
Lower Colorado River Valley
Cibola NWR is located in the floodplain of the lower Colorado River and surrounded by a fringe of desert ridges and washes.
The refuge encompasses the historic Colorado River channel and several important backwater areas that are home to many wildlife species.
Because of the river’s life sustaining water, wildlife here survive in an environment that reaches 120 degrees in the summer and receives an average of only 2 inches of rain per year.