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Desert Southwest
Grand Canyon, Zion, Moab · 15 tours · GPS-triggered narration that plays automatically as you explore.
From the Grand Canyon's billion-year-old walls to the red rock spires of Moab and the neon glow of Las Vegas, the Desert Southwest is a landscape of extremes. Our audio tours bring the geology, Native American heritage, and frontier spirit to life at every viewpoint.
15 tours in Desert Southwest
Each tour triggers narration automatically based on your GPS location. Pick one and start exploring.
Grand Canyon South Rim
Drive the South Rim with stops at the most spectacular viewpoints. Hear about 2 billion years of geology, the native peoples who called this home, and the explorers who risked everything to map its depths.
View tour details →Las Vegas Strip Walk (Night)
Las Vegas Strip Walk (Night) — a walking tour in the Desert SW region.
View tour details →Tucson Saguaro Scenic Drive
A loop through both districts of Saguaro National Park — the only place on Earth where the giant saguaro cactus grows in such density. The east side's Cactus Forest Drive winds through old-growth saguaros that were ancient when Tucson was founded, and the west side delivers petroglyphs, Gates Pass, and the world-class Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
View tour details →Zion Canyon Scenic Drive
Zion Canyon is a cathedral carved in Navajo Sandstone — 2,000-foot walls of red and cream rock framing the Virgin River. The scenic drive winds from the visitor center to the Temple of Sinawava, passing the Court of the Patriarchs, the Great White Throne, and the Big Bend. The east entrance road adds Checkerboard Mesa and the Canyon Overlook.
View tour details →Sedona Red Rock Scenic Drive
Red sandstone towers rising from high desert — Cathedral Rock, Bell Rock, and the Chapel of the Holy Cross carved into the cliff face. The drive that proves Mars exists on Earth, and it's in Arizona.
View tour details →Grand Canyon South Rim Scenic Drive
Hermit Road to Desert View Drive — the South Rim's greatest hits. Every overlook reveals a different billion-year-old layer of Earth's geology. The Colorado River is a silver thread a mile below your feet.
View tour details →Route 66: Seligman to Kingman
Route 66: Seligman to Kingman — a driving tour in the Desert SW region.
View tour details →Black Hills Mount Rushmore Drive
The sacred Black Hills of South Dakota — Lakota holy ground turned into America's most ambitious sculpture gallery. From the four presidents of Mount Rushmore to the unfinished mountain-sized Crazy Horse, from the impossible pigtail bridges of Iron Mountain Road to the granite spires of Needles Highway. Bison roam freely through Custer State Park, and the road itself is the attraction.
View tour details →Bryce Canyon Scenic Drive
The 18-mile scenic road along the eastern edge of the Paunsaugunt Plateau delivers thirteen viewpoints into Bryce's otherworldly hoodoo amphitheaters. From Sunrise Point to Rainbow Point, the elevation climbs from 8,000 to 9,115 feet, passing through forests of ponderosa pine, spruce, and ancient bristlecone pine. The hoodoos glow orange at sunrise and burn crimson at sunset.
View tour details →Moab Arches Scenic Drive
Over 2,000 natural stone arches crowd this park — more than any other place on Earth. The 18-mile scenic drive climbs from the Colorado River to the Devils Garden, passing Balanced Rock (a 3,600-ton boulder on a pedestal), the Windows Section's massive openings, and the Delicate Arch viewpoint. Red rock, blue sky, and the La Sal Mountains on the horizon.
View tour details →Lake Powell and Page Drive
The red-rock wonderland around Page, Arizona — where the Colorado River carved Horseshoe Bend, slot canyons glow with reflected light, and Glen Canyon Dam holds back a 186-mile-long inland sea. Every stop on this drive looks like it was painted by a geologist with a flair for the dramatic.
View tour details →Albuquerque Old Town Walk
Three centuries in one walk through Albuquerque's original heart. From the 1706 Spanish colonial plaza to a Pueblo cultural center that predates European contact by millennia, through adobe-lined streets where chile ristras hang from every portal and the smell of roasting Hatch green chile defines the city.
View tour details →Mesa Verde Ancestral Drive
Mesa Verde protects over 5,000 archaeological sites — the most notable cliff dwellings in North America. The Ancestral Puebloans built these apartment complexes into sandstone alcoves 800 years ago, then vanished. The scenic drive crosses the mesa top with views into canyons where the ruins sit hidden under overhangs.
View tour details →Scottsdale & Apache Trail Drive
From Scottsdale's art galleries into the Superstition Mountains via the Apache Trail — the road Teddy Roosevelt called "one of the most spectacular best-worth-seeing sights of the world." Saguaro cacti, canyon lakes, and the legend of the Lost Dutchman's gold mine.
View tour details →Monument Valley Scenic Drive
The Navajo Nation's cathedral of sandstone — buttes and mesas that John Ford made famous in every Western you've ever seen. The 17-mile unpaved loop road puts you inside the landscape. Mittens, Totem Pole, John Ford Point.
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