Greater Palm Springs tours, things to do and tickets

On a hot summer's day, one of the best things to do in Palm Springs is to take a ride from the dry desert floor with the Aerial Tramway, 5,873 feet up into the cool climate of the San Jacinto Mountains. Come and ascend into a pristine wilderness aboard the world's largest rotating tramcars! Truly one of the greatest experiences in Southern California!

Only Red Jeep Tours can take you to Metate Ranch, located in the heart of the San Andreas Fault Zone. On this awe-inspiring OPEN-AIR Jeep Tour, you will travel deep into the heart of California’s world-famous San Andreas Fault and witness the forces of nature that have created amazing, steep-walled canyons and the most twisted and tormented landscapes on Earth! You will be awestruck by the spectacular scenery as your Jeep winds its way through the bones of the earth. During your adventure, you will stop several times for short nature walks, including a short hike through a slot canyon, if desired. This tour also stops at a natural palm oasis, where water bubbles up from the ground year-round. Here you will learn about how the Cahuilla Indians used desert plants to survive in this inhospitable environment. A final highlight is a guided tour of our recreated Cahuilla Indian Village that showcases the lifestyle and culture of the Cahuilla people.

Purchase one tour per car, not per person. Everyone listens together! Explore the rugged, mystical beauty of Joshua Tree National Park with this narrated driving tour. Discover a desert full of amazing hikes and cartoonishly strange trees, and hear all about the area’s fascinating history, from the greed of the gold rush to the McHaney Gang’s reign of terror. Enjoy all this in any season from the comfort of your own car! • Tour Joshua Tree National Park from the comfort of your own car • As a bonus, this package also includes a tour through Hidden Valley Nature Trail! After booking, check your email/text to download the separate Audio Tour Guide App by Action while connected to WiFi or mobile data. Enter the password, download the tour, and enjoy it offline. Follow the audio instructions and route from the designated starting point. New, Lifetime access, no expiry. Use it anytime, on any trip, as many times as you want.

Ride from the desert floor to the pristine wilderness of the Mt. San Jacinto State Park on the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. Enjoy great views on your way up to restaurants, a natural exhibit area, and more.

Head out on this a small group tour into Joshua Tree National Park conducted on a comfortable touring Van. Gawk at the amazing contortions of rock that create an amazing landscape of vibrant colors against the bluest sky in California! Your expert guide will illuminate your understanding about how this landscape was created and share the stories of the Indians and settlers who lived here. See the most iconic and most photographed places in the park as well as stop at a viewpoint where you can see all the way to Mexico! This tour will visit the most iconic locations in the park including it's legendary giant boulders, learn about the forces of the San Andreas Fault that jolt the landscape beneath Joshua Tree itself. SCHEDULE Morning Tours: Palm Desert Mortons Daily. 8 am to 1:30 pm Palm Springs Art Museum Daily 8:30 am to 1:30 pm Yucca Valley Welcome Center Daily 9:30 am to 12:30 pm Note: Park Entrance of $15 pp is NOT included in the price.

You and your crack team have been assembled to pull off this caper which will involve sneaking past the bank’s high-tech security, hacking your way into a computer, and working out and deciding how you’ll break into the vault. Your objective: Get as much loot as you can before the police come and spoil all the fun.

The “unsinkable” Titanic is going down. Fortunately, you overheard the captain speak of a hidden life boat. This may be construed as mutiny but you decide to gather your crew and work your way through Captain Smith’s cabin anyway. Discover what secrets Captain Smith has been keeping from the passengers and crew.

This offroad tour takes you to one of the nation's most outstanding wilderness treasures, Joshua Tree National Park. We enter the park through one of the main paved entrances, visit a few highlights through the Park, and then take you to a place very few Visitors ever see....Geology Tour Road. This route is the only place within the Park that features all three of Joshua Tree's unique geology.....Pinto Gneiss, White Tank Monzogranite, and the unique Basalt formation of Malpai Hill. Clients will be treated to magnificent unspoiled desert vistas, spectacular rock formations, unique plant and animal life, and outstanding geology. For those wanting a smoother experience that features more highlights of the park please consider our Joshua Tree Driving/Van Tour. ABSOLUTELY NO PETS ALLOWED ON TOUR. This activity has a 2 person requirement for the tour to run. If you are a single rider, please call first.

Experience the breathtaking landscapes of Joshua Tree National Park aboard an open-air military Hummer. Journey through rugged desert terrain, discover hidden oases, and marvel at towering rock formations sculpted by millions of years of geological history. Along the way, your knowledgeable guide brings the desert to life with fascinating stories about its geology, wildlife, ecology, and cultural heritage. Enjoy spectacular scenery, unforgettable photo opportunities, and the personalized experience of a small-group adventure. From dramatic desert vistas to the remarkable beauty of Joshua Tree's unique landscape, this is an exciting way to discover one of America's most extraordinary national parks. Morning adventures and seasonal sunset tours are available. Explore Joshua Tree in an authentic open-air military Hummer for a unique desert adventure.

This is a small group 3-hour bike tour of 3 architecturally & historically significant neighborhoods in south Palm Springs. Quiet streets, no hills, constant sunshine, & very little traffic make for a great ride for novices or expert cyclists alike. (This is not an athletic tour, fear not!) We'll explore Deepwell Estates, Twin Palms, & Indian Canyons, making frequent stops for photos & to learn details about specific homes & architects. NOTE: BIKES ARE NOT INCLUDED! Discounted bike rentals at Big Wheel Tours. They have colorful retro cruiser bikes & e-bikes. [ I've designed this tour for serious architecture & history fans, with academic-level information & detail. So, it may not be the most enjoyable tour for some children. ]

Explore the essence of Hollywood's golden era with a snappy guided golf cart tour through the iconic neighborhoods of Palm Springs. Feel the allure of Palm Springs as you glide through the picturesque streets of Old Las Palmas. - Explore Palm Springs historical & architectural homes of the golden era, featuring Spanish colonial and mid-century homes of Hollywood Celebrities like Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, Elizabeth Taylor, Judy Garland, Lucille Ball, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Peter Lawford, Debbie Reynolds, Gene Autry, Dinah Shore (now owned by Leonardo DiCaprio), Carey Grant, Gene Autry and more! - Expert local storytellers sharing Hollywood history and anecdotes - Luxurious, high back open-air rides ideal for comfort & style - Great for history & architecture buffs and fans of classic Hollywood films - We provide water, electric cooling fans installed for each seats, your personal facial mist sprayer to beat the heat of the summer!

In Salem, Massachusetts in the late 1690s, a man & a woman fall in love. But shortly before the wedding, the man finds a magic spell in his fiancée’s handwriting - the spell was to make him fall in love with her by unnatural means. He rejects her & calls off the wedding, calling her an evil witch. “I'll show you an evil witch!” she vows & turns him into a vampire, but that isn’t all: he finds his coffin impossible to open! Now it’s up to you & your team to uncover the secrets of their love affair & help the vampire reclaim his coffin.

Small group Jeep/SUV tours of the San Andreas Fault zone.  Colorful canyons and tortured landscape make this tour a memorable once in a lifetime adventure. Also enjoy the area's agriculture, views of the Salton Sea. This is a group tour. This activity has a 2 person requirement for the tour to run. If you are a single rider, please call first.

Just north of Palm Springs lies one of nature's majestic creations, Joshua Tree National Park. In the comfort of an enclosed, climate-controlled vehicle your guide will take you on an extensive all paved road tour through the stunning rock formations and otherworldly landscape of the Mojave Desert. This activity has a 2 person requirement for the tour to run. If you are a single rider, please call first. NOTICE: EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2025 ALL JOSHUA TREE TOURS WILL REQUIRE GUESTS TO PAY THEIR OWN $15 ENTRY FEE UPON ENTERING THE PARK. ENTRY FEES WILL NO LONGER BE INCLUDED IN THE BIG WHEEL TOURS PRICING. PLEASE COME PREPARED WITH A FORM OF PAYMENT (CREDIT CARD) TO ACCOMMODATE THIS NEW POLICY. THANK YOU!

Our award winning tour guides will take you on an experience you will never forget. With 8 straight Trip Advisor "Certificate of Excellence" awards, our guides will accompany you through the city of Palm Springs, once known as "Hollywood's Playground." Discover the history of Palm Springs, the Native American involvement with that history, points of interest in the village proper, a look at desert desert life, and of course homes, homes, and more homes. Get the Palm Springs scoop, What's new? Where to go? What to do? Our tour guides will show you Palm Springs in a way you never thought possible.

Merlin's Magic School is in trouble. The entire school was accidentally cursed during a talent show, and only you and your team are able to save everyone by finding Merlin's hidden spell book. In this game you'll have to figure out what to do with magical objects, get help from a magical creature, and work your way into Merlin's secret study. What's in there?

A paved road, downhill bicycle tour through a Federally protected Wilderness zone along the San Andreas Fault. Riders will be treated to magnificent vistas of the wide open Colorado Desert, enter a tortured badlands canyon, then finish off with views of the Santa Rosa Mountains and ride through the agricultural fields of the Eastern Coachella Valley. Age limit is 12 years old. This is a group tour. This activity has a 2 person requirement for the tour to run. If you are a single rider, please call first.

Transport yourself to the slums of Victorian London where you’ll help Scotland Yard solve the Jack the Ripper murders, hopefully without ending up as the next victim. You and your team will uncover evidence that will help you identify the killer as you work through the game. But if you think identifying the world’s most notorious serial killer will be simple, then you don’t know Jack.

You will need your own car on this tour which you will be guided along with an audio program and marked destinations throughout the first commercial wind farm in Southern Calfornia. Once booked, we send you an email confirmation along with an App download and instructions. The tour starts with a display yard of non-operating wind turbines of successes and failures, along with a stop to a real generating wind turbine where you can get up close and take pictures. The tour ends with a stop at the Indigo Power Plant and retired wind farm. There you can exit on 19th Avenue to Indian Canyon Road and leave with more knowledge about renewable energy! The tour takes approximately one hour depending on your pace. We ask that you respect others by not gathering at the marked destinations. Please allow cars ahead of you to finish their exploration before your turn. One booking, includes two adults.

Soak up some sun with this GPS self-guided driving tour of Palm Springs, where movie stars and other big-time celebs have flocked for almost a hundred years to get away from it all. Cruise past famous celebrity homes and estates, including the former homes of stars like Liberace and Frank Sinatra. Hear fascinating stories about Hollywood legends, their glamorous lifestyles, and their time in Palm Springs. And so much more! Plus, this driving tour of Palm Springs will take you to the serene Thousand Palms Oasis Preserve, a desert gem rich in natural beauty. NOTE: Homes may be obscured or partially hidden by gates, shrubs, or private roads. Please do not violate anyone’s privacy during your tour. After booking, check your email/text to download the separate Audio Tour Guide App by Action while connected to WiFi or mobile data. Enter the password, download the tour, and enjoy it offline. New, Lifetime access, no expiry. Use it anytime, on any trip, as many times as you want.