Petrified Forest Tour: Self-Guided Driving Adventure

Embark on a self-guided driving tour of Petrified Forest National Park and uncover the timeless beauty of this ancient landscape. Explore trails, discover geological wonders, and learn about the park’s history and fossils.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Painted Desert Visitor Center - Our tour begins at the Painted Desert Visitor Center at 1 Park Rd. If you’re not there already, you should head there now.
    Note: This 28+mile-long tour covers the essentials of Petrified in 2-3 hours.
  • Painted Desert Rim Trail - Coming up soon is the Painted Desert Rim Trail, an easy 1-mile hike that takes…
What's Included
  • Easy-to-use app: download Action’s Tour Guide App onto your phone
  • Great value: purchase per car, not per person. More affordable than bus or guided tours!
  • Engaging storytelling: Uncover unique tales and thrilling history for a memorable journey!
  • Perfect narrator: nothing can beat listening to a great voice. Proven with tons of rave reviews!
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What's Not Included
  • Attraction passes, entry tickets, or reservations
Additional Information

Discover the timeless beauty of Petrified Forest National Park with this self-guided driving tour. Journey through an ancient landscape where once-lush forests have turned to stone and vibrant desert vistas stretch as far as the eye can see. Explore trails that wind through the park, revealing a land frozen in time and bursting with geological wonders….

Location
6492 Petrified Forest Rd
Petrified Forest Road
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Freedom626070
Jul 23, 2024
Best Way to enjoy the Petrified Forest - This self directed Tour was perfect for our drive through the petrified forest in Arizona. The narration was matched perfectly when we arrived at our stops and we learned a lot about the geology and history of the area
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Natbied
Jun 21, 2024
Great content and info! - Such good audio throughout the park. Great info and tons of content. Good for kids and adults! Highly recommend for Painted National Park visit!
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Paula_c
Jun 2, 2024
Beautiful National Park - Blue Mesa was amazing! Petroglyphs were an unexpected experience. Audio tour was a great guide though the Park.
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Jeffandmelonthebeach
May 12, 2024
Family fun and adventure - We enjoyed all the beautiful landscape and learning about the history of the petrified forest. It’s very large and has lots of stops and trail options. Restrooms are available in several places. The gift shop has friendly staff and cute gift items at the end.
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Rita_g
May 2, 2024
Highly recommend this! - Very helpful and informative. We stopped places we would not have if it weren’t for the guide! Places that don’t appear to be of interest respectfully are!
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P2851ksgeorgec
Apr 19, 2024
Amazing! Audio tour is worth it - Absolutely stunning. Neither words nor photos can do it justice. We purchased the audio tour and it really enhanced to our experience. We would recommend that for everyone.
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Steviegjd
Apr 7, 2024
Great recorded tour - We really loved this recorded tour for the Petrified Forest National Park. The GPS integrates wonderfully with the stories and information. We could not have been happier.
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Deanna
Sep 4, 2024
Great overview of various points in the National Petrified Forest - Nice flexibility to be able to stop and start the tour guide voice at our leisure. Also was able to have a tour that went in the right direction of the park for our location heading south to north. (Some tours didn’t have that option.)
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Chesterk682
Jun 6, 2024
Petrified forest - The petrified forest was nice and very interesting Tomasz was very knowledgeable about the history how the rocks was created
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Lynnss916em
Jun 2, 2024
Enjoy the scenery - Good information but not the best driving tour we have ever had. Information would start and then restart again. Still enjoyable.
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