Mesa Verde National Park 1/2 Day Tour

Embark on a half-day Mesa Verde tour that takes you on short walks to ancient ruins and overlooks of cliff dwellings. Discover the beauty and history of this iconic destination.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Mesa Verde National Park - Meet at the Chamber of Commerce in beautiful Mancos, Colorado. There you’ll meet your guide and hop on the shuttle to Mesa Verde National Park.

Among the 4,700 known archeological sites in the Park, our guides will take you to the most popular ones in just 4 hours. We’ll explore a number of mesa top villages, sacred kivas, and overlooks to the cliff dwellings. Expect to enjoy a relaxing drive with short walks to the ruins and the overlooks.

*Please note this trip does not include a tour into Cliff Palace, however we will get to enjoy it from a scenic overlook. If you would like to join the ranger guided tour into Cliff Palace along with our highly knowledgeable guides, please check out our Mesa Verde Discovery Tour.

On our way out of the Park, we’ll stop at one of the most spectacular viewpoints in the Southwest, where you can see into the four states that make up the four corners region. Time allowing, we may stop at the Visitor Center as well before shuttling back to Mancos.

What's Included
  • Highly Knowledgeable Guide
  • Bottled water
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • All fees and/or taxes
  • Shuttle to/from & around the National Park
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

It’s no question that locals and past visitors consider Mesa Verde National Park a must-visit. It allows us a rare opportunity to experience preserved North American history before European contact. Joining a Mild to Wild guide ensures guests will gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of authentic Southwestern culture.

Our Half Day tour will show off this outdoor museum with plenty of insight into the ancient indigenous culture, the history of the Park, and more. It’s ideal for those who would enjoy a relaxing drive with a few short walks to ancient ruins and overlooks of the cliff dwellings.

*Please note that this trip does not include a tour into Cliff Palace, however we will get to enjoy it from a scenic overlook. If you would like to join the ranger guided tour into Cliff Palace along with our highly knowledgeable guides, please check out our Mesa Verde Discovery Tour.

Location
Mancos Valley Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center
Bauer Avenue
Look for the Mild to Wild Van at this meet location! You will leave your vehicle at the Mancos Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Lovetravel264149
Aug 31, 2024
Not to Miss !! - One of a kind experience here in the U.S. Very knowledgeable ranger and the up close and personal experience after the hike down was great. Took lots and lots of pictures.
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Rachel_k
Aug 9, 2024
Fantastic Tour - Our guide was very knowledgeable and answered all the questions we had. I would recommend this tour to anyone! I have been to Mesa Verde before, but we saw things I never knew were there.
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Rachel_r
Aug 8, 2024
Wonderful experience - We had a great time learning about all of the history that comes inside Mesa Verde park and seeing the ruins where the Pueblo people used to live. Fascinating.
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Annalisal679
Aug 8, 2024
Great Tour! - Great tour! We took the 1/2 day Mesa Verde tour and it was perfect! No climbing necessary. Our guide, Lee was great and very knowledgeable. Took our German friends with us and they loved it too!
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Sharon_b
Aug 5, 2024
Excellent staff, friendly and very professional... - Jared was an amazing tour guide! His knowledge of the ruins made the trip so much more than we could imagine! Would recommend this tour to our friends!
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Madeline_m
Aug 5, 2024
The best national park 🥰 - Jared was so knowledgeable and easy to be with. My husband has mobility problems and Jared was so gracious with him .
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Stevelb2958xp
Aug 2, 2024
Wonderful trip. - Art the guide was very knowledgeable about the sights. Very nice and friendly, good story teller. Drove slowly so we did not feel ill. Art turned the van around so we could look at and photograph the bear.
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Passport13964526010
Jul 28, 2024
Made so enjoyable! - Jerry was a great tour guide. My kids loved it. 9 and 18. I know we enjoyed the park way more with the tour then we would have on our own. If we would have had to navigate the park ourselves we would not have got as much out of it. We had several people that were not on the tour lean in and lesson to Jerry. He was very respectful of the land and all of the group. Thanks Jerry.
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Adam_t
Jul 24, 2024
Wonderful tour - Fantastic tour and guide! Would highly recommend!! We had an absolute blast and felt that we got every penny’s worth!
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Daniel_w
Aug 21, 2024
No real concern for tour participants just bottom line - We were a family group of eight and lead to believe we would the only people on the tour because of our group size and our age ( 7 of the 8 ranged in age from 74-82 ). The night before I received a text message from Mild to Wild asking if anyone in our group had an issue with adding a person to our tour who had a service dog, if we did have any “ objections to the dog’s presence. Please let us know if you have any issues and we can get working on solutions.” I texted back and informed them that one of our group had an allergy to dogs. I thought that Mild to Wild were sincere with their concern however when we showed up for the tour Mild to Wild had added four people to our tour including two people with a shared service dog. Why did they even bother texting me if they weren’t sincere. I would recommend downloading the self guided tour were you have some control.
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