San Andreas Fault Bike Tour: Scenic Wilderness Ride

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Embark on a thrilling downhill bike tour through Earthquake Canyon. Experience stunning desert vistas, rugged canyons, and lush valleys. Perfect for adventure seekers!

Duration: 4 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

San Andreas Fault - The route cuts through the heart of the San Andreas Fault in the Meccacopia Wilderness just outside of Mecca, CA
Salton Sea - Magnificent views of the Salton Sea as guests round the last corner coming out of the canyon

What's Included

Professional guide
Bottled water
Use of bicycle
Driver/guide
Snacks
Use of helmet
Live commentary on board

What's Not Included

Gratuities

Additional Information

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….

Location

Morton's The Steakhouse

Country Club Drive

In the Ralph's Grocery store shopping center on the corner of Cook Street and Country Club Drive.

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

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Joel_m

Oct 30, 2024

Nice ride! - The downhill ride was amazing. The scenery through all the plate faults was a hit. Ben was an excellent guide. Kept ensuring everyone was doing well.

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Andrew_c

Oct 5, 2024

Pleasant bike ride highly recommend - Nice pleasant ride through the fault lines! Seen lots of different rock formations! The scenery was breathtaking. Our guide Ben was amazing we enjoyed every second of it. Also was provided with lots of drink and snacks!

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Paulinawp

Jun 19, 2024

Incredible ride - Excellent walk to see the canyon and learn more about the desert. Super good service and the guide very friendly. We highly recommend it!!

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Sam

Apr 7, 2024

Amazing views and geological features - Beautiful ride with amazing geological features! We took a paved road for 20 miles along the San Andreas fault. A large portion was through a canyon and the views were incredible the whole ride. The ride was entirely flat or downhill but winds can make the tour a workout still! The guide was really knowledgeable about the geology and ecology of the ride. It was a great addition to our trip to Joshua Tree!

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Glencoewanderer

Apr 5, 2024

Fun on the Fault! - We had a great time on this bike ride! Beautiful scenery, fun riding, great morning to be out. Jeff was a fun guide - sense of humor and good information. We thought we might learn a little more about the topography and history, but it was enough to go on. He seemed a little distracted at times, particularly when one of us asked him a specific question that perhaps wasn't part of the 'script'. But we loved the ride and would definitely recommend it.

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Kennethdu7915lm

Mar 17, 2024

Bike ride - Wonderful bike ride thru unbelievable scenery Captain Ron very knowledgeable and informative Ride was very easy on gentle downhill paved road

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Scott_l

Mar 2, 2024

Enjoyable bike ride. - Ben was a very knowledgeable guide and kept things moving along at a nice relaxing, safe pace. Everyone agreed it was worth it.

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644geril

Feb 21, 2024

Scenic Bicycle Ride (easy!) - Did the 20 mile downhill bicycle adventure this past Sunday - ended up being just my wife and I. It was a beautiful day and we had an excellent time. Our guide (Ron) was terrific - extremely knowledgeable in both the geology and history of what we were seeing. The scenery was spectacular and so different as the ride progressed. The first 17 miles were downhill and the last 3 were flat (agriculture). Highly recommend!

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Hollie_d

Apr 7, 2024

Nice easy bike ride - Well organized and planned bike tour. Our guide was waiting when we arrived and shared the areas history as we rode in the van. The bike ride is not narrated which is different than other tours I’ve taken. I think having someone ride along with us or even a headset telling us what we were looking at would have made the ride even better. The ride is mostly downhill with a little pedaling required the last few miles. There is no shade so sunscreen is a must.

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Julesann100

May 13, 2024

Disappointed - I don't wish to write a bad review....because we didn't actually go on the tour. It looks great, and I see there are many positive reviews, but our tour guide never showed up this morning ....no phone call or email to let us know. I was left to make the phone calls and figure it out (was told he was "stuck"). Very disappointing as we were up early and drove 30 minutes to arrive at requested time. I do appreciate the prompt refund.

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From $139

up to 15 guests

2 Adult