Mesa Verde Sunrise Tour

• Watch the sunrise from the edge of a canyon with local treats and coffee!
• Visit an Ancestral Puebloan dwelling that is over 1,200 year old.
• Beautiful views of surrounding mountain ranges and the Mesa Verde plateau.

Guests will meet their guide at Hawkins Preserve in Cortez, Colorado. (While the views of the Mesa Verde plateau are beautiful, this tour is NOT inside the national park.) After a brief introduction, guests will start the walk to watch the sunrise. Along the way, your guide will point out important plants and geological features on the trail. Guests watch the sunrise from the edge of McElmo Canyon, with coffee, tea, or hot chocolate in hand. After the sunrise, the tour completes a 2 mile loop around the preserve, visiting a archaeological site that predates many of the sites in Mesa Verde National Park. The tour returns to the parking lot within 2 hours of the start time. (Start times do vary to correspond with the sunrise.)

There is a paved trail, so there are multiple accessibility options. If your party requires modifications, please ask your guide. Cortez Tours is happy to develop a tour for EVERYONE!

Guests can bring their well-behaved dog, but please let us know ahead of time!

• Guided nature walk.
  Locally roasted coffee, tea, or hot chocolate.
  Locally made pastry or snack.
  After the tour guests will also receive local recommendations for other excursions in the area.
  Accommodations for accessibility, dietary, or other needs can be made upon request.

• Transportation to and from tour meeting location