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Mesa Verde Express Tour With Tickets To Cliff Palace

Recommended by 100% of travelers
Durango, USA
  • 5 hours (approx.)
  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English

Why travelers loved this

4.9
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· Linda_P ·
Jul 2025
Jeremy was an awesome tour guide who went out of his way to make our experience enjoyable!! He made an extra stop a a wonderful lookout, gave us a real sense of the history of the ancestral Pueblo people,and the area, and even gave us several excellent restaurant and Durango sightseeing opportunities!! Can’t say enough god things about the entire experience!!! He was awesome!!
· Kelly_B ·
Jul 2025
We loved the Mesa Verde Express tour with Ann! She was knowledgeable, friendly, and made the history come alive. The tour was well-paced, hit all the highlights, and left us wanting to learn more. Highly recommend!

Overview

    What's Included

    • Cliff Palace Tickets
    • Bottled water
    • Lunch
    • Gratuity

    Meeting and Pickup

    Meeting point

    • 360 S Camino Del Rio suite 200, Durango, CO 81301, USA

      Meet at Durango Rivertrippers location 360 South Camino Del Rio, Suite 200 Durango Co 81301.

    End point

    This activity ends back at the meeting point.

    Operating hours
    .8:30 am

    Itinerary

    1

    Mesa Verde National Park

    5 hours Admission Ticket Free

    Additional Info

    • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
    • Not wheelchair accessible
    • Not recommended for travelers with back problems
    • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
    • No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
    • Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
    • physically fit
    • climb 15-30 rung ladders.
    • MUST CLIMB LADDERS
    • Limited Space, Do not bring a cooler
    • This tour designed to leave from Durango and return to Durango.
    • HEALTH WARNING All tours are appropriate for well-prepared hikers but are strenuous, so please consider your physical health before choosing a tour/hike, especially if you have heart or respiratory problems or other physical difficulties. We suggest wearing sturdy shoes or boots and bring plenty of water. Your safety depends on your good judgment, adequate preparation, and constant attention.
    • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 14 travelers

    Cancellation Policy

    You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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    Reviews

    4.9
    based on 18 reviews
    Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

    Awesome experience

    Maryjo_G, Sep 2025
    Really enjoyed our guided trip to Mesa Verde with Durango Rivertrippers. Alex was a knowledgable guide who provided history of the area and the park. He’s such a nice guy and we had a great time!

    Mesa Verde Express tour

    Kelly_B, Jul 2025
    We loved the Mesa Verde Express tour with Ann! She was knowledgeable, friendly, and made the history come alive. The tour was well-paced, hit all the highlights, and left us wanting to learn more. Highly recommend!

    Highest rating possible!!

    Linda_P, Jul 2025
    Jeremy was an awesome tour guide who went out of his way to make our experience enjoyable!! He made an extra stop a a wonderful lookout, gave us a real sense of the history of the ancestral Pueblo people,and the area, and even gave us several excellent restaurant and Durango sightseeing opportunities!! Can’t say enough god things about the entire experience!!! He was awesome!!

    Magnificent Mesa Verde

    Rebecca_G, Jul 2025
    Molly, our tour guide, was incredibly informative. She went above and beyond in providing history and stories about mess verde and the area. She is incredibly knowledgeable. Perfect personality and fit for a tour guide. Also, she engaged with the whole group.

    Mesa Verde

    Laurie_M, Jun 2025
    Great tour and tour guide. Wonderful experience at Cliff Palace, very doable even though they provide a lot of cautions.

    Marvelous Mesa Verde

    Kristine_G, Oct 2024
    Molly was great, fun and informative. Everything went off without a hitch. We learned a lot about the area and about the site.

    Cliff palaces in Mesa Verde

    Marita_L, Oct 2024
    Very good park ranger tour. The walk and climbing up and down the ladders to and from the cliff dwellings is an experience not to miss.

    Worth the money!

    Susan_E, Oct 2024
    The tour guide was great. Location amazing. Our driver/guide went out of his way to be informative on areas we visited.

    Highly recommend trip to Mesa Verde!!!

    Kathy_M, Jul 2024
    Seeing how these people lived!! Was a little tiring climbing through the ruins, but well worth it!! Beautiful views on the way up, very high!!!

    Vicariously enjoyed this tour

    John_B, Jul 2024
    Regrettably and candidly, an illness kept me from personally attending this tour as initially planned. So, this review may violate the personal experience checkbox required by Viator. Still, others in my travel group were able to attend and raved about the great time they had. In fact, they kindly kept me apprised with photos, videos, and messages that inspired this review. So, this is a very positive but vicarious review. I’m excited to get back to this part of the country and experience the tour live and in person soon based on the wonderful images and video clips others in my travel group shared with me.

    A trip not to be missed

    ivagene_l, Jun 2024
    A terrific experience that everyone should have. We had the best guide, Mike H., he gave us loads of information on the Mesa Verde and the area. Also great stories he's experienced. The Cliff Dwelling was spectacular to see up close and personal and our tour guide in the park, Bonnie was so good.

    Mesa Verde

    happybob, May 2024
    Getting to go to the Cliff Palace was special. Molly was a great guide. She was very knowledgeable and made the trip enjoyable. We highly recommend the tour and Molly.

    Happy that we spent the extra money making the trip more manable for us.

    Kathleen_C, May 2024
    Both my husband and self enjoyed all the information our guide gave us during the tour about how the tribes were able to survive and built their unique shelters. Our driver Molly also did an excellant job pointing out the scenic views in the park.

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