Mesa Verde Tour: Explore Ancient Cliff Dwellings

Explore the ancient wonders of Mesa Verde National Park on a full-day guided tour. Discover the rich history and culture of the Ancestral Pueblo people while enjoying ranger-guided tours and interpretive hikes. Park entrance fees, tour tickets, and lunch included.

Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Mountain Waters Rafting & Adventure Company - Park for free, check-in, get ready, head off to Mesa Verde National Park for the day
  • Mesa Verde National Park - You will learn and see as much as you can in a single day with a guide passionate about the park and the culture. This tour has stops at several of the parks archaeological sites,…
What's Included
  • Professional guide
  • National Park fees
  • Tour escort/host
  • Driver/guide
  • Lunch
  • Transport by private vehicle
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Your expert guide will tailor the trip to your group, providing options from the park’s ranger-led tours (available seasonally from the second week of May through the third week of October). Additionally, the guide will incorporate historical, cultural, and archaeological insights during interpretive hikes and walking tours. The package includes park…

Location
Mountain Waters Rafting
West College Drive
Meet at the Mountain Waters Rafting office 303 W College Dr Durango, CO 81301 Free secure parking in Downtown Durango!
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Melissa
Jul 31, 2025
Exploring Cliff Palace & Balcony House with Neil was fantastic! - We truly enjoyed our full day tour of Mesa Verde. Not only was the park itself absolutely stunning, but our tour guide Neil did a fantastic job of filling us in on all of the history of the Ancient Pueblo people and everything that has gone on with the land over the centuries. It was fascinating to learn about and getting to explore both Cliff Palace and Balcony House!
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Acimino11
Jun 24, 2025
Great time visiting the Mesa Verde national park - Our tour guy Neil was very informative. Good talker had plenty of snacks. Plenty of water and Gatorade. Had a great lunch. Reserved a table under the shade overall did a great job.
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Fernrosevancouver
Jun 17, 2025
Learning about Precipice Living - This tour company is very well organized and our local guide, Wes, is well informed, thoughtful, entertaining and experienced. The two National Park cliff tours we took in were the Cliff Palace and Balcony House both involving ladder climbs to exit the tour. Balcony House also had a narrow tunnel and chain/link fence precipice exit! It felt like an adventure and a treat to learn more about Pueblo culture.
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Jj
Jun 10, 2025
Fantastic experience. - Fantastic experience. We had our 4 gransons aged 9-18 years. They all lovedit. Our guide Wes was so knowledgeable and fun!
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Markty6742dw
May 21, 2025
Best way to explore Mesa Verde - We had a great day with Wes. He filled the driving time with fun history lessons about the local people and geology. He was a wealth of information about all the sites visited. We had ranger guided tours of Cliff House and Cliff Palace with about 30-40 others. These were very organized and allowed up-close exploration of the cliff dwellings. Fun ladder climbs and a tunnel to shimmy through.
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W6570rhmike
May 18, 2025
Fun-filled Mesa Verde Experience - Mesa Verde is a must see if you are in the Durango area. No BSing here, Neil was the best tour guide ever! He drove us to the park, made our small group of 9 feel like family and gave us an entertaining history of the historic site. Neil set up visits to the most popular tours (Cliff Palace and Balcony House) and had a delicious lunch for us when we were ready. Neil showed us many other sites and also took pictures of us and then sent them directly. Who does that?!! We had a great time and having Neil as an expert trip guide made it even better.
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Julieju1125zm
May 11, 2025
Great day in Mesa Verde - We had an absolutely amazing time on our tour of Mesa Verde. Neil, our guide, was informative and entertaining. He went out of his way to take photos along the way and email them to us. We would highly recommend this trip to everyone
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Larrykathy1
May 10, 2025
Perfect tour!! - Aaron, our tour guide was a walking piece of intensely passionate historian and archaeologist who provided an in depth explanation of Mesa Verde. We would highly recommend this tour and hope you are honored with Aaron’s expertise!! Beautiful weather, amazing tour!
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Derek
Apr 29, 2025
Greg the Guide Rocks Mesa Verde - We went on our 2nd tour to Mesa Verde with Mountain Waters. Today we went with Greg the Guide. Anot h er outstanding tour and it was NOT a repeat. Thank you Greg. A shout out to Brielle who again arranged our trip. Another 5-star experience!
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Jesus_v
Aug 13, 2024
THANKS Viator Reviewers - Spending the day with Aaron our tour guide was a great experience. His extrema knowledge of the American Native Indian was so enlightening . He has a passion and I highly recommend this tour and do not think you can visit the sites. I saw seniors of all ages and children visit the sites.
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From $195
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).