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Guadalupe Mountains Self-Guided Audio Driving Tour
Important Information
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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How To Access: After booking, you’ll get an email and text with setup instructions and password (search “audio tour” in emails and texts). • Download the separate tour app by Action • Enter the password sent by email and text. • MUST download the tour while in strong wifi/cellular. • Works offline after download.
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How to start touring: Open Action’s separate audio tour guide app once onsite. • If there is just one tour, launch it. • If multiple tour versions exist, launch the one with your planned starting point and direction.
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Go to the starting point No one will meet you at the start. This tour is self-guided Enter the first story’s point and the audio will begin automatically Follow the audio cues to the next story, which will also play automatically. Enjoy hands-free exploring. If you face audio issues, contact support. Stick to the tour route & speed limit for the best experience.
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Travel worry-free: Use the tour app anytime, on any day, and over multiple days. Start and pause the tour whenever you like, taking breaks and exploring side excursions at your own pace. Skip anything you don’t care about or explore bonus content for everything that interests you
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Savings tips: Driving tours: purchase just one tour for everyone in the car
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Explore the dramatic beauty of Guadalupe Mountains National Park on a self-guided driving and walking tour through the desert, mountains, and oases of this wilderness area. See mountains like El Capitan and Guadalupe Peak rising above salt flats, hiding fossilized remains of prehistoric seas. Walk the canyons and ranches tucked away in the mountains, where you’ll hear stories of the soldiers, Apache, and settlers who all made a living in this extraordinary landscape.
After booking, check your email/text to download the separate Audio Tour Guide App by Action while connected to WiFi or mobile data. Enter the password, download the tour, and enjoy it offline. Follow the audio instructions an...
Highlights
From 2 hours to 3 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 2 hours to 3 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Text transcripts of audio narration & Self-paced format (start/pause/resume anytime)
Pre-recorded audio commentary (downloadable or streamable)
This is a GPS-powered, self-guided audio tour that works through an app
Lifetime access (no expiration) with Customer support (chat/email)
Suggested walking/driving itinerary with stop-by-stop directions
This tour is NOT an entrance ticket to the park
Offline GPS-enabled route map
NO in-person guide or physical equipment (bring your own device & headphones)
Start on State Highway 54, just south of Guadalupe Mountains NP. You'll see a scenic overlook with a dirt and gravel pull-off area on your left. Head north toward the park entrance. The audio tour starts automatically as you pass the starting point. Check email/text for details.
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Guadalupe Mountains Self-Guided Audio Driving Tour
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Explore the dramatic beauty of Guadalupe Mountains National Park on a self-guided driving and walking tour through the desert, mountains, and oases of this wilderness area. See mountains like El Capitan and Guadalupe Peak rising above salt flats, hiding fossilized remains of prehistoric seas. Walk the canyons and ranches tucked away in the mountains, where you’ll hear stories of the soldiers, Apache, and settlers who all made a living in this extraordinary landscape.
After booking, check your email/text to download the separate Audio Tour Guide App by Action while connected to WiFi or mobile data. Enter the password, download the tour, and enjoy it offline. Follow the audio instructions an...
Highlights
From 2 hours to 3 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 2 hours to 3 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Text transcripts of audio narration & Self-paced format (start/pause/resume anytime)
Pre-recorded audio commentary (downloadable or streamable)
This is a GPS-powered, self-guided audio tour that works through an app
Lifetime access (no expiration) with Customer support (chat/email)
Suggested walking/driving itinerary with stop-by-stop directions
This tour is NOT an entrance ticket to the park
Offline GPS-enabled route map
NO in-person guide or physical equipment (bring your own device & headphones)
Start on State Highway 54, just south of Guadalupe Mountains NP. You'll see a scenic overlook with a dirt and gravel pull-off area on your left. Head north toward the park entrance. The audio tour starts automatically as you pass the starting point. Check email/text for details.
Chihuahua is the largest desert in North America. Like many deserts, it’s a place of extremes, with blistering hot days and cold nights.
Note: The tour is over 132 miles long, with more than 40+ audio stories, and takes about 2-3 hours to complete.
New, Lifetime access, no expiry. Use it anytime, on any trip, as many times as you want.
15 minutes
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McKittrick Canyon
MicKittrick Canyon, one of the park’s best attractions. This canyon is like a hidden world inside the arid Chihuahua Desert. The steep canyon walls shelter a surprising variety of plants, animals, and waterways.
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Frijole Ranch Museum
The Museum is open seasonally depending on staff availability and tells the story of human habitation in this spring-fed desert oasis, from Native peoples through the Smith family. The grounds are open year-round and contain picnic tables under the shady trees.
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McKittrick Creek
This stone cabin is a 5-mile round trip from the Visitor Center trailhead and is a moderately difficult hike. It takes most people around two hours to complete.
15 minutes
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Frijole Ranch
This is a great place to walk around and explore. It generally takes visitors about an hour to visit the house and orchard.
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Frijole Ranch Trailhead
This is also the starting point for the popular Smith Spring Loop Trail. This trail takes about an hour and provides an easy loop of just a little over two miles.
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Frijole Ranch Museum
the old Frijole Ranch house, which is open for visitors! Now a museum, this house shows what ranching life was like far back into the 1800s.
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Pinery Butterfield Stage Station Ruins
It’s part of the 2,800-mile route built for the Butterfield Stagecoach Route in 1858 to carry the mail cross-country. Stagecoaches made the grueling trip from San Francisco to St. Louis every two weeks to deliver mail across the fast-growing West.
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Pine Springs Trailhead
Pine Springs Trail is a major north-south trail route through the park and connects to various other trails along the way. The main route returns us to McKittrick Canyon and is a challenging hike that takes 12 hours and covers almost 19 miles of rocky, steep terrain.
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Guadalupe Peak
Guadalupe Peak is the highest natural point in Texas, with an elevation of 8,751 feet.
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El Capitan Viewpoint
Along with Guadalupe Peak, El Capitan is one of the most famous peaks in Guadalupe Mountains National Park. It’s the tenth-highest peak in Texas, but it’s more famous for the hidden treasure found inside - a fossilized reef.
10 minutes
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Salt Basin Dunes
The Salt Basin dunes provide another clue to the desert’s ancient past.
As we drive, you can see the rugged peaks of El Capitan and Guadalupe Peak rising above flat, whitish terrain. We’re entering the Salt Basin, which is a relatively new addition to the complicated geology of Guadalupe Mountains National Park.
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Cornudas Cafe
Cornudas is Spanish for “horn” - probably referring to the way the mountains thrust up from the desert floor. Like the Guadalupe Mountains, the Cornudas contain sedimentary deposits from the Permian era.
