Travel: Tour The San Andreas Fault with Red Jeep Tours (Palm Springs,CA)
One thing I love about Palm Springs Restaurant Week is the Eat.See.Stay deal they have going on. It's not just deals on restaurants but also hotels and attractions like museums, the Living Desert zoo, and tours of the San Andreas fault. During the Restaurant Week, Desert Adventures Red Jeep Tours is doing a combo package with an Indian Canyon eco-tour and lunch at select restaurants ($125), or a San Andreas Fault stargazing/nightwatch tour with dinner ($150).
During our media trip to Palm Springs, we got a chance to experience the San Andreas fault tour.
The red jeeps taking us on the tour |
Palm Springs Oasis |
Our guide showed us different plants around the area and what the Indians used them for, including one that tasted like potato chips (I can't remember the name now, sorry)
Second stop: a recreated Cahuilla Indian village. There's a display of the tools used by the Indians, basket weaving, etc.
Last stop: diving into the San Andreas fault gorge. San Andreas Fault is the only place in the world where 2 major tectonic plates (the Pacific and North American tectonic plates) collide instead of sliding next to each other. We had to go through a narrow opening which was apparently formed by a tsunami. We were just hoping that no earthquake happens while we're in there!
Walking through San Andreas Fault Gorge |
Owner of Desert Adventures (left) and our tour guide (right). Thank you for the tour! |
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