Death Valley: National Park Self-Guided Driving Tour – Death Valley National Park, California

EXPERIENCE

Start by downloading the Action Tour Guide app, which will function as your personal tour guide, audio tour, and map. Purchase one tour per car, not per person. Everyone listens together! Note: This 40+mile-long tour covers the essentials of Death Valley in 2-3 hours.

Experience all the beauty of Death Valley National Park without dealing with its intense heat. Hop into your car and open up the modern GPS-friendly tour app on your phone to begin your self-guided journey through the exotic badlands of this park.

Once you ve downloaded the app, your trip will begin at Death Valley Junction, just a short way outside the park itself. As you drive, you ll get acquainted with some basic facts about safety in such an extreme climate. You ll also hear about the unfortunate miners who gave this place its name.

Take a detour to Dante s View, offering incredible vistas of the valley s lowest point. Past that you ll come to an iconic scenic drive at Twenty Mule Team Canyon, which shows off some of the area s strange and beautiful badlands. Up next is Zabriskie Point, a phenomenal place to watch the sunrise.

Then, it s on to the oasis of Furnace Creek, where the valley s hottest-ever temperature was recorded. Reach the Golden Canyon Trail, one of the park s most popular hikes. Beyond that is the captivating landscape of Artist s Drive, home to brilliantly colorful rock formations.

See Devil’s Golf Course, a seemingly endless field of salt crystals that pop under the sun. Pass the Natural Bridge Trail, offering a look at a rocky bridge formed by erosion. Finally, arrive at Badwater Basin, the lowest elevation point in North America, with the park’s famous salt flats.

HIGHLIGHTS

Brave Death Valley s extreme weather from the comfort of your own vehicle
Guide yourself through the park’s iconic sites using a modern phone app
Dig up the valley s mining history as you explore the colorful badlands
Find a sprawling field of shiny crystallized salt at Devils Golf Course
Visit the lowest point in North America and the salt flats at Badwater Basin

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