Since 1988, Desert Adventures has provided the most highly regarded outdoor adventures in the Greater Palm Springs area. As the original, largest, and most respected outdoor adventure and eco-tour company in the California desert, Desert Adventures offers a vast array of tour and activity choices. Whether you seek rugged adventure, camaraderie and team building, history and culture, nature, geology, flora and fauna, spectacular desert events, or panoramic vistas and amazing scenery, Desert Adventures has a tour, activity, or event for you!
Desert Adventures’ Red Jeep Tours and events at Metate Ranch are an integral part of the Greater Palm Springs destination experience. For over three decades, Desert Adventures has fulfilled the ever-growing need for fun, educational, interactive, one-of-a-kind activities and events which are unique to the Greater Palm Springs area.
Desert Adventures is the premier outdoor adventure and eco-tour company in the Greater Palm Springs area and the only outdoor adventure company that can take you to our private 800 acre Metate Ranch, located in the Indio Hills. At Metate Ranch, we offer Jeep, hiking, and sightseeing (bus) tours, school/youth programs, unique team building programs, weddings and incredible, interactive desert parties and corporate events at our Enchanted Desert and Coyote Camp event venues.
Metate Ranch features miles of pristine desert for exploration via Jeep or on foot; a private natural palm oasis were you can see water bubbling out of the underground aquifer year round; amazing steep-walled canyons thrust up by the San Andreas Fault and carved by erosion; and incredible panoramic vistas. In addition, we have built a Cahuilla Indian Village exhibit which showcases the lifestyle and culture of the Cahuilla People.
In addition to the exclusive tours and events offered at Metate Ranch, Desert Adventures offers Jeep tours to Painted Canyon and the Mecca Hills Wilderness Area and the Palm Springs Indian Canyons as well as hiking tours and sightseeing tours to a variety of desert attractions including the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, Joshua Tree National Park, Celebrity Homes and even a Craft Beer Tasting tour.
We invite you to explore our website and Contact Us if you would like more information on any of our tours, activities, or events.
Come see for yourself why Desert Adventures’ Red Jeep Tours are the #1 OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IN CALIFORNIA DESERT on TripAdvisor and a proud and long standing member of both the Greater Palm Springs Convention and Visitor’s Bureau and the Palm Springs Bureau of Tourism.
Desert Adventure's BIG RED JEEPS
Renowned for their history, Jeeps have carried soldiers into war and brought them safely back. They have carried missionaries into the deepest jungles in the world and they have carried millions of civilians far down the road less traveled. So what do you get when you combine that rich heritage with the functionality of a present-day SUV? Desert Adventures BIG RED JEEPS!
Desert Adventures operates the largest fleet of Classic Jeep Scramblers (CJ-8s) in California. From an initial fleet consisting of three used vehicles with a capacity of nine passengers, Desert Adventures has grown to operate 15 customized Jeep Scramblers with a seating capacity of 105 guests at a time.
Each Jeep carries seven (7) passengers plus a naturalist guide/driver. All vehicles are equipped with fire extinguishers and first aid kits and are outfitted with safety features such as roll bars and seat belts for each occupant.
The Jeeps can be operated as open-air vehicles (shade top removed) or with the canvas top unfurled to provide sun protection.
Every vehicle starts its day with a thorough 14-point safety inspection and each vehicle receives regular servicing by our certified mechanic.
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