San Andreas Fault Jeep Tour (Greater Palm Springs)

Price: From $175.00

4.8 rating • 127 reviews

Duration: 3 hours

Meeting point: Meet your Jeep at the Metate Ranch parking lot 10 minutes prior to your tour.

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San Andreas Fault Jeep Tour (Greater Palm Springs)

Overview

Explore one of the Coachella Valley’s defining geologic landscapes on this guided off-road Jeep tour into the San Andreas Fault zone near Palm Springs. The route travels through desert canyons and washes shaped by active tectonic forces, where your naturalist guide interprets fault movement, earthquake geology, and the landforms that reveal how the valley evolved over time. Along the way, you experience rugged terrain and wide desert vistas while learning how climate, erosion, and plate dynamics interact across this section of Southern California. Designed as a destination-first geology adventure rather than a standard city sightseeing loop, this small-group experience combines outdoor exploration with clear scientific context in one of the region’s most consequential fault environments.

Highlights

Tours departing after 1:00 PM are Sunset Tours
Guests with neck or back problems or pregnant women in their 2nd or 3rd trimester should consult with their doctor before taking a Jeep Tour.
Please call the reservation's desk a day or two before your tour to confirm your pickup time and location. Failure to call, however, will NOT result in cancellation of the tour.
This is not an extreme tour, but you are travelling on dirt trails and washes, so the ride is a little bumpy.
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

What’s included

Bottled water

Itinerary

Stop

San Andreas Fault

The twisted and tortured landscape of an active earthquake fault system as your guide describes the geology of the area and you explore the bones of the earth.

Admission Included