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Tumacácori Mission Tour

By Borderlandia
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$56 per adult
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
Overview
  • Go behind the scenes with a former NPS ranger & preservationist
  • Explore the mission complex ruins and learn about the history of the area
  • Discover the Santa Cruz River & Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
  • An expert guided tour of the park museum
  • Enjoy a short hike through the shaded mesquite bosque and cottonwood forest
Activity location
    • Tumacacori National Historical Park
    • Tumacacori, Arizona, United States
Meeting/Redemption Point
    • 1891 I-19 Frontage Rd, Tumacacori, AZ 85640, USA | In front of the doors to the main entrance to the park at the Visitor's Center.
    • Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States

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Tumacácori Mission Tour
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • Spanish
Language options: Spanish
Starting time: 10:00 AM
Price details
AU$56.21 x 1 AdultAU$56.21
Total
Price is AU$56.21
Until Sun, 15 Mar

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Private tour of Tumacácori National Historical Park
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Expert commentary by a former NPS ranger
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Access to the historic visitor centre and convento garden
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Exploration of the mission complex ruins
  • What's includedWhat's included
    A walk through the Santa Cruz River valley
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Visit to the Kino Heritage Fruit Tree Orchard
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Guided visit through the park museum
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Water
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Park Admission (Free with NPS pass)
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Transport to and from Tumacacori Mission

Know before you book

  • Not allowed: Flash photography, Touching plants
  • Not suitable for: People with mobility impairments, Wheelchair users

What you can expect

Explore Tumacácori National Historical Park on an intimate tour with a former NPS ranger. Learn about the park's natural and cultural landscapes, and see the historic visitor centre, mission complex ruins, and Santa Cruz River valley.

Meet your guide and start your tour with a visit to the historic visitor centre and the convent garden. Learn about the park's early 20th-century National Park Service history and see the New Deal (CCC) architecture.

Next, head to the mission complex ruins. Discover the Native American and Spanish colonial history of Tumacácori, and learn about historic preservation techniques for earthen architecture and natural lime plasters at the mission.

Visit the acequia as a reference point to learn about the agricultural and ranching legacy of the missions. Continue to the Santa Cruz River valley and see the Kino Heritage Fruit Tree Orchard and the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail.

Embark on a short hike through a shaded mesquite bosque and an endangered cottonwood-willow gallery forest. Finally, visit the Santa Cruz River before ending your tour with a guided visit through the park museum.

Location

Activity location
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    • Tumacacori National Historical Park
    • Tumacacori, Arizona, United States
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    • 1891 I-19 Frontage Rd, Tumacacori, AZ 85640, USA | In front of the doors to the main entrance to the park at the Visitor's Center.
    • Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States