If your group, large or small, is searching for a special experience in Joshua Tree National Park tailored to your interests, the Desert Institute will design an educational class for you making sure that the expert instruction is just what you are looking for. The activity level and optional field component will match your itinerary perfectly for one-day or multi-day excursions.

Our most popular fall special program is Day with a Desert Naturalist.

Day with a Desert Naturalist
Learn the secrets of Joshua Tree National Park in an all-day field class with a desert naturalist. Groups will explore the unique landscape of the park focusing on an area of interest to them. Common topics to be covered are: geology, cultural history, flora, and ecology found in the vast valleys, rock mazes, desert cactus gardens, and Joshua tree forests. Most programs cover eight miles at a moderate pace with uneven terrain and moderate elevation gain.

Photograph by Howard Gross

Program Cost (rates effective through December 2009)

1 - 6 Participants, Half day - $300

6 - 12 Participants, Full day - $500

7 + Participants, call for rates

For more information contact the Desert Institute office:
desertinstitute@zippnet.net or (760) 367-5535