MESA VERDE CLASSIC WING SAFARIThe Mesa Verde Classic Wing Safari takes natural-history explorers to the Anasazi dwellings of Mesa Verde, the most famous Indian ruins in the American West. Southwest Safaris offers a fantastic opportunity to examine this labyrinth of canyons and cliff-faced villages by wing, car, and foot. Depart Santa Fe Airport at 7 a.m. Fly over the colorful plateaus, buttes, and pueblos that make New Mexico the ever enticing subject of landscape photographers and painters. See from the air the Rio Grande River, San Ildefonso Pueblo, Pajarito Plateau, Puye Cliff Dwellings, Canones archaeological site, Chama River, Gallina Wash, Jicarilla Apache Reservation, Canyon Largo, Aztec Ruins, and the Colorado Plateau. The flight is highlighted by aerial reconnaissance of remote deserts, mesas, and ravines of the Mesa Verde region. Land at Cortez, CO, drive into the national park, and behold sweeping vistas of the Four Corners Region. Hear the guide tell the history of an industrious people that mysteriously disappeared despite heroic efforts to adapt to climatic changes. Enjoy surveying selected ancient Indian cliff-houses, towers, kivas, and courtyards followed by a picnic lunch prepared under the spreading juniper trees at Grandview Point. Return to Santa Fe by 4:00 p.m. An intriguing bird's-eye view of ancient cultures, landforms, and paleo-ecosystems. $599/person, 3-fare minimum. Package includes all flying, ground discovery, park entrance fee, and box lunch. (Top of Page)
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