Saguaro National Park and Biosphere 2 Tour | ECCS is Going Global in 2015

$135.00 +tax per person

Arizona offers a wide variety of both natural and man-made attractions to delight the taste of every adventurer! Join us on this unique journey where you will enjoy learning about the missions of Biosphere 2 as well as its unique place in history and spend time at the beautiful and majestic Saguaro National Park. Our first stop is Biosphere 2, once the world’s largest closed artificial ecosystem and which is presently an Earth science research facility situated just north of Tucson at the base of the Santa Catalina Mountains. We’ll spend ninety minutes touring the facility and hearing about the scientific discoveries and contributions attributed to work at Biosphere 2. After that, we will travel 1,600 feet down in elevation and into the heart of the Sonoran Desert to Saguaro National Park for a picnic lunch amidst the shadows of the nation’s largest cacti, the Saguaro. Your Pink Adventure Guide will provide a guided nature walk through a portion of the 91,327 acres of pristine desert land that comprise the National Park. You’ll be entertained with facts and legends of this wondrous land, as well as the plants and animals that call this area home. After a fun-filled day, it’s back to Tempe for the evening’s activities!

Itinerary:
7:00am                         Pink Adventure Tours picks up group at Doubletree Tempe
7:00am-10:00am        Tour and travel to Biosphere 2
10:00am-10:30am      Introduction to Biosphere 2
10:30am-12:00pm     Under-the-Glass Walking Tour of Biosphere 2
12:00pm-12:40pm     Tour and travel to Saguaro National Park
12:40pm-1:40pm       Picnic Lunch at Saguaro National Park
1:40pm-2:40pm         Walking tour of Saguaro National Park
2:40pm-5:40pm         Tour and travel to dinner venue
5:40pm                        Pink Adventure Tours drops off group at the dinner venue

Please note: All Pink Jeep tours end at a CCS’15 dinner venue. Wednesday’s last stop will be the Desert Botanical Gardens. Thursday’s last stop will be the Fort McDowell Adventure. When you sign up for a tour, be sure to purchase a ticket to the dinner also. It is not included in your tour price.

Registering for a tour: When you register at Regonline for the conference, you may also sign up for a tour and pay for it at the same time you pay for registration. You can select the day you wish to take the tour (Wednesday, September 30 or Thursday, October 1) after the actual program has been published.