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Guided UTV Ecological
Adventure Tours 

Chiriaco Summit, CA
Manioba Valley

 

20% off Summer Special

It is extremely rare to see a Desert Tortoise.  90% of their lives is underground.  They are an Endangered Species.  March, April, September and October are the months when they are most active, typically  after Winter Coastal or Summer Monsoon rains bring enough water and moderate temperatures to bring them out of brumation or aestivation... click to learn more.

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"The Desert Experience"
Guided UTV Ecological Adventure Tour 
Maniobra Valley
Chiriaco Summit, CA.

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Summer Tour Times:  8am,  5:30pm for Sunset.

20% off Summer Specials

"The Desert Experience"

Experience the Colorado Desert landscape on an exciting and insightful offroad UTV Ecological Adventure tour, in the newly designated Chuckwalla National Monument! Engage and enjoy protected desert lands south of Joshua Tree National Park, known as Manioba Valley.

Book a private ecological engagement offroad tour with conscious intention and connection to Mother Earth!  We drive, so that you can immerse in the desert ecosystem and mountain scenery, and look for wildlife along the way!  

Enjoy a sunset tour, or a morning ride.  Up to 11 People max, minimum 2 adults.  If over 5 people, one in your party may drive a second vehicle if over 18 and at the same speed an with the same intention as the lead vehicle for safety and animal protection.  This is not a rip it up experience, its life changing if you let it be.

 

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Option 1

The Desert Experience
UTV Eco Adventure Tour

2.5 hour 

50 minutes east of Palm Springs

30 minutes east of Indio

Private Tours  -  Reservations required
 

  • Yamaha Viking 6 Seater.

  • Up to 10-11 people Max.

  • We drive, so you can observe and experience the desert!

  • With larger groups over 5, one in your party may drive a second vehicle if over 18. 

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2.5 hour
$175/Adult (min. 2)
Now $140
$75 per youth 17 and under Now $60

Call for group youth rates/info.
not including gratuity or 5% book fee

​Summer Start time: 8am, 5:30pm.

Reservations Required. â€‹

Call for alternate time if needed.

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Option 2.   (Summer Special)

Maniobra Valley 

Eco Adventure Tour

UTV Ecological Observation Tour

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1.5 hour​

$95/Adult  

$35 per youth 17 and under

* Does not include optional gratuity or 5% booking fee.

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Summer Start Time:  8am, 6pm

Reservations Required.

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Bob Chiriaco, Heather Metcalfe Garcia, Lil Heather Garcia, Ran D All

A special thank you to Margit Chiriaco Rusche and All at Chiriaco Summit.

You can support Desert Stewards (ATV Experience, Inc.) by purchasing A gift card that can be redeemed by anyone toward the purchase of "The Desert Experience" Guided Ecological Observation UTV tours.   This is a way to support our efforts on environmental and social projects.

Sunset Chiriaco Plateau
Cottonwood mtns
Sunset Eagle Mtns
Orocopia Mtns
Titanic pose?!
The real Hero, Tortoise can hold their bladder for periods of a year or more in hybernation.
Winter rides can be chilly, and cloudy.
Extremely rare Desert Tortoise 3/21/25
When it was wet in 2017/18
There is nothing to eat this year!  Hopefully some new growth will happen from the rain we had about
adolecent tortoise
Epic Sunset
wow!
Rare Desert Lily
Horned Lizard, Go Slow!!!
Flowers Galore, when it rains
Tortuga
Lupine

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Land Acknowledgment

The land on which Desert Stewards operates is the ancestral homelands of the Cahuilla, Chemehuevi/Mission, Serano, and Southern Paiute Native peoples, and also formerly Mexico prior to 1850. Read More about the Land, click here...

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