Tours

 

Sand Creek8 AM – 4:30 PM Amache, Sand Creek and More… Tour
Take a step back in time on this tour to visit sites of historical significance! Discover Camp Amache, a Japanese Internment camp from World War II.

Tour the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site, location of the massacre of hundreds of Cheyenne and Arapaho. Visit the Towner Bus Memorial, Wildhorse Creek School and Speer Prairie Ranch, Trail City and Holly. Buy your own lunch in Holly. We’ll provide the bus, snacks and tour guide. Bus and outdoor tour, cost $20 per person.

Rock paintings at South Canon

8 AM – 5 PM South Canyon Tour:
 Enjoy a day full of history, scenery and birding in the grasslands and canyon country in the southeast corner of Colorado. Visit Picture Canyon and Carrizo Canyon in the Comanche National Grasslands. See petrolgyphs on the canyon walls. Hear stories of more recent human settlement in the area. Buy your own lunch at the café, we’ll provide the bus, snacks and tour guide. Bus and outdoor tour, cost $20 per person.



Deer and bighorn sheep seem to be a common subject
in the rock art in SE Colorado.”

 

Owl perched on South Canon wall

“A Great-horned Owl rests on a sandstone cliff among swallow nests.”

John Martin Reservoir1 PM – 5 PM Two Buttes Birding Tour
What a gem, a hidden canyon in the rolling plains of SE Colorado! Two Buttes Reservoir State Wildlife Area, also known as “The Black Hole” is an oasis, and a must see when birding this corner of the state, especially during spring migration! Ted Floyd, from ABA will guide this trip. Will include some easy walking to explore the area. Travel by bus, cost $ 30. Meet At Lamar High School

Touring

Bundled up but enjoying the view of snow geese on
the water as the sun rises and shines on the watchers.”