Enjoy the comfort and privacy of your own specially designed tour through Julian, Font's Point, Slot Canyon, Borrego Springs and Anza Borrego State Park. Before starting the tour your host will describe the destinations and offer options that are possible along the 190 mile 8 hour round trip. As you head east of the 15 freeway you enter into a different world of rural California. Taste the amazing apple pie, ice cream and cider home grown in the historic gold mining town of Julian. Hike through Slot Canyon. Stand on top of the world at Font's Point. Learn about the prehistoric formation of the desert at the visitor's center. Explore the outdoor trails. Stop for a drink at Ram's Hill Golf Course before heading back to San Diego.
Pickup at your hotel at 9am. Head north along the 15 freeway and east up the Poway grade to the western town of Ramona. Travelling through rural California to famous Dudley's bakery in Santa Ysabel and through the Cleveland National Forest into Wynola and Julian. Stop for lunch and shopping in Julian. Fantastic 2400 foot winding descent down to the desert floor. 4 mile drive to Font's point. Short hike to the lookout point for a view of the badlands. Head over to the visitor's center to find out about the history and habitat of the animals and vegetation of the desert. Now for a sandy 1.5 mile drive to Slot Canyon. We climb down 50 feet and hike the 1/2 mile through the canyon walls protected from the burning sun.
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