Eldorado Canyon and Gold Mine Jeep Tour

Ride into the Wild West with this fascinating guided tour from Las Vegas to Techatticup Mine in the badlands of El Dorado Canyon. The four-hour tour offers the most spectacular scenery in Nevada and an intriguing insight into the workings of the oldest and richest gold mine in southern Nevada.

The brief journey by Tour Trekker from Las Vegas into the Mojave Desert will take past spectacular scenery with fields of teddy bear cholla, rare geologic formations and an excellent photo opportunity down near the banks of Lake Mojave, the blue jewel of this isolated desert terrain before arriving at the fabled El Dorado Canyon, which was once heaving with gold rush miners. Immerse yourself in 19th century Nevada history as you walk in the footsteps of prospectors and miners in their tenacious and dangerous quest for gold in the Techatticup Mine. This was the archetypal Wild West settlement and so many died here both by accident and design that their ghosts are said to haunt the area to this day. As you venture into the heart of the mine, learn all about back-breaking work done by prospectors over a century ago as they chased gold veins deep into this rugged mountainside. Hear the tales of yesteryear's gunfights and lawlessness that were the way of life in this frontier territory, where ne’er-do-wells, Civil War deserters, renegades, cowboys and Native Americans mingled with the miners.
This tour offers a rare insight into what life was really like in the Wild West.

Meeting/pick-up point: Transfers to and from hotel.
Duration: About seven-and-a-half hours.
Start/opening time: Depends on season.
Languages: Audioguide in English, Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese, Italian, French, Dutch, Cantonese, Mandarin, German and Korean.

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