GeoBetty Tours
This is a tour that explores the Franklin Mountains north of El Paso. The city splits east and west as it goes north because of the mountain range that aims straight at the heart of El Paso, and as a state park, the Franklin Mountains is a great way for locals and visitors to experience the sights and the life of a desert mountain.
GeoBetty Tours doesn’t follow a set route through the mountains, which means they can offer a custom path based on your experience, skill level, and what you might want to see. GeoBetty offers both hiking and mountain biking tours, and they can take you farther away to the Guadalupe Mountains, Organ Mountains, and Lincoln National Forest.
Border Sights Tours
Border Sights is a shuttle tour with a luxury atmosphere that takes tourists to all the sights El Paso has to offer. The tour group selects their guides based on their knowledge of El Paso and storytelling ability, which means you’ll hear the history of the city even as you watch it roll by on one of seven tour routes. These include tours that take you through the surrounding countryside and a wine-tasting tour that lets you sample the nectar of West Texas. Border Sights Tours can last all morning or all afternoon, and you can tell the guide to stop at any time for photos, food, or shopping.
Amigo Shuttle
The Amigo Shuttle is a service that can take you from the airport or bus station to your hotel and back again, but you can also book their services for a tour of the city. Along with custom El Paso tours, the Amigo Shuttle can take you across the border for a Juarez tour (so long as your passport and visa are in order). Their website even keeps track of upcoming events for when you want to see what the twin cities look like on festival days.
The shuttle also offers a tour of the El Paso Missions and several destinations near the city. These include Old Mesilla, the Carlsbad Caverns, the Franklin Mountains, the White Sands National Monument, and Ruidoso.
Even if you’re an El Paso resident or a frequent visitor, it can be fun to explore a side of the city and the countryside around it that you haven’t seen before by booking a tour. You might not expect to find much of interest out in the desert, but once you’ve taken part in one of the tours listed above, you’ll understand just how wrong you were.
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