Private Tour
Self-Guided Audio Driving Tour in Mesa Verde National Park
Overview
Available languages
Mobile ticket
Don't miss a thing as GuideAlong's Audio Driving Tour takes you on an incredible self-guided journey through the first US National Park created to preserve archeological and cultural sites.
Along the way, you'll be guided to all of the famous highlights as well as lessor known gems including North America's largest cliff dwelling and the park's highest 360 degree viewpoint.
Download and discover more on your road trip with fascinating behind-the-scenes stories, local tips, and directions that play automatically along the drive.
You'll have the freedom to explore offline at your own pace. Spend more time at places that interest you, and bypass any that don’t.
✅ Stories, tips and directions play automatically based on your location
✅ Travel at your own pace
✅ Tour offline using GPS, no cell service or WiFi needed
✅ Suggested itineraries for half, full or multi day use
✅ Buy once, use forever! No expiry, includes free updates.
Purchase one tour per vehicle.
Additional Info
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How to Access: After booking you’ll receive an email and text with instructions (search “Download Audio Tour”). Click the link in the email/text to sign in with your preferred Apple or Google account and redeem your voucher code ahead of time.
Download The GuideAlong App: Download the free app over WiFi or cellular data and sign in with the same Apple or Google account.
Download The Tour: Download the tour in the GuideAlong app under 'My Tours' over WiFi or cellular data.
Start The Tour: Open the tour in the GuideAlong app to preview the start locations, tour route and trip planner, or start the tour.
Location-Based Stories: Audio commentary plays automatically as you drive using your phone’s GPS chip. Wherever you are and whichever direction you’re going, you’ll hear the best stories and tips.
Flexible Travel Date: Tours are a one-time purchase with no expiry or date/time limit. If your plans change to a different day, there’s no need to change your travel date.
Tour at Your Leisure: With GuideAlong, you control the pace. Start, stop, and resume the tour any day, anytime, adapting it to your schedule.
Driving Tours: Group Savings: One purchase covers everyone in the vehicle, making it a cost-effective way to explore.
Bring A Charger: Pack a USB/C car charger for charging and easy sound connectivity, and make sure your device is fully charged.
Technical Support: The GuideAlong support team is available daily by toll-free phone, online chat, and email.
⚠️ Important Note: The U.S. Government Shutdown has ended, but some National Park services, visitor centers and facilities may reopen in phases. Please check official park updates before visiting.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Support: Toll free phone, chat and email
Easy To Use: Pre-download and tour offline
Trip Planners: In-app, web and PDF
Location Based: Stories, tips & directions that autoplay
GuideAlong (GyPSy Guide) Audio Tour: 100+ Points
Buy once, use forever! No expiry, includes free updates
Flexible Routes: Suggested itineraries or create your own
National Park Price 2025 (Car & Bicycle - Winter/$20, Summer/$30)
What To Expect
Mesa Verde National Park
As the audio guides play commentary based on your gps location, you can create your own itinerary along the tour route(s) to match your interests and schedule. Or you can use our trip planners for our suggestions on half, full or multi-day itineraries. Some of the many highlights are listed below
Balcony House
Located on the Cliff Palace Loop, Balcony House is one of the more adventurous of the cliff house tours as it requires climbing multiple ladders and even squeezing through tight passageways. The best non-tour view of Balcony House is from the Soda Creek Overlook Trail, also located on the Cliff Palace Loop Road. To see inside Balcony House, you must have a ticket for the Ranger-guided tour.
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Self-Guided Audio Driving Tour in Mesa Verde National Park
Reviews
85 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Personal Guide through Mesa Verde
C8943FDrichards,
Oct 8, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The program was like having a personal guide. it guided us and gave great descriptions of where we were heading and what we were going to see. it even made suggestions based on our amount of time we had to spend in Mesa Verde. The program followed our GPS location with no issues. We only spent one day in the park but if we had more time we could have spent another day viewing other areas that we did not see. It was a great experience seeing all the Pueblo areas. The staff was so friendly. the crowds were not bad since we visited in October.
Mesa Verde Driving Trip
Jane T,
Oct 3, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00So glad we booked this! The day we planned to go the government shut down national parks. With this narrated driving tour we were able to drive and hear about the park and special stories that made it come alive.
Informative and fun!
Stephen A,
Sep 28, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Informative, easy to use and fun! Narrator provided interesting history and geologic information, as well as suggestions of which sites to visit if one had only a limited time in Mesa Verde Nat. Park.
Good information....
Virginia O,
Sep 21, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Good information. Wonderful that it works without internet. Tour picks up from wherever you are in the park. Will definitely consider using this service again in another place. It's a great value!
Glad we got this
florencedE6164WW,
Aug 9, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We really enjoyed it. We liked the information provided and appreciated the directions. We were pleased with how accurate the locations matched with the narration.
The Guide is very...
Karen D,
Aug 4, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00The Guide is very knowledgeable and easy to understand. The technology lets one travel at his own pace and the Guide automatically activates when in range of the site being viewed. Guide also gave excellent advice about which sites to see first, depending on time available.
Great way to see the park
Stephanie K,
Jul 10, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00This was a great low stress way to view the park. Completely on your own schedule. The guide is great, easy to listen to and funny.
Save us TONS us money!
Q2056LKlisar,
Jun 23, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We loved that we were given some history before we.got to the site so we knew what to expect. We went at our own pace so we didn't feel rushed, we could stay as long or as short of a time as we wanted. We comment or was funny and enjoyable to listen to. We liked that when we left the car it paused and when we returned it contained exactly where it left off. We would definitely purchase something similar again. Probably just as good as going on a guided tour. Saved us tons of money!
Pleasant Afternoon
Mark M,
Jun 20, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Downloading the narrative is best. Know that you should enjoy walking and carry water with you no matter how you feel you don’t need to.
Bad experience
David C,
May 1, 2025
- Review from Viator
1.00Awful - could not get video to play. Did not have an app to use. Called customer service, they suggested we use my partners phone and app. Before they told us what to do they disconnected us. So we proceeded without the travel aide.
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