Death Valley from Las Vegas: Badwater Basin & Artist's Palette

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Duration10h

GroupUp to 10

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

Stand at North America's lowest point, then hike salt spires shaped like a devil's golf course.

You get hotel pickup, park entry, a guided route through five major stops, and lunch included—so the only thing you arrange is showing up. Expect a full day out, roughly eight to ten hours depending on traffic and how long you linger at each viewpoint. The vehicle is a custom Tour Trekker, which means you're not crammed in a van but also not alone with a private driver.

10h

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Death Valley highlights

Stop in Pahrump for break
Visit Dante’s View overlook
Explore Furnace Creek Visitor Center
Walk Harmony Borax Works trail
Eat boxed lunch en route
Walk Devil’s Golf Course salt flats
Visit Badwater Basin saltpans
See colorful hills at Artists Palette
Rest at Oasis in Death Valley
Drive through 20 Mule Team Canyon
Stop at Death Valley Marketplace

The Experience

You're staying in Las Vegas with a free day, and Death Valley keeps crossing your mind—but the drive is long, the park is massive, and you're not sure where to start. This tour handles the pickup from your hotel, the park entry fee, and the route itself, so you just show up and get in the vehicle. The guide navigates the stops and explains what you're looking at as the landscape shifts from one impossible color to the next.

The day starts with a stop in Pahrump to stretch and grab coffee, then climbs toward Dante's View, perched over 5,500 feet above the valley floor. From there, the scale of Death Valley National Park hits you—Badwater Basin spreads below, the lowest point in North America, and the salt flats catch the light in a way that photographs never quite capture. You'll walk the boardwalk at Badwater itself, where the salt pans are bright enough to need sunglasses, then move on to Devil's Golf Course, where jagged salt spires jut up from the ground like something from another planet. Your boxed lunch (sandwich, chips, and a gluten-free option if you need it) happens somewhere in this stretch, so you're eating while taking in the view rather than sitting in a restaurant parking lot.

Artist's Palette comes next—mineral-stained hills that actually do look like someone mixed paint across them, reds and purples and yellows layered into the rock. The Harmony Borax Works, a short walk on a paved trail, shows you the remains of the mining operation that once pulled "white gold" out of this desert, with the original twenty-mule team wagons still there. Twenty Mule Team Canyon, the final stop, is an off-road drive through badlands and old movie locations, and by then you've seen enough of Death Valley to understand why people either love it or find it unsettling. The whole tour wraps by evening, and you're back at your Las Vegas hotel with water bottles and stories.

What’s included

Round-trip hotel pickup from Las Vegas, entry to Death Valley National Park, a fully guided tour with a knowledgeable guide, boxed lunch with sandwich and chips (gluten-free available), and bottled water throughout the day. The vehicle is a custom Tour Trekker designed for comfort and visibility on the park roads.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleInfant seats availablePets welcomePublic transport nearbyNot for back problems

Operated by Pink Jeep Tours Las Vegas

Is this one for you?Right for travelers based in Las Vegas without a rental car who want to see Death Valley's major highlights in one day without planning the route or timing themselves. Expect a full day out—the length is what makes it possible to hit Badwater, Artist's Palette, and Twenty Mule Team Canyon without feeling rushed.