Borrego Springs Outback Desert Tour

Get ready for a spectacular afternoon trip to the Anza-Borrego Desert just east of San Diego. It was quite a pleasant surprise. Eight friends and I, who are members of the "Unlimited Adventures Club", booked our desert trek with San Diego Outback Tours.

Our mode of transportation was a Pinzgauer Troop carrier, a Swiss made all terrain vehicle built for military use. The Pinzgauer is in my opinion, the only way to go. It more than holds it's own against limited seating jeeps and oversized hummers. It can accomodate a ... (more)

Pinzgauer Offroad Vehicle
If you're going to take a trip to the Anza-Borrego Desert,...

Motley Crew
Here's the only posed photo. That's me in the bright red...

Adventurers
Our bold travellers heading into the unknown!

Time Stands Still
It's taken nature thousands of years to perfect this sculpture.

Canyon Entrance
You have to pass under a natural arch to enter the sandstone canyon....

Natural Rock Formations
Boulders from the surrounding verticle canyon walls are constantly...

Narrow Trails
We were amazed by what mother nature created and shared with us.

Into the Light
In this case it's perfectly alright to go into the light :)

Mount Rushmore?
Hopefully no one tries to carve up these beautiful formations.

Granite Rocks in Sandstone
The Anza-Borrego Desert is a geologist dream come true. That's a granite...

Leaning Tower
Yes, it looks like that pillar is going to fall over. It's probably been...

Water Carvings
Sandstone canyon wall which was carved by rushing water just east of Borego...

Jeweled Walls
Another beautiful example of water carving a path through sandstone...

Desert Shadows
This photo shows the real beauty of the desert late in the day as the sun is...

Desert Overlook
Painted desert hills and shadows provide a contrast to the brilliant...

Golden Painted Desert
Spectacular colors of blue skies and golden hills in the Anza-Borrego Desert...

Stranded?
You can't find the road? No, you won't find a sign post here....

Pinzgauer Taking up The Rear
Thought I would give you another look at our offroad wonder.

Desert Sunset
We're on our way back from the Anza-Borrego Desert and were provided this...

article published 11/27/2001

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