Tortoise Chat

Have questions about desert tortoises? Come visit our desert tortoise enclosure and learn about conservation efforts to study and protect our wild desert tortoise population in the Monument. Also, great opportunity to meet Bowser, our adopted Mojave desert tortoise who lives on site.

Meet at the tortoise enclosure any time between 8:30am – 11:30am.

NO RESERVATION REQUIRED.

For more information contact Friends of the Desert Mountains 760-568-9918 or the Visitor Center at 760-862-9984.

Sponsored by the Bureau of Land Management in partnership with Friends of the Desert Mountains.

You may also like the following events from Friends of the Desert Mountains:

• This Wednesday, 11th February, 10:00 am, Nature Walk at Blixseth Park in Rancho Mirage
• This Thursday, 12th February, 08:30 am, Art Smith Interpretative Hike in Palm Desert
• This Thursday, 12th February, 09:00 am, Yoga With A Ranger in Palm Desert