The notebook of Death Valley
Breathe higher, look further.
Extreme desert with spectacular dunes, saline and mineral reliefs.
At your own pace
Identity summary
3 to 6 days
Spring · Summer · Autumn · Winter
Recommended car
Desert · Nature
Variable accessibility
Sweet rhythm
General presentation
Death Valley
Extreme desert with spectacular dunes, saline and mineral reliefs.
To understand what Death Valley is, you need to look at Badwater Basin, Zabriskie Point and Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes. These places give us a view of a territory marked by desert areas and natural spaces and allow us to move from emblematic sites to more intimate stages.
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For a stay of 3 to 6 days, a quiet rhythm works well. Also to be anticipated: conditions to be checked according to the season. A car is usually the easiest way to connect different sectors. Accessibility varies from site to site and deserves to be checked step by step.
Strengths and constraints
Strengths
- Badwater Basin
- Zabriskie Point
- Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes
Before you choose
- Car often useful
- Conditions to be checked by season
Places worth visiting
A selection to start dreaming and organizing the stay — not an exhaustive list of everything there is to see.
Nature park
Parc national de la vallée de la Mort
The Valley of Death assembles salted basins, dunes, coloured canyons, bare mountains and very long roads in a desert of great hardness. Badwater Basin, Zabriskie Point or Mesquite Flat change completely according to the hour; the heat requires to think water, distances and times before any walk.
Place indismissible
Badwater Basin
Badwater Basin spreads a crust of white salt at the bottom of the Valley of Death, under the dark walls of the Black Mountains. A few steps are enough to see the road drift away and feel the strangeness of this basin without outlet, where the water leaves mostly crystals and traces of dry mud.
Nature and landscape
Zabriskie Point
Zabriskie Point This is the most important feature of the world's history, and it is also the most important feature of the world's history. Death Valley.
Nature and panorama
Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes
The Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes form a field of dunes easily accessible, with sharp ridges, wind wrinkles and bushes of mesquite isolated in the sand. The place changes quickly according to the light: long shadows in the morning, heat lasts at noon, very graphic silhouettes at the end of the day.
Practical tips
This information helps know if the destination matches the planned trip before starting a fuller search.
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More activities
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The nearest destinations
The closest ideas on the map, to extend your trip.
Similar destinations
Same landscapes and the same pace of travel, elsewhere in the world.
Escaped to discover
Joshua Tree National Park
California, 🇺🇸 United States of America
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