Tours

This self guided mobile tour features five different beaches along the Santa Cruz, California coast. Each beach is part of California's statewide program ...

No visit to Santa Cruz is complete without a walk along West Cliff Drive. It's home to several of Santa Cruz's iconic landmarks, houses the heart of Santa ...

Read the stories that make for a richer drive over Highway 17. A drive along Highway 17 will take the traveler from ocean influences in Santa Cruz, throug ...

This self-guided tour of several trees in Santa Cruz’s urban forest was created in 2016 by UCSC Environmental Studies student Laurel Wee. Trees make urban ...

Capitola is a picturesque town on the sea. Know it a little more deeply by understanding its art and history. On this tour you’ll learn why the wharf was ...

Understand the natural and human history that shapes Santa Cruz's north coast. With each mile on this coastal driving tour, the road hugs along steep clif ...

Read the stories that will help you get to know the San Lorenzo River. The San Lorenzo River will take you from the Pedestrian Bridge near Highway 1, alon ...

Get to know Mission Hill as it is today and as it was over 100 years ago. Get your exercise for the day with this sixteen stop walking tour uncovering hid ...

South Skyline Boulevard: A winding road with a rich past! A drive along south Skyline Boulevard (Highway 35) will take the explorer through redwood forest ...

Learn the stories behind Santa Cruz's historic art. This walking tour presents twelve stops that bring to light some of Santa Cruz's most interesting hist ...

Lime production was an important player in the development of Santa Cruz. This is a 17 stop walking tour primarily around the buildings that were a part o ...

Art Deco and Art Moderne were popular architectural styles from 1920 to 1940. Salinas has one of the largest collection of Art Deco to Moderne buildings f ...

UCSC has countless hidden treasures and unique features that span across campus land. This tour will take you from forests, to meadows with repeating circ ...

Discover the Santa Cruz Wharf: a century-old structure with vibrant fishing history, thriving marine life and modern-day scientific research facilities. T ...

Pilkington Creek is a tiny watershed with a lot to offer. The Pilkington Creek walking tour has 7 historically rich stops highlighting the tiny creek's pa ...

This offering is more of a guide than a specific tour. We present the local marine life and when you are likely to see them (spring, summer, winter or fal ...