School Tours

Private, school group tours are scheduled year-round, and we can customize any tour to meet the specific needs of your group. For example, if your class is in a social studies unit on Arizona history, we can focus on the role of native plants in the lives of the indigenous people of the region. We even offer a summary of Arizona Standards* our programs address! If our current indoor arts and culture exhibits are of special interest to your students or adult group, arrangements can be made to include them as part of your tour.

• Number of tour participants - 5 minimum / 60 maximum
• Number of student chaperons requested - 1 adult per 10 students
• Length of tour - approximately one hour
• Subjects - adaptations, birds, Sonoran Desert ecology, ethnobotany, Riparian Habitat, Saguaro Discovery Trail, xeriscape landscaping, and others by pre-arrangement
• Pre-visit Materials*
• Cost - $10 booking fee
• Please call and make arrangements at least two weeks in advance of the date you would like to visit the Park. Remember the sooner you call, the more likely you will be to get the date and time you want. When calling, please have the following information ready:

number of students in your class

address and telephone number of the school

name of teacher in charge

area(s) of study or special interest

We strongly recommend that teachers visit the Park before scheduling a tour and make use of the available pre-visit materials*. These materials introduce new vocabulary words, discuss concepts presented and allow teachers to integrate activities into daily lesson plans. To access our guidelines for teachers and chaperones click here*. For a map of Tohono Chul Park, click here*.

*Note: forms are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format (portable document format). To access these forms you need the free downloadable software, Adobe Acrobat Reader

TO SCHEDULE A TOUR, PLEASE CALL 742-6455 x 241,
OR EMAIL Tom McDonald.

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