12 Amazing Things To Do In Saguaro National Park Tucson, Arizona

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The Saguaro cactus are captivating. Their presence commands your attention and musings.

It’s almost as if they are watching you, standing guard protecting you and ensuring that you are behaving and taking care of Saguaro National Park and the natural beauty surrounding you.

While the unique Saguaro cacti are what makes the park so famous, there are plenty of things to do in Saguaro National Park, Tucson.

Out here, you get to witness the beauty of the Sonoran Desert, an arid region covering approximately 100,000 square miles in southwestern Arizona and southeastern California, as well as most of Baja California and the western half of the state of Sonora, Mexico.

If you’re thinking of visiting Saguaro National Park but you’re not sure what to do, here are the best attractions in Saguaro National Park…

What is Saguaro National Park Famous For?

The Saguaro National Park is famous for Saguaro Cactus. Like a scene from the Wizard of Oz, I half expected them to start moving and talking to me.

It took all of my will power not to go up and hug one. They seem like they’d be so cuddly.

I won’t dare you to try it though. Once you get close enough to those spikes, you’ll rethink the cuddly description.

I knew this region in Tucson, Arizona had these cactus that are always the kind you drew as a child when desert sketches were required.

But I thought these giant Saguaro cactus would be few and far between on the sandy plains of a red desert. I had no idea they’d be so ubiquitous.

The mountains in Tucson are covered with them. From a distance it looks like a bleak winter scene or a forest fire has run through and stripped all the leaves off the trees.

It’s just trunks and arms of all different sizes, styles, and formations standing sentinel.

They are simply stunning!

There is no better place to see them than in the protected Saguaro National Park, Tucson.

Is Saguaro National Park Worth Visiting?

The vegetation of the Sonoran Desert is the most diverse of any desert in North America.

It’s not just those Tucson saguaros dominating the landscape but other cactus types such as the barrel cactus, yuca, cholla (those things jump at you) and one of our favorites from our time in Big Bend National Park, the prickly pear.

I tell you we fell in love with cactus during our time in the Tucson mountain district.

I love…