Cliff Palace, Colorado, United States

5KG_TXtraveler 5:00 PM Sep 21, 2022

30 Min Tour to History
To visit Cliff Palace, you must pre-book a 30 minute tour that opens for reservations 2 weeks in advance on the NPS website. Booking was easy and there is plenty of information available on the website Our 4 year old son made the trek, but I would not have brought a younger child unless you are safely able to carry them on steep stone steps and log ladders. However, the 4 year old had a great time. You hike into the canyon, about a 10 minute decent, where a Park Ranger is waiting to give you a 20 minute or so overview of the archeology, kivas and other structures. It was a very interesting visit for a cluster of structures built over 800 years ago by the Ancestral Pueblo peoples. Climbing up is steeper, and takes about 5 minutes with multiple ladders. There are restrooms and parking at the top of the cliff.

5Jerry W 5:00 PM Nov 8, 2022

Amazing
This is an incredible place which preserves ruins dating as late as 1200 AD. We took the tour, which required descending some steep and narrow steps to the level of the ruins and after the tour required climbing up some steep steps and at least three, steep ladders. As a senior, this was difficult and strenuous. You should make sure to take water with you if you elect to take this tour, which requires that you have advance reservations. You can however view the ruins without taking the tour from a viewing platform which is an excellent place to take photos.