Saguaro National Park

As shown in the picture, the East Park and the West Park are divided into Tucson City. Each park is normally visited by car for about an hour (not including hiking). If the time is not enough, the West Park is preferred. The west garden is mainly tree-shaped cactus, non-paved road, the park is relatively more desertification, the east garden hardened road, more like semi-desert desert green land, all kinds of desert plants are more abundant, the park is also more open. The attached picture shows the East Park Visitor Center and the East Park Entrance (also a charging office, no cash), and the West Park can go to the Visitor Center first and then to the entrance (not at all). Tickets for two places are 25 yuan per vehicle. Because the tree-shaped cactus is not available in China, mainly in the US-Mexico desert, I think it is worth a look.

A nice ride through the desert. more Cacti and critters than can imagine. It’s about a 35 min loop if you drive slow and at the end there is an informative visitor at the end with gifts and lots of info.

visited this National Park in spring 2022, loved the place, those gigantic Saguaro cacti are awesome, they come in different shapes and height!

Cacti National Park is located in the southeast of Phoenix, adjacent to Tucson City. The park covers an area of more than 2,000 square kilometers, divided into East and West. The Cacti National Park was established in 1938 to protect the species of cactus. There are twenty-five different types of cactus in the park, the most famous of which is the king of the desert - giant column cactus. Cactus 5-10 grows out of small balls, 60 years flowering, 100 years later branching, 150 years to the peak of the growth period, then gradually withered, the strong cactus can even live to 200-300 years, the color becomes black. The wild species inhabited in the park include snakes, lizards, turtles, owls, wild boars, eagles and so on.

Saguaro National Park, located near Tucson, Arizona, was planned as a national memorial area on March 1, 1933, and was upgraded to a national park on October 14, 1994. The park protects part of the Sonoran Desert, named after the giant pillar cactus known as "Saguaro" that grows in the desert.