Join us for another adventurous day as we travel to the famous Biosphere 2. Afterwards, we will take a visit to the Pima Air and Space Museum. Shortly after, we will proceed to visit the beautiful San Xavier del Bac Mission, the best-preserved Spanish colonial building. Next, we will head to one of the most popular attractions in Tucson, Arizona, which is the Sonora Desert Museum. Following, we will head to the Saguaro National Park to admire various cacti, shrubs, flowers and so much more. Then, we will stay overnight in Deming, New Mexico.
Biosphere 2
Biosphere 2 is an American Earth system science research facility located in Oracle, Arizona. Its mission is to serve as a center for research, outreach, teaching, and lifelong learning about Earth, its living systems, and its place in the universe. It is a 3.14-acre (1.27-hectare) structure originally built to be an artificial, materially closed ecological system, or vivarium. It remains the largest closed ecological system ever created.
The Pima Air & Space Museum
The Pima Air & Space Museum is located in Tucson, Arizona. It is one of the world's largest non-governmental funded aerospace museum. This museum features a display of nearly 300 aircrafts that are spread out over 80 acres (320,000 m?) on a campus occupying approximately 127 acres (513,000 m?). It has also been home to the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame since 1991.
San Xavier del Bac Mission
Mission San Xavier del Bac is a historic Spanish Catholic mission located about 10 miles (16 km) south of downtown Tucson, Arizona, on the Tohono O'odham Nation San Xavier Indian Reservation. The Mission that survives today was built between 1783 and 1797, which makes it the oldest European structure in Arizona. The O’odham has helped to construct the Mission.
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Founded in 1952, the Museum is regularly listed as one of the top ten zoological parks in the world due to its unique approach in interpreting the complete natural history of a single region. Not a “museum” in the usual sense, it is an unparalleled composite of plant, animal, and geologic collections with the goal of making the Sonoran Desert accessible, understandable, and valued.
Saguaro National Park
Tucson, Arizona is home to the nation's largest cacti. The giant saguaro is the universal symbol of the American West. These majestic plants, found only in a small portion of the United States, are protected by Saguaro National Park, located in the east and west of the modern city of Tucson. Here you have a chance to see these enormous cacti for yourself!
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