You can find a variety of recreational activities in Palm Springs, like swimming, horse riding, golf, hiking in the adjacent desert, trekking and mountain climbing.

Some of the places to visit in Palm Springs are Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, Palm Springs Art Museum, San Jacinto Mountains, Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, etc.

Living Desert Zoo and Gardens

The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, previously called as the Living Desert Museum, is a communal garden in the desert. The zoo is situated in the Palm desert, in California’s Riverside County in the United States.

The Low desert, Colorado Desert gardens was formed in the year 1970.It is spread on an area of 360 acres. The Palm Springs Desert Museum maintains the desert gardens. .The desert zoo houses animals like lizards, tortoises, kit fox, and the Bighorn sheep, striped hyenas, warthogs, cheetahs, meerkats, mountain lions, giraffes, badgers, bob cats, ostriches, etc.

Moorten Botanical Garden and Cactarium

Moorten Botanical Garden and Cactariumn is botanical garden owned by a family.The garden focuses on Desert plant like Cacti. The garden is situated in the ecosystem of the Colorado Desert.

Some of the desert plant species you will see in this botanical garden are Bombax, Agaves, Cardoon, Cereus, Bursera, Caesalpinia, etc.

Accommodation

Hyatt Regency Suites Palm Springs
285 North Palm Canyon Drive,
Palm Springs, California, USA 92262
Tel: +1 760 322 9000 Fax: +1 760 322 6009
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