Grand Hyatt Indian Wells Resort & Villas

Off Road Tours & Adventure Experience one of the best Palm Springs Off Road Tours & Desert Adventure like the pioneers did, on a mule-drawn Covered Wagon! Take a comfortable, scenic and educational tour into a pristine, 30,000-acre desert oases wilderness preserve, accessible to Covered Wagon Tours! Explore the Desert Nature Your on-board naturalist guide and Wagon Master driver entertain you as you explore the natural oases, wildlife and the geology of the San Andreas Fault. Ride through this canyon landscape that is unchanged as when nature created it. Guided nature walk included and optional! Live Music, BBQ & Games Return to camp to the smell of a chuck-wagon BBQ and live western music. Play cornhole, try some roping, learn a barn dance and watch a beautiful, desert sunset from one of the best views in greater Palm Springs. Top it off with an evening of stars around a campfire. Create lifetime memories with your friends and family!

Discover The Living Desert's 1,200 acres of blooming, scampering, flying, and howling fun. Wild creatures and creature comforts for the whole family. Please note that tickets are purchased at gate only. You'll enjoy the:

Children's Discovery Museum This museum inspires and promotes intellectual curiosity and self-expression through inventive and interactive exhibits and programs. It encourages children to learn about themselves and the world around them by exploring the natural environment and the community. Palm Springs Air Museum Where history flies through the skies... and your tour guides are the people who made that history. The Museum provides flying demonstrations of aircraft; several on-going and temporary exhibits; fun-filled children's activities; and an on-going lecture series, featuring the significance of Air Power and including veteran eyewitness accounts. Palm Springs Desert Museum As the only major museum between Los Angeles and Phoenix, the Palm Springs Desert Museum features art, natural science, and the performing arts. The Museum boasts a 430-seat Annenberg Theater; an Education Center with an 88-seat lecture hall; and two outdoor sculpture gardens with desert landscaping and cool, soothing fountains.

McCallum Theatre The McCallum Theatre provides a variety of performing arts experiences that reflects the diversity of people as well as the interest and tastes of the communities and constituents that we serve. We are enhancing the lives of residents and visitors alike, while seeking ways to make the performing arts more accessible and affordable. Desert IMAX Theatre Imagine a movie screen six stories high, and a sound system so advanced that you'll hear a pin drop or feel a volcano explode. Welcome to the world of IMAX!

The Coachella Valley is enjoying national recognition as an exciting gaming destination. Try your luck! Agua Caliente Casino Gaming, dining, and entertainment… Play in Style! Features the Primrose Room for high-stakes gaming. Fantasy Springs Casino The desert's largest, most elegant casino. Find yourself at Fantasy! Spotlight 29 Casino Fun, slots, excitement, table games, entertainment... The ultimate entertainment experience!

Smoke Tree Stables Horseback Ride into Beauty... and into History. Experience a few quiet hours of "getting away from it all" on 150 miles of convenient riding trails that feature solitude and breathtaking beauty. A close proximity to Palm Springs and the Agua Caliente Indian Canyons, Smoke Tree Stables offers guided rides by the hour or for the entire day! Located in Palm Springs. Must arrive 20 minutes prior to ride.

Travel through a forest of towering, silently spinning windmills. Feel the energy as giant blades WHOOSH overhead. Find out why NASA declared San Gorgonio Pass as one of the consistently windiest spots on earth. Skilled tour guides present a history of wind power and explain where the electricity generated goes. As the 90 minute tour navigates across the desert terrain, marvel at the fields of elegant Towers of Power - Art in Motion.

The Coachella Valley offers some of the best desert hiking opportunities around. More than 100 miles of well maintained trails meander through the valley and canyons. The streams and hiking trails through the many Indian Canyons are among the desert's most popular attractions. Guest can enjoy these activities at the following locations: Joshua Tree National Park Thirty-five miles of the California Riding and Hiking Trail pass through the park. Two to three days are required to hike the entire length of the trail, but shorter hikes of 4, 6.7, or 11 miles (6.4, 10.7, or 17.6 km) are possible. Additional information on hikes is available at park visitor centers. Indian Canyons The canyons and associated resources are especially sacred to the Indians today, and are historically important to scientists and nature lovers. Please enjoy the free gifts of equanimity and serenity which you may take with you. While in Palm Canyon, visit the Trading Post for hiking maps, refreshments, Indian art and artifacts, books, jewelry, pottery, baskets, weavings and conversational cultural lore. New programs and events are regularly added for adventurous adults and kids. Be sure to check out our Saturday Junior Ranger Program as an exciting and unusual option for your children. Tahquitz Canyon Tahquitz Canyon is one of the most beautiful and culturally sensitive areas of the Agua Caliente Reservation. Tahquitz Canyon is home to a spectacular 60-foot waterfall, rock art, ancient irrigation systems, native wildlife and plants. Located at the entrance to the canyon, the Tahquitz Visitor Center offers educational and cultural exhibits. The center has an observation deck, garden, picnic area, and a theater room for a video which narrates the legend of Tahquitz.