Area 51 Excursion and other Las Vegas, NV Off The Beaten Path Tips

As well as seeing the bright lights of the city, we wanted to explore the desert surounding Las Vegas. Through Virgin and a local company called Adventure Tours (highly recommended-we went on several tours with them) we embarked on the area 51 trip. Basically it was just us and the guide and the driver in a ford 4 by 4 travelling through Nevada's breathtaking desert. Because they do the tours only in small groups, they welcome you to say if you want to stop along the way anwhere to take photos etc. We stopped at an old ghost town, and a tranquil stream where it was so refreshing to paddle and soak up the beauty of the surroundings. Along the way they tell you lots of info and also ufo consparicies etc! this is quite a laid back fun trip ! We stopped for lunch at small inn called the Little Aleinn (get it??!!) Inside all the walls are completely covered in photos of ufos that tourists have pinned up-its fascinating. This inn really is in the middle of nowhere, food is great (service very slow but thats ok-it gives you time to talk to chill out-who's in a rush anyway?)and this place just reminded me of those inns in american movies where time seems to stand still. After lunch we went through the Joshua tree forest to get to the Area 51 perimiter, where there are security guys in black jeeps sitting on the hills with binoculars observing your every move. They have these big signs everywhere warning you not to cross the line as they can use lethal force -this makes it quite eery as you really start to wonder what secrets they could be hiding. Amongst the trees they have hidden cameras watching people like us to make sure we don't try and enter. There is further along the road an alien postbox for tourists to post their letters! A great fun day and a chance to see the most amazing landscape. Venture out of Las Vegas for the day and see it for yourself.

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