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Tours & Trails

Fresno County Blossom Trail

A 62-mile self-guided motor tour featuring blossoming stone fruit orchards, citrus groves, vineyards and points of interest. Stops along this route include Sanger, Reedley, Orange Cove, Selma, Clovis, Kingsburg, Fowler and Simonian Farms. Each stop offers its own unique flavor and rich historical background.

Peak season is late February through mid-March.

For more information visit:
goblossomtrail.com

Fresno County Fruit Trail

This self-guided tour through California’s agricultural heartland celebrates the beauty, flavor and culture of this region. Enjoy orchards full of ripe fruit and visit local fruit stands, farmers markets and related attractions to find the freshest of fruit and other delectable produce.

Fruit Trail season is May through September each year.

888-549-4900

Kings River Country Tour

The Kings River Country tour provides historical and educational stops against the backdrop of the Sierra mountain foothills just below Sequoia/Kings Canyon national parks. Sights that may be included in this tour are the Sierra Endangered Cat Haven, Squaw Valley Herb Garden, Sequoia View Vineyards, historic Reedley Opera House, Mennonite Quilting Center and specialty shopping in Reedley and Clovis.

Individual and group accommodations can be provided at Wonder Valley Ranch Resort:

800-821-2801

www.wondervalley.com

Sierra Heritage Scenic Byway

The 70-mile-long Scenic Byway proceeds along Highway 168 from Old Town Clovis and continues up Forest Route 80 to Kaiser Meadows. View foothills, wildflowers, grazing cattle, wood cutting and logging.

Visitors may stop along the route at the many shopping areas, historical sites and campsites, as well as enjoy fishing, horseback riding, backpacking, hunting and off-highway vehicle driving.

559-299-7363

For more information visit:
www.clovischamber.com

Squaw Valley Herb Gardens

Bring your senses alive. Immerse yourself in nature's aromatherapy in beautiful, rustic landscapes featuring hundreds of herbs and a hillside of lavender. Established in 1984 by two artists and featured on PBS "California Heartland" and "Gardening by the Yard". Rosemary Nightingale & Tim Friesen invite you to book a tour to their private home and gardens. Rosemary lectures at the San Francisco & Seattle Flower & Garden Shows. The gardens feature Tim's unique art, etched stones, hand-lettered signs, bamboo creations and herb carts. Your tour includes: a guided walk; garden theater with fascinating history, demonstrations and tastings; and a light herbal inspired lunch.

Located 30 miles east of Fresno and 20 miles west of Kings Canyon & Sequoia National Parks.

Available by advance reservations - $20 per person, Saturdays March through September.

Gift Shop & Organic Herb Nursery

*Tours offered by Squaw Valley Herb Gardens

*Culinary Farm Tour

Blueberries, peaches, lavender and more as farm women share their specialty crops on a delicious agriculture adventure. Tours, tastings, lunch and dessert for groups of 8 or more starting at $40 per person.

*Farm, Garden & Wine Tour

A progressive day tour featuring specialty farms. Drive yourself or book a van or bus. “Savor a day in the Country? with lunch, dessert, theater tour and wine tasting for 8 or more starting at $45 per person.

*Monastery & Garden Tour

Sacred art and natural beauty from majesty to serenity on a retreat in the foothills. Two tours with Greek lunch for groups of 15 or more starting at $45 per person.

*Children’s Tour

California plant history in a spectacular, outdoor classroom. See, smell, feel, hear and taste with hands-on centers for groups of 10 or more starting at $10 per person.

*Everything Lavender Workshop

Celebrate a legend. Learn how to grow, harvest and use lavender in culinary, medicinal and domestic recipes and remedies with lavender-inspired breakfast or lunch. Make gifts to take home. For groups of 8 or more starting at $35 per person.

*Wreath Making Workshop

Relaxing creativity with friends and family. Make a fragrant masterpiece. All materials included for groups of 4-9 starting at $45 per person.

559-332-2909
800-579-8043
www.squawvalleyherbgardens.com

Wildflower Trail

The Judith Preuss Wildflower Trail is a beautiful foothill drive for any time of the year and a favorite for photographers, particularly from late February through May, when the flowers are in fullest bloom.

The trail begins in Old Town Clovis and winds southeast to join Highway 168 east of town. See carpenteria, redbud, buck brush, lupine and buckeye wildflowers, to name a few.

559-299-7363
www.clovischamber.com