Night Tour at the Osoyoos Desert Centre

18 Saturday Jul 2015

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On July 9th I attended a guided Night tour at the Osoyoos Desert Centre

Through out Summer of 2015 the Osoyoos Desert Centre is offering several guided Night Tours, so I decided to attend one of the tours. Boy was it a far different walk than when I attended the 2015 Season Open House in April!

First of all I thoroughly enjoyed the much cooler temperatures during the evening tours, as compared to how hot it can get during the Day. I was also quite

intrigued by how green everything seemed to be, Considering Osoyoos had a Heat wave for the first few weeks of July. I am guessing everything stays a little shaded at the Osoyoos Desert Centre thanks to Kobau Mountain!

During the tour it was on a day where the Smoke from Nearby Forest Fires was changing the sky various shades of Pinks, oranges, and yellows. As sad as that fact was it sure did add to the ambiance of our night tour.

Another unique part of our tour was the fact that we started at the opposite end of the board walk from when we had our tour in April.

One of the first and most poignant differences between this tour and the one in April was the fact that the first stop on the tour was at the Pond built for the endangered Great Basin Spadefoot which had completely dried up between April and July!

Here is the Pond with water and in the next shot that is the pond behind our tour guide in July, bone Dry!

During our tour we saw some wildlife including getting close to some Birds as you can see one is sitting on the post. We also met some deer however they were too quick to get pictures!

During our Tour our tour guide also gave us a brief speech about Snakes albeit we didn’t see any.

She even showed us this little grove of trees where the tend to find snake skins

I had a fabulous time on this unique Osoyoos Desert Centre tour. I would highly recommend anyone attend any of the remaining Night Tours offered this Summer! I learned a lot, saw some different perspectives and enjoyed the cooler temperatures!