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Guevavi and Calabazas Missions Tour

TumacÁCori National Historical Park Tours

Tumacácori National Historical Park protects the ruins of three Spanish missions along the Santa Cruz river. Two of these missions are not open to the public, and can only be visited on a reserved tour. As a participant in this special tour, you will visit the ruined remains of the two closed missions and learn about the lives of the people who lived there.

Please Note: Tickets are per person. Tour capacity is limited to a maximum of 13 individual tickets.


The tour meets at the Tumacácori Visitor Center. The tour group will ride together in park provided transportation to the Guevavi and Calabazas mission sites. At each site, a ranger provides an interpretive walking tour. There is some walking on unpaved trails to reach the mission ruin at each site, including one section of uphill trail at Calabazas. These tours are not wheelchair accessible.

After the Guevavi and Calabazas tour the group will return to Tumacácori. Tour participants are invited to visit the Tumacácori Mission church and grounds, visitor center, and museum on their own at no additional cost. A variety of self guided tours are available in a variety of formats (printed booklet, digital, and audio tour). Guided tours may be available on request or as staffing allows. Check in the visitor center.

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Need to Know

  • Preparation

    You will need water, snacks, clothing appropriate for the weather, and comfortable walking shoes. No food or water is available. There is no shade or shelter along the walking trails. You must be prepared for the weather. 

    There will be one restroom stop midway through the tour. 

    The Guevavi and Calabazas missions tours are not wheelchair accessible. Participants must be able to walk on hills and rough trails, and to stand and walk for up to an hour at a time. There is no seating other than in vehicles while traveling between sites.

Photo Gallery

  • A mound and partial adobe walls of the ruins of Mission Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi in the foreground and mountain peaks in the background. Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi includes the only original Jesuit-era mission structures still standing above ground in Arizona.
  • The Ruins of Mission San Cayetano de Calabazas, with a metal roof above that protects the adobe ruins..Tucked away in modern-day Rio Rico, the Calabazas site underwent a long sequence of adaptations from mission, to stock ranch, to post office, customs house, Army base, and more.
  • A view of the Santa Cruz River, which parallels the unimproved dirt path of the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail. Freemont cottonwood trees are just starting to leaf out along this section of the riparian corridor and trail.The Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail follows the path of the Santa Cruz River

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