Mesa Verde Cliff Dwelling Tour

Take a guided tour through Mesa Verde National Park's cliff dwellings of the Ancestral Pueblo people who lived here from AD 600 to 1300.
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[@wp4866]

most magical place i ever visited

[@Loveoldies50]

I wish I had visited this when I was younger, but I never even knew they existed! Now, I'm a senior and can hardly walk, let alone climb to see these amazing dwellings, and the view the saw each day of their lives. I am so sorry that we don't know more about Native Americans, from both North and South America. It would be wondrous, I’m sure. TGANK you for posting this. It is the only way I will ever see it!

[@margaretanderson95]

we were there as teenagers (1960's) and never knew these were our grandmothers people. stunned

[@cadavid3]

I liked this place more than Machu Pichu to be honest

[@CalebBlock]

The tour guide loves his job. That is awesome 😎

[@robertallen6710]

I got that impression too...

[@temporallabsol9531]

Bless your heart.

[@tobby12347]

Loved the enthusiasm of the tour guide.

[@annhitchcock3093]

I loved this place. It’s been over a decade and I will never forget it.

[@g94433]

My tribe has originated from Mesa Verde as well other Pueblos from New Mexico originated from there

[@Ryanair671]

Does your Tribe believe in the star people (Aliens)? Just curious 👀, thats all lol

[@AmariLynn8]

Such a beautiful place I vacation there a long time ago didn't want to leave felt like home...🙏

[@Fdeubcfhbbjhfd]

Your black.

[@lancer525]

@@Ryanair671 No, they're smarter than that. Only conspiracy theory idiots believe in that kind of thing. Oh, before I forget... the earth is an oblate spheroid, and Apollo landed six missions on the moon. You're welcome.

[@wendeln92]

Been fascinated by Native Americans since I was a little kid, paged through and read (& reread) all the better books in our local library. Always loved the cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde, getting older and closer to retirement and still haven't been there, maybe once I retire and can have the time to visit several southwestern sites. That ladder woild freak me out but I know I would do it once there. Such lucky people.

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

Leaving things to do that really interest you "for when I retire" is not the best policy! By then you may well have the money to climb Kilimanjaro, hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu in Peru or scale those ladders at Spruce Tree House Or Cliff Palace here - but it'll be 50-50 if you have the legs or health to do it, let alone enjoy it! I certainly don't regret "wasting my money" in former days to explore the Pyramids of Central America and Egypt, clamber over glaciers at the foot of the Matterhorn, and explore the ancient sites of the Middle East before the loonies took over. And now I can still sit in my rocking chair and revisit these places via the screen in comfort! 😉😊

[@diegoruiz7600]

i've always been a fan of these types of tour guides.

[@takingu2skoo]

Hope people respect this place and not leave mark or trace of being there. Been there 800 years hope it can be there another 800

[@jimiprice6182]

Visited this beautiful place, deeply moving aura.

[@histolee]

I can't believe that people lived in this high place. Great video and detailed explanation.

[@andrewbarrett42]

Really want to go here,its on my bucket list.I,ve been to Monument valley and Grand canyon witch were amazing sights.From England.

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

Another English "Witch" contaminating the Religious Purity of America? 😱🙄

[@adamartinez5701]

I can't wait to visit here

[@EngPheniks]

The setting of the "The Abyss", the fifth map of the first episode in the 3D realms first person shooter video game, "Duke Nukem 3D" was definitely inspired by this.

[@brettnaugher2176]

That's my old home! I am Kitt Carson's G, G, grandson who married the Ute Chieftain who lived there. I have a photograph of the Chieftain woman crushing corn in front of Mesa Verde.

[@jamisojo]

....abandoned in the 1300s. 🤔

[@nicholasstrange747]

Props to the camera man for filming the tribe for us

[@ingvarellingsen7270]

Great video! Take care of this amazing place.

[@Tom-nm4dg]

I just did this the other day, it was really cool.

[@VendettaAllan]

There is a legend that says the Aztecs emigrated to Central Mexico from Southwestern USA. They were called Aztecs because they came from Aztlan, a mythical land north of Mexico, when they finally settled and built Tenochtitlan (nowadays Mexico City) they were called the Mexica people.

[@cheremichael367]

Aztlan = Atlantis?!!

[@VendettaAllan]

@@cheremichael367 No, that's not my point at all

[@cheremichael367]

@@VendettaAllan I realise that, I read a book that compared the names though..

[@VendettaAllan]

@@cheremichael367 Yeah, they're pretty similar, almost same letters

[@jtk344]

Breath taking

[@brunnentor1]

We took this hike many years ago. It is very educational.

[@MartaniPanganSehat]

Beautiful

[@ompaloompa4970]

Amazing, imagine how difficult life would have been there.

[@vicentamartinez]

Amazing place💛🧡💛🧡

[@FrontAndCentersv]

cool video, thank you

[@Daylight7vs6]

Amazing 👏 masterpiece

[@charleswesley9907]

Cliff dwellers probably didnt live in high up cliffs . The all knowing archeologist see peaks and such sticking up from the desert floor below and never consider that the area was a massive inland lake or sea . Now this is strange being that the whole area was sea bottom before tectonic forces thrust it all 8000 ft above sea level . Those cliff dwellers lived on the banks of a food producing body of water when the level was at their homes . Chances are that other structures are atr the same levels within the basin

[@bobwho1986]

A good bit of philosopy and practicality for us all at 3:20 ... why did they leave? It was time to go.

[@warumsiehtmanjetztdenalias]

i want to live my life like you, traveling as much as possible. i'm so jealous but at the same time happy for you that you can experience all of this. i really hope i can see all of these things some day in my life as well. greetings from germany :)

[@Loveoldies50]

I visited your country. It, too, is beautiful! But, America is so large, there are so many beautiful places to go to and see. I'm lucky to have visited several, but I’d LOVE to see more. We drove across America when I was young. It was a VERY long drive, but well worth it. I never got to Yellowstone, though! That must be marvelous! But, with my luck, the volcano would erupt while I was there! LOL

[@corbinyork]

Use this as a "my History Professor sent me here" button.

[@spark2269]

yup

[@Booga04Minecraft]

Very informative and cool! I'm learning about this for school. Thanks. :)

[@ryanelliott4700]

You can go to West Africa and find some of the same built by the Proto-Manding People of Central Africa

[@margaretbrowne8929]

Lol, same 😏

[@hoytdavis8667]

I’ve been there it’s such a great place

[@calvinellis4610]

I was there this summer didn’t go down for the tour couldn’t with my heart and health problems.

[@funwithsnowboarding2463]

I feel sympathy

[@robertallen6710]

I was there a few weeks ago...no tours right now, no museum, etc. but could observe from the overlook...very cool site!

[@DevouredByADream]

Sometimes when change comes that's all you need to know; it was time to go.

[@knightlykin1499]

Man, if I lived in ancient america, I'd have chosen to live with either the Puebloans, Anasazi, or the Incas. With Anasazis I could feel safe living in a castle carved in a mountain, if I lived with the Puebloans I could live in massive adobe apartment structures with a central trading plaza, and if I lived with the Incas, I could live on top of a mountain with a stone house with an aqueduct that leads to my bath tub, and my drinking pool with free food, healthcare, and protection as long as I worked. I'd have chosen the Mexica tribe, but life for them was too brutal, even though they had the most powerful army of the entire continent with the best technology. They were the spartans of the americas. Trained to fight at the age of 8, until their death. However I respect the Mexica too. They had the same situation and fate as the Spartans. They held off a superior military force at their gates with minimal men causing heavy casualties to the invaders. La Noche Triste, 400 Spanish (1 battalion equivalent) and 3,000 Tlaxcallan (2 brigades equivalent) died. Siege of Tenochtitlan, 650 Spanish (2 battalions equivalent), 20,000 Tlaxcallan (5 brigades equivalent) massacred before the fall of the Mexica.

[@Force05289]

Corporate Agent I would too but I like 2019 and not dying at 26

[@flyenryanowen01]

problem is dude is that you didnt choose and coodnt travel across the world in 1 day to start a new life, were you lived is were u ived and you truly had to make the best of it

[@margaretbrowne8929]

Lol, same I would choose the Incas 🤗

[@13skymoons13]

I loved going there. I think the round rooms were kitchens!! And the hole in the floors, were for a rope to signal from the kitchens to the people below. Or people below to signal the kitchen!!!!

[@wendyhayden1179]

So like we had homes on sides of mountains. Big pools for the fancy beauty. Imagine, ash s cover creating a pocket when cooling and melting of the rest of the mountain

[@manuelvarela4598]

I've gone to this place before in my school field trip

[@ramonaedaniel4502]

Manuel Varela b

[@pacerodi]

I saw myself climbing the rocks in a dream. They called me Old Trunk.

[@donrepcon7704]

These people were probably Anasazi. Learn the mystical lore of their supposed escape into a third or parallel dimension through selected Kivas. It's very interesting.

[@vicentamartinez]

Wow

[@pplatymuth8325]

it was time to go

[@margaretbrowne8929]

Lol I'm doing a school thing on this and I don't regret it 😁

[@bikebloggerhn837]

extraña ciudadela eso si es misterio

[@avabeanwater3749]

I’ve been there more times than I can count, living in state

[@cheremichael367]

I wonder if like the abandoned Pyramids and towns in Egypt- where the river changed course, so they had no choice but to move... Could a river or large creek drying up- be the cause of them moving too???

[@anonymousinternetperson9068]

Rob how was your trip to South America? Are you and James still on it or can we expect videos any time soon? Honestly your travel documentaries the most inspiring, interesting and relatable ones in the genre.

[@anonymousinternetperson9068]

Alright, as a Canadian, excited for the Rockies one to

[@pocoloco5160]

Yes,indeed. Things don't last forever. Impermanence.

[@davidnet124]

Hey Karl, i want to know if you have been in Colombia, if yes, how was your experience?

[@Daylight7vs6]

Looks like a flooding issue during monsoon season that might of made difficult to keep living there are something out of there control

[@LOVE-JC777]

That’s the place of the 7 families traveling south to the valley of Mexico City looking for the 🦅 🐍 🌵

[@SuckahK205]

What are those round pits in the ground used for

[@markurbancowboy]

I wonder what kinds of waivers you got to sign before you take that tour? Looks like there could be some nasty falls.

[@CAF420ALLDAY7]

Can someone just put a camera inside one of those dark windows?

[@titotarimoya6766]

do you know where are they?

[@definitee.y9174]

“Why do they call it soda canyon ?” “Well it’s completely made out of soda”

[@votusplowerwindowswallgrou1808]

Omg

[@rodneywilliams6564]

Look Like the Dogon Cliff dwellings

[@TS-rf3sy]

How do we know 700 years?

[@JOEYNOSEBEATS]

What's the music

[@karlwatsondocs]

Just library music from Audio network

[@dianaxochitldelgadocastane5227]

SOLO SABRAN LA VERDAD SI SE QUEDAN HAY UN MES

[@dodgebullet7423]

I was there 44 years ago, back then the rangers let us walk all over that thing.

[@TJWill12]

Oh look, the Dogon cliff dwellings from Mali, magically are in Colorado 😂. The people “disappeared” 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@billclark4559]

definitly not carrying furniture up those stairs we will build up there son

[@lewimcpherson9276]

The rock formation tells of major catastrophe. Why ignore the obvious?

[@cheremichael367]

How so?? I'd love to know your take on this, many thanks in advance.. 👍💐

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

@@cheremichael367 Usual thing with these Conspiracy Theory Loonies - you have to wait a long time! 😜😊

[@nimuzdo3114]

did*

[@Shortsfilm1123]

Why they leave ? Well, it was as time to go. What do they mean it? Maybe food source problem, enemies and maybe they wanted to explore some other places.

[@jamisojo]

Yeah. Not much of an explanation. ... It would make more sense that they did not know why their ancestors left 700 years ago. Humans aren't often good at keeping records that old.

[@jaywalker8309]

the park ranger say 800 years the native people of the southwest have been there for 30000 years plus in the southern usa 60000 to 100000 years

[@Loveoldies50]

jay walker I believe he was referring to the cliff dwellings, not the country.

[@jamisojo]

What is your evidence of that? A crossing of the Bering straight ~13,000 years ago or so is more commonly accepted.

[@user-tz4tt3vc5z]

Ни фига не понимаю 😢

[@dontfearthereaper2887]

MESA VERDE, not MESA VERDI

[@HeyYaKnow]

I feel like that tour guide would get on my nerves pretty fast 😂😂

[@jamisojo]

Yeah. I thought he was making it very personal. And too dramatic. I think I'd rather just have the archaeological facts. It may not be as annoying in person. Those tours are usually fun.

[@xXBobbyXx86]

Who taught them house to use bricks and wooden beams? Thats the main question.

[@4usweetsmiles]

These ruins will be destroyed with all these people touring through. Don't touch, lean or take anything. I wanted to like this video but it breaks my heart to see the disrespect to the ancestral peoples.

[@Daylight7vs6]

They probably encountered Europeans and where captured

[@stevenwhite3.1415]

Very doubtful based on the time period that it was abandoned.

[@DavidLopez-rx4zk]

We all know why they dissappear acting like they not sure why 😒

[@richardtucker5686]

Sugar-coating the cannabalism that happened when the famine hit.

[@tonijohnson9530]

If you talking about it - tell it all.

[@jamisojo]

Yes. Do you have any evidence of this, c mojo?

[@richardtucker5686]

@@jamisojo It's currently a well accepted historical theory, mostly from the human bones found with knife marks from scraping the meat off

[@actsismmljcorrectlyobeyed6190]

I know I know blame it on the Europeans right?

[@alienbean7508]

ActsisMMLJ CorrectlyObeyed Was that guilt i sense behind the sarcasm?

[@actsismmljcorrectlyobeyed6190]

@@alienbean7508 I don't believe in white guilt like the liberal fools out there! We conquered the world and modernized it. It was thought provoking sarcasm of the first degree.

[@Jay-sw9bi]

pretty much

[@actsismmljcorrectlyobeyed6190]

@@Jay-sw9bi If the Chinese invented weapons that could wipe out our military it would still be up to Americans to undo what they were doing. Not cry like a bunch of pansies and use reverse discrimination causing Yellow guilt.

[@jamisojo]

Stifle the politics 😊

[@toniteveggy9382]

Are you fooling us? They were killed by the American invader.

[@Alexander-Hatfield]

They left that city long before Europeans showed up. And there's still thousands of them dipshit.

[@jamisojo]

There were no Europeans around there in 1300. Not for a long time.

[@camprocketsound2601]

Some of the most horrible camera work I've ever seen....SLOW DOWN!

[@HeyYaKnow]

Place looks awesome, tour guide was cringe.

[@yabadabad00000]

You can probably smell the flesh of the people being cooked to be consumed by the cannibals. Mmmmmmm

[@zaanga7340]

The only thing I ever found impressive about native Americans that they did is the pueblos to be honest they where building straw houses at the same time Europe and Asia had castles and giant temples or massive theaters etc. but there culture is cool thought

[@garrusn7702]

GeneralSPatton Games Yeah, Europeans and Asians also lived in straw houses. By which I assume you mean that he'd roof? Also, what about the mesoamericas and the andeans?

[@kellieerwin2776]

Natives bled and died. Were raped and tortured! Ironic how intelligent a culture. And how ignorant you are.

[@terryfrederickson2774]

um, you know there was no america or mexico or canada at that time, it all was one land, with temples in the south,. the climate tends to dictate the structures people build.

[@Alexander-Hatfield]

The Aztec and Maya had pretty cool cities. Especially the Aztec capital which is now Mexico city. But ya north of Mexico nobody but the puebloans left much behind behind.

[@alienbean7508]

Alexander Hatfield The igloo is more complex than most people think.

[@MegaTuber86]

I hate tour guides...