San Diego Insider Tours

Creating photographs from nature requires more than photographic technique. A skillful guide can lead you to the best subjects. On this excursion, you'll discover some of the photographic opportunities in the heart of San Diego.

After an overview of San Diego's pulsing urban core, this adventure will take you to Balboa Park, the largest urban cultural preserve in the United States. San Diego's spectacular climate permits plants from all over the globe to thrive here. On foot, you'll smell their fragrances and capture their beauty - either within your camera or your heart.

• Get an overview of San Diego's layout and history.
• Hear fascinating stories about the people and events that have made the city what it is today.
• With advice from an expert photographer, take better pictures of the fantastic horticultural diversity nurtured within Balboa Park.
• Visit a grove of redwoods and giant sequoias.
• Meet two of the most splendid and valuable trees in the United States.
• Visit a hidden butterfly garden with a scandalous past.
• Stroll in an otherworldly desert garden that could double as a modern art gallery.
• Stop to smell the latest prizewinners in one of the top 12 public rose collections in the world.
• Descend into a tropical palm-filled canyon to visit one of the oldest specimens in San Diego.
• Get a gourmet snack and a list of some of the plants you've met. (Cameras not included.)