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Santa Cruz County is located between San Francisco and Monterey on California's Central Coast. Beautiful beaches, redwood forests and great weather attract thousands of visitors and tourists to Santa Cruz every year. The tour operators will show you all the best sightseeing spots - many of which you may have never found.

We offer nature tourism at its best with guided sightseeing tours and hiking adventures for most skill and fitness levels on some of the finest, most scenic trails in Santa Cruz and on the Central Coast. We look forward to sharing these trails with you, and as your hosts, we will do all that we can to make your Santa Cruz Tour is a memorable one.

Planning a trip from June to early October months provide the ideal weather for walking on the beach. Rain is almost never a factor. However, early morning fog is almost guaranteed. Start your day in a light jacket and soon you will be comfortable in shorts and a t-shirt. Evenings will generally be cool as the fog returns to shroud the bay.

The kind of winter non-Californians can only dream about can arrive in early December and in mid-January, leaving behind the typical freezing nights and rainy wet days. Warm temperatures that can surface over the Winter in Santa Cruz, are a nice welcome in the middle of Winter.

Around Santa Cruz County, you can expect clear sunny days during the Winter with highs in the mid to upper 60s F with overnight lows in the mid-40s F. One thing to watch for, especially at night and in the early mornings, is dense patchy fog.