Witness the Famous Tarantula Trek
Join the wonder of the Tarantula Trek – an experience that’s uniquely La Junta. While you might have heard of the “tarantula migration,” it is not a migration at all. Rather, it is male tarantulas seeking out a mate, which they start doing when they reach maturity at the age of eight to 10 years old.
Rich History. Unexpected Adventure.
La Junta is located in the beautiful Arkansas River Valley, one of the best kept secrets in Colorado, on US Highway 50 and Amtrak’s Southwest Chief Route. The name La Junta means “the junction” in Spanish. The town of La Junta is located at what once was the junction of the Mountain Branch of the Santa Fe Trail and the Trappers Trail into the mountains and gold camps of Colorado.
Southeast Colorado offers a wide variety of history and tourism opportunities. Hiking, biking trails, museums, bird watching, hunting or discovering the wealth of heritage – La Junta and the entire Southeast Colorado region is a great place to visit.
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