The Desert

Your travels have now brought you to the Sonora and Mojave deserts of Arizona and the north of Mexico. Depending on the season it can be either burning hot or icy cold. The plant growth will tell you that little rain falls here: cacti, agaves, yuccas and small-leaf trees and bushes try to evaporate as little water as possible. In this rocky landscape reside many colourful song birds and turkey vultures, but you will also find burrowing peccaries, bighorns chewing the cud and bobcats lying in wait. On your travels you will see canyons, dry river beds, inclines of erosion debris and dark caverns: a world filled with venom, where also rattle snakes, scorpios and Gila monsters feel at home!