An Ethnobotanical Interpretive Walk highlights plants that were once used by the local Kumeyaay people for food, clothing, tools, shelter, medicine and religious ceremonies. Included are coast live oak, arroyo willow, white sage, yucca, deer grass and buckwheat. In many of the exhibits, horticulturists have utilized the existing native vegetation. A variety of habitats are represented including grasslands, prairies, pine forests and deserts. Telescopes at the observation deck offer close-up views of the animals and the San Pasqual Valley.
Guests use a tour journal to guide themselves through the North American wilderness.
An informative interpretive center is located at the condor observation deck. Elements will include an electronic map that features the historic and present range of condors, videos about the California condor and bighorn sheep recovery projects, a full-size diorama of a condor in flight and panels about native plants.