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USA
- West
Visit
diverse and dramatic landscapes in Zion and Bryce
National Parks, Monument Valley and the Grand Canyon,
not to mention Las Vegas, as you journey through the
states of Nevada, Utah and Arizona - your state will
be "amazement"!
DISCOVERING THE NATIONAL PARKS
Follow
in the footsteps of young English adventurers and
experience American History through the ages from
colonisation to Independence; then retrace the suffering
of the Civil War soldier through battlefield tours.
New York City bridges the past to the present.
Tour
Highlights Tour of the Las Vegas
Strip • Hike along the Virgin River •
Zion and Bryce National Park Visits • Jeep Trek
with Native American Guide • Hiking in the Grand
Canyon
DAY
1 LONDON TO LAS VEGAS
Fly to Las Vegas. You will be met on arrival by your
guide and transferred to your hotel. We will have
time to explore some of the many themed hotels - why
not spend some time in Paris, Venice, Egypt or the
Circus!
DAYS 2/3 LAS VEGAS -
ZION NATIONAL PARK
We will have this morning to enjoy a tour of the glitz
and glitter of Las Vegas. There are also great shopping
opportunities available here, as well as time for
some of the rides - try the roller coaster at New
York, New York, or The Big Shot at the top of the
Stratosphere, which gives fantastic views of the Strip
and the whole area. We then travel eastward and into
Utah's canyon country. We will begin with Zion National
Park, whose towering sandstone cliffs inspired early
Mormon settlers to name this place after the city
of God. In sheer magnitude and colour, Zion is one
of the most awe-inspiring National Parks in the world.
We will take a hike along the Virgin River, or Angels
Landing - one thousand feet above the river canyon.
DAY
4 BRYCE CANYON
Continuing north to Bryce Canyon we enter this hidden
park, which is a marvel of red and orange rock ‘hoodoo’
spires that stand sentinel over eons of erosion. The
National Park is a scientist's laboratory with unique
rock formations. From Rainbow Point the entirety of
the park stretches out before you. We will walk to
Yovimpa Point to study the sequence of rock layers
called the Grand Staircase. We’ll have time
for a short hike along the rim.
DAY
5 MONUMENT VALLEY
Monument Valley is a Navajo Nation tribal park, which
preserves the Navajo way of life and has some of the
most striking and recognisable landscapes in the Southwest.
The mesas and buttes stand straight up from the red
desert floor and the massive monoliths of this sacred
land have been the backdrop for many Hollywood Western
movies. The area provides a perfect opportunity for
a jeep trek with a Native American guide.
DAY
6 GRAND CANYON
We continue on to the high desert of northern Arizona
to visit one of the world's greatest natural wonders,
the Grand Canyon. Desert View Drive follows the canyon
rim for 26 miles and offers spectacular views of the
canyon. We stop at the excellent Visitor Center for
full geological background information and for some
more breathtaking viewpoints, and then we will have
a chance either this afternoon or tomorrow morning
to go for a short hike into the Canyon rim.
DAYS
7/8 DEPART LAS VEGAS - ARRIVE LONDON
We continue back to Las Vegas where we will be transferred
to the airport for the flight home. Your flight arrives
back in the UK early this morning.
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