Enchanting Canyonlands
7 days, Priced from US$1375
USA & Canada, Departs from Scottsdale, finishes at Las Vegas
Tour code AEC
Included Premium Highlights
- Stroll with your Tour Director along the rim of the Grand Canyon, while enjoying outstanding views as the sun sets on the canyon walls
- Take a leisurely cruise on dramatic Lake Powell and explore the scenic Antelope Canyon
- Join a private Zion Canyon Shuttle with live commentary
Included Personal Insights
- Discover the wonders of the Grand Canyon with a local specialist
- Join a local guide for a tour of Monument Valley Tribal Park
- Experience an informative presentation at Lake Powell about the ecosystem of the Colorado Plateau
- Join a guided tour of Monument Valley Tribal Park by special vehicles
Included Other Excursions & Sights
- Visit the artist colony of Sedona, set in the splendour of Red Rock Country
- Drive through the amazing landscape of Oak Creek Canyon
- Travel the length of scenic Desert View Drive along the Grand Canyon's South Rim
- Stop at Historic Cameron Trading Post featuring a collection of Native American arts and crafts
- Journey through the Painted Desert and Navajo Indian Reservation
- Explore the rugged beauty of Bryce Canyon National Park
- Enjoy a leisurely walk along Sunset Point to view the hoodoos
Included First Class Services
- Escorted by a professional Tour Director
- Luxury air-conditioned 40 seat coach with extended legroom and onboard restroom
- Insight Hotels include all service charges, taxes and porterage
- Insight Traveller document wallet, Welcome on Tour book with map and information pack
- Airport transfer service on the first and last day of your tour
Included Quality Dining
- Highlight Dinner of local cuisine at the Grand Canyon (HD)
- 6 Full Breakfasts (B) and 2 three-course table d'hote Dinners or Buffets (D)
ITINERARY
Day 1 - ARRIVE PHOENIX - SCOTTSDALE |
Your airport transfer service takes you to your tour hotel in Scottsdale. Your Tour Director is available at the hotel this afternoon to greet you and answer your questions. Join us at 6 p.m. for a Welcome Drink at the hotel. Hotel: Camelback Inn, a JW Marriott Resort & Spa |
Day 2 - SCOTTSDALE - GRAND CANYON |
Head north to the spectacular scenery and towering red rocks of the quaint bohemian colony of Sedona. Browse the stores and galleries, or join a fun optional jeep excursion through the superb landscape. Enjoy one of Arizona's finest drives through Oak Creek Canyon, before travelling on to Grand Canyon National Park. Join a local specialist for an informative presentation about the wonders of the Grand Canyon. Then experience breathtaking vistas as the sun sets on the canyon walls during a stroll with your Tour Director along the rim. Spend the night inside the park, enjoying peace and quiet after the crowds have departed. This evening, enjoy a private dinner in the Thunderbird Room, while taking in the magnificent views of the Grand Canyon's South Rim. Hotel: National Park Lodges (B,HD) |
Day 3 - GRAND CANYON - LAKE POWELL |
The choice is yours in the morning: wake up early and see the sun rise over the canyon, take a leisurely walk and watch for wildlife, board the park shuttle to explore the various lookout points, or take a short hike down into the canyon. Optional flightseeing tours over the Grand Canyon by helicopter or plane are available from your Tour Director. After bidding farewell to this natural wonder, head to Historic Cameron Trading Post, featuring Southwest Native American arts and crafts. The journey carries on through the Painted Desert, a colourful fantasyland of mesas, buttes and badlands, and through the Navajo Indian Reservation. Stop at the Glen Canyon Dam to learn about its impact on the Colorado River before arriving at the lakefront resort. The scenery is breathtaking with towering rock walls rising out of the water. Take a leisurely cruise on spectacular Lake Powell and explore the scenic Antelope Canyon with its dramatic steep, sandstone walls. This evening, enjoy an interpretive presentation about the diverse ecosystem of the Colorado Plateau. Hotel: Lake Powell Resort (Guaranteed Lake View Rooms) (B,D) |
Day 4 - LAKE POWELL AT LEISURE |
The entire day is yours to do as you please. Relax and enjoy the resort's facilities, or join a complimentary excursion to Monument Valley Tribal Park for a guided tour of this magnificent area. The choice is yours; your Tour Director will be happy to assist you in planning your day. (B) |
Day 5 - LAKE POWELL - BRYCE OR ZION |
Perhaps join an optional float trip down one of the most scenic stretches of the Colorado River before heading to Bryce Canyon National Park in Southern Utah. This is home to an ever-changing diversity of naturally carved amphitheatre, balanced rocks, gravity-defying bridges and rock spires of pink, red and orange hues. Enjoy a leisurely walk along Sunset Point to view the great amphitheatre of odd-shaped monoliths known as hoodoos. There is time at leisure before checking in at the lodge. Selected departures will continue on to Zion National Park for an overnight stay. Hotel: Bryce Canyon National Park Lodge or Zion Park National Park Lodge (B, D) |
Day 6 - BRYCE OR ZION - LAS VEGAS |
Travel through more amazing scenery to the lush cliff-and-canyon landscape of Zion National Park. Join a private Zion Canyon Shuttle with live commentary to experience the scenic highlights of the park, followed by some time to explore at your own pace. Keep an eye out for deer and other wildlife, or hike through the narrow pink-coloured gorges and dramatic canyons. A complete change of scenery awaits you in the afternoon when you arrive in Las Vegas, a collection of bright lights and neon signs, huge themed hotels of unbelievable design and the omnipresent slot machine. The remainder of the day is yours to do as you please. Hotel: Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino (B) |
Day 7 - DEPART LAS VEGAS |
Your Enchanting Canyonlands adventure ends with a departure transfer to Las Vegas International Airport. Or, if you feel you would like to experience more of America's magnificent national parks, this itinerary forms part of both the Great Western American Adventure and the America's Magnificent National Parks. (B) |
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