Scenic Parks Explorer

Tour Information

Visit some of America’s greatest national parks, touring Bryce Canyon, Zion, Yellowstone, Mesa Verde, Grand Teton and Arches, each with its own unique landscape. You’ll also travel to Mount Rushmore and the monumental Crazy Horse Memorial, ancestral Navajo lands and the Grand Canyon.

Tour price includes: Schedule flights from London, Professional Tour Director throughout the tour, first class hotels, luxury air-conditioned motorcoach transport, airport transfers on arrival and departure, and 20 meals.

Day 1

Las Vegas
Arrive in fabulous Las Vegas and transfer to your hotel. Meet your Tour Director and later your fellow guests at an early evening Welcome Reception.
Hotel: Las Vegas Hilton

Day 2

Las Vegas - Zion National Park - Bryce Canyon National Park
Start your journey, passing through St George on the way to Zion National Park with its spectacular rock formations. You’ll then move onto Bryce Canyon National Park to see more incredible scenery, with sandstone ’hoodos’ filling a vast natural amphitheatre.
Hotel: Ruby’s Inn

Day 3

Bryce Canyon - Salt Lake City
Head northwards to Utah’s capital Salt Lake City, founded in 1847 by Mormon pioneers led by Brigham Young. It’s now a thriving city of some 1.6 million people and base of the 10-million-strong Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A city orientation tour will take you to sights like Temple Square and the Salt Lake Tabernacle and the Assembly Hall. In the evening you could join an optional dinner at historic Lion House restaurant, visiting Bingham Young’s home Beehive House on the way, or you could choose to spend the evening independently.
Hotel: Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel

Day 4

Salt Lake City - Jackson
Leave the city behind and skirt the Great Salt Lake to pick up the Oregon Trail, which was the only passable route west in the 19th century. It will take you to Jackson, Wyoming, an authentic old-west town. The snow-capped Grand Teton mountains loom majestically to the north. Enjoy an evening meal in the town square at an atmospheric local restaurant.
Hotel: Antler Inn

Day 5

Jackson - Grand Teton National Park - Yellowstone National Park (2 nights)
There is an optional trip down a scenic section of the Snake River this morning (seasonal), before the tour continues through Grand Teton National Park to reach Yellowstone National Park for a two-night stay. This geothermic landscape is also home to plentiful wildlife, including bears, elk and one of the few remaining large buffalo herds. You will enter the park from the South Entrance, weather permitting, between mid-May and mid-October; otherwise the tour will travel through the West Entrance.
Hotel: National Park Lodges

Day 6

Yellowstone National Park
Spend the whole day on a tour of Yellowstone National Park, taking in the Lower Falls, Midway Geyser Basin, Hayden Meadow and plenty of hot pools, mud pots and geysers, including of course, the legendary Old Faithful.
Hotel: National Park Lodges

Day 7

Yellowstone - Cody - Billings
Today you’ll drive to Cody, named after Buffalo Bill Cody, famous Wild West showman, whose life is commemorated at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center along with plenty of other fascinating exhibits about the old west. Continue onwards through the old cattle town of Billings in Montana. You’ll have dinner at your hotel in Billings this evening.
Hotel: Holiday Inn Grand Montana

Day 8

Billings - Deadwood - Rapid City
Travel first to the Little Bighorn National Monument where General Custer made his infamous last stand in June 1876. Next you’ll travel to South Dakota to stop at the old west town of Deadwood, made famous from the TV series. There will be a narrated tour on a trolleybus in the town to learn all about it former lawless times. The tour will then move onto Rapid City for a two-night stay.
Hotel: Radisson Rapid City

Day 9

Black Hills excursion
Start the day by travelling through the Black Hills to reach the Crazy Horse Memorial before stopping at Mount Rushmore, where four American Presidents are carved out of the rock face. Spend the evening at leisure in Rapid City.
Hotel: Radisson Rapid City

Day 10

Rapid City - Denver
Our day begins with a drive through the Black Hills National Forest where Ponderosa pines, spruce and aspen forests provide a home for a variety of wildlife. Then we continue on through the National Grassland prairies of South Dakota and Wyoming en route to Colorado’s capital city – Denver, also known as the “Mile-High City.” (Full Breakfast / Dinner)
Hotel: Sheraton Denver Hotel

Day 11

Denver - Arches National Park - Moab
We drive into the Rocky Mountains and stop at the famous resort of Vail where there is time for a short stroll through this quaint alpine village. Following the Colorado River, we travel through the spectacular scenery of the Rockies and arrive in Utah. Here we explore the amazing wonderland of Arches National Park where natural stone arches and balancing rock formations are scattered all around us. Then on to Moab for our overnight stay. (Full breakfast)
Hotel: Ramada Inn

Day 12

Moab - Mesa Verde - Kayenta
Today our Tour Director will reveal another Hidden Treasure with us! We visit Mesa Verde National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Here we enjoy a tour highlighting some of the archeological finds which help us piece together how the Native American tribes lived in the canyons of Mesa Verde. From here our journey continues to Kayenta, on the Navajo Indian Reservation for our overnight stay. (Full breakfast / Dinner)
Hotel: Holiday Inn Kayenta

Day 13

Kayenta - Monument Valley - Grand Canyon.
We join a local guide and explore the giant, world-famous monoliths of Monument Valley aboard open-air vehicles. We then continue to the magnificent Grand Canyon for our overnight stay. There is plenty of time to explore this natural wonder, stroll the rim or maybe venture down the Bright Angel Trail. This evening enjoy a Farewell Dinner with your fellow traveling companions. Later join your Tour Director for a walk along the rim at sunset (Full breakfast / Farewell Dinner)
Hotel: National Park Lodges

Day 14

Grand Canyon - Depart Las Vegas.
This morning is at leisure for optional flightseeing tours over the Grand Canyon before we drive along parts of the famous Route 66 as we head back toward Las Vegas. En route, we cross the Colorado River into Nevada and arrive in Las Vegas. Complimentary transfers to Las Vegas International Airport and the Trafalgar hotel in Las Vegas for passengers extending their stay are provided (Full breakfast)