The United States
From San Francisco to Seattle across the great Northwest, with 12 at most
The United States
The wild Northwest in a small group: San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, pioneer Nevada, the Bonneville Salt Flats, Salt Lake City, Grand Teton, two days in Yellowstone, Helena, Glacier park and its mountain lakes, Coeur d'Alene, Snoqualmie Falls and Seattle. The Wild Lands version (18 days) adds Mount Rainier, Portland, the Oregon coast, the Redwood sequoias and Napa Valley, from €8,102 per person.
When
June to September
Price
From 6 677€ excl. flights
(based on 2 people sharing)
How long
13 nights
Ideal length
Days 1-5
Tahoe, Nevada and the salt flats.
Day 1
Arrival in San Francisco
Flight to San Francisco, welcome and transfer to the hotel.
Day 2
San Francisco
San Francisco: the Golden Gate, Fisherman's Wharf and its sea lions, the cable cars, Chinatown and the Victorian houses of Alamo Square.
Day 3
Lake Tahoe – Carson City
Lake Tahoe, its turquoise waters and pine forests, straddling California and Nevada.
Day 4
Eureka – Elko
The 'loneliest road in America' through the Nevada of pioneers and silver mines.
Day 5
Bonneville – Salt Lake City
The dazzling white Bonneville Salt Flats, then Salt Lake City.
Days 6-9
Geysers, bison and peaks.
Day 6
Antelope Island – Idaho Falls
Salt Lake City, Temple Square and the Great Salt Lake, then Antelope Island and its bison.
Day 7
Jackson and Grand Teton – Yellowstone
Grand Teton park, its snow-capped peaks reflected in the lakes, and the western town of Jackson Hole.
Day 8
Yellowstone
Yellowstone, the world's first national park: Old Faithful geyser, the colourful Grand Prismatic spring, the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, bison and elk.
Day 9
Yellowstone – Helena
Yellowstone's last geysers, then Helena, Montana's capital born of the gold rush.
Days 10-15
Mountains, lakes and Seattle.
Day 10
Glacier – Kalispell
Glacier park and the Going-to-the-Sun Road, between peaks, glaciers and turquoise lakes.
Day 11
Coeur d'Alene – Spokane
Lake Coeur d'Alene in Idaho, then Spokane.
Day 12
Ginkgo and Snoqualmie – Seattle
The Ginkgo petrified forest, Snoqualmie Falls, then Seattle.
Day 13
Seattle
Seattle: the Space Needle, Pike Place Market and the waterfront, with Mount Rainier on the horizon.
Day 14
Seattle – flight home
Transfer to the airport and fly to France.
Day 15
Arrival in France
Arrival in France during the day.
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