The United States
Seventeen days to see it all, from Utah's canyons to Wyoming's geysers
The United States
The most complete Western tour: Route 66 and the Grand Canyon, Page and Monument Valley, Arches and Colorado National Monument, Cheyenne, the Black Hills and Sturgis, Yellowstone and Grand Teton, Salt Lake City, Bryce Canyon, the Valley of Fire and Las Vegas, Death Valley, then two days in San Francisco. With the Pacific coast at the end of the tour from €3,692 per person.
When
June to September
Price
From 3 398€ excl. flights
(based on 2 people sharing)
How long
15 nights
Ideal length
Days 1-5
Route 66, the Grand Canyon, Monument Valley and Arches.
Day 1
Arrival in Los Angeles
Flight to Los Angeles, welcome and transfer to the hotel.
Day 2
Los Angeles – Kingman
A tour of Los Angeles, then across the Mojave Desert towards Arizona.
Day 3
Route 66 and the Grand Canyon
A stretch of the legendary Route 66 and its vintage gas stations at Seligman, then the Grand Canyon: from the South Rim, the Colorado River flows 1,500 metres below.
Day 4
Page and Monument Valley – Blanding
Monument Valley, on Navajo land, and its red sandstone buttes made famous by westerns (optional 4x4 tour with the Navajo), then Lake Powell and the Glen Canyon dam at Page.
Day 5
Arches – Grand Junction
Arches park and its 2,000 or so sandstone arches, including the famous Delicate Arch.
Days 6-10
Colorado, Dakota, Montana and Wyoming.
Day 6
Colorado National Monument – Cheyenne
The cliffs and monoliths of Colorado National Monument, then across the Rockies to Cheyenne.
Day 7
Cheyenne – Sturgis
Mount Rushmore and the carved faces of four presidents, the Crazy Horse memorial and Custer park, in the Black Hills.
Day 8
Sturgis – Billings
Devils Tower, a column of volcanic rock sacred to Native Americans, and Deadwood, a gold-rush town.
Day 9
Yellowstone – Jackson
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 10
Grand Teton – Salt Lake City
Grand Teton park, its snow-capped peaks reflected in the lakes, and the western town of Jackson Hole.
Days 11-17
Bryce, Las Vegas and San Francisco.
Day 11
Salt Lake City – Bryce Canyon
Bryce Canyon and its amphitheatre of orange hoodoos, seen from Sunrise and Sunset Point.
Day 12
Valley of Fire – Las Vegas
The Valley of Fire, its wind-carved red rocks and petroglyphs, then back to Las Vegas for an evening on the Strip.
Day 13
Death Valley – Bakersfield
Death Valley, the lowest point in North America: Zabriskie Point, Badwater and its salt flats, then the drive into California.
Day 14
Bakersfield – San Francisco
Up California's Central Valley to San Francisco.
Day 15
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 16
San Francisco – flight home
Free time depending on your flight, then transfer to the airport and fly to France.
Day 17
Arrival in France
Arrival in France during the day.
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