The United States
The great crossing of the West, from the Mojave Desert to the geysers of Wyoming
The United States
A sixteen-day tour: Las Vegas, Bryce Canyon, Lake Powell, the Grand Canyon, Monument Valley and Arches, Colorado and Denver, Mount Rushmore and the Black Hills, Devils Tower, Cody and Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Craters of the Moon, Reno and Lake Tahoe, then the Calaveras sequoias and San Francisco.
When
June to September
Price
From 3 228€ excl. flights
(based on 2 people sharing)
How long
14 nights
Ideal length
Days 1-5
Las Vegas, Bryce, the Grand Canyon and Arches.
Day 1
Arrival in Los Angeles
Flight to Los Angeles, welcome and transfer to the hotel.
Day 2
Los Angeles – Las Vegas
Across the Mojave Desert to Las Vegas and an evening on the Strip.
Day 3
Bryce Canyon – Kanab
Bryce Canyon and its amphitheatre of orange hoodoos, seen from Sunrise and Sunset Point.
Day 4
Lake Powell and the Grand Canyon
Lake Powell, then the South Rim of the Grand Canyon and its viewpoints.
Day 5
Monument Valley and Arches – Grand Junction
Monument Valley, on Navajo land, then Arches park and its sandstone arches.
Days 6-8
Colorado, Wyoming and South Dakota.
Day 6
Glenwood Springs – Denver – Cheyenne
Crossing the Rockies via Glenwood Springs and its hot springs, then Denver and Cheyenne, capital of Wyoming.
Day 7
Mount Rushmore – Deadwood
Mount Rushmore and the carved faces of four presidents, the Crazy Horse memorial and Custer park, in the Black Hills.
Day 8
Devils Tower – Billings
Devils Tower, a column of volcanic rock sacred to Native Americans, and Deadwood, a gold-rush town.
Days 9-16
Geysers, volcanoes and Lake Tahoe.
Day 9
Cody – Yellowstone
Cody, the town founded by Buffalo Bill, and its museum of the West.
Day 10
Yellowstone – Grand Teton
Yellowstone, the world's first national park: Old Faithful geyser, the colourful Grand Prismatic spring, the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, bison and elk. Then Grand Teton.
Day 11
Craters of the Moon – Elko
Craters of the Moon and its black lava flows, Idaho's lunar landscape, then Nevada.
Day 12
Reno – Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe, its turquoise waters and pine forests, straddling California and Nevada.
Day 13
Sacramento – Lodi
Sacramento, capital of California and a gold-rush town, then the vineyards of Lodi.
Day 14
Calaveras Big Trees – San Francisco
The giant sequoias of Calaveras, then San Francisco.
Day 15
San Francisco – flight home
Free time depending on your flight, then transfer to the airport and fly to France.
Day 16
Arrival in France
Arrival in France during the day.
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