NATIONAL PARKS & CANYON COUNTRY - 2010

13 days from Denver to Las Vegas (8600)

Vacation Overview

Marvel at the West's premier natural wonders on this 6-state vacation and see spectacular scenery, memorials, monuments, parks, canyons, and much more. Your trip begins in Denver, Colorado’s capital, and heads to South Dakota for visits to the Crazy Horse Memorial and Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Tour Tatanka and Deadwood, once a wild gold-mining town, and journey west to Buffalo Bill’s frontier town of Cody, Wyoming. Then head to Yellowstone National Park to see magnificent views of Yellowstone Canyon, Lower Falls, and world-famous Old Faithful Geyser. Overnight in Yellowstone National Park before traveling into breathtaking Grand Teton National Park for a delightful walk along glacier-fed Jenny Lake. In nearby Jackson, with its wooden sidewalks and swing-door saloons, you have plenty of free time to tour on your own or to join an optional barbecue cookout and Wild West show.

Next, it’s on to Salt Lake City, Utah’s capital, for a sightseeing tour; then marvel at the “hoodoos” and dramatic landscapes of Bryce Canyon National Park and Zion National Park. Spectacular scenery awaits you in both parks, so have your camera ready! Continue into Arizona to Page, on the shores of Lake Powell, and cross the Painted Desert to amazing Grand Canyon National Park. Your hotel is located on the rim of the Grand Canyon, giving you a rare opportunity for great views and time to explore this amazing place. For a thrill of a lifetime, take an optional flightseeing trip over the Grand Canyon. Finally, travel to Las Vegas, where this spectacular vacation ends. On this vacation through some of the West’s premier national parks, you see breathtaking scenery that cannot be found anywhere else—a trip of a lifetime!

Things to see on your vacation: View Vacation Photo Slideshow
  • Journey to breathtaking Grand Teton National Park
  • The Crazy Horse Memorial is a monument under construction in the Black Hills of South Dakota
  • Marvel at one of the Natural Wonders of the World
  • Bryce Canyon National Park in southwestern Utah
  • Explore Mount Rushmore National Memorial
  • Zion National Park located near Springdale, Utah
  • See the spectacular views of Cody, Wyoming
  • Elk roam freely through Yellowstone National Park
  • Lake Powell, straddling the border between Utah and Arizona
  • Bryce Canyon National Park
  • See the Presidents at Mt. Rushmore
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