Canyonlands

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Day 1 – Home to St George
We’ll fly into Las Vegas today and then head north into Canyon Country. Our overnight is in St. George, Utah. We will check into our hotel and then enjoy a great dinner together looking ahead to the awesome journey ahead of us.
Included Meals: Dinner
Hotel: Hampton Inn

Day 2 – St George – Bryce Canyon
Motor through spectacular Zion National Park.   In sheer magnitude and color, Zion is very likely one of the most awe-inspiring National Parks in the world.  We’ll enjoy a Tram ride through the Park and spend time looking up at the magnificent rock formations.  A bit of time for a walk down one of the many trails will increase your experience.  Lunch will be enjoyed together at the Park restaurant before we continue our spectacular journey towards Bryce National Park. We’ll arrive at the entrance of Bryce National Park and spend the next two nights at the Historic Ruby’s Inn.
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Hotel: Ruby’s Inn

Day 3 – Bryce Canyon
Enjoy breakfast at the hotel before we embark on a full day of touring spectacular Bryce Canyon National Park. Experience thousands of delicately carved spires as they rise in brilliant color from the amphitheaters of Bryce Canyon. Millions of years of wind, water and geologic mayhem have shaped and etched the pink cliffs at Bryce, which isn’t actually a canyon but the eastern slope of the Paunsaguant Plateau. Motor along the rim road, where magnificent spires known as “hoodoos” show colors of pink, orange, and red. See wildlife including elk, coyotes, marmots, and prairie dogs. Bryce Canyon is famous for its hiking trails, offering a closer look at bird species and colorful wildflowers. Return to the inn for a restful evening.
Included Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 4 – Bryce Canyon to Moab
Today we’ll make our way to Moab, UT.   Moab is just outside of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks.   Our drive will take us through Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument  through Capital Reef National Park on the Capital Reef Scenic Byway, passing over boulder Mountain in the Dixie National Forest.   We’ll travel over the Devil’s Backbone, one of the most spectacular roads in America as we are awed by the scenery around us.   We will enjoy a two nights stay at Red Cliff’s Lodge on the banks of the Colorado River.
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Hotel: Red Cliff’s Lodge

Day 5 – Arches & Canyonlands NP
Today we tour Arches National Park which contains the world’s largest concentration of natural stone arches. This National Park is a red, arid desert, punctuated with oddly eroded sandstone forms such as fins, pinnacles, spires, balanced rocks, and arches truly “miracles of nature.” Canyonlands National Park includes a huge area of rugged land west and south of Moab, Utah. It consists of canyons and plateaus carved by two mighty rivers – the Colorado and the Green.   Later we’ll return to the lodge for a restful evening and beautiful scenery from the lodge.
Included Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 6 – Moab to Lake Powell
Travel to Monument Valley for a tour of the magnificent monuments that rise out of the ground on this Navajo Reservation.   Enjoy a four-wheel drive tour of Monument Valley with the help of a knowledgeable Navajo guide. We’ll discover the area’s uniquely-shaped monoliths, buttes, and mesas of red sandstone. Lunch will be a special Navajo Cookout and we’ll keep our eyes open for wild horses running across the valley. Take a good look around you may see the cowboys of the old western movies riding across the desert.   Later today we travel to Lake Powell where we will spend the next two nights on the banks of this spectacular Lake formed by the daming of the Colorado River.
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 7- Lake Powell
Visit Glen Canyon Dam where your tour will take you down into the dam and see the generators that supply power to much of the area. Later climb aboard rafts for an afternoon float trip down the Colorado River through the awesome Glen Canyon with sandstone canyons that rise a half mile above us. A day you will long remember.
Included Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 8 – Grand Canyon
Enjoy a morning breakfast cruise on the Canyon King as we cruise through the canyons of Lake Powell. Travel to the magnificent Grand Canyon for a jawdropping experience. One of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Grand Canyon is more than one mile deep and many miles wide, it is one of nature’s most spectacular examples of erosion.   The first glimpse of the Grand Canyon is always breathtaking with its stunning color and vastness. We’ll explore
the canyon rim with photo stops along the way. Later we’ll enjoy dinner, and look for the sunset over the canyon.
Included Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 9 Grand Canyon to Las Vegas
An early rise will be rewarded by an impressive canyon sunrise!   Today our travels will take us over the new Hoover Dam bridge where we will have a fantastic view of this magnificent Dam and the river far below.   Then into Las Vegas where we will enjoy a free evening and spend the night.
Included Meals: Breakfast
Hotel: Monte Carlo

Day 10 Las Vegas to Home
Spend the morning at leisure in Las Vegas. We will fly home in the afternoon with fresh memories of a wonderful tour through the Canyonlands.
Included Meals: Breakfast