America's Canyonlands 2024

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Explore both the natural and human history of the great Southwest with visits to Bryce Canyon, Zion National Park and the magnificent Grand Canyon – by raft, plane, yacht and boat, with stays at inside-the-park lodges and hotels.
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Overview

Trip type
Small Group Tour
Lodging level
Premium - 4 star
Physical level
Moderate

Highlights

    • Dreamers
    • visionaries
    • and unsung heroes shaped the preservation of three great national parks of the American West – Grand Canyon
    • Bryce Canyon and Zion – so all who came after would experience their magnificence and relish the moment...You'll start 'climbing' it at the incredible Grand Canyon... stay on it through the Painted Desert... into Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Lake Powell... past the Vermillion
    • White
    • Grey and Pink Cliffs... on to the pinnacles and hoodoos of Bryce Canyon... and right into the cliffs and valleys of Zion National Park. 'It' is the Grand Staircase of the Escalante – a vast
    • unbroken expanse of colorful sedimentary rock layers that took nature over 200 million years to create
    • and envisioned by a 19th-century geologist as a series of gigantic 'steps' stretching across the Southwest. And all these wonders are part of it...

What's this trip about?

    Explore both the natural and human history of the great Southwest with visits to Bryce Canyon, Zion National Park and the magnificent Grand Canyon – by raft, plane, yacht and boat, with stays at inside-the-park lodges and hotels.

Details

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Group sizeSmall Group - 24 max
Age rangeNo age restrictions
Flights and transportN/A
Start City Phoenix, Arizona, USA
End CityLas Vegas

Travel Themes

  • Cultural

Destinations

  • North America
  • United States

Attractions

  • Bryce Canyon National Park
  • Las Vegas
  • Zion National Park

Activities

  • Culture

Trip includes

    • TAUCK EXCLUSIVE – Hear insider stories about the national parks during filmed narratives by filmmakers Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan TAUCK EXCLUSIVE – Champagne welcome & private yacht dinner cruise on stunning Lake Powell Inside-the-park accommodations at three national parks – Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon and Zion Flightseeing over Lake Powell and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Insights into the Grand Canyon's ecology from a geology expert

Itinerary

Travel Map

Day 1 Arrive Phoenix

Tour begins: 5:30 PM, Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale.

A transfer is included from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North. Meet your travel companions at the welcome reception and dinner tonight at your luxury desert resort.

MEALS : D

LODGING : Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North

PORTOFCALL : Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

Day 2 From the red rocks of Sedona to Grand Canyon National Park

On this first full day of your Southwest and Grand Canyon tour, stop in Sedona – home to famous red-rock formations with whimsical names like the Mittens and the Rabbit Ears, and the backdrop for many western movies and TV shows – a...

Day 3 The Grand Canyon and a private Lake Powell cruise

You just might want to take advantage of your lodge's ideal location on the South Rim by waking early enough to catch one of nature's grandest shows – a Grand Canyon sunrise! Learn about the geology and wildlife of the region from a...

Day 4 Flightseeing & a Slot Canyon Jeep tour

See remote corners of 186-mile-long Lake Powell – created from the Colorado River by the Glen Canyon Dam in the 1960s – from a variety of perspectives. Early morning, take an included 45-minute flight* over remote corners of 186-mil...

Day 5 Colorado River rafting & on to Bryce Canyon

This morning's float trip on the Colorado River takes you through Glen Canyon; your experienced river adventure guide imparts a wealth of knowledge about the canyon as you glide past colorful walls of Navajo sandstone. Utah's iconic...

Day 6 Explore Bryce Canyon and Zion national parks

If you rise early this morning, you'll be rewarded with an awe-inspiring Bryce Canyon sunrise, as the light of dawn slowly spreads across the hoodoos and other unique geological features steps from your room at The Lodge at Bryce Ca...

Day 7 From Zion National Park to a finale in Las Vegas

The morning is yours to explore Zion National Park's diverse geological features at leisure; its dramatic peaks and cliffs, odd geologic formations, desert oases featuring abundant pools and waterfalls, and mighty canyons splashed w...

Day 8 Journey home

Tour ends: Las Vegas.
Fly home anytime. A transfer is included from Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas to Las Vegas McCarran International Airport. Checkout time at Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas is 12:00 PM; allow a minimum of two hours for flight check-in at the airport.

MEALS : B

PORTOFCALL : Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

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Dates & Availability

Price From $4,990
Price per day$624
Last Updated: 4/15/2024

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It's easy to see the world's sights. To stand in long lines, push through the crowds, and generally have the same standard-issue vacation as everyone else. But that's not good enough for us, and it's not good enough for you. We believe that travel should be easy. It should be fun. It should be worth your time and the price you paid. It should re-energize and transform. And above all else, it should be beyond the ordinary. Because how you see the world matters.

In 1882, Herman Tauck arrived in New York City from Germany in search of the American dream. His determination and values were passed on to his son, Arthur Tauck, who would realize that dream. With ingenuity and an innovative spirit, Arthur started Tauck Motor Tours, a travel company that would give birth to a new industry. The first tour, through the back roads of New England, was created by this 27-year-old in 1925. It embodied the same successful formula used by Tauck today: do the right thing. Craft a life-enriching travel experience; provide it at a single all-inclusive price; ensure there is great value for money; and rely on recommendations of satisfied customers to build a following and grow the business.

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