Experience everything you love about Paris, right in the heart of the Strip. At Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, see the City of Lights with the same passion, excitement, and ambiance of Europe’s most romantic city. This evening join your Travel Director and companions for a Welcome Dinner with wine.

Paris Las Vegas

Dinner with wine

After a brief stop in St. George, arrive in Utah’s first national park, Zion National Park. Follow the paths where native people and pioneers once walked as you gaze up at massive sandstone cliffs of cream, pink and red. Learn about the park at the Visitor Center before taking a narrated tram ride along Zion Canyon Scenic Drive alongside the rushing Virgin River and soaring canyon walls. This evening, arrive at Bryce Canyon Lodge for a leisurely two nights to explore the nearby trails and vistas.

The Lodge at Bryce Canyon

Breakfast

Start the day by travelling through Bryce Canyon National Park. Encounter some of Utah’s most unusual eroded rock formations that characterize this National Park. With your Travel Director, learn how wind, erosion and iron oxidation created the spellbinding hoodoos. Optional horseback ride in the Dixie National Forest and the rim of Water Canyon amphitheatre, the first canyon in Bryce Canyon National Park. You’ll then climb Bristlecone Pine Ridge lined with 1,500-year-old Bristlecone Pines. This evening, go off the beaten path and into the woods of Bryce Canyon to view the colour-changing hoodoos as the sun sets. Conclude the day feasting on a three-course dinner with wine while being entertained by local musicians.

The Lodge at Bryce Canyon

Breakfast, Dinner with wine

Experience Escalante National Monument, an outstanding biological resource from low-lying desert to coniferous forest. As you explore this rugged land of the Ancestral Puebloan and Fremont people, discover how they were experts at farming. Rock art panels, occupation sites, campsites and granaries built by their descendants still remain today. Venture to Capitol Reef National Park’s landscape of colourful canyons, ridges, buttes and monoliths. Admire its white sandstone cliffs resembling capitol building domes and reefs evoking barrier reefs of the sea.

Element Moab

Breakfast

In the morning, visit the greatest concentration of natural arches in the world at Arches National Park. Some 6,000 natural sandstone arches can be found within the boundaries of the park. Take a short walk to Delicate Arch viewpoint to view the iconic arch, a 52-foot freestanding natural arch that is widely considered the most recognized landmark in Utah. Then it’s on to Canyonlands National Park for a drive onto the Island in the Sky, a mesa resting 1,000 feet above the surrounding countryside offering spectacular views over the dramatic sandstone formations. This evening, have your pick of a locally sourced meal, choosing from three local restaurants.

Element Moab

Breakfast, Dinner with wine

Enjoy a comprehensive visit to the fascinating Mesa Verde National Park and learn how it protects some of the best-preserved Ancestral Puebloan archaeological sites in the US. View the ancient pueblo dwellings known as Cliff Palace. This evening, settle in for a relaxing stay inside the park.

Far View Lodge, Mesa Verde

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This morning, amble through the streets of historic Durango before stopping near the iconic backdrop of Forrest Gump’s last run featured in the film. Travel to Monument Valley for an authentic cookout Dinner with members of the Navajo Nation. Hop in an off-road, open-air vehicle to the cookout site where you’ll enjoy a delicious barbeque grilled dinner with a chance to try traditional Navajo fry-bread.

Goulding’s Lodge, Monument Valley

Breakfast, Dinner

Embark on a visit to Mystery Valley’s relatively unknown haven of Anasazi Ruins and rock art. Explore this intriguing stretch of desert full of graceful geological formations, petroglyphs, scattered artefacts and breathtaking views of the spectacular buttes of neighbouring Monument Valley Tribal Park. You are accompanied by a local Diné (Navajo) guide, a unique opportunity for a guided tour among ancient Indigenous ruins. Continue through the barren beauty of the desert to Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park where you will board off-road open-air vehicles to explore the valley. This area is also the backdrop for many Western Hollywood hits, including “Stagecoach” and “Fort Apache.” Inspired by these iconic movies, you’ll find “John Wayne’s cabin” at nearby Goulding’s Lodge. This small structure was used for exterior shots in “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon,” starring Wayne himself.

Goulding’s Lodge, Monument Valley

Breakfast

Begin your final day visiting the historic Cameron Trading Post to pick up some Navajo jewellery, baskets, pottery and artwork. Continue to Desert View for one of the best views of the Grand Canyon from its watchtower. Admire this iconic building inspired by ancient Native American watchtowers and decorated with murals by a Hopi artist. Journey on to Grand Canyon National Park, one of the seven natural wonders of the world. Choose to hike along the scenic Rim Trail with your Travel Director. Alternatively, join a local expert, Canyon Tim, for a fascinating discussion on the wonders of this natural phenomenon, the local flora and fauna and how you might be able to spot local wildlife. Finish the day with a three-course Celebration Dinner with wine.

Grand Canyon National Park Lodge

Breakfast, Dinner with wine

Wake up to the backdrop of the Grand Canyon. You may take an optional helicopter ride for stunning views over the Grand Canyon before your journey ends with a departure transfer to Las Vegas International Airport, arriving at 16:00.

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