Tour Code: 773-402

7-Day Yellowstone, Mt. Rushmore, Arches Tour Package from Los Angeles/Las Vegas

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Bathed in the early morning sunshine, today we will leave the hubbub of the city to begin our exciting trip. As we roll northward through the forests of San Bernardino and the immense Mojave Desert, we will enjoy the unusual scene of stunted, austere Joshua trees dotting a barren landscape that stretches to the horizon. After stopping for lunch at 3:00 in Las Vegas, we will travel into Arizona, passing through the magnificent Virgin River Canyon. We will continue to the Virgin River Oasis, and then enter Utah, stopping for the night in the town of Richfield.

For those who will join the tour in Las Vegas, please wait at the main entrance of the Tropicana Hotel at 3:00 PM.

To book your pre-tour hotel, please click Howard Johnson Fullerton, Holiday In La Mirada or Lincoln Plaza Hotel . The complimentary airport transfer: 8:30am-10:30pm (for domestic flight) or 8:30am-9:30pm (for international flight) with the hotel booking.

In the morning, we will travel to Arches National Park, arriving at the famous 73,000 acre park which is home to more than two thousand natural sandstone arches of different shapes and sizes. Created by the erosive force of wind and water, some of these remarkable rock formations resemble lofty spires, some windows, and some doughnuts. One looks like an elder admonishing his two associates, and one even looks likes a whale's eyes! After admiring these stunning (and sometimes amusing) formations, we will travel into Colorado and stay overnight in the capital city of Denver.

This morning, we depart Denver and travel into Wyoming, stopping in the capital city and former cowboy town of Cheyenne. From here we will continue into South Dakota, arriving at the Crazy Horse Memorial,** where the world's largest mountain carving is still under construction, honoring the famous Oglala Lakota warrior, Crazy Horse. Next we will visit the iconic Mount Rushmore to gaze up at this famous monumental sculpture of four renowned United States presidents, Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt. Your breath will catch in your throat as their likenesses stare down from the stony heights of the Black Hills. In the afternoon, continue the tour to the most famous wild animal base in the Midwest, Bear Country. Stay overnight at Gillette.

Today we will travel through the Bighorn Indian Reservation, the scenic area where the motion picture Dances with Wolves was filmed, and cross the Continental Divide of the Rocky Mountains on our way to Yellowstone National Park. This ancient volcanic region is the world's first national park as well as the largest animal preservation site in the United States. Here we see trout straining upstream in clear rivulets, lush prairies grazed by bison and deer, as well as black bears, grizzly bears, moose, elk, and a variety of rare waterfowl. The park is also famous for its incredible geothermal features, canyons, and waterfalls, including Old Faithful Geyser, which shoots boiling water as high as 185 feet in the air at an hourly interval and Morning Glory Pool.

After breakfast, we will continue to explore the geysers, hot springs, canyons, and waterfalls in Yellowstone National Park. We will leave Yellowstone and drive along the Snake River to Grand Teton National Park to admire this spectacular snow-topped mountain range and then continue on our way through Wyoming. After stopping in the classic Western town of Jackson, we will travel into Utah to Salt Lake City, where we will spend the night.

This morning, we will explore the exceptional Salt Lake City, an island of modernity and industrialization in the middle of an arid desert and on the edge of the Great Salt Lake. After visiting the Utah State Capitol and the Salt Lake Temple, the largest church ever built by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, we will view the expanse of the Great Salt Lake,** the largest salt water lake in the western hemisphere, which some call “America’s Dead Sea.” We will depart Salt Lake City and travel to see the Bingham Canyon Copper Mine,** the deepest open-pit mine in the world, in excavation since 1906. From there we will travel into Nevada on our way to Las Vegas, America’s entertainment capital. Later, join us on a night tour* where we will explore the city’s thriving night life and watch a thrilling Las Vegas show.*

In the morning, we will depart from Las Vegas, heading back across the desert to Los Angeles. After a brief stop at Barstow Outlets mall, where we will enjoy great discounts on popular brand labels, we will continue on our way, arriving in Los Angeles around 6:00pm in conclusion of a memorable trip. Please arrange your return flight departing from Los Angeles after 9:30pm (for domestic flight) or 10:30pm (for international flight). Those who fly home directly from Las Vegas will be responsible for their own transportation to the airport. Please schedule your flight departing from Las Vegas after 2:00 pm (no airport transfer).

* Optional activity, fee not included in tour price. See “Exclusions” for cost details. ** Mandatory admission fee not included in tour price. See “Exclusions” for cost details.