Insight's First Class Services

• Airport arrival and departure transfers on the first and last day of your tour
• Escorted by a professional Tour Director - maximum group size of 40 people
• Luxury air-conditioned coach with extra legroom and restroom facilities
• First-class hotels with all service charges, taxes and porterage

Quality Dining

• 6 Full Breakfasts, 2 Hotel Dinners plus 1 Highlight Dinner in the Grand Canyon

7 Days ~ Arizona ~ Utah ~ Nevada

Tour Pace - The amazing and diverse scenery of America’s canyonlands is concentrated in a relatively small area surrounding the Colorado River. Travelling just short distances each day, the tour allows plenty of time for exploring the incredible landscapes.

DAY 1 – ARRIVE PHOENIX – SCOTTSDALE. Take a complimentary transfer to your hotel in the nearby resort town of Scottsdale. Your Tour Director is available at the hotel this afternoon to greet you and answer your questions. Join us at 6 p.m. for a Welcome Reception at the hotel. Hotel: Renaissance Scottsdale Resort.

DAY 2 – SCOTTSDALE – GRAND CANYON. Head north to the spectacular scenery and towering red rocks of the quaint bohemian colony of Sedona. Browse the stores, galleries and restaurants, or join a fun optional 4WD excursion through the superb landscape. Enjoy one of Arizona’s finest drives through Oak Creek Canyon, before travelling on to Grand Canyon National Park. A stroll with your Tour Director along the rim provides spectacular views as the sun sets on the canyon walls. Spend the night inside the park, enjoying peace and quiet after the crowds have departed. Tonight, enjoy dinner in the Thunderbird Room, featuring magnificent views of the Grand Canyon’s south rim. Hotel: National Park Lodges. (B,HD)

DAY 3 – GRAND CANYON – LAKE POWELL. The choice is yours in the morning: wake up early and see the sun rise over the canyon, take a leisurely walk and watch for wildlife, board the park shuttle to explore the various lookout points or take a short hike down into the canyon. Optional flightseeing tours over the Grand Canyon by helicopter or plane are available from your Tour Director. After bidding farewell to this natural wonder, head to the Historic Cameron Trading Post, featuring southwest Native American arts and crafts. The journey carries on through the Painted Desert, a colourful fantasyland of mesas, buttes and badlands, and through the Navajo Indian Reservation. Stop at Glen Canyon Dam to learn about its impact on the Colorado River before arriving at the lakefront resort. The scenery is breathtaking with towering rock walls rising out of the water. Take a leisurely cruise on spectacular Lake Powell and explore scenic Antelope Canyon, with its dramatic steep, red sandstone walls. Hotel: Lake Powell Resort (guaranteed Lake View Rooms.) (B,D)

DAY 4 – LAKE POWELL AT LEISURE.The entire day is yours to do as you please. Relax and enjoy the resort’s facilities. Perhaps take an optional float trip down the Colorado river, a scenic flight over the lake to Rainbow Bridge, or join our complimentary excursion to Monument Valley Tribal Park for a guided tour of this spectacular area. The choice is yours; your Tour Director will be happy to assist you in planning your day. (B)

DAY 5 – LAKE POWELL – BRYCE OR ZION. Visit Bryce Canyon National Park in Southern Utah, home to an ever-changing diversity of naturally carved amphitheatres, balanced rocks, gravity-defying bridges and rock spires of pink, red and orange hues. Enjoy a leisurely walk along Sunset Point to view the great amphitheatre of odd-shaped monoliths known as “hoodoos.” Time at leisure on your own before checking in at the lodge. Selected departures will continue on to Zion National Park for overnight. Hotel: Bryce Canyon Lodge or Zion Park Lodge. (B,D)

DAY 6 – BRYCE OR ZION – LAS VEGAS. Travel through more amazing scenery to the lush cliff-and-canyon landscape of Zion National Park. Join a private Zion Canyon Shuttle with live commentary to experience the scenic highlights of the park, followed by some time to explore at your own pace. Keep an eye out for deer and other wildlife, or hike through the narrow pink-coloured gorges and dramatic canyons. A complete change of scenery awaits you in the afternoon when you arrive in Las Vegas, a collection of bright lights and neon signs, huge themed hotels of unbelievable design and the omnipresent slot machine. The remainder of the day is yours to do as you please. Hotel: Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, a Sheraton Hotel. (B)

DAY 7 – DEPART LAS VEGAS. Your Enchanting Canyonlands adventure ends with a complimentary transfer to Las Vegas International Airport. Or, if you feel you would like to experience more of this amazing landscape, this itinerary forms part of the Great Western American Adventure (see pg 34-35) and America’s Magnificent National Parks. (B)

Hotels - The accommodation on this tour has been carefully selected to reflect the area’s unique highlights, from the beautiful resort in Scottsdale and charming lodge at Bryce Canyon to the lake view rooms at Lake Powell Resort and extravagant hotel on the Las Vegas Strip.

Fellow Passengers - Featuring some of America’s most iconic sights, this is a photographer’s dream. The tour is ideal for lovers of nature, geology and breathtaking landscapes. Visits to Sedona and Monument Valley will fascinate those interested in Western and Native American history.

Highlights - Variety brings the West to life. Tour Monument Valley with a local guide, cruise the extraordinary landscape of Lake Powell, take a sunset walk along the rim of the Grand Canyon, learn about Native American culture and experience the bright lights of Las Vegas.

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Excursions & Sights

• Visit the artist colony of Sedona, set in the splendour of Red Rock Country
• Drive through the dramatic landscape of Oak Creek Canyon
• Travel the length of scenic Desert View Drive along the Grand Canyon’s South Rim
• Stop at the Historic Cameron Trading Post featuring a collection of Native American arts and crafts
• Journey through the Painted Desert and Navajo Indian Reservation
• Stop at Glen Canyon Dam Visitor Center & learn about the Colorado River Storage Project
• Join a guided tour of Monument Valley Tribal Park
• Explore the rugged beauty of Bryce Canyon National Park
• Enjoy a leisurely walk along Sunset Point to view the “hoodoos.”
• Drive through the breathtaking scenery of Red Canyon and the giant Checkerboard Mesa

Insight's First Class Services

• Airport arrival and departure transfers on the first and last day of your tour
• Escorted by a professional Tour Director - maximum group size of 40 people
• Luxury air-conditioned coach with extra legroom and restroom facilities
• First-class hotels with all service charges, taxes and porterage

Quality Dining

• 6 Full Breakfasts, 2 Hotel Dinners plus 1 Highlight Dinner in the Grand Canyon