NATIONAL PARKS & CANYON COUNTRY WITH LITTLE BIGHORN - 2010

14 days from Denver to Las Vegas (8606)

Vacation Overview

Marvel at the West's premier natural wonders on this vacation and see spectacular scenery, memorials, monuments, parks, canyons, and much more. Your tour starts in Denver, Colorado’s capital, and heads to South Dakota for visits to the Crazy Horse Memorial and Mount Rushmore National Memorial. On this special departure, you also visit Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, which commemorates one of America’s most famous battles. Here, learn the true story of “Custer’s Last Stand.”

Continue to Buffalo Bill’s frontier town of Cody, Wyoming. Then head to Yellowstone National Park to see magnificent views of Yellowstone Canyon, Lower Falls, and world-famous Old Faithful Geyser. Overnight in Yellowstone National Park before journeying into breathtaking Grand Teton National Park for a delightful walk along glacier-fed Jenny Lake. In nearby Jackson, with its wooden sidewalks and swing-door saloons, you have plenty of free time to tour on your own or to join an optional barbecue cookout and Wild West show.

Next, it’s on to Salt Lake City, Utah’s capital, for a sightseeing tour; then marvel at the “hoodoos” and dramatic landscapes of Bryce Canyon National Park and Zion National Park. Spectacular scenery awaits you in both parks, so have your camera ready! Continue into Arizona to Page, on the shores of Lake Powell, and cross the Painted Desert to amazing Grand Canyon National Park. Your hotel is located on the rim of the Grand Canyon, giving you a rare opportunity for great views and time to explore this amazing place. For a thrill of a lifetime, take an optional flightseeing trip over the Grand Canyon. Finally, travel to Las Vegas, where this spectacular vacation ends. On this vacation through some of the West’s premier national parks, you see breathtaking scenery that cannot be found anywhere else—a trip of a lifetime!

Things to see on your vacation: View Vacation Photo Slideshow
  • The strange shaped hoodoos in Bryce Canyon National Park
  • Yellowstone National Park
  • Gorgeous Lake Powell in Utah
  • Zion National Park located near Springdale, Utah
  • A beautiful paint pot, named for their vibrant colors, in Yellowstone National Park
  • Wander along the canyon rim of Grand Canyon National Park
  • See the Presidents at Mt. Rushmore
  • Journey to breathtaking Grand Teton National Park
  • Mount Rushmore
  • Little Bighorn
  • See the spectacular views of Cody, Wyoming
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