8-Day Bus Tour to Mt. Rushmore & Yellowstone (Starts in LA - Ends in LV/LA)**Highly Recommended**

Your tour begins when your plane lands at Los Angeles airport (LAX). You will be greeted by our friendly tour guide at arrivals. He or she will accompany you to your hotel and assist you in checking in if needed. Check-in time is 3 p.m. *LAX Terminal Meeting Spots* Tom Bradley Int'l Terminal(Terminal B) - The Relay Store on the left Terminal 1 - Baggage Claim 1 Hudson News Terminal 2 - Baggage Claim 2 Terminal 3 - Baggage Claim A Terminal 4 - Starbucks Terminal 5 - Baggage Claim 3 Terminal 6 - Information and ATM Terminal 7/8 - Baggage Claim 1 *LAX Shuttle Schedule* We offer an affordable transfer from LAX to your hotel for each booking between the following times: * Domestic US arrivals: between 8:30 a.m.-10:00 p.m. * International arrivals: between 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. The shuttle bus comes to the airport hourly at 8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. If you arrive early, please find your guide and wait at the designated stop for the next bus. The guide will be wearing a yellow uniform and holding a small yellow flag or a tablet with the local provider's icon. **If your flight is delayed or changed for any reason, we will not be responsible for the airport transfer. If you should arrive after the time indicated, you may be subject to an additional transfer fee or you may need to arrange your own transportation to the hotel. If you arrive after our normal office hours, please contact the emergency number on your e-ticket for assistance.** Please e-mail or call us for a quote if or when you: * Arrive outside of the normal airport transfer time frame * Have flight delays and require late-night airport transfers * Request more than one airport transfer per order We strongly recommend that you book a flight that arrives within the designated time frame and departs after the times indicated.

We will depart from from Los Angeles in the morning. Our route will take us along the San Bernardino Mountains and into the Mojave Desert characterized by bizarre-shaped Joshua trees and Yucca plants. The group will make a stop at Tanger Outlets Barstow for some shopping and lunch, then head to Las Vegas, "the entertainment capital of the world". We may stop briefly along the Strip to take in this dazzling spectacle. Then we will continue on to Utah, staying overnight in Richfield.

After a lovely morning drive on the Colorado Plateau, we will visit Arches National Park, which boasts the eighth highest visitor count of all U.S. national parks. It covers 7,300 acres and is home to more than 2,000 arches, the highest concentration in the world. Time, water, ice and erosion have endowed the park with these unique natural wonders, one of which, the Delicate Arch, is now the unofficial symbol of the Beehive State. Afterwards, we will drive across the Rockies and enjoy the scenery along the way. We will arrive in Denver in the evening and stay overnight there.

Heading north on I-25, we will drive parallel to the Rockies, the backbone of North America. We will then pass through the city of Cheyenne, capital of Wyoming and host of the nation's largest annual rodeo event. Next we will head to Crazy Horse Memorial for a look at the world's largest mountain carving, followed by a visit to one of America's greatest icons: Mt. Rushmore, where George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln gaze down from austere heights to remind us that there is nothing we can't achieve. Then we'll go to America's first national monument - Devil's Tower. We will stay overnight in Gillette.

Heading west, we will pass through the Crow Indian Reservation. Then we will cross the Continental Divide, arriving in Yellowstone National Park in the afternoon. Yellowstone is home to the world's largest supervolcano and over 10,000 thermal features. Here, you will find everything you expect to see in a national park - snow-capped mountains, waterfalls, lakes, meadows and herds of buffalo and elk - plus hot springs, fumaroles and mud pots. Try to spot a bear or bald eagle from your luxury coach in the largest wildlife sanctuary in America! We will stay overnight in West Yellowstone.

After breakfast, we will continue our tour with a visit to Old Faithful, the crown jewel of the park, followed by Yellowstone Lake, Upper and Lower Falls and the famous Artist Point on the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. Afterwards, enjoy a picturesque drive through Yellowstone National Park, travelling along Snake River to Grand Teton National Park. Polished by massive glaciers, the Teton Range rises thousands of feet above the serene lakes and forests that comprise Snake River Valley. Next we drive to Jackson Hole, a famous outpost now popular as an all-season vacation getaway. We will then head to Salt Lake City in the evening and stay overnight there.

Your day will kick off with a tour of Salt Lake City, stopping at places such as the Salt Lake Mormon Temple and the Utah State Capital. After, you will proceed to Las Vegas, where you can enjoy the nightlife of what is also known as Sin City!

The tour will depart in the morning and make their way to the Ethel M Chocolate Factory and Botanical Cactus Gardens, followed by a free buffet lunch in Las Vegas. After, you will depart from Las Vegas, making your way back to Los Angeles. On the trip back, there will be a stop at the Tanger Outlets in Barstow. Later, you will return to Los Angeles, concluding your wonderful tour.

Guests will be dropped off at the major pick-up location and hotels that were used for departure. The tour normally returns to Los Angeles between 6:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., but there may be a 30-60 minute delay caused by special circumstances such as weather conditions and/or traffic jams.

We offer the complimentary airport drop-off service, guests who wish to fly out of LAX airport on the same day, must please book a U.S. domestic flight after 9:30 p.m. and an international flight after 10:30 p.m.

We offer hotel extension services. If you'd like to book a room, please contact us for a price quote or choose the hotel in "Easy Book" when booking.

If you wish to end your tour in Las Vegas, please leave us a comment under the comments section when completing your reservation. Guests who choose to end their tour in Las Vegas will opt out of the Tanger Outlet visit.

Guests departing from Las Vegas will visit the Ethel M. Chocolate Factory and Botanical Cactus Gardens in the morning and enjoy a complimentary buffet lunch in Las Vegas. After, they will be transferred to the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, near McCarran International Airport.

We recommend taxi services for guests flying out of McCarran International Airport. A taxi can be arranged for $10 and takes about 10 minutes.

***Guests who need an airport transfer service, you can book the same tour with an airport transfer： 8-Day Bus Tour to Mt. Rushmore & Yellowstone (Starts in LA - Ends in LV/LA) (with airport transfer)***