This trip starts in Ayers Rock, Australia and is only within Australia.
Day 1 Arrive at Ayers Rock, Australia
Welcome to Australia! The remainder of the day is at your leisure.
Day 2 Ayers Rock
This morning, included sightseeing takes you to Kata Tjuta (the Olgas), where you will enjoy a guided walk. This afternoon, a guided sightseeing tour includes a visit to the cultural center and a walking tour around the base of Uluru (Ayers Rock). Late in the day, travel to “Sunset Strip” for a drink, canapés, and to witness the changing colors of the rock. (Breakfast)
Day 3 Ayers Rock–Alice Springs
Today, fly to Alice Springs for guided sightseeing that includes visits to the Old Telegraph Station, Anzac Hill, School of the Air, and the Royal Flying Doctor Service. (Breakfast)
Day 4 Ayers Rock-Christchurch, New Zealand-Greymouth
Today, fly to Christchurch. Your Local Host will meet you at the airport to assist with picking up your rental car. Then drive to Greymouth via Aurthur’s Pass, a journey famous for the spectacular mountain scenery of the Southern Alps. (Breakfast) NOTE: Due to the earthquake in Christchurch we have changed this day of the itinerary. Ensure you arrive into Christchurch in the morning as you will have to drive several hours to Greymouth.
Day 5 Greymouth–Franz Josef
Today, travel to Franz Josef and explore the glacier. (Breakfast)
Day 6 Franz Josef–Queenstown
Continue south along the rugged west coast and via Haast Pass to Queenstown. (Breakfast)
Day 7 Queenstown. Milford Sound Excursion
Travel by motorcoach along the shores of Lake Wakatipu to Te Anau, gateway to Fiordland National Park. View the Mirror Lakes as you pass through the Eglinton Valley. From the Homer Tunnel, emerge into the Cleddau Valley. Join your Milford Sound cruise for an unforgettable experience. (Breakfast)
Day 8 Queenstown
A free day at your leisure to enjoy the adventure capital of New Zealand. (Breakfast)
Day 9 Queenstown–Mount Cook Region
Head north through the wine-making region of Central Otago to stunning Mount Cook. (Breakfast)
Day 10 Mount Cook Region–Queenstown
Today, return to Queenstown and overnight. (Breakfast)
Day 11 Queenstown
Your vacation ends with breakfast this morning. Return your rental car at the airport prior to departure. (Breakfast)
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Experience the wonders of the West through its best-known national parks, gold-mining towns, and old saloons on this colorful vacation. If you are interested in seeing stunning scenery and amazing wildlife, this tour is for you. Visit Yellowstone National Park and view the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone and spectacular Lower Falls, almost twice as high as Niagara Falls. Hear the roar of the water and stand in awe as you view the glorious falls. Witness Old Faithful as it explodes into the air and admire the herds of bison, elk, and other wildlife as you explore the park. Similarly, in Grand Teton National Park, enjoy beautiful glacier-fed Jenny Lake and the rugged mountains—a stunning sight indeed. Get back to nature and allow a sense of peace to envelope you as you take in the scenery.
Mount Rushmore offers the astounding monument of four U.S. Presidents as well as spectacular scenery. Just imagine how difficult it must have been to sculpt the faces into the stone! In fact, did you know nearly 400 workers helped to create this memorial? Plenty of wildlife also roam this area, including Rocky Mountain goat, mule deer, and bison.
All of this and more await you on this marvelous vacation through some of the West’s national parks. Be sure to pack your camera, as you’ll have plenty of photo opportunities!
Fall Foliage Departures: Enjoy the spectacular fall colors of the West on our special Fall Foliage departures: Sep. 15–Oct. 1 (if Mother Nature permits).
DAY 1 Arrive in Rapid City
Welcome to the heart of America! At 6 pm, meet your traveling companions for a welcome drink. Your Tour Director will prepare you for your upcoming adventure.
DAY 2 Rapid City
After an orientation tour of Rapid City, visit CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL, built in honor of the fearless Sioux Indian chief whose fame is derived from the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Afterward, explore MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL, which features the monumental likenesses of four U.S. presidents—Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt—carved on the face of a mountain. Maybe stroll along the Presidential Trail for more intimate views, or visit the Information Center. (Breakfast)
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Mount Rushmore: The Secret Chamber
The four presidential faces, carved 60-feet high in the granite of Mount Rushmore, comprise one of America’s most revered images. But many visitors cannot help thinking of Cary Grant in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1959 thriller North by Northwest, where he and Eva Marie Saint clamber across the monolith pursued by Communist spies. The shot was actually filmed in a Hollywood studio, but it convinced millions of people that they too could climb the patriotic monument. This is not the case: Access to Mount Rushmore has been blocked by a high-security fence ever since the artist Gutzon Borglum died in 1941 and work on the giant sculpture ceased. But according to his original plan, Borglum had intended that the public be able to reach his giant faces via a splendid stone staircase. In the late 1930s, he even began work on a splendid vault buried within the rock for tourists to visit – called the Hall of Records, it was planned as a repository for the original Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution.
Our partnership with Tourism Cares, established by the United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA), helps us not only show off the world's most spectacular destinations and sights, but also assist in the preservation of attractions that our travelers go to great lengths to experience.
DAY 3 Rapid City–Deadwood–Sheridan
This morning, journey through the rolling BLACK HILLS NATIONAL FOREST to TATANKA. Here, learn “The Story of the Bison,” and experience the richness of the Lakota people, a Plains Indian buffalo culture. Afterward, experience the area’s colorful history with a guided tour of DEADWOOD, once a wild gold-mining town, and hear the stories of legendary Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane. Then, continue through Wyoming’s Powder River Basin to the cattle town of Sheridan at the foot of the Bighorn Mountains. (Breakfast, Dinner)
DAY 4 Sheridan–Little Bighorn Battlefield–Cody
Journey this morning into southern Montana to visit LITTLE BIGHORN BATTLEFIELD, the site commemorating one of America’s most famous battles. Tour the battlegrounds where Custer was defeated by approximately 7,000 Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors, and visit the museum. Afterward, continue your scenic drive through the Bighorn Mountains, stopping at Shell Falls en route to Buffalo Bill’s Cody, with time for an optional float trip on the Shoshone River. (Breakfast)
Little Bighorn Revisited
"You might think that not much changes on a 19th century battlefield. But at Little Bighorn in Montana, the scene of the most famous fight in the West, the landscape is always in flux. It was on this lonely expanse that Lt. General George Armstrong Custer and 262 men of the United States Seventh Cavalry were wiped out by a combined force of Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne on June 25th, 1876. For generations, the physical focus for visitors to the site has been the poignant monument at Last Stand Hill. (All around, gravestones of Custer’s men lie in the grass; they were buried where they fell by United States soldiers three days after the battle, illustrating just how Custer’s defense disintegrated before the Indian onslaught)."
DAY 5 Cody–Yellowstone National Park
This morning, visit the BUFFALO BILL HISTORICAL CENTER, a fine museum of historic weapons and Western art. Then, continue through Shoshone National Forest to YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, established in 1872 as the world’s first national park, where wild animals roam freely in vast meadows and forest. Enjoy several photo stops along the way to your hotel, including world-famous Old Faithful Geyser. (Breakfast, Dinner)
Note: The routing and areas visited within Yellowstone are subject to favorable weather and/or road conditions. When conditions are unfavorable, routing may be adjusted accordingly.
Yellowstone: Into the Wild Victorian Yonder
Today, Yellowstone is virtually a country unto itself. It has its own weekly newspaper, a vast staff, a $30 million annual budget, army-sized campgrounds and visitor complexes as busy as miniature cities. But even with this infrastructure, much of the landscape has not changed since the Victorian era, when only 300 or so lucky travelers would arrive on horseback each summer, following rough animal trails. The first hotel arrived in 1871, McCartney’s Cabin at Mammoth Hot Springs, a makeshift log structure where guests had to sleep on the floor. Most preferred instead to camp in the forest, catching fish for their dinner in the pristine lakes.
Our partnership with Tourism Cares, established by the United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA), helps us not only show off the world's most spectacular destinations and sights, but also assist in the preservation of attractions that our travelers go to great lengths to experience.
DAY 6 Yellowstone
Spend the day exploring Yellowstone. Travel along Grand Loop Road to Fountain Paint Pots to see the bubbling mud. Continue on to the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone with magnificent views of Yellowstone Canyon and the spectacular Lower Falls, almost twice as high as Niagara Falls. Next, stop at Mammoth Hot Springs and take a short trail walk through steaming limestone terraces. (Breakfast)
Our partnership with Tourism Cares, established by the United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA), helps us not only show off the world's most spectacular destinations and sights, but also assist in the preservation of attractions that our travelers go to great lengths to experience.
DAY 7 Yellowstone National Park–Grand Teton National Park–Jackson
Journey south this morning into breathtaking GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK. Visit beautiful glacier-fed Jenny Lake at the foot of the rugged spires for a delightful walk along the shore before ending the day in the all-Western town of Jackson. This evening, experience dinner at the BAR T-5 CHUCK WAGON COOKOUT and Wild West show. (Breakfast, Dinner)
The “War” for the Grand Teton
In the winter of 1927, residents in the cattle town of Jackson, Wyoming began to learn of a mysterious business concern known as the Snake River Land Company that was rapidly buying up property around their picturesque valley, which is overshadowed by the dramatic Teton Mountains. Rumors soon began to spread that a plot was afoot to elbow ranchers out of the area and close off key cattle drives. Finally, in 1930, it was revealed that the company was actually a front for America’s richest man, the oil magnate John D. Rockefeller Jr. Rockefeller had visited the area three years earlier and had been stunned by its alpine beauty; a visionary philanthropist, he decided to purchase the whole valley floor from private owners and donate it to the United States Government for an extension of the Grand Teton National Park, which was then only a tiny enclave covering the remotest mountain zones. But tempers flared against Rockefeller’s secrecy; many suspected that the magnate might use the land for his own private ends.
DAY 8 Jackson
Full day at leisure to enjoy this spectacular playground. Perhaps choose an optional float trip along the Snake River or stroll along the downtown boardwalks and enjoy a drink at one of the swing-door saloons. (Breakfast)
DAY 9 Jackson–Salt Lake City
Today’s journey continues alongside some of Wyoming’s most beautiful mountain ranges into Utah, home to five national parks. Arrive in Salt Lake City, founded by Brigham Young in 1847. Enjoy a sightseeing tour of the capital city and its historic monuments. This evening, your Tour Director hosts a special farewell dinner at Temple Square. (Breakfast, Dinner)
DAY 10 Salt Lake City
Your vacation ends this morning with guests departing on independent schedules. Transfers are provided to Salt Lake City International Airport. (Breakfast)
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Hi, on the last day of the tour, when returning from Yosmite to LA, do you drop off passengers in LA town area (besides sending off to airport) ? If yes, where are the drop off points ? Please advise, thanks.
Please note that order of day-to-day itinerary is adjustable depending on tour start day. If you should request a drop off in the LA Downtown area instead of the LAX airport, we can offer you drop off in Chinatown.
China Town (LA Dim Sum), 638 N. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA
Please make sure to comment this request when booking online.
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Hi, I am from Philly, PA... I was looking for a trip from Philly to Washington D.C and Nagarafalls. Do you have any packages as the Super Value Tour which starts and ends @ Philly. Thank You.
Hello! I am just about to book this trip for my girlfriend and I, going on wednesday 7th september and coming back on friday 9th.
i am travelling over from ireland and do not know new york at all, however i do know that i want to travel round all the main tourist and shopping spots. where would be a better place to stay, which would be close to one of the pickup spots? as i am not sure which pickup spot is more central when looking at flushing ny, or chinatown nyc.
also can you recommend a cheap budget hotel which we could use? we are in new york from monday 5th to tuesday 13th september.
many thanks
The best pick up location should be the flushing pick up location because you can then book a cheap flushing hotel. However, flushing is about 30 minutes away from Manhattan.
If you choose a hotel near Manhattan, the standard hotels will cost you around $400 per room per night.
We suggest choosing a pick up in Flushing and then booking a cheap hotel near there. Then, just take the subway or a taxi to Manhattan.
Hi. i´m going to take this tour on november, i would like to know: the fist day i arrived lax at 11:00am is it posible to visit disney that day? 2. the day that we visit san francisco i´d like to make a reservation for dinner, at what time we will arrived to the hotel??
It should be possible because the Holiday Inn Select La Mirada / Howard Johnson both offer a free shuttle service to and from the hotel and Disneyland.
We cannot guarantee a time you will return to the hotel. Also, the hotel is in Union city and will be 30 mins away from San Francisco.
We suggest you talk to your tour guide on the day of the San Francisco trip about making any side arrangements.
hi, i know that they will be able to pick us up at the airport we will arrive in, but when we leave we have to go to the ewr airport, do you have anyway where they can take us back to the ewr airport at the end of the tour. If there are any alternatives that have airport transfer, that r like this please send them to me, thanks