America's Magnificent National Parks

14 night tour - Starting in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona - ending in Denver, Colorado.

A Premium Escorted Tour with Insight Vacations.

Insight Vacations Premium Escorted journeys are carefully planned with over 35 years experience, enjoy VIP return private UK airport transfers, deluxe hotels, business class legroom and complimentary WiFi and water onboard luxury motorcoaches.

An epic adventure through remarkable scenery, National Parks and prominent landmarks, crafted to please those with a love of nature and history. 

This sprightly tour combines ‘Enchanting Canyonlands’ with the ‘American Parks Trail’ to form a complete experience of North America’s most popular parks, historic monuments and scenic grandeur. A great diversity of accommodation suits this varied trip. Enjoy modern luxury in Scottsdale, Salt Lake City and Las Vegas and rustic charm at national park lodges inside Bryce or Zion Canyon, Grand Teton, Yellowstone and Custer State Park.

2016 Guaranteed departure dates:
May 14th
June 04th & 18th
August 20th
September 03rd
 
TO BOOK THIS TOUR: CALL US ON FREEPHONE 0800 0336 335 OR EMAIL US RESERVATIONS@PURELYTRAVELGROUP.CO.UK
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Day 1: Arrive Phoenix - Scottsdale

On arrival at your UK airport, your driver will greet you and escort you to your waiting car for your return private V.I.P. door-to-door transfer home. Welcome to Arizona! Your airport transfer takes you to your tour hotel in Scottsdale. Enjoy the superb facilities and grounds of this desert oasis. At 6.00 pm, join your Tour Director for a Welcome Reception with drinks and a light meal.

Hotel: The Westin Kierland Resort and Spa, Scottsdale

Welcome Dinner

Day 2: Exploring San Francisco

Head north to the quaint bohemian colony of Sedona, where you can browse the stores and galleries. Enjoy one of Arizona's finest drives through Oak Creek Canyon, before travelling on to Grand Canyon National Park, where you can take an optional flightseeing tour by helicopter or plane over this natural wonder. Spend the night inside the park, enjoying the peace and quiet after the crowds have departed. Take time to experience the breathtaking vistas and sunset on the canyon walls. During your stay, join a local expert for an informative presentation about the wonders of the Grand Canyon. This evening, enjoy a Highlight Dinner in the Thunderbird Room while taking in the magnificent views of the Grand Canyon's South Rim.

Hotel: National Park Lodges Grand Canyon

Full Breakfast, Highlight Dinner

Day 3: Excursion to Monument Valley and Lake Powell

Today, move on to the Historic Cameron Trading Post, featuring Southwest American Indian arts and crafts. The journey carries on through the Painted Desert, a colourful fantasy land of mesas, buttes and badlands, and through the Navajo Indian Reservation. Later, join an excursion to Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park for a guided tour. Stop at the Glen Canyon Dam to learn about its impact on the Colorado River before arriving at your lakefront resort. Check into your room which has guaranteed lake views.

Hotel: Lake Powell Resorts and Marinas

Full Breakfast, Dinner

Day 4: Leisurely Lake Powell

Today is entirely yours to do as you please. Relax and enjoy the resort's facilities or join an optional float trip down one of the most scenic stretches of the Colorado River. Take a leisurely cruise through scenic Antelope Canyon with its dramatic steep, sandstone walls.

Hotel: Lake Powell Resorts and Marinas

Full Breakfast

Day 5: Bryce Canyon's Stony Symphony

Head to Bryce Canyon National Park in Southern Utah today and enjoy a leisurely walk along Sunset Point to view the great amphitheatres of odd-shaped monoliths known as hoodoos. In the evening, join your Tour Director and newfound friends for a Highlight Dinner including drinks.

Hotel: Bryce Canyon National Park Lodge or Zion National Park Lodge

Full Breakfast, Highlight Dinner

Day 6: Zion to Las Vegas - from Nature to Neon

Travel through more amazing scenery to the lush cliff-and-canyon landscape of Zion National Park. Board 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. A complete change of scenery awaits you in the afternoon when you arrive in Las Vegas; a collection of bright lights and shopping malls, huge themed hotels of unbelievable design and the omnipresent slot machine. Your hotel is a breath of fresh air - modern and luxurious.

Hotel: The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas

Full Breakfast

Day 7: Salt Lake City

Travel to Salt Lake City, the capital and most populous city in the State of Utah, and headquarters of the Mormon faith.

Hotel: Salt Lake City Marriott Downtown at City Creek

Full Breakfast

Day 8: Jackson and Grand Teton National Park

This morning, join an orientation tour of Salt Lake City seeing the famous Temple Square. Then travel north across the Oregon Trail to visit historic Jackson, where arches of elk antlers adorn the central square. Later, continue to your lakeside lodge overlooking Jackson Lake and the stunning peaks and glaciers of Grand Teton National Park.

Hotel: Jackson Lake Lodge

Full Breakfast

Day 9: Nature on the Boil at Yellowstone National Park 

The Grand Tetons thrust skyward 6,562 ft (2,000 metres) from the valley floor. Stop to admire some of the incredible views at Jenny Lake. Then enter Yellowstone, established in 1872 as the world's first National Park and known for its unique geothermal activity, spectacular landscapes and abundant wildlife. You are joined by a local expert for an informative stroll through Yellowstone's Upper Geyser Basin.

Hotel: National Park Lodges, Yellowstone

Full Breakfast, Dinner

Day 10: Geysers and Colourful Mudpots at Yellowstone

After breakfast, walk among the geysers and watch them erupt. There is plenty of time to see the colourful bubbling mudpots and observe Old Faithful shooting water over 120 ft (37 metres) in the air. View free-roaming deer, elk and bear in their natural habitat. Then experience the roar of the Lower Yellowstone Falls as they thunder down the steep canyon walls.

Hotel: National Park Lodges, Yellowstone

Full Breakfast

Day 11: Buffalo Bill, Billings and Bills of Fare

Depart Yellowstone National Park and travel through the stark Shoshone Canyon and Absaroka Rocky Mountains to reach the Wild West town of Cody. Visit the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, built in honour of one of America's great Western legends. Head onward to the old cattle town of Billings, Montana. For your dining pleasure this evening, there are a selection of restaurants to choose from.

Hotel: Crowne Plaza Hotel Billings

Full Breakfast, Dine Around

Day 12: Deadwood, Custer State Park and the Black Hills of South Dakota

Relive Custer's Last Stand, learn all about Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse and the history of the Indian Wars at the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. Keep a lookout for pronghorn antelope as you cross the great high plains to the Black Hills of South Dakota. In Deadwood, join Kevin Costner's Original Deadwood Tour and explore this once lawless town. With a local expert, hear about the days of Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane, who made this town famous during the gold rush of the 1870s. Also meet Chief Bald Eagle who will share a living narrative of the Great Sioux Nation. Continue on to Custer State Park, renowned for its beautiful landscape and abundant wildlife. Look out for buffalo, deer and elk, or stroll through the pristine pine forest. After dinner, relax on the porch and take in the serenity.

Hotel: The State Game Lodge, Custer State Park

Full Breakfast, Dinner

Day 13: South Dakota and the Presidents

Today, view the Crazy Horse Memorial, dedicated to all American Indians. Move on to Mount Rushmore National Memorial, where carvings of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt dominate the Black Hills. The rest of the day is yours to spend at your leisure. Perhaps get up close and personal with herds of buffalo on an optional jeep safari, followed by an authentic chuckwagon cookout at a secluded canyon.

Hotel: The State Game Lodge, Custer State Park

Full Breakfast

Day 14: Live like a King at Estes Park

Leave South Dakota to travel across the grasslands and high plains of Wyoming. This area witnessed the sweeping saga of America's western expansion during the 19th century. Once over the Colorado border, head for your hotel in the shadow of Rocky Mountain National Park. Boasting spectacular views in every direction, your neoclassical heritage hotel is most famous for being the inspiration for the fictional ‘Overlook Hotel' in Stephen King's novel ‘The Shining'. In the evening, tantalize your taste buds and toast the culmination of a fantastic adventure at a Celebration Dinner.

Hotel: The Stanley Hotel, Estes Park

Full Breakfast, Celebration Dinner

Day 15: The Rocky Mountains National Park - Depart Denver or extend your stay

Travel south and climb high into the breathtaking Rocky Mountain National Park, across the Continental Divide and over Trail Ridge Road to follow the beginnings of the great Colorado River (weather permitting). Your tour ends on arrival in Denver, with a transfer to Denver International Airport. Please do not schedule any flights before 3.00 pm. On arrival at your UK airport, your driver will greet you and escort you to your waiting car for your return private V.I.P. door-to-door transfer home.

Full Breakfast

Your Insight Vacations Tour Highlights

 

SIGNATURE EXPERIENCES

Grand Canyon: Join a local expert for an informative presentation and witness the burnt orange hues of the canyon walls.

Lake Powell: A testament to the power of water over rock, glide through the narrow sandstone turns of Antelope Canyon during your cruise.

Monument Valley: Join a guide in a special vehicle to explore the iconic vistas of this Navajo Tribal Park, made famous in America's favourite Western movies.

Zion Canyon: The most relaxing and informative way to see the grandeur and natural features of the canyon is by private shuttle which includes live commentary.

Yellowstone: Upper Geyser Basin boasts the highest concentration of spouting geysers, hot springs, and steaming fumaroles in the world. Join a local expert for an informative walk through these natural wonders.

Cody: Explore the award-winning Buffalo Bill Center of the West, known for its excellent Western art collection, firearms and natural history.

Custer State Park: Relive Custer's Last Stand at the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument and learn all about Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse and the history of the Indian Wars.

Deadwood: Historical Wild West figures such as Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane called Deadwood home. Learn about the Gold Rush and the town's notable residents aboard Kevin Costner's Original Deadwood Tour including an audience with Chief Bald Eagle who regales with a narrative of the Sioux Nation.

ADDITIONAL INCLUDED HIGHLIGHTS

Sedona: Visit this Red Rock Country artists' colony.

Grand Canyon: Enjoy stunning views.

Cameron: Stop at the Historic Trading Post.

Countryside: Oak Creek Canyon, Grand Canyon's South Rim, Painted Desert and Rocky Mountain National Park.

Glen Canyon: Visit the dam.

Black Hills: Witness the huge Crazy Horse Memorial and the famous Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

Bryce Canyon National Park: Enjoy the rugged beauty with a leisurely walk along Sunset Point to view the hoodoos.

Salt Lake City: View the headquarters for the Mormon religion.

Jackson: See the town's iconic antler arch.

Grand Teton National Park: Enjoy views of Jenny Lake.

Yellowstone National Park: See Old Faithful and the other natural wonders.

SIGNATURE DINING

Grand Canyon: Enjoy a Highlight Dinner at the Thunderbird Room while taking in views of the South Rim.

Bryce Canyon: Enjoy a Highlight Dinner at Bryce Canyon.

Billings: Choose from a selection of restaurants.

Estes Park: Toast the finale of your tour at a lively Celebration Dinner with wine.

A Welcome Reception with drinks and Welcome Dinner (WD), 14 Full Breakfasts (FB), 2 Highlight Dinners (HD), 1 Dine-Around, 3 three-course table d’hôte Dinners, or Buffets, plus tea or coffee (D), and 1 Celebration Dinner (CD)

HIGHLIGHT HOTELS AND LOCATIONS

Bryce Canyon or Zion National Park: Stay in rustic charming lodges, located right inside the National Parks.

Lake Powell: We guarantee lake-view rooms with picture-perfect vistas and breathtaking sunsets at no extra charge!

Las Vegas: Where else would you want to stay, but the Cosmopolitan. A modern, luxury, upscale, resort, overlooking the heart of the strip!

Estes Park: The Stanley Hotel is a truly unique, heritage hotel, with classic architecture, a magnificent setting, and famous visitors. This stunning hotel continues to "shine" today, as it did when it first opened in 1909.

Grand Tetons: Stay right inside the National Park at the desirable Jackson Lake Lodge. One of the largest of all the eco-friendly resorts, with breathtaking views.

ADDITIONAL FIVE STAR SERVICES

An expert Insight Tour Director - at the pinnacles of their careers and will smooth your way throughout your journey. They are your ‘travelling concierges’, expert guides, consummate organisers and friends in a foreign land

Baggage handling everywhere, with seamless and prompt delivery to your door at every hotel

Hotel and restaurant tips included - you’ll never have to worry about how much to give, nor search for foreign currency. Plus Insight hotels include all taxes and porterage.

Personal radio headsets - these give you the freedom to wander during visits to famous highlights without missing any of your local expert’s fascinating insights and commentaries

Insight Flourishes - from time to time, your Tour Director will enchant you with local tidbits, each representing authentic food or beverages unique to the destination

Insight motor coach - enjoy the unique comfort of Insight’s Luxury air-conditioned 40 seat coach with extended leg room and on-board restroom.

Complimentary WiFi - the majority of Insight hotels have free WiFi access in lobby or bedroom areas. You will also find that WiFi is generally availably on most touring coaches.

Airport transfers at scheduled times on the first and last day of your escorted journey.

VIP DOOR TO DOOR RETURN UK AIRPORT TRANSFERS

Your holiday begins in true style from the moment we collect you from your front door for a relaxed journey to your choice of departure airport. Your wonderfully appointed executive car is reserved exclusively for your use, ensuring an uninterrupted, hassle-free journey to your departure airport.

Each and every Insight tour begins and ends with our unique and truly unrivalled private car door to door transfer service. You will be met at your front door by your driver who will assist with your bags before whisking you to your choice of departure airport in a private executive saloon car, all in plenty of time to make your way to your check-in desk. With Insight you really will experience an exclusive service, enjoying your journey in a standard of car that you would expect to associate with Insight standards. All of our cars are up-to-date models and maintained to the highest standards. We will arrange a convenient pick-up time from your home that suits you, not us or other passengers. Each car is equipped with the latest satellite navigation intelligence to ensure your continued peace of mind and a speedy journey.

At the end of your tour, on arrival at your chosen UK airport, you will be greeted by your waiting driver in the arrivals hall and escorted to your car for the smooth and comfortable journey directly back home.

Should you wish to make your own way to the airport, all you need do is advise us at the time of making your reservation and a discount will be offered.

Terms and conditions apply.

Tour Only Cost: All prices quoted below are per adult person, per tour in British Pounds (GBP)

Departure Dates

 Single Twin/Double Triple Quad
All departures in 2016 £5137* £3740* £3319* Please call
 
* 2016 Early Payment Discount - Insight's most popular tours fill very quickly. Don't be disappointed, book early and pay your balance in full as below and save up to 10% Off the prices shown above - Ask us at time of booking.
 
Pay for your 2016 tour in full by 29th January 2016 and SAVE 7.5%
Pay for your 2016 tour in full by 29th April 2016 and SAVE 5%
 
Repeat Client Discount - Have you travelled with Insight Vactions before, within the last 5 years ! - if so you qualify for a 5% discount - Ask us at time of booking.
 
Children aged 5-17 may qualify for a discount off up to 10% when sharing a room with 2 adults - Please call us for details. 
 
Not included in your tour cost:
Flights – we can package your tour with flights at very competitive airfares using our airline partners. Please call us to discuss the best airline for your itinerary.
Pre or post accommodation - If you want to extend your stay at the start or the end of your escorted tour or add another destination to your booking please call us and we will be happy to provide a quote.
Meals, other than those listed in the itinerary.
The customary gratuities for the Tour Director and local drivers are not included and are paid locally, if you prefer these can be pre-paid to us in advance for £111.00 per person.
 
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Please call us on FREEPHONE 0800 0336 335 or EMAIL us reservations@purelytravelgroup.co.uk we are open 7 days a week.

We will be happy to answer any questions, check the availability of your tour, offer a quote for flights and any pre or post nights you would like to add.

When you are ready to go ahead with the booking, a non-refundable deposit of 20% will be due at time of booking or the full balance if you are due to travel within 8 weeks.

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