2022036 Utah's National Parks

Upon arrival meet your Tour Director and transfer to your hotel

09/22/2022-09/28/2022 Thur-Wed Trip# 2022036

Utah's National Parks

Highlights:

Grand Junction Colorado

• Scenic Byway 128

• Colorado River Cruise

• Canyonlands National Park

• Dead Horse Point State Park

• Monument Valley

• Arches National Park

• 5 Night Stay in Moab Utah

Includes:

6 Nights First Class Hotels, 10 Meals: 6 Breakfasts, 1 Lunch & 3 Dinners, Tour Director, Motorcoach Transportation, Sightseeing per Itinerary, Baggage Handling at Hotels. Round trip Airfare from Philadelphia.

Make your final payment by check and receive a $200 per person savings on Air Inclusive Bookings.

Day 1

Upon arrival meet your Tour Director and transfer to your hotel. The ‘River City’ extends a warm welcome as your gateway to an in-depth encounter to explore Utah’s National Parks. Enjoy a Welcome Dinner this evening and get acquainted with your traveling companions.

Day 2

Depart Grand Junction for Moab Utah with a stop to see the Colorado National Monument along the Rim Rock Drive. Travel along Scenic Byway 128 referred to by locals as the River Road and one of the most beautiful and breathtaking drives imaginable. Travel through canyons carved by the Colorado River and see the iconic Fisher Towers, towering cliffs and mesas, incredible rock formations, beautiful ranch resorts, painted canyons and enough red rock to overload the senses. Check into your hotel in Moab and unpack for a five-night stay. Later enjoy a Colorado River Cruise in a covered boat to an amazing part of this area. Cruise down the calm-water section of the Colorado River as you navigate down the river and offering views of 2,000 plus foot canyon walls towering above. Your cruise offers wonderful views of Moab arches, Indian petroglyphs and more.

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Day 3

Today visit Canyonlands National Park featuring deeply eroded canyons interspersed with sheer-sided mesas and a variety of spires, arches and unusual rock formations. A stop is made at Dead Horse Point State Park, towering high above the Colorado River offering breathtaking views of canyon country and the snaking Colorado River.

Day 4

The morning emabark on on a full day adventure to Mounment Valley. enter the Mounment Valley Navajo Tribal area offering vistas of stunning rock formations on your way to Mounument Valley, the most filmed area in the west. Enjoy an included lunch at Goulding's Lodge and free time to visit Goulding's Museum & Trading Post to see a collection of Indian artifacts set from John Waybe film. Later enjoy a Monument Valley Scenic Drive Tour with a knowlegeable Navajo guide aboard a four-wheel vechicle. explore the areas oddly shaped monoliths, butterflies and messas of red sandstone. The areas was the settling for some of JOhn Ford's most memorable films. Return early thris evening to Moab.

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Day 5

The day is free to explore Moab and the area as you wish. A optional tour will be available today.

Day 6

This morning tour Arches Nationsl Park, one of our country's great national parks. Explore and experience amid see some of the fmaous arches, over 2,000 in total and marval at other red rock formations and canyons. The afternoon is free to relax or explore Moab on your own. Later visit the Red Cliffs Lodge offering a ranch-like experience amid western charm and nestled high on the banks of the Coloraldo River and surrounded by magnificent 2,000 foot Red Rock Cliffs, Emjoy Wine tasting at the Castle creek Winery located on the property, Free time for self-guided tour of the Movie History Museum housing historical movie-making memorabilla from early films to present. Next enjoy a Cowboy cookout Farewell Dinner at the lodge offering incredible of the Colorado River and surrouding mesas.

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Day 7

Depart Moab and transfer to Grand Junction for your flight home filled with wonderful memories of your Utah's Mighty National Parks Adventure.

B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner

Below is a list of pick-up points available on this tour.