6 Days/5 Nights in the Southwest – Grand Canyon, Red Rocks & Las Vegas

When you arrive in Phoenix, you’ll meet your tour manager and load your luggage onto the coach. You’ll begin your drive to Sedona.

When you arrive in Sedona, you’ll have free time in the Main Street District, a walkable downtown, locally known as Uptown Sedona with magnificent vistas throughout. Pause a moment on one of the locally crafted benches to savor the experience and fill your senses with the endless red rock views. There are also countless outdoor sculptures that add to the beauty to the area.

You’ll have a chance to explore and hike at Red Rock State Park, a 286 acre nature preserve with stunning scenery. Trails throughout the park wind through manzanita and juniper to reach the rich banks of Oak Creek. Green meadows are framed by native vegetation and hills of red rock.

After your hike, you’ll arrive at your hotel and check in. You’ll have some free time before dinner.

After dinner, you will return to your hotel for the evening.

After breakfast, you’ll board your bus and depart the hotel for the Grand Canyon (approximately 2 hours).

You’ll visit the powerful and inspiring Grand Canyon, located in the state of Arizona. The Grand Canyon is considered by some to be one of the seven natural wonders of the world, due to its sensational decorative colors and majestic natural beauty. It measures 18 miles wide, 277 miles long, and a mile deep. The area is encompassed by over one million acres. To put it into perspective, the island of Manhattan which is nearly 34 Square miles would be able to fit in the Grand Canyon Park nearly 58 times. You’ll hike and enjoy the spectacular views of the canyon. You’ll see Mather’s Point, Grand Canyon Village, The Yavapi Observation Station and more!

You’ll begin your to Page, AZ (approximately 2 hours). You’ll arrive at your hotel and check in.

After dinner, you will return to your hotel for the evening.

After breakfast, you’ll experience the awesome natural wonder of Upper Antelope Canyon. The tour starts by boarding a 4×4 truck that transports you comfortably to the mouth of the Antelope Canyon. Your Guide will take you on an easy journey through the canyon stopping in areas that are popular for photos and also sharing the stories about the canyon. This tour is very informative, sharing the history and geology of the canyon and lasts about 1 hour in the canyon. Nothing can describe this work of Mother Nature and experiencing this beauty will leave you breathless.

After breakfast, you’ll board your bus and depart the hotel for the day (approximately 1.5 hours).

After breakfast, you’ll check out of your romms and board your bus and depart the hotel for the day (approximately 1.5 hours).

You’ll visit Bryce Canyon National Park. There is no place quite like Bryce Canyon. Hoodoos (odd-shaped pillars of rock left standing from the forces of erosion) can be found on every continent, but here is the archetypal “hoodoo-iferous” terrain. Descriptions fail. Cave without a roof? Forest of stone? Even photographs strain credulity. When you visit maybe you’ll come up with a better name. In the meantime “Bryce” will have to suffice.

You’ll begin your drive to Las Vegas (approximately 4 hours).

After dinner, you’ll arrive at your hotel and check in.

After breakfast, you’ll check out of your rooms and board your bus for the day.

You’ll visit the Hoover Dam Visitor Center and then take a tour of the Power Plant. The Powerplant Tour offers a combination of presentations by Reclamation guides, audio and film presentations, exhibits and other media that provide a comprehensive view of the massive dam and its operations, as well as highlight many of the unique features around the site. It takes about two hours to discover all the features at Hoover Dam.

You’ll have free time.

You’ll head to the airport for your return trip home.