Go West Tours

12 10 nights Points of interest • Grand Canyon National Park • Mesa Verde National Park • Monument Valley National Park • Arches National Park • Canyonlands National Park • Bryce Canyon National Park • Zion Canyon National Park • Death Valley National Park • Yosemite National Park Phoenix - San Francisco Day 1 : Arrival in Phoenix . You will be welcomed by your tour director and taken to your hotel. Day 2 : Morning drive to Grand Canyon , a superb geological phenomenon. This is most certainly one of the highlights of your trip. Lunch (full board) and walk along the South Rim to see one of the most beautiful and awe-inspiring wonders in the world. The Grand Canyon is the result of millions of years of wind and water erosion. it's an endless expanse of shapes, colors and impenetrable shadow. The Colorado River flows over a mile below the canyon rim. It is possible to organize an optional scenic helicopter tour of the canyon. Dinner and overnight in Grand Canyon Village. Day 3 : Leave for Mesa Verde , a park devoted to the archeological remains of the Ancestral Puebloan civilization dating from the beginning of the Christian era. Lunch followed by a tour of this park with more than 4,000 dwellings, some in rocky alcoves high above the canyons. The most spectacular of them are around Chaplin Mesa : Cliff Palace , the largest and best known, and Spruce Tree House , containing a group of cave dwellings. Dinner (full board) and overnight in Mesa Verde Park. Day 4 : Depart for Monument Valley , where you will find yourself surrounded by dark red hills. Visit of this imposing area where numerous westerns have been filmed. This 25 mile-long and 16-mile wide desert plain overflows with gigantic sandstone monolithic structures rising high above the valley. Lunch of Navajo specialties. Afternoon jeep tour with Navajo Indians . Dinner (full board) and overnight at Moab. Day 5 : Morning visit of Arches National Park in the state of Utah, with its arid and austere landscape, where you can find over 2,000 natural arches of various shapes and sizes resulting from the erosion of red and gold sandstone. Lunch (full board). Afternoon drive to Canyonlands National Park where you will see this labyrinth of