Go West Tours

19 USA Corinthian-style building and seat of the state of Utah’s federated government. Departure north. Lunch on your own. Arrival and western dinner in Jackson , a typical Far West city with wood houses and cowboy bars. Day 7 : Leave for Grand Teton National Park in northwestern Wyoming. Stop at Jenny Lake and the Chapel of the Transfiguration in the historic district. Enjoy a superb view of the Teton Range which rises abruptly to tower 7,000 ft above the valley floor and frames a majestic landscape of lakes, glaciers and extensive forests. Lunch. In the afternoon, first visit to Yellowstone National Park. This park will appeal to lovers of wildlife and may see grizzly bears, buffalo, deer, elk and longhorn sheep. Dinner on your own and night in Yellowstone. Day 8 : Day in Yellowstone National Park used in the past by many groups of Native Americans. You will delight in the splendid waterfalls in the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. On your tour through the park, you may see the eruption of Old Faithful, the best known of the park’s 300 geysers, along with other geological marvels like Mammoth Hot Springs and Turquoise Pool . Lunch on your own in the park. Continue to Cody, where Buffalo Bill once lived. Dinner and overnight in Cody . Day 9 : Morning drive through Bighorn National Forest in the Black Hills with its pine, spruce and fir trees. Then discover the monolithic Devil’s Tower rising dramatically 1,267 ft above the surrounding terrain. This 60-million year old volcanic chimney is composed of dark red sandstone and siltstone interbedded with shale. This formation was used in the plot of the movie “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”. Lunch. Arrival in the western town of Deadwood in South Dakota known for its wild reputation in the 19th century and the final resting place of legendary figures, Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane. You can try your luck in a local casino or have a drink in Kevin Costner’s sports bar. Dinner on your own and night in Deadwood. Day 10 : Leave this morning for Badlands National Park with its rich fossil beds and acres of sharply eroded pinnacles and spires. Bison and bighorn sheep roam one of the largest prairies in the United States. Stops to admire the scenery. Lunch on your own. Then leave for Crazy Horse Memorial in the Black Hills, the world’s largest mountain carving still in progress on land considered by the Sioux to be sacred. Once finished, the head of Crazy Horse will be 87 ft high, larger than the heads of the four U.S. Presidents at Mount Rushmore, each 60 ft high. Late afternoon free in Rapid City. Dinner and overnight. Day 11 : This morning, you will go to Mount Rushmore where the heads of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and T. Roosevelt are sculpted in the granite rock. Lunch. Then see Fort Laramie , a national historic site in the state of Wyoming. It was a 19th century trading post for furs, then an Army fort and convenient stopping point on the Oregon Trail to the West Coast. Continue to the city of Cheyenne , named for the Native American nation. Dinner on your own and overnight in nearby Rodeo. Day 12 : Drive though Cheyenne on the way to Rocky Mountain National Park . You will discover the majestic scenery of the valleys and mountains with over 60 peaks higher than 12,000 ft. In the park, you can find coniferous forests, prairies covered with wildflowers, tundra, lakes and cascades, and wildlife such as wild sheep, squirrels, marmots, moose and deer. Lunch on your own. Continue to Denver , a frontier city and inevitable stopping place for the 19th century pioneers. Dinner and overnight. Day 13 : Free time according to your flight schedule before the transfer to the airport for your return flight. Assistance with formalities.