Tour National Parks, Mount Rushmore And Little Big Horn

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A guaranteed twin or double room of your own Porterage Just You Cares in partnership with Planeterra FoundationWhen you book this holiday you are helping to support the Planeterra DinéHózhó project ’Native Grill’ - a food truck run by a local Navajo family, which you will visit. DinéHózhó aims to further integrate Navajo culture, sustainabilty, conservation and local knowledge by assisting indigenous-owned businesses in their development and connecting them to the tourist industry. Flights and hotels are subject to change and will be confirmed in your final documents

Meals

17 included meals: 15 breakfasts, 1 lunch, 1 dinner including welcome dinner and drink & farewell drink

Transport

Transportation excluding overseas transfers to and from the airport Transfer time is approx. 30 mins.

Accommodation

15 nights in hotels of a great standard The Aloft Gateway Park is located close to Denver airport, convenient for an overnight stay on arrival before departing on tour the following day. The hotel features a bar offering light meals, gym and indoor pool. Rooms are modern in style and offer TV, fridge and tea & coffee making facilities. Country Inn & Suites by Carlson, Rapid City is situated in South Dakota close to local attractions such as Badlands National Park, Jewel Cave and Custer State Park. Hotel facilities include a fitness centre, indoor pool, two hot tubs and a breakfast buffet. Bedroom facilities include cable TV, tea and coffee-making facilities, free Wi-Fi, hairdryer, iron & ironing board, refrigerator, telephone and private bathroom facilities. Located just outside of Sheridan, the Ramada Plaza by Wyndham Sheridan Hotel is a convenient base for our tour on the way to the Battle of Little Bighorn site. The hotel features a restaurant and sports bar, a pool and a gym. Rooms feature TV, coffee maker and free WiFi. The Cody is located in the heart of the American West in Cody. Hotel facilities include an indoor swimming pool, hot tub and fitness room. Bedrooms have private facilities, microwave, refrigerator, hairdryer, TV and coffee/tea-maker. Family owned and operated, CrosswindsInn is just minutes from Yellowstone National Park, and is within walkingdistance of shops and restaurants. Hotel facilities include free WiFi, anindoor pool and hot tub, plus a breakfast room offering continental breakfast.Bedroom amenities include tea/coffeemaking facilities, microwave, refrigerator and hairdryer. The Crystal Inn Hotel & Suites is in the middle of downtown Salt Lake City. Hotel facilities include an indoor swimming pool, hot tub, sauna and fitness room. Bedrooms have private facilities, air-conditioning, microwave, refrigerator, coffee-maker, iron, hairdryer and TV. Guest rooms offer amenities such as a flat screen TV and air conditioning, and free wifi. Hotel amenities include 24 hour front desk, baggage storage, and a sun terrace and a pool The Baymont Cortez is a convenient location for visiting Mesa Verde National Park, just a 15 minute drive away. The hotel features a pool and fitness centre. Rooms feature tea / coffee maker, fridge, hairdryer and free WiFi. Grand Canyon Plaza Hotel is situated in Tusayan, within reach of the Grand Canyon. Hotel facilities include a restaurant and a swimming pool. Bedrooms have private facilities, air-conditioning, hairdryer, complimentary Wi-Fi, tea/coffee-making facilities and a TV. The La Quinta Inn is close to some of Kanab’s most popular attractions, landmarks and restaurants, and offers guests an outdoor pool and hot tub, fitness centre, 24-hour front desk, free WiFi and there’s also a small onsite shop. Bedrooms feature air conditioning, refrigerator, microwave, desk, ironing amenities, television, tea/coffee making facilities and hairdryer. Horseshoe Las Vegas Hotel & Casino (formerly Bally’s Las Vegas Hotel & Casino) is situated at the heart of the Las Vegas strip. With a range of different restaurants to choose from you’ll be spoilt for choice at this hotel. From a fine dining Steak house and Nobu, Italian and Mexican, as well as, some fast food outlets. Why not enjoy a drink at the hotel bar if you want to after exploring all day, the bars have a choice of beers and cocktails for you to choose from. Or enjoy a poolside cocktail while you enjoy the warmer climates by the outdoor swimming pool if you choose to opt for some relaxation during your time here. Recently renovated air-conditioned hotel rooms ensure a relaxing and comfortable stay with a flat screen TV.

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Day 1 Day 1: Denver
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 1: Denver

Make your own way to the hotel where your Holiday Director will meet you for your welcome meeting this evening.
Day 2 Day 2: Rapid City (B,D)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 2: Rapid City (B,D)

South Dakota’s Black Hills are an impressive sight and Rapid City, where we’ll head today, is nestled on the eastern foothills. En-route we’ll call at Fort Laramie, where chief Red Cloud signed the treaty that gave much land to the Sioux. We will arrive in Fort Hays for a Chuckwagon Supper and Cowboy Music Show. The venue is located on the film set of the Oscar-winning ’Dances with Wolves’, which starred Kevin Costner.
Included meals: breakfast, dinner.
Day 3 Day 3: Mount Rushmore (B)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 3: Mount Rushmore (B)

Mount Rushmore, with its famous granite sculptures of Presidents Roosevelt, Lincoln, Washington and Jefferson, is our destination today. We’ll also take in the Crazy Horse Memorial, the world’s largest mountain carving, in progress for over 70 years. Badlands National Park is a strange and beautiful landscape of deep gorges, saw-edged spires and grassy-topped buttes - an eerie world carved out by 35 million years of wind and water erosion. We will visit the park this afternoon.
Included meals: breakfast.
Day 4 Day 4: Deadwood (B)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 4: Deadwood (B)

Our journey today takes us through the Black Hills into ’Wild West’ territory and the city of Deadwood, which was frequented many years ago by the likes of Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane. We’ll continue to Sheridan for an overnight stay.
Included meals: breakfast.
Day 5 Day 5: Little Bighorn Battlefield (B)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 5: Little Bighorn Battlefield (B)

The historic battlefield site of Little Bighorn is where General Custer and the 7th Cavalry were outfought by Crazy Horse. You can see where the soldiers fell - markers were placed only days after the battle - and absorb all the events of that fateful day on our guided tour.
Included meals: breakfast.
Day 6 Day 6: Yellowstone National Park (B)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 6: Yellowstone National Park (B)

The world’s oldest national park, Yellowstone is a wonderland of spouting geysers, terraced hot springs, boiling pools and bubbling mud pots. You may see the extraordinary Yellowstone Canyon with its waterfall twice the height of Niagara, the Fountain Paint Pots and, of course, ’Old Faithful’, which erupts every 93 minutes, during our visit. The park is also a wildlife sanctuary, with wild bears, elk and herds of buffalo roaming freely.
Included meals: breakfast.
Day 7 Day 7: Grand Teton National Park (B)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 7: Grand Teton National Park (B)

Grand Teton National Park is famed for its beautiful landscapes dominated by snow-capped peaks, serene lakes and mighty glaciers. Take in the vistas before returning to West Yellowstone.
Included meals: breakfast.
Day 8 Day 8: West Yellowstone - Salt Lake City (B)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 8: West Yellowstone - Salt Lake City (B)

Named after the Great Salt Lake, Salt Lake City was founded by the Mormons. We’ll travel here today with time in the afternoon to explore the city.
Included meals: breakfast.
Day 9 Day 9: Canyonlands National Park (B)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 9: Canyonlands National Park (B)

Today we make our way to Canyonlands National Park, an incredible rugged landscape of canyons carved by the Colorado River. The Islands in the Sky district of the park offers expansive views from many overlooks of the canyon wilderness below. Later we’ll arrive in Moab for an overnight stay where you have the opportunity to take an optional sunset jet boat ride on the Colorado River. This scenic trip gives you the chance to view the red rock cliffs from the water and is followed by a cowboy style dinner.
Included meals: breakfast.
Day 10 Day 10: Arches National Park (B)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 10: Arches National Park (B)

It’s easy to see how Arches National Park was given its name. It’s home to the world’s greatest concentration of red sandstone arches - natural rock formations carved by the elements over millions of years. We’ll discover this and more today.
Included meals: breakfast.
Day 11 Day 11: Mesa Verde National Park (B)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 11: Mesa Verde National Park (B)

Mesa Verde National Park is an archaeological masterpiece famed for its cliff dwellings. Cliff Palace, the largest of these homes carved into the rock face, has more than 200 rooms, and we’ll see it today.
Included meals: breakfast.
Day 12 Day 12: Monument Valley (B,L)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 12: Monument Valley (B,L)

Today we’ll head to Monument Valley, instantly recognisable to film-goers as the setting for many movies thanks to its spectacular and unique rock formations. Enjoy lunch at this stunning location and take in the wonderful views whilst sampling some of the Navajo-style dishes on offer. An optional, narrated four-wheel drive tour will be available today.
Included meals: breakfast, lunch.
Day 13 Day 13: Grand Canyon (B)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 13: Grand Canyon (B)

Eroded over millions of years by the ebb and flow of the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon is surely one of the world’s most intense and absorbing sights. From the South Rim, you’ll be able to admire the most incredible and spectacular panoramas, and for a bird’s-eye view, why not take an optional flight over the canyon – it’s the only way to get a real feel for the immense scale of this astounding natural wonder. Stop just outside of the National Park and enjoy a Navajo Taco from the Native Grill supported by the Just You Cares project, before continuing to Kanab. You may recognise the scenery here, as the town and surrounding desert has often been used as a film set.
Included meals: breakfast.
Day 14 Day 14: Bryce Canyon National Park (B)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 14: Bryce Canyon National Park (B)

Subtle colours, delicate spires of rock and vast natural amphitheatres are all signatures of the unique geology of Bryce Canyon National Park and we’ll discover them today. Set below an ever-changing sky, the colours of the rocks seem to continuously change with the light.
Included meals: breakfast.
Day 15 Day 15: Zion National Park (B)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 15: Zion National Park (B)

Today is a day of exploration of the sheer cliffs, deep chasms and rock formations of Zion National Park. In complete contrast to the sheer natural beauty of Zion are the bright lights of Las Vegas, which is where we’ll head next. Why not join your Holiday Director for a tour of the city by night.
Included meals: breakfast.
Day 16 Day 16: Departure (B)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 16: Departure (B)

Today it’s time to say goodbye to your fellow travelers as your trip comes to an end.
Included meals: breakfast.

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National Parks, Mount Rushmore And Little Big Horn

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Itinerary of your trip National Parks, Mount Rushmore And Little Big Horn

Day 1: Denver

Day 2: Rapid City (B,D)

Day 3: Mount Rushmore (B)

Day 4: Deadwood (B)

Day 5: Little Bighorn Battlefield (B)

Day 6: Yellowstone National Park (B)

Day 7: Grand Teton National Park (B)

Day 8: West Yellowstone - Salt Lake City (B)

Day 9: Canyonlands National Park (B)

Day 10: Arches National Park (B)

Day 11: Mesa Verde National Park (B)

Day 12: Monument Valley (B,L)

Day 13: Grand Canyon (B)

Day 14: Bryce Canyon National Park (B)

Day 15: Zion National Park (B)

Day 16: Departure (B)

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