This tour is a classic, but a very fast, 5 day southern Utah tour that begins and ends in Las Vegas, Nevada. The itinerary includes each of the five National Parks, Monument Valley, part of the Navajo Nation, Ancient Puebloan (Anasazi) Indians to the Mormon settlements, and beautiful scenery and State Parks along the way.

Day 1 - Las Vegas to Bryce Canyon National Park

• Spend 3 hours traveling from Las Vegas, Nevada to the entrance of Zion National Park
• Travel through the scenic wonders of Zion National Park on to
• Bryce Canyon National Park via the Scenic Byway 12 "All American Road" (approximately 1 1/2 hours)
• Enjoy the giant amphitheaters with millions of pink rock pinnacles in Bryce Canyon National Park
• Dinner at one of the local restaurants
• Overnight at or near Bryce Canyon National Park

Day 2 - Bryce Canyon/Capitol Reef/Canyonlands National Parks

• Continue traveling the "All American Road" to Escalante Petrified Forest State Park, home to large specimens of petrified wood and dinosaur fossils
• Rest stop at the Anasazi Indian Village State Park at Boulder
• Proceed north to the rugged landscape of Capitol Reef National Park, hideout for the infamous Butch Cassidy and his Wild Bunch
• Travel 3 1/2 hours to Canyonlands National Park (Moab)
• Dinner at local eatery in downtown Moab
• Overnight in Moab

Day 3 - Arches National Park/Mesa Verde National Park

• Morning tour of Arches National Park, the world's largest concentration of natural stone arches
• Travel through Monticello to view Horse Head Peak and continue on to Cortez, Colorado (approximately 2 1/2 hours)
• While in Cortez take a side trip to Mesa Verde National Park, one of the world's most well known archaeological sites (approximately ½ hour)
• Dinner at the Far View Lodge in Mesa Verde National Park
• Overnight in Cortez

Day 4 - Cortez/Four State Corners/Lake Powell/Page (Glen Canyon National Recreation Area)

• Drive an hour to Four State Corners (only point in U.S. common to 4 state corners)
• Side trip to Bluff, through the Navajo Indian Reservation to view
• Monument Valley
• Travel 2 1/2 hours to surrealistic landscapes of buttes, and peaks of Lake Powell/Page
• Dinner cruise Lake Powell as the sun sets, casting a dramatic color transformation on the red rock canyons surrounding the Lake
• Overnight in Lake Powell/Page

Day 5 - Grand Canyon South Rim/Las Vegas

• Travel 3 hours to see the grandeur of the Grand Canyon South Rim
• After a short visit to the South Rim return to Las Vegas (approximately 4 hours)

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