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Santa Fe do Motorcoach Route N.P. ra 3 Valley, Lake Powell Newlo AlbuquerquAir Routee o Tex. Arizona C Utah Antelope Slot Canyon Experience Rail Route N.M. OPTIONAL TOUR Colorado PRE-TRIP EXTENSION Wyoming Utah Arches N.P. Rock Mtn. Day 8-9 / Bryce Canyon 11 Days from $3295 N.P. 3 11 Days from 3 Moab $2795h Denver HOTEL Best Bryce Canyon Grand Hotel Nevada tour withCany onlandsairfare from Kans. tour Only or similar N.P. Uta Minneapolis–Saint Paul Colorado Mesa Silverton INCLUDED TOURS Grand Canyon, 2 Bryce Canyon Verde Durango Zion N.P. N.P. Lake Powell 2 Durango POST-TRIP EXTENSION Page 2 Day 10 / Salt Lake City, Utah 1 Salt Lake City IT’S INCLUDEDAntelope Canyon o HOTEL Little America Hotel or similar rad Colorado olo Navajo Bridge Utah INCLUDED TOURS Bryce Canyon C Neveada • Choose to purchase Grand Circle’s Circle Program Director (assigned to no Santa Fe Grand Canyon N.P. airfare, and your airport transfers, Newmore Mexic thaon 42 travelers)Albuquerque 3 Tex. governmentArizona taxes, fees, and airline fuel Utah • Gratuities on your main trip forN local.M. surcharges are included. Or, make your guides and motorcoach drivers own air arrangements Day 11 / Depart Salt Lake City • Personal headset on all included and • Accommodations for 10 nights in optional tours comfortable rooms with private baths • Private motorcoach land travel POST-TRIP OPTION: • 22 meals: 10 breakfasts, 7 lunches, and 5 • Baggage handling for 1 piece of luggage SALT LAKE CITY & SANTA FE dinners per person, including tips 4 NIGHTS POST-TRIP $1295 • 12 included features: 9 guided tours and 3 •  5% Frequent Traveler Credit toward exclusive Discovery Series events: James your next trip—an average of $216 Ranch visit • Navajo Code Talker discus- sion • Navajo culture discussion • Exclusive services of a local Grand

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Group Size including uneven walking surfaces such trails, steep inclines, steps, and rocky as unpaved paths, steep hills, stairs, and terrain • A maximum of 42 travelers, led by a local stones Grand Circle Program Director • Travel by 55-seat motorcoach • We reserve the right for Program Pacing Directors to restrict participation, or Climate • 5 locations in 11 days, including 1 single- in some circumstances send travelers • Daytime temperatures range from night stay home, if their limitations impact the 50-92°F during touring season group’s experience • 6 days features 6-8 hours of travel by • June-August are the warmest months motorcoach Terrain & Transportation • Nighttime temperatures can fall to Physical Requirements • 3 full days at altitudes between 5,000– 30-50°F 9,000 feet • Walk 1 mile unassisted and participate in 3-4 hours of physical activities daily, • Uneven surfaces, including unpaved

YOUR ITINERARY

Day 1 / Arrive Durango, Colorado navigate the forests and mountain passes Balanced Rock, a 128-foot stone pillar featur- Travel to Durango today, where you’ll meet of San Juan National Forest, arriving in ing a slick boulder perched upon a narrow your local Grand Circle Program Director, as Silverton in the early afternoon. Then, stone pedestal. well as your fellow travelers, at your hotel. depart for Moab, arriving this evening. Following your visit to the park, you’ll return Doubletree Hotel Durango or similar B—Sleep Inn & Suites or similar to Moab, where the balance of the day is at leisure. Day 2 / Durango • Mesa Verde Day 4 / Moab • B—Sleep Inn & Suites or similar Set off to Mesa Verde National Park to expe- After breakfast, you’ll set out for an included rience a unique cultural landscape through tour of Arches National Park, a whimsical Day 5 / Moab • Canyonlands National the best preserved archaeological site in collection of more than 2,000 awe-inspiring Park the . More than 1,000 years red sandstone arches, precariously balanced Depart this morning for Canyonlands ago, these cliffs were occupied by a group rocks, and rugged monoliths. Everywhere National Park, the largest national park in of people who built complex stone villages you turn your head in the park, there’s a Utah. Here, you’ll travel to the “Island in the sheltered in recesses and alcoves high along physics-defying sight to take your breath Sky,” a 1,500 foot tall mesa where you’ll enjoy the sheer walls. The area remained occu- away, including Delicate Arch, a lone, an unforgettable panorama of , pied for about 700 years. Native tribes have free-standing 65-foot loop of rock standing spires, , gorges, hoodoos, and , long known of this site—as many as 24 Native guard at the precipice of a sandstone fin, and American tribes can trace their ancestry to the cliff-dwellers—but the area was brought to worldwide attention when Europeans first beheld them in the 1800s.

EXCLUSIVE DISCOVERY SERIES EVENT This evening, visit James Ranch, an organic family-run farm and ranch, where you’ll learn about its history and savor a dinner made from farm-fresh ingredients. B,L,D—Doubletree Hotel Durango or similar

Day 3 / Durango • Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad • Moab, Utah Travel to historic Silverton aboard a vintage coal-fired train via the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. Enjoy breathtaking views of the Colorado high country as you

For reservations and information 1-800-597-2452 • press 2 www.gct.com/nps2019 Your itinerary continued Powell’s lovely scenery featuring dramatic endangered condor. rock formations soaring out of the water. squeezed into 527 square miles of unspoiled Tonight, savor a taste of the West at The afternoon is yours, or join an optional desert, backdropped by the snowcapped La Ebenezer’s Barn, where you’ll enjoy dinner Antelope Slot Canyon Experience. Sal Mountains in the distance. Gaze in awe and a cowboy show. at the primeval maze of desert landscape EXCLUSIVE DISCOVERY SERIES EVENT B,L,D—Best Western Bryce Canyon below, trisected by the meeting of the This evening, enjoy an insightful discussion Grand Hotel or similar Colorado and Green Rivers. A boxed lunch is led by a local member of the Navajo tribe over included during your tour. dinner at your hotel. Day 10 / Bryce Canyon • Salt Lake City B,L—Sleep Inn & Suites or similar B,L,D—Courtyard by Marriott or similar Discover Bryce Canyon this morning, and witness the national park’s hundreds of Day 6 / Moab • Goosenecks State Park Day 8 / Page • Grand Canyon • Bryce stunning, color-stained rock spires (known as • Monument Valley • Page, Arizona Canyon hoodoos) and fluted walls. This morning, bid farewell to Moab as you Marvel at the spectacular scenery as you Tonight, enjoy an included Farewell Dinner set off for Page, Arizona. On the way, you’ll travel toward Bryce Canyon today—stopping in Salt Lake City. travel past the meandering river canyon en route for a visit to the North Rim of the B,L,D—Little America Hotel or similar of Goosenecks State Park, stop for lunch at Grand Canyon, which is wilder and more scenic Goulding’s Lodge, and travel by the pristine than the commercialized South Rim. fantastical red sandstone formations and Enjoy lunch in the Day 11 / Depart Salt Lake City wide mesas of Monument Valley. amidst the incredible views, then continue Transfer to the airport and return home today. Or, begin your post-trip extension EXCLUSIVE DISCOVERY SERIES EVENT on your way to Bryce Canyon, arriving later to Salt Lake City, Santa Fe & Taos. Then, travel to Kayenta, where you’ll meet a today for an included dinner. B veteran Navajo Code Talker. He’ll share his B,L,D—Best Western Bryce Canyon tale of how he served in the Pacific theater of Grand Hotel or similar World War II, using the to communicate with fellow Marines in a code Day 9 / Bryce Canyon • Zion National that the Japanese were never able to crack. Park After your discussion, you’ll arrive at your Spend the day exploring Zion National hotel later today. Dinner tonight will be on Park, which encompasses the crossroads of your own. the , Colorado , and B,L—Courtyard by Marriott or similar . See where red desert rocks mingle with crystal rivers, aspen forest, Day 7 / Page • Lake Powell • Optional and lush green canyons at this truly unique Antelope Slot Canyon Experience intersection of life zones, and don’t forget This morning, embark upon a boat tour of to keep an eye on the sky—Zion is home to Antelope Canyon, cruising through Lake golden eagles, peregrine falcons, and the rare

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