11-Day Grand Canyon options, Pima Air & Space Museum, Yosemite NP, Monument Valley, Arches National Park, White Sands N.P, White Sands N.P, San Francisco Tour from Las Vegas

Day 1: Free time for a day trip to the South Canyon or West Canyon at your own expense

Grand Canyon National Park

Grand Canyon West Rim

Grand Canyon South Rim

You may choose to visit Grand Canyon National Park or Grand Canyon West Rim at your own costs.

Option 1: Grand Canyon National Park

South Rim of Grand Canyon  - It is one of seven natural wonders in the world. If you choose to go to South Rim, you will see the grand view of Grand Canyon at Mather View Point. The South Rim of the Grand Canyon is the most visited location at Grand Canyon National Park. The Scenic views and vista's are what you are expecting and have been waiting a lifetime to see.

Option 2: Grand Canyon West Rim

West Rim of Grand Canyon  - It is located in the Indian Reservation area. For centuries, the Hualapai Indians have guarded this mystical land. Grand Canyon is 6,000 feet deep, with the Colorado River quietly flowing through at the bottom, giving it life.  At west rim, there you will visit the famous “Eagle Point” landmark and pay a fee to go on the amazing, man-made “Sky Walk” if you choose to. Then we travel to “Guano Point” landmark for an incredible view of the Grand Canyon. If you want the best view, you can pay a fee and take the popular “helicopter tour” flying over the entire, majestic canyon.

• The Strat Hotel or similar

Day 2: Antelope Canyon→ Horseshoe Bend→Lake Powell

Horseshoe Bend

Lake Powell

Lower Antelope Canyon

We will head toward Colorado Plateau in the morning, taking photos at the famous Antelope Canyon and Horseshoe Bend. After lunch, we will head toward Lake Powell, stopping by the Glen Dam to overlook the tranquil Lake Powell

Colorado Plateau: The only desert plateau in the United States. After years of erosion from the Colorado River, some of the most stunning nature sceneries had formed here. Red Rocks arches and mesas decorate this vase landscape with their brilliant colors.

Glen Canyon Dam, Lake Powell: Lake Powell is the second largest artificial water reservoir in the U.S. and it also marks the starting point of the Grand Canyon. See the depth of the Lake Powell as we travel across the Glen Canyon Dam.

Antelope Canyon(Optioanl): One of the most recognizable and famous natural landscapes in the world and a must see for photography enthusiast. Millions of years of flash flood and natural erosion gifted us these slot canyons, with their smooth wavy curves and gorgeous colors from the sandstone; it truly is a wonder of nature.

Horseshoe Bend: Carved by the Colorado River, you can witness the water slowly flowing pass underneath your feet in this horse shoe shape bay as you stand above it on the edge of the cliff.

• Lake Powell Resort & Marinas or similar

Day 3: Monument Valley→ Arches National Park→ UTE mountain

Arches National Park

Monument Valley

Every minute and every second subtle change of Lake Powell morning sunlight with canyon walls formed such unique scenery for the tourists. later, we will visit the Monument Valley, which is the core of American western Indian culture. Many western cowboy style movies have been shot here. Visitors can pay a fee to take the jeep tour to have a closer visit. And also we will go to the world's largest concentration of sandstone arches - Arches National Park, where only documented record arches have as many as 2000. The Delicate Arch is looked like a landmark of Utah, even the entire West Coast National Park. Our tour guide will lead visitors walk close to Delicate Arch, enable everyone to touch it personally and take pictures of it. Overnight in UTE mountain.

Monument Valley: A summary of all the beautiful landscape on the Colorado Plateau, see the Navajo Sandstone pillars and monument rocks erected across the land. This place had been the backdrop of countless Western movies and TV commercials. You'll even be able to travel on the same road that "Forrest Gump" had run through on his cross-country trek.

Arches National Park: Nature created this marvelous location from sandstones and underground salt layers with nothing but wind and water. The most concentrated area in the world for naturally formed sandstone arches, you can also see all kinds of different unique shape rocks and see one of the most well-known landmarks of Utah, the Windows Arches.

• UTE Mountain Casino or similar

Day 4: Four Corners Monument → Gallup→Albuquerque

Four Corners Monument

Morning, we will go to the monument, which is the only one four states intersection in the United States of the United States to visit this monument only the junction of four states, enjoy panoramic views of the Colorado Plateau. At the end of the day, we are going to the city called "Indians center" - Gallup. It is in the center position of the local Indian tribe, with a deep Indian culture and customs

Albuquerque is the city of the world's most suitable hot air balloon since the perfect geographical environment and climate environment. The museum shows the history and development of hot air balloons since 1783 and the status quo.

• Quality Inn & Suites or similar

Day 5: White Sands N.P→ Tucson Pima Airspace Museum→ Mission San Xavier del Bac→ Tucson

White Sands National Monument

Pima Air and Space Museum

At the beginning of the day, we will visit the beautiful white sand national park, boarded the hills, extremely wild, white waves rolling, heaven and earth vast, will not help lament the great nature of the great. After that, we going to Tucson Pima Airspace Museum, all passengers will have a chance to take a tram tour (optional) sightseeing the largest exhibition of US military airplanes in this museum. One of the major highlights of this trip is Mission San Xavier del Bac, which is the oldest church in the southwestern of US with three hundred years history. It has the most typical of Spanish architecture style, and its white appearance in the desert is exceptionally striking。 Arrived in the evening from the nearest city of Mexico - Tucson. Overnight Tucson

White Sands National Park: Located in New Mexico, one of the world's most famous natural wonders. Here, the huge wavy gypsum dunes cover about 300 square miles of desert areas. The dunes have been constantly changing, from growth to reach the vertex, and then slumping, the desert continues to advance, covering everything on its way forward.

The Pima Air & Space Museum(Optional) is one of the largest non-government funded aviation and space museums in the world! Featuring over 300 historical aircrafts, from a Wright Flyer to a 787 Dreamliner. Sitting on 80 acres the museum opened its doors to the public in May of 1976. Over the past forty years, the museum has grown immensely and today encompasses five indoor exhibit hangars (two dedicated to WWII). Docent-led walking tours and museum ground Tram Tours are offered daily. The museum is the exclusive offeror of bus tours of the 2,600-acre “Aircraft Boneyard”/U.S. military and government aircraft storage facility, Monday-Friday, non-federal holidays only.

• Best Western Plus or similar

Day 6: Kartchner Caverns S.P→ Saguaro N.P→ Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum→ Phoenix

Saguaro National Park

Phoenix

At the beginning, we will going to Arizona's most famous natural wonders - Carlsbad Cavern National Park， the caves; will make you sincerely lament the nature of the wonderful Words. Then the tour going to the Saguaro National Park, and to see hundreds difference of saguaro. Later, you have an optional for the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Overnight in Phoenix.

Carlsbad Cavern National Park: The most beautiful cave in the United States by the "United States today readers choose". The stalactite cave was discovered in 1974 by the world, so far in good shape, not a trace of damage, the cave landscape is amazing. There are national park professionals in the cave to introduce the characteristics and wonders of the stalactite cave.

Saguaro National Park is a United States national park in Pima County in southeastern Arizona. The park gets its name from the saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea), a large cactus that is native to the Sonoran Desert and that does not grow naturally elsewhere. Rincón—as in Rincon Mountains, Rincon Creek, and Rincon Valley—is Spanish for corner, and refers to the shape of the mountain range and its footprint. The name Tucson derives from Papago-Piman words cuk ?on, meaning dark spring or brown spring. Tank or Tanique refers to a small artificial pool behind a dam that traps runoff in an existing natural depression.

The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum(Optional) is a 98-acre (zoo, aquarium, botanical garden, natural history museum, publisher, and art gallery founded in 1952. Located just west of Tucson, Arizona, it features two miles of walking paths traversing 21 acres of desert landscape. It is one of the most visited attractions in Southern Arizona. This museum focuses on the interpretation of the natural history, plants and animals of the Sonoran Desert. The museum is home to more than 230 animal species and 1,200 varieties of plants. It is open every day through the year, and hosts nearly 400,000 visitors annually, including visitors from abroad.

• Holiday Inn & Suite Phoenix Airport North or similar

Day 7: Phoenix→Sunnylands→Palm Springs Shopping→Los Angeles

Desert Hills Premium Outlets

Arizona State Capitol

Today we will drive to the Arizona State Capitol and have a city tour in Phoenix. A.Later, we are going to the resort manor - Sunnylands. The 200-acre desert resort has been expanded to become the most famous architectural and cultural heritage of the United States. In history, there have been a number of US presidents in this meeting with foreign dignitaries and other activities. We will visit and take pictures at the visitor center. After that, we will drive to Desert Hill Premium Outlets, with hundreds world level discounts luxury brand shop and factory shop. You can find almost any brands you can think of in there. This shopping center in order to hope to satisfy your shopping needs, but also gives you more different products. In the evening, we will take you back to your home.

Phoenix: The State capital of Arizona, and also the largest city of AZ. the population is more than other states capital. while it is the ninth largest state capital in the United States, and one of the fastest growing cities in the United States. the climate of Phoenix is very dry, the annual average temperature ranks first in the United States major cities, and it is a famous tourist destination. Domestic tourism resources are rich, many attractions.

Sunnylands: also known as Annenberg Estate, is the most famous international conference center in the United States, more known as the "West Camp" in the United States. Sunnylands has received many important figures, including seven US presidents, Queen of England and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The manor consists of main building, guest area, 3 guest houses, a private 9-hole golf course and 11 artificial lakes. The main building has an art exhibition organized by the Ann Arbor family, including 50 works by Picasso, Van Gogh, Andrew Wise and Monet.

Desert Hills Premium Outlets: Largest outlet in the Southwest region of U.S. and fill with discount stores from different brands. Brand names from around the world – From Burberry, Gucci and Giorgio Armani, to Prada, Dior and Dolce, you’ll find all kinds of different top of the world brand name stores here. Of course, there will also be popular brands such as Gap, Levis, Polo, CK and Timberland. Shop ‘til you drop!

• Best Western Plus, or Quality Inn, or Lincoln Hotel, or Similar

Day 8: Los Angeles→Solvang→Apple Park→San Francisco

Solvang

Silicon Valley

California State Route 1

In the morning, the tour group will head north towards Solvang along California golden Pacific coast. Upon arrival, you are able to have a drink of a gourmet European coffee and have a world-famous Danish cookie. After lunch, the group will keep going north along world famous California PCH #1 towards to the world famous "science and technology capital" - Silicon Valley, visited the famous apple company's spacecraft building, arrived in San Francisco at night and spent the night in San Francisco.

Solvang village is located in the territory of Santa Barbara County in central California, USA. It is a simple, pocket town with typical Nordic scenery. The town houses picturesque Danish buildings, Danish windmills, Danish food, wines and Danish handicrafts.

Apple Park is the corporate headquarters of Apple Inc., located at 1 Apple Park Way in Cupertino, California, United States. Its circular design and extreme scale have earned a media nickname of 'the spaceship’. Located on a suburban site totaling 175 acres, it houses more than 12,000 employees in one central four-storied circular building of approximately 2,800,000 square feet. Steve Jobs wanted the whole campus to look less like an office park and more like a nature refuge. Eighty percent of the site consists of green space planted with drought-resistant trees and plants indigenous to the Cupertino area, and the center courtyard of the main building features an artificial pond.

Apple Park Visitor Center is a two-story 20,135 sq. ft. structure with four main areas: an Apple Store featuring Apple-branded merchandise (T-shirts, hats, tote bags, post cards) not sold at regular Apple stores, a 2,386 sq. ft. café, an exhibition space which currently showcases a 3D model of Apple Park with augmented reality, and a roof terrace overlooking the campus. It opened to the public on Nov. 17, 2017.The estimated cost of the center is $80M.The property at 10600 N. Tantau (NE corner of Tantau and Pruneridge) is across the road from the campus proper and abuts a Santa Clara residential neighborhood.

• Holiday Inn SFO/ Park Pointe Hotel or similar

Day 9: San Francisco→Cable car→Aquarium→Berkeley University

University of California Berkeley

Union Square

Lombard Street

Palace of Fine Arts

The Golden Gate Bridge

The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption

You can join our Extensive City Tour. This in-depth tour of the city will bring travelers to other famous sightseeing points in SF, such as: Cable Car, Lombard Street, City Hall, St. Mary's Cathedral, and Chinatown in San Francisco. After city tour, SF self-dismiss travelers may leave the tour at Fisherman's Wharf - Pier 39. We will stop by the famous Fisherman's Wharf - Pier 39, you will have a chance to taste the local delicious seafood and take a boat ride (Optional) around the beautiful SF Bay area and enjoy the scenic views of the SF City Skyline, Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz Island and the special pier with hundreds of joyful sea lions. 

The University of California, Berkeley is a public research university located in Berkeley, California. Founded in 1868, Berkeley is the flagship institution of the ten research universities affiliated with the University of California system and is ranked as one of the world's most prestigious universities and the top public university in the United States. For 2017–18, the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) ranked Berkeley 5th in the world and 1st among public universities. Berkeley is also ranked 18th internationally among research universities in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, 6th in the 2017 Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings. It is additionally ranked 4th internationally (1st among public universities) by U.S. News & World

San Francisco: this California’s culture capital is located at the tip of the San Francisco Peninsula, therefore three sides surrounded by water. Furthermore, the peninsula was consisted of 43 hills, so the city’s streets and buildings are in concordance with those natural slopes. The most distinguished feature of San Francisco is its perfect weather, as well as its culture tolerance.

• Quality Inn or similar

Day 10: Yosemite→Los Angeles

Yosemite National Park

Yosemite Waterfall

El Capitan

Half Dome

Bridalveil Falls

In the morning, the group will tour the Yosemite national park which is famous for its colossal granite rocks, spectacular waterfalls, and glacier formed U-Shaped valley. You will have a chance to see the Yosemite waterfall, the El Capitan and Tunnel View Point. After the lunch, the group will drive through the richest California Central Valley before heading back to Los Angeles.

Yosemite waterfall: the second highest waterfall in North America, comprises three sections, all combined together with an amazing drop of 720 meters.

El Capitan: It is the largest integral granite rock in the world, and the ultimate challenge for those rock climbers.

Tunnel View Point: the best spot to appreciate the Glacier formed U-shaped Yosemite Valley. Standing at the rim, you are able to see the Half Dome, which is the icon of California and the well-known sporting goods brand name “North Face”, Bridal Veil Falls, three sentinel rocks and so on.

Mandatory Fee $10 pre person, including Yosemite National Park admission, transportation and Fuel Surcharge.