13-Day 10 attractions in Yellowstone, Antelope Canyon, Grand Canyon West Rim, Monument Valley, Arches, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas Tour from San Francisco

$902
Per Person

  • Code: SF13-9725
  • Guided Tour
  • San Francisco

What To Expect

Overview

  • In Colorado plateau, there are many films and TV shows such as Marlboro cigarette advertising, Agam's running picture and a lot of cowboy films in the West.
  • In Las Vegas, tourists will instantly merge into the carnival atmosphere of the street and watch the biggest electronic sky screen in the world.
  • Great Salt Lake is the largest inland salt lake in Norther America, which contain more than six times salinity of the seawater, thus known as “Dead Sea of America”
  • The Monument Valley is the magic of the creator, with many film and television works as a background, such as Marlboro cigarette advertising, Agam's running picture and a large number of western cowboy films.
  • South California theme items, Disneyland / Universal Studios Hollywood / Palm Springs shopping / San Diego Seaview train, more interesting projects waiting for you to choose

Itinerary

01

Day 1: San Francisco pick-up

Please see detailed pickup and starting point information

You may arrive in SFO International Airport any time.  Our tour guide will wait for you at Information Center on the 2nd floor of terminal 2 at 10:30a.m-22:30p.m and then arrange you to take the hotel shuttle heading to the hotel.

If you arrive in SFO International Airport at 22:30p.m-00:30a.m or 4:30a.m-10:30a.m, you may contact the airport hotel by yourself and ask the hotel to send a shuttle to pick up you at the “Hotel Shuttle” area of Terminal 2.

San Francisco Airport Hotel information:

Holiday Inn SFO

Contact number: (650)873-3550

ParkPointe Hotel SFO

Contact number: (650) 589-7200.

If you arrive in SFO International Airport at 00:30a.m-04:30a.m, you need to arrange your ground transportation to get to the hotel by yourself at your own costs.

  • Holiday Inn SFO/ Park Pointe Hotel SFO or similar
  • Things to Know
    • Tips (recommended tour guide tip: $10 per person per day; Airport pickup tip: $10 per person, no tips for self check-check-in)
02

Day 2: San Francisco→Cable car→Aquarium→Berkeley University

On the designated pick-up area

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
03

Day 3: Yosemite→Los Angeles

On the designated pick-up area

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.

  • Quality Inn&Suite or similar
04

Day 4: Los Angeles →→Las Vegas →St. George (388 Miles/5.5 hours)

On the designated pick-up area

In the morning we will travel along Interstate 15 freeway, passing through the largest desert in North America: Mojave Desert. We will arrive at State Line “Fashion Outlet” to have lunch and quick shopping.(Guests of the Las Vegas delegation are not available to the itinerary above)

In the afternoon we will stop by Las Vegas to take a quick break and then head towards St. George. Stay overnight in St. George.

Mojave Desert:  Largest desert in North America, crossing four states. On the way you will see the unique Joshua trees as well as the Pacific Railroad serving as the economic vein that connects the East Coast to the West Coast. You will also pass by the mysterious “Ghost Town” during the Gold Rush era and the world’s largest solar electric power plant invested by Google.

St. George: The crossroad of Colorado Plateau and Mojave Desert, St. George is popular for winter vacation getaways and also an important stop before continue on into Utah.

  • Red Roof Inn or Similar
05

Day 5: Lower Antelope Canyon→Horseshoe Bend→Monument Valley

On the designated pick-up area

We will head toward Colorado Plateau in the morning, taking photos at the famous Antelope Canyon and Horseshoe Bend. After 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.

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.

Antelope Canyon: 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.

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.

  • UTE Mountain Casino Resort or similar
06

Day 6: Arches National Park→Canyonlands National Park→Salt Lake City

On the designated pick-up area

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. After that, we will drive to Canyonlands National Park.  Author Edward Abbey, a frequent visitor, described the Canyonlands as "the most weird, wonderful, magical place on earth—there is nothing else like it anywhere."

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.

Canyonlands National Park is a U.S. National Park located in southeastern Utah near the town of Moab. It preserves a colorful landscape eroded into countless canyons, mesas, and buttes by the Colorado River, the Green River, and their respective tributaries. The park is divided into four districts: the Island in the Sky, the Needles, the Maze, and the combined rivers—the Green and Colorado—which carved two large canyons into the Colorado Plateau. While these areas share a primitive desert atmosphere, each retains its own character. 

  • Ramada Inn SLC or similar
07

Day 7: Salt Lake City →Las Vegas

On the designated pick-up area

In the morning we will depeture to the Las Vegas.

Las Vegas Night Tour: Entire trip will be lead by our tour guide. You will visit Venetian Hotel & Casino’s indoor “sky dome”, San Marcos Square, and man-made water canals. Next you will view the “volcano eruption” show in front of Mirage Hotel & Casino. Next you will watch the giant music fountain in front of the Bellagio and admire the world's largest glassworks. Walking through the famous LINQ Commercial Street, tasting a variety of local snacks along the way, and finally arrived in the world's highest High Roller.Entire night tour lasts four hours.

  • The Strat Hotel or similar
08

Day 8: Chocolate Factory→Cactus Garden→Barstow Outlet→Los Angeles (270 Miles / 6 Hours)

On the designated pick-up area

Early morning we will head toward the M&M Chocolate factory and the Cactus Garden. At the chocolate factory you can taste some of the famous specialty chocolates. Take the included onsite tour and you can see the process of making chocolates. At the Cactus Garden you can take pictures of hundreds of cactus plants from all four US deserts. After lunch, we will go to Barstow Outlet for brand name shopping. In the early evening we will return to Los Angeles.

Chocolate Factory: Established to commemorate the mother of M&M Brand founder. Take a free tour and you can actually see how chocolates are made. You can also sample and purchase M&M specialty chocolates. The Cactus Garden next door displays a collection of more than 200 species of desert plants and over 40 varieties of unique cactus: including the rare Saguaro Cactus where every 75 years it grows one arm.

Barstow Outlet: This outlet shopping center offers famous name brands at factory direct discount prices. Some famous brands include: Coach, Nike, Ralph Lauren Polo, CK, MK, UGG,etc.

Time reference (This schedule is for under ideal conditions, in case of traffic congestion, bad weather, holidays and other special circumstances, process time will be out of):

07:30am Departure from Stratosphere Hotel

07:30am - 08:15am 45 minutes

08:15am - 09:00am Ethel M Chocolate factory 45 minutes

09:00am - 09:15am 15 minutes

09:15am - 09:45am Nutrition store 30 minutes

09:45am - 10:00am 15 minutes

10:00am - 11:00am Buffet Asian restaurant 1 hour Lunch

11:00am - 01:30pm 2 hrs 30 minutes

01:30pm - 03:30pm Barstow Outlet 2 hours

03:30pm - 6:00pm 2 hrs 30 minutes

6:00pm Arrive at Los Angeles Hotel

  • Quality Inn&Suite or similar
09

Day 9: South California theme items

On the designated pick-up area

Choose 1 from 9 options:

1. Palm Spring Outlet Shopping, Duration: 6 hours

2. Joshua Tree National Park+Sunnyland/Palm Springs town (including Joshua Tree admission, Sunnyland is closed on every Monday to Wednesday, will be replaced by the Palm Springs town), Duration: Joshua Tree National Park (3 hours) Sunnyland (30 minutes)

3. Newport Beach+Crystal Cathedral+South Coast Plaza (including Gondola cruise), Duration: Gondola Cruise (1 hour), Crystal Cathedral (30 minutes), South Coast Plaza shopping (2 hours)

4. Los Angeles City Tour (including tickets for Celebrity Mansion Tour + California Science Center), Duration: Beverly Hills Celebrity Mansion Tour (90 minutes), California Science Center (60 minutes), Hollywood Blvd Walk of Fame (30 minutes), Staple Center (15 minutes), Walt Disney Concert Hall (15 minutes)

5. San Diego City Tour (including Harbor Cruise Boat Tour + USS Midway ticket), Duration: San Diego Harbor Cruise Boat Tour (60 minutes), USS Midway (90 minutes), Balboa Park (45 minutes), Old Town San Diego (1 hour)

6. San Diego Ocean View Train (Ocean View Train Deluxe cabin ticket), Duration: Unconditional Surrender Statue (30 minutes), Ocean View Train (3 hours), USS Midway (optional, 90 minutes), San Diego Harbor Cruise Boat Tour (optional, 60 minutes)

7. San Diego Sea World (including Sea World admission), Duration: Sea World (5 hours), San Diego Harbor Cruise Boat Tour (optional, 60 minutes)

8. Hollywood Universal Studio tour (including Universal Studio admission), Duration: Hollywood Blvd Walk of Fame (20 Minutes), Universal Studio tour (7 Hours inside the Park)

9. Disneyland Theme park or Adventure Park (including park ticket), Duration: Disneyland theme park (7 hours)

  • Quality Inn or similar
  • Things to Know
    • * please pay the nanga theme project fee at the time of placing the order, which cannot be changed after confirmation. If you do not choose or do not pay, we will default to your choice of free activities, the day will not arrange any shuttle service
    • * Tour guides are not accompanied into the park of Disney theme parks, adventure parks, universal studios
10

Day 10: Los Angeles→Solvang→Apple Park

On the designated pick-up area

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.

Time reference (This schedule is for under ideal conditions, in case of traffic congestion, bad weather, holidays and other special circumstances, process time will be out of):

08:00am Departure

08:30am - 11:30am 3 hours

11:30am - 01:00pm Danish Village 1 hour 30 minutes Lunch

01:00pm - 03:00pm 2 hours

03:00pm - 03:15pm King City Rest area 15 minutes

03:15pm - 05:15pm 2 hours

05:15pm - 06:00pm Apple Park 45 minutes

Options

South California theme items (select 1 from 10 events)

Choose any one, avoid selecting San Diego related tour on the last day, the long distance travel may affect the drop off time, please understand
Hollywood and Beverly Hill
including tickets for Celebrity Mansion Tour, and transportation.
  • Adult

    $70
  • Child

    $70
Los Angeles City Tour
including tickets for California Science Center, Skyspace, Angels Flight Railway admission and transportation.
  • Adult

    $70
  • Child

    $70
Newport Beach + Crystal Cathedral + South Coast Plaza
Fee including transportation fee
  • Adult

    $45
  • Child

    $45
San Diego City Tour
including Harbor Cruise Boat Tour, Midway Carrier Admission, and transportation.
  • Adult

    $85
  • Child

    $85
San Diego Ocean View Train
Including Ocean View Train Ticket and transportation.
  • Adult

    $85
  • Child

    $85
San Diego Sea World
including Sea World Admission and transportation.
  • Adult

    $105
  • Child

    $105
Hollywood Universal Studio
Fee including Universal Studios Admission and transportation.
  • Adult

    $135
  • Child

    $135
Disneyland Theme Park
including Disney Theme Park admission and transportation.
  • Adult

    $155
  • Child

    $155
California Adventure Park
including California Adventure Park admission and transportation.
  • Adult

    $155
  • Child

    $155
Desert Hills Premium Outlets
Fee including transportation.
  • Adult

    $45
  • Child

    $45

Pick Up/Drop Off Information

Pick Up

LocationTimeAddress
SFO airport
Airport tour guide service charge is $5 per guest.
10:30-22:30San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA 941281

Drop Off

LocationTime
San Francisco International AirportProviding the last day drop off service only, please book flight after 21:00 for domestic flight and after 22:00 for international flight

Things to Know

Included/Exclude

  • Professional vehicles transportation (The type of vehicle used will be based on the number of guests attending that day)
  • Professional driver and guide (or driver-guide)
  • Hotel (Nights are one day less than the total number of tour days)
  • 12 nights hotel accommodation

  • Meals
  • Service fee ($12 per person per day)
  • Any private costs (such as hotel telephone charges, laundry etc.) and personal travel and medical insurance
  • Mandatory fees, Optional Tour Items (Prices are subject to change without prior notice; Tickets should be purchased from the tour guide)
  • San Francisco Bay Cruise: $42; Child (age 5-11) $28; Child (age 5 and below) free
  • Aquarium of the Bay: $27; Child (age 3-12) $17; Child (age 3 and below) free
  • Monument Valley Jeep Tour: $50/per
  • Mandatory fee: $90: Grand Canyon West Rim admission+American lunch+Fuel surcharge
  • Grand Canyon West Rim-Skywalk: $25
  • Grand Canyon West Rim Helicopter (without landing): $184
  • Grand Canyon West Rim Helicopter & Boat Tour: $224
  • If you choose Las Vegas Free Day activity, need to pay $30/person to tour guide for bus no-load cost "during the period of 2018.10.15-2019.4.15, you need to pay $50/ person"
  • Mandatory fee: $50 (Berkeley University+Yosemite+Cable car+San Francisco in-depth tour+Fuel surcharge)
  • [Mandatory fee] $180: Yellowstone Park + Grand Teton Park + Arches National Park + Horseshoe Bend + Canyonlands + Monument Valley + Great Salt Lake + Fuel surcharge

Booking and Confirmation Process

  • You will receive your booking information instantly via email. In the event that you do not receive an email from us, please check your spam folder or notify us via email.

Terms & Conditions

What is the cancellation policy?

Cancellation Period
Policy
7 days prior to tour departure date
Non-refundable
8 - 14 days prior to tour departure date
Refund 50% payment
15 - 29 days prior to tour departure date
Refund 75% payment
30 or more days prior to tour departure date
Refund 90% payment

What if you miss the appointed time or departure date?

Once the booking is confirmed, an absence or failure to show up on the scheduled date or time is a no-show. No refunds or reschedules will be issued for no-shows and late arrivals

Other important information

  • 1.If you have children under 3 years old, please let us know when you book the order. If he doesn’t need to occupy a seat, he is free to join the tour.
  • Optional items marked 【Must Pay】 have to be paid to tour guides by cash. If you refuse to pay those items, tour company has the right to terminate your tour without any refund.
  • The ticket price listed here is only for reference and subject to change without prior notice.
  • Under certain circumstances, such as weather and accident, tour guide has the right to reschedule the tour. Thus we don’t recommend you planing to leave the tour before it ends in case any loss caused by reschedule.
  • There are only two full-size beds in one room. If you need additional beds, please ask the front desk by yourself.
  • All rooms are non-smoking.
  • Each passengers can only bring 2 luggages, one standard check-in luggage and one carry-on luggage. Every extra luggage is charged $25.
  • Hotels can only be checked in after 15:00pm. If you want to check in by yourself, please arrange your time well.
  • Some hotels of LA and Yellowstone National Park require passengers to provide credit card for pre authorization deposit when check in.
  • Under certain force majeure, such as weather, 1. Grand Canyon South/West Rim will be replaced by the Lake Mead and Premium Outlet; 2. Antelope Canyon will be replaced by the Grand Dam and Lake Powell; 3. Yosemite National Park will be replaced by the Paso Robles Chateau and Santa Barara. Relevant expenses should be paid to the tour guide.
  • All optional items have to be purchased through the tour guide. You are not allowed to purchase those items from any other channels.
  • For bus tours more than 3 days, you can reserve seats for first five rows, $10/person/day. If you need, please let us know when book the order and make extra payment.
  • During holidays and Las Vegas’ convention and exhibition, hotel expenses will be raised. We will contact you to make extra payment.
  • In some Yellowstone National Park tours, roommate pairing service is only applicable for male passengers.
  • For hotel upgrated package, roommate pairing service is not applicable.
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