Arrival Los Angeles

1 Day

25 km

Arrival in Los Angeles. Meet and greet by our guide and transfer to the hotel.

Los Angeles - Laughlin - Kingman

1 Day

460 km

Morning city tour. Discover Beverly Hills. The tour continues with a visit to Hollywood, strolling along Hollywood Avenue and its famous Chinese Theatre with its star-studded footprints. Then on to downtown: the business district and the Mexican Quarter. Coupon lunch at the Farmers Market. Afternoon drive to Laughlin. Crossing the magnificent expanses of the American Southwest. Stop en route at the Bagdad Café, from which the film takes its name. Dinner (PC) and overnight in Kingman, on Route 66.

Kingman - Grand Canyon - Flagstaff

1 Day

460 km

Departure for the Grand Canyon, a superb geological phenomenon. Late lunch on arrival (PC). Optional helicopter flight over the Canyon with commentary in French. Walk along the South Rim and observe one of the world's most beautiful wonders: the Grand Canyon, at an altitude of 2125 meters, is the result of millions of years of erosion by wind and water. Surrounded by a magnificent forest, the Canyon seems to be protected by this screen of greenery. The Colorado River flows more than 1,500 metres below! This will be one of the highlights of your trip. Dinner and overnight in Flagsfaff..

Flagstaff - Monument Valley - Blanding

1 Day

520 km

Drive to Page and stop on the shores of Lake Powell, at Glen Canyon Dam. Optional flight over the lake. Lunch stop. Departure for Monument Valley. You'll find yourself surrounded by blood-red hills. Visit this impressive site, the setting for many a cowboy movie. This 40 x 25 km desert plain bristles with gigantic sandstone monoliths. Optional: off-road vehicle tour with the Indians. Continuation to the Moab region. Dinner (PC) and overnight in Blanding.

Blanding - Moab - Arches NP - Vernal

1 Day

520 km

Discover Arches, home to strange rock formations that nature has fashioned into gigantic natural arches of a beautiful ochre-red color. Over time, some have petrified, while others have been sculpted and eroded by water, sun, frost and wind. The park stretches for almost 300 kilometers and includes 88 stone monuments, classified as a national site since 1971. Basket lunch during the visit. Continuation north. Dinner (PC) and overnight in the Vernal region.

Vernal - Dinosaur National Monument - Cheyenne

1 Day

590 km

This morning, discover Dinosaur National Monument, renowned for its rich fossil deposits, which include dinosaur remains from the Upper Jurassic. The site is characterized by spectacular rock formations and canyons carved by the Green River. Visitors can explore fossil exhibits along the trails, and one of the main attractions is the Bone Wall, a rock face exposing thousands of dinosaur fossils. Then it's on to Highway 40, which crosses the Colorado River from Kansas to Utah. Lunch (PC) en route. You'll drive along Rocky Mountain National Park, passing through some of the region's most famous ski resorts, such as Steamboat Springs. Continue on to Cheyenne (Rodeo Town) in the state of Wyoming. Dinner and overnight stay.

Cheyenne - Deadwood

1 Day

530 km

Drive north to South Dakota. Lunch on your own (FB). Then visit the Crazy Horse Memorial site. The finished sculpture should be 205 m long and 180 m high - the horse's head will be 70 m high, compared with 18 m for Washington's at Rushmore. Discovery of Mount Rushmore, where the faces of presidents (Wahington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt) are sculpted into the mountain. At the end of the day, you'll arrive in the western town of Deadwood, where you can try your luck in the town's casinos or have a drink in Kevin Costner's bar. Dinner and overnight stay.

Deadwood - Billings

1 Day

560 km

This morning, discover the 265-metre-high Devil's Tower in the Black Hills, where the film “Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind” was shot. This 386 m-high chimney of a 60-million-year-old volcano features solidified magma flows that were first climbed in 1893. Continuing west through Montana and the Cheyenne and Crow Indian Reservations. Lunch en route. Arrival in Billings. Dinner (PC) and overnight stay.

Billings - Yellowstone NP - Jackson

1 Day

500 km

Visit Yellowstone Park. You may witness the eruption of the Old Faithful geyser, the most famous of the park's 100 geysers. Discover this park (the oldest in the U.S.), nicknamed Yellowstone Country, home to herds of bison, deer, antelope and elk, as well as magnificent basins, geysers, hot springs and waterfalls such as Yellowstone Falls in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. Basket lunch on tour. Continue south. Dinner (PC) and overnight in Jackson, a typical Wild West town with wooden houses and cowboy bars.

Jackson - Grand Teton NP - Salt Lake City

1 Day

450 km

Discover Grand Teton National Park, a 4,199 m-high mountain range named after French-speaking trappers in the early 19th century. Covering an area of some 1,300 km2, the park boasts numerous lakes, including the 24 km-long Lake Jackson, as well as a dozen small glaciers near the range's highest peaks. Some of the park's rocks are the oldest found in any U.S. national park, dating back nearly 2.7 billion years. Continuation to Salt Lake City. Lunch en route (in FB). Arrival in Salt Lake City, a city founded by the Mormons and the capital of genealogical research. Orientation tour including Temple Square, where you can see the Mormon temple from the outside. Dinner and overnight in Salt Lake City.

Salt Lake City - Bryce

1 Day

430 km

Morning drive to Bryce. Lunch (in FB) on the way. Visit of Bryce Canyon, one of the most beautiful natural parks in Utah. This site was discovered by the Mormons at the end of the 19th century. The shapes, colors and shades of the stone and the famous Pink Cliffs change constantly from dawn to dusk. Dinner and overnight in Bryce.

Bryce Canyon - Zion National Park - Las Vegas

1 Day

400 km

Departure for the crossing of Utah's oldest park: Zion Canyon, with its cathedral-like rocks and varied wildlife. Some walls rise to over 1,000 meters. Continuation to Saint George, one of the towns founded by the Mormons. Lunch. Arrival in Las Vegas, the gambling capital of the world, like a mirage in the middle of the desert. Check-in at your hotel and free time to explore the city. Dinner (PC) and overnight at your hotel.

Las Vegas - Death Valley - Bakersfield

1 Day

610 km

Departure for Pahrump and Shoshone, through the Nevada desert. Enter California and descend to the famous Death Valley: Death Valley lies 80 meters below sea level. The landscape is so desolate that the first cowboys to cross it said: “Not a creek to drink from, not a tree to hang from”. You'll discover Badwater Point, the lowest point in the valley, Furnace Creek and the Stovepipe sand dunes. Lunch at Furnace Creek (PC). Continue to Bakersfield. Dinner and overnight stay.

Death Valley cannot be visited if temperatures reach 41 degrees Celsius, to avoid endangering passengers' health. If this is the case, we will provide an alternative tour.

Bakersfield - San Francisco

1 Day

470 km

Early morning departure for San Francisco. Lunch en route. Afternoon guided tour of San Francisco, one of the most photographed, filmed and described cities in the world... a delightful blend of history and sophisticated modernity. It's built on several hills that flow into a magnificent bay, of which the city seems to be the jewel. Visit the business district, Civic Center, Haight Ashbury, Sausalito and enjoy the Golden Gate Bridge. Dinner (PC) and overnight. 

San Francisco visit

1 Day

10 km

In the morning, set off on foot to discover Chinatown. Visit a fortune cookie factory. Then take the cable car and walk along the bay to Embarcadero. Then discover Fisherman's Wharf. Lunch of clam chowder on site. Afternoon at leisure. Dinner on your own and overnight stay.

Departure San Francisco

1 Day

20 km

Morning free to discover the city at your own pace or time for shopping. Transfer to the airport and end of this amazing trip.