Your fly drive begins and ends in Salt Lake City and includes:
- Round trip non-stop Delta flights to Salt Lake City
- Intermediate 4 door car hire, including insurances and satellite navigation
- Accommodations as stated
- Personalised Road Book
Day 1 Arrive Salt Lake City
Depart the UK on your non stop Delta flight to Salt Lake City. Upon arrival, collect your rental car and drive to the Hotel Monaco Salt Lake City, where you will be based for the first two nights
Hotel: Hotel Monaco Salt Lake City
Day 02 - Salt Lake City
Combining the amenities of a major metropolitan city with the friendliness of a small mountain town, Salt Lake City is a beautiful and vibrant city. Salt Lake combines unparalleled access to natural recreation, dynamic nightlife, remarkable history and warm hospitality. Ensure you make time to visit the majestic Temple Square, which is a short walk from the hotel.
Hotel: Hotel Monaco Salt Lake City
Driving Distance 235Mi/374Km
Day 03 Day 04 - Moab & Arches National Park
Today you depart Salt Lake City and head south to Moab. Just before arrival in Moab we suggest a stop at Dead Horse Point State Park, which offers one of the most spectacular views in Utah. 2,000 feet above the Colorado River, views of red rock pinnacles, buttes and spires appear endless. Known as Utah’s ‘Adventure Capital’, Moab has become a world-renowned destination because of its surreal red rock landscapes, unique downtown and outdoor recreation opportunities. Join a jet boat trip or daily float on the Colorado River or explore red rock canyons and formations by foot, bike, jeep or horse. The recreational opportunities are endless. Moab is also known as the gateway to Arches National Park. Delicate natural sandstone arches and impossibly balanced rocks are among the amazing geological features at Arches, home to the world’s largest concentration of naturally formed rock arches, including one of Utah’s most iconic images, Delicate Arch.
Hotel: Best Western Plus Canyonlands Inn
Driving Distance 146Mi/235Km
Day 05 - Monument Valley
This morning take a small detour to visit Canyonlands National Park. Canyonlands preserves a colourful landscape eroded into countless canyons, mesas and buttes by the Colorado River and its tributaries. The rivers divide the park into four districts: the Island in the Sky, the Needles, the Maze and the rivers themselves. From there depart for the “Trail of the Ancients” with stops at Newspaper Rock and the Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum, home to the largest collection of Ancestral Puebloan pottery in the Four Corners Region. If you wish to continue your Navajo experience, enjoy a jeep tour of Monument Valley; a vast open desert region and the setting for more Western movies than any other site in the world.
Hotel: Gouldings Lodge
Driving Distance 129Mi/208Km
Day 06 - Lake Powell
Today, depart Monument Valley for Lake Powell. Spend the night at the Lake Powell Resort overlooking the man-made lake, which was created when the Glenn Canyon Dam was built in 1966. Don’t miss taking the boat trip out to Rainbow Bridge, the tallest natural bridge in the world.
Hotel: Lake Powell Resort
DrivingDistance 100Mi/161Km
Day 07 - Zion National Park
A shorter drive today as you leave behind Lake Powell and head to Zion National Park, where desert terrain and huge sculpted rock formations co-exist alongside waterfalls and blossoming gardens. When translated, Zion means the “promised land,” which is the perfect way to describe this peaceful yet dramatic landscape. Tour Zion Utah’s oldest and most visited outdoor attraction on a guided shuttle, by bike, or follow the trails on horseback.
Hotel: Zion Lodge
Driving Distance 72Mi/116Km
Day 08 - Bryce Canyon
Today’s short drive brings you to spectacular Bryce Canyon. Here you can see some of the earth’s most colourful rocks, sculpted by erosion into pillars and spires. You may choose to leave your car and take a hike along one of the many loop trails down into the Canyon and walk among the colourful stone monuments.
Hotel: Best Western Bryce Canyon Grand Hotel
Driving Distance 112Mi/180Km
Day 09 - Capitol Reef National Park
Another short drive brings you to Capitol Reef National Park. Named for the enormous rock ridge that runs for more than 150 Km through it, Capitol Reef is a very peaceful and tranquil National Park with several hiking trails and scenic drives winding through it. Features of Capitol Reef include multi-colored cliffs, twisting canyons and miles of slick rock wilderness as well as pioneer orchards.
Hotel: Capitol Reef Resort
Driving Distance 218Mi/350Km
Day 10 - Salt Lake City
Depart your hotel in Torrey and make the journey back to Salt Lake City. Once back, perhaps make time for some last minute shopping at the City Creek Mall to pick up some souvenirs of your adventure.
Hotel: Hotel Monaco Salt Lake City
Day 11 - Journey Home
Today you make your way back to Salt Lake City Airport to return your rental car and check-in for your non stop Delta flight back to the UK.
Prices
From £1,920.00 per person based on twin occupancy of Standard rooms in low season. Other prices available on request. Due to the nature of the locations featured, certain hotels are tourist class only. Park admission fees are not included.
For more information call 01243 779 737
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