National Parks - Grand Circle

When the national parks come as thick and fast as they do in the American Southwest, you can pack in an awful lot of variety into just ten days on the road through Nevada, Utah and Arizona. You’ll start with two fun-filled nights in the city of gambling, neon lights and entertainment – Las Vegas – before discovering an entirely different side to the USA, hopping from one scenic national park to the next on your way to the Grand Canyon. This short-but-sweet self-drive focuses on the epic landscapes you’ve seen so often in western movies, history programmes and wildlife documentaries. No sooner have you left Vegas than you’ve arrived in the ‘promised land’ of Zion National Park, where riverside hiking trails will leave you in awe of Mother Nature’s powers and creativity. Leaving the sublime beauty of Zion, you’ll explore the otherworldly, multi-coloured landscapes of Bryce Canyon National Park before cutting south towards Lake Powell, which may be man-made but is no less dramatic as a result. Unleash your inner cowboy as you strut your stuff through the iconic rock formations of Monument Valley, where countless Hollywood stars have tried to tame the ‘Wild West’. The trip wraps up with two nights at the Grand Canyon, which gives you a full day to explore its hidden depths.