Tour Visits: Las Vegas, (A)South Grand Canyon (B)West Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Ethel M Chocolate Factory, Botanical Cactus Gardens, Solvang, Hearst Castle, Yosemite National Park, San Francisco...

Departs: Every Tuesday and Saturday

Day 1: Hometown - Los Angeles
Arrive in Los Angeles, California-which is the second largest city in the United States and the entertainment capital of the world. After your arrival you will be transferred to your hotel.

Day 2: Los Angeles - Las Vegas
The bus tour will begin by traveling past the beautiful San Bernardino Mountains and the Mojave Desert where you will enjoy lunch in Barstow which is home to the U.S. Army National Training Center, Marine Corps Logistics Base, NASAs Goldstone Deep Space Network and Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railroad Yards. Afterwards the tour will continue on its journey to Las Vegas. Upon arrival, you will visit Las Vegas Blvd where many of the largest hotels, casinos and resort properties in the world are located. Later, you will check into your hotel where you will have the day at your leisure. In the evening you can take an optional night tour to see how Las Vegas comes to life after dark. You will marvel at the Fremont Street Experience located in the heart of downtown Las Vegas on the historic street that started it all. The world-famous one of a kind setting is home to Viva Vision which is the biggest big screen on the planet where you can see an incredible array of eye-popping imagery and heart pounding music. You will also enjoy the Fountains of Bellagio. This is an 8 acre artificial lake between the building and the Strip which houses a large dancing water fountain synchronized to music of opera, classical and Broadway tunes.

Day 3: Las Vegas - (A)South Grand Canyon (B)West Grand Canyon - Hoover Dam
Option A - In the morning, the bus tour will take you explore one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World-Grand Canyon National Park. The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided gorge carved by the Colorado River in Arizona and is one of the oldest national parks in the United States. Snaking along its floor are 277 miles of the Colorado River, which has carved the canyon over the past six million years and exposed rocks up to two billion years old-half the age of the Earth. In the afternoon you will return to Las Vegas for an optional show.

Option B - In the morning, the bus tour will explore the Grand Canyon West Rim. Unlike the South and North Rim, Grand Canyon West is not part of the Grand Canyon National Park. It is located on the Hualapai Indian Reservation at the western Grand Canyon corridor. The Hualapai Indian Tribe has constructed a tourist attraction that they have named "The West Rim of the Grand Canyon". You will have the option to walk on the Grand Canyon Skywalk which is a glass bridge that extends out into open space from the canyon edge. There is nothing but glass under your feet and it feels like walking out into "air" suspended 4,000 feet above the canyon floor and the Colorado River. It is an amazing sensation with 360 degree, incredible views. You may also take an optional helicopter or boat tour to see the true beauty of the Grand Canyon. You will then visit Hoover Dam which is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada. When it was completed in 1936, it was both the worlds largest electric-power generating station and the worlds largest concrete structure. (Option B tour price does not include West Grand Canyon $67 (Include Lunch) + Skywalk admission ticket $32 = $99).

Day 4: Ethel M Chocolate Factory - Botanical Cactus Gardens - Los Angeles
In the morning you will visit the Ethel M Chocolate Factory and Botanical Cactus Gardens. At the chocolate factory you can go on the self-guided tour that takes you past large windows looking directly into the factory. Each step of the candy-making process is explained on video monitors and placards outside each window. The tour ends with free samples in the Ethel M Chocolates gift shop. Then you can walk off the calories as you wander through the maze of paths at the Botanical Cactus Gardens where there are 2.5 acres of more than 350 different kinds of plants and other cacti that most people never knew existed. Afterwards the bus tour will travel to Barstow for a short break before continuing back to Los Angeles for the evening.

Day 5: Los Angeles - Solvang - Hearst Castle
In the morning the bus tour will depart from Los Angeles and travel north along the Pacific Coast Highway. This state highway runs along much of the Pacific Coast of California. It is famous for running by some of the most beautiful coastlines in the world. You will then arrive at an authentic Danish Village in Solvang, California. This is a complete Danish village with Danish architecture, restaurants and shops. Danish immigrants established this town in 1911 and chose to decorate the village and homes with architecture like their native land. Danish is still spoken amongst some of the locals. You can enjoy the villages four windmills, green copper roofs and flower-lined streets. The tour will also take you to the palatial Hearst Castle. This estate was built by newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst and is on 127 acres. It also has 56 bedrooms, 61 bathrooms, 41 fireplaces, 19 sitting rooms, gardens, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, tennis courts, a movie theater, an airfield, and the worlds largest private zoo where zebras and other exotic animals still roam the grounds.

Day 6: San Francisco
In the morning the bus tour will cross the Bay Bridge that crosses San Francisco Bay and links Oakland and San Francisco. Here in San Francisco you will explore the Golden Gate Bridge which is one of the most beautiful, and most photographed, bridges in the world. When it was completed in 1937 it was the longest suspension bridge in the world but now it is only the second longest bridge in the United States after the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City. You will also visit Fishermans Wharf which is a world famous tourist attraction that is a thriving and lively local neighborhood and commercial area. There is world class dining along a row of seafood restaurants, shopping at Pier 39, street vendors, and souvenir stores on this major fishing pier. You can even see fishermen at work, which is always a fun and unique experience. You will also visit Lombard Street which is famous for having a steep, one-block section that consists of eight tight hairpin turns. You will delight in watching cars go down one of the most crooked street in San Francisco. You will also tour the Palace of Fine Arts which is a building originally constructed for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition and is designed with Roman and Greek architecture. Also housed within the Palace of Fine Arts is the Exploratorium which is an interactive museum dedicated to science, nature, art and technology. Today this landmark serves as a performing theater and special events site. It has been home to many special events including concerts, movies, television, and educational events.

Day 7: San Francisco - Yosemite - Los Angeles
On the final day of the bus tour you will witness the beauty of Yosemite National Park which is one of the first wilderness parks in the United States and is also best known for its waterfalls. With nearly 1,200 square miles you can find the best-known collection of preserved wild lands in the California Sierra Nevada and see the striking beauty of Yosemite Valley, whose flat floor contrasts with almost vertical granite walls over which pour several major waterfalls. In addition to the Valley, Yosemite includes a vast high-mountain wilderness of mountain peaks, rivers, meadows, and groves of giant sequoia trees. In the afternoon the bus tour will travel back to Los Angeles and arrive in the evening where you will be transferred to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) for your return flight home.

• Buy 2 Get 1 Free - Please select 3 adults and 1 room.
• The free person must show up or there will be a surcharge of the childrens price for blocking an extra seat on the bus.
• The free person must share the same room.
• Prices are USD for each person.
• Itinerary is subject to change according to departure date.
• Hotels and tour prices may vary. A surcharge will be applied on weekends / long weekends. Please call us to confirm the price.

• Our normal airport pick up schedules are from 9:00 AM - 10:00 PM (Los Angeles International Airport - LAX). Off hours pick up can be arranged for an extra charge of $20 per person. If the passenger takes longer than a two hours wait time after the flight touches down, then the passenger must either arrange their own transportation to the hotel or else pay additional fees for our transfer services.
• On the final day, please arrange for your departure time after 10:30 PM from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

Price Includes:

• 6 nights hotel accommodations.
• All rates are per person per room in single, twin double, triple, or quarter occupancy inclusive of taxes. Children under 7 years of age (at start of tour) must share a room with two adults, otherwise the adult pays single room supplement.
  
• Roundtrip deluxe air conditioned bus transportation.
  
• Experienced tour leader for each tour to let you enjoy in-depth sightseeing.

• Round trip air ticket from your hometown.
• Laundry, valet, telephone calls, wines and liquors other than those specified.
• All meals and drinks during the trip, but the tour guide will arrange for it.
• All other admission fees and all other private expenses.
• Tips to guide and driver (Suggested tip: $6.00 per person, per day).
• San Francisco Bay Cruise is optional.
• IMAX movie is optional.
• Prices may change without notice.

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