SOUTHERNER

FLEXIBLE ITINERARY

Our routes have been carefully chosen to include the best night stops and highlights. However, as local conditions and passenger requests vary, no two trips will ever be the same. With the guidance of your Trek Leader you may modify certain nightstops and highlights to give a truly unique experience!

• Day: 1 Los Angeles & Death Valley National Park

We head out of LA on day one and our desert experience begins at the perfect winter destination: Death Valley National Park. The blistering summer heat is no more, so your camera will lap up sights like Artist's Palette, a giant egg-box of turquoise, orange and red mineral deposits, Zabriskie Point, and the immense perspectives of Dante's View, a perfect view indeed!
Accommodation: Camping included

• Day: 2-3 Las Vegas

On to an incredible man-made wonder in the desert - Las Vegas - "The City That Never Sleeps". So much leftfield stuff is part and parcel of Sin City: Caesars Palace mall attendants in full centurion garb; a mock volcano erupting through the evening and newly-weds partying on The Strip. It's brash, it's bizarre, it's brilliant. Catch a show, ride a roller coaster and enjoy its famous bright lights, casino gambling and non-stop nightlife.
Accommodation: 2 en-route hotel nights paid locally

• Day: 4-5 Grand Canyon National Park

Just when the scenery seems unbeatable, journey to the Grand Canyon, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Walk along the rim, hike down a canyon trail, or take a scenic flight; whatever the choice, it will forever create a vivid and indelible memory of this special place.
Accommodation: 2 en-route hotel nights paid locally

• Day: 6 Monument Valley

Monument Valley, a land of classic western scenery, is the Navajo Nation's greatest natural treasure. Take an optional jeep tour with the Navajo guides into remote areas made famous by scores of celebrated western movies then spend an unforgettable night in an traditional Navajo Hogan hearing secret stories and legends around the campfire.
Accommodation: Camping included

• Day: 7 Wild West Cowboy Camp

Our Wild West Cowboy Campis then calling us! Opt to mount your trusty steed and trot between the iconic saguaro cacti, with familiar curved arms and looming as high as 20 feet. Fresh from the saddle, tuck into an authentic chuck wagon dinner (that's a mobile cookhouse) before a night under a million desert stars.
Accommodation: Camping included

• Day: 8 Tombstone

You don't get much more "Wild West" tha this. Scene of the OK Corral shootout, the 'Town Too Tough To Die' sports genuine gun-slinging streets. Browse the rogue's gallery buried at Boot Hill and wet parched throats at the Crystal Palace Saloon.
Accommodation: Camping included

• Day: 9-11 El Paso & Big Bend National Park

In El Paso's San Jacinta Plaza, a gator statue stands proud. Real live ones dwelt here until 1965, and the early resident reptiles even stayed in local saloons during cold snaps! We head on to Big Bend National Park. Named for the Rio Grande's sharp twist, it's huge on hiking too. As temperatures slack off for winter, negotiate miles of dirt and paved trails snaking through the stark wilderness.
Accommodation: Camping included

• Day: 12-13 San Antonio & Texas

The barbecue was born in the Lone Star State, so follow your nose to a grill joint and order a giant rack of lipsmacking ribs. We head west for historic San Antonio and home of the Alamo, a symbol of Texan pride.
Accommodation: 2 en-route hotel nights paid locally

• Day: 14-15 New Orleans

Next is New Orleans, the place everyone loves to visit, with its exciting nightlife, great music and that special French flavour. Explore the enchanting French Quarter, ride a steamboat on the Mississippi River, enjoy traditional jazz at Preservation Hall or sample a Hurricane at Pat O'Brien's!
Accommodation: 2 en-route hotel nights paid locally

• Day: 16 Memphis

Pay your respects to The King. Elvis's Graceland estate is crammed with gold discs, sequinned jumpsuits and his final resting place. Then stroll along Beale Street to see the influences that Blues and Jazz music has had on America.
Accommodation: En-route hotel nights paid locally

• Day: 17 Nashville

We venture to the center of American country music in Nashville, Tennessee. Also known as "music City", and home to the country music institution, the Grand Ole Opry, still puts on a rocking shindig. Learn to country dance, walk the riverfront or shop at the many stores downtown.
Accommodation: En-route hotel nights paid locally

• Day: 18 Appalachian Mountains

Expect crisp skies, bumpy peaks and dreamy scenery draped in spruce as you cruise down towards the Deep South. The lush, natural beauty of the Appalachian Mountains awaits.
Accommodation: 1 en-route hotel night paid locally

• Day: 19-20 Washington DC

The nation's capital, Washington, DC is next and an evening tour of the illuminated monuments. The following day is free to explore the famous Smithsonian Museums, the Capitol Building, or even the White House itself.
Accommodation: 2 en-route hotel nights paid locally

• Day: 21 New York Area

Leaving the capital behind we head north through Pennsylvannia to the New York Area and the end of our cross country adventure. This tour is not scheduled to spend any time in New York City so make sure you book extra hotel nights and explore the sights and sounds of the Big Apple on your own. Splurge along Fifth Ave, hit the top of the Empire State Building, or soak up the trendy, laidback vibe of Greenwich Village before heading home.

Tour ends at approx 17:00 hrs in the New York Area on day 21.

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