4 Days Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Antelope Canyon & Lake Powell

Itinerary

Day 1: Bay Area - Las Vegas

Stop At: Casino at Excalibur, 3850 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV 89109-4324
We will depart the Bay Area in the morning and drive to Las Vegas. Along the way, you will see dramatic changes in sceneries from coastal ranges to Central Valley and then to Mojave desert. We will drive through fertile farmland, see the largest windmill farm in California and pass by Edward Air Force Base where the space shuttles used to land on several occasions and where the sound barrier was broken fro the first time in history. We will reach Las Vegas in the evening and check into the hotel upon arrival. Tonight will be to your leisure. Immerse yourself in the castle themed resort right in the middle of the Las Vegas Strip or head down the Strip and visit many other world famous themed hotels.
Duration: 12 hours

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Excalibur Hotel and Casino

Day 2: Las Vegas - Grand Canyon National Park - Horse Shoe Bend - Page/Flagstaff

Stop At: Grand Canyon South Rim, Highway 64, Grand Canyon National Park, AZ 86023
he Grand Canyon offers one of the most spectacular examples of erosion not found anywhere in the world. Canyon National Park is a designated World Heritage Site and is unmatched in the incomparable vistas that it offers to visitors on the rim. You will be dwarfed by the size of the Grand Canyon measuring 277 miles long, 10 miles wide and 1 mile deep.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Horseshoe Bend, Mile Marker 545, Highway 89, Page, AZ 86040
Continue to Horse Shoe Bend where Colorado River makes a 270 degree turn. A short walk to edge and the view is awesome, spectacular and jaw dropping.

Duration: 30 minutes

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Quality Inn or similar

Day 3: Page/Flagstaff - Lake Powell - Antelope Canyon - Las Vegas

Stop At: Lake Powell, Page, AZ 86040
Depart hotel in the morning and visit Lake Powell, a reservoir on the Colorado River, straddling the border between Utah and Arizona. It is the second largest man-made reservoir in the United States behind Lake Mead, storing 24,322,000 acre feet (30 km³) of water when full.

Optional Tours (CASH PAYMENT ONLY) :
* Lake Powell Cruise – Adult $48, Child (2-12) $35
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Antelope Canyon, Navajo Tribal Park, Page, AZ 86040
We will continue to visit Antelope Canyon ( Optional Tour). The canyon is know as a slot canyon in which rainwater, especially during monsoon season, runs into the extensive basin above the slot canyon sections, as the water rushes into the narrow passageways, over time the passageways are eroded away, making the corridors deeper and into what you would experience today. We will travel back to Las Vegas in the evening. After tour drop off at Excalibur Hotel.
Duration: 1 hour

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Excalibur Hotel and Casino

Day 4: Las Vegas - Bay Area

Pass By: San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA
In the morning, depart Las Vegas towards San Francisco. We will travel by the world’s largest solar power plant with 340,000 solar panels planted into the vast sea of sand. While crossing the Mojave Desert, you will see Edwards Air Force Base at the distance, where the sound barrier was broken for the first time in history and where US space shuttles landed on several occasions. Looking up at the sky, you might perhaps catch a glimpse of U.S. newest aircraft on training mission. Then you will pass by California’s largest windmill farm on Tehachapi Mountain. In the afternoon, you will learn about California agriculture that produces more than half of nation’s total of fruits, vegetables and nuts while travelling through the fertile Central Valley. Arrive in the Bay Area in the evening.

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.