Canyonlands and National Parks of America’s West

SIGNATURE EXPERIENCE

Set out on a private history tour of The Brown Palace Hotel and uncover the property’s fascinating past.

Welcome to Denver, Colorado. Be met on arrival at the airport and transfer to your hotel before a Signature Experience tonight. A welcome dinner awaits this evening.

Stay: Two Nights, Denver, The Brown Palace Hotel and Spa, Autograph Collection

• Dinner

Today will be spent exploring this fascinating city. Discover Denver's downtown area and see sights including the giant Blue Bear sculpture, historic Larimer Square and the Colorado State Capitol. Later, head to the historic city of Golden, where you’ll visit the world-famous Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre and Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave. The rest of the day has been left free for you to spend at your leisure.

• Breakfast

Board the Rocky Mountaineer in Denver this morning for your two-day journey through the incredible desert landscapes of the southwest. Enjoy breakfast on board as you take in views of the Gross Reservoir dam. Your journey continues as the train slowly gains elevation before reaching the Continental Divide. Be sure to have your camera handy as your train travels along the Colorado River, passing through a series of spectacular canyons. Disembark in the resort town of Glenwood Springs, where you’ll be transferred to your hotel for the night.

Stay: Glenwood Springs, hotel as assigned by Rocky Mountaineer (three-star accommodation)

• Breakfast
• Lunch

After a relaxing morning in Glenwood Springs, re-board the Rocky Mountaineer for another day of spectacular scenery as your train heads southeast. Continue along the Colorado River into Utah, and take in the stunning red rock formations lining the cliffs in Ruby Canyon, which is only accessible by train or from the river. After crossing over the Colorado-Utah state line, look out for Mount Peale, the highest point of the La Sal Mountains. Your Rocky Mountaineer journey then comes to an end as you arrive into Moab. Spend the rest of the afternoon exploring Arches National Park, home to more than 2,000 natural sandstone arches.

Stay: Two Nights, Hoodoo Moab, Curio Collection by Hilton

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• Dinner

FREEDOM OF CHOICE™

Hop aboard a custom 4x4 Hummer and discover Moab’s spectacular backcountry in style and comfort, head out on a river rafting adventure along a world-renowned stretch of the Colorado River, or take to the skies for a scenic flight over Arches National Park and see incredible formations such as Courthouse Towers, Delicate Arch, Devil's Garden and Castle Valley.

This morning, enjoy the chance to choose from a range of experiences. Afterwards, head to Canyonland National Park for a tour of its Island in the Sky district. The park is known for its dramatic desert landscape carved by the Colorado River, and Island in the Sky is a huge, flat-topped cliff with breathtaking panoramic viewpoints.

• Breakfast

Today, board a raft to explore the spectacular Colorado River. Beginning at the sheer walls of Glen Canyon Dam, float past iconic sights including Horseshoe Bend. As you travel gently downriver you will also see Petroglyph Beach, which features 5,000-year-old wall carvings made by the Indigenous Puebloan people who lived in the region, set beneath soaring cliffs.

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• Lunch

Journey to Bryce Canyon National Park today, seeing Horseshoe Bend from a totally different perspective of its sheer cliffs and sweeping river valley. At Bryce Canyon, be left in awe by its exquisite geological wonders, including the sandcastle-like pinnacles known as hoodoos. Continue to your lodge in Springdale, located right on the edge of Zion National Park.

Stay: Two Nights, Springdale, Cliffrose Lodge, Curio Collection by Hilton

• Breakfast
• Dinner