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Day 3 – Acoma Sky City - Santa
Fe, NM
Early morning tour of Acoma Sky City, the oldest continuously
inhabited Pueblo village in North America, dating back to around
1100 AD. Boxed lunches
for trip from Acoma to Santa Fe.
Travel to Santa Fe and spend the afternoon on the Plaza.
There are many historical sites and museums, fine art
galleries, shops and restaurants and night life on and near the
Plaza.
Day 4 – Bandelier National
Monument tour
Morning tour to Bandelier National Monument.
Bandelier has been inhabited off and on for 10,000 years.
Permanent habitation and the construction of dwellings carved
out of the soft volcanic tuff started around 1150 AD and ended with
the Colorado Plateau abandonment around 1350 AD.
Day 5 – The “Great Houses” of
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Chaco Canyon was a major center of Anasazi ancestral Puebloan
culture, a hub for trade, ritual, and administration for the Four
Corners area from AD 850 to 1150.
This secluded canyon preserves the magnificent ruins of the
ancient monumental buildings, kivas, astronomical alignments, and
Chaco’s ancient system of roads, irrigation canals, and dams.
The sites are part of the sacred homeland of the Puebloan
people. Boxed lunches
provided.
Day 6 – Mingle with Monuments of
Nature
Travel from Farmington to Four Corners where Arizona, New Mexico,
Colorado and Utah come together at one point.
From there we travel to Monument Valley, the most famous and
most photographed stone monuments in North America.
Many John Ford and John Wayne western movies were shot here
in the past. It is still
home to many Navajo who live and raise sheep in the valley.
Day 7 – Tour through Antelope
Canyon
View the sunrise over Monument Valley, then travel across the Navajo
Indian Reservation to Page, AZ, where we will get a Navajo guided
tour of Antelope Canyon.
One of the most photographed landscapes in the U.S., Antelope Canyon
is a slot canyon located in the high sandstone desert of Northern
Arizona, near the Glen Canyon Dam.
Rental tripods are available from the tour operator.
The photo opportunities here are unsurpassed.
From Page we travel through miles of classic scenic Southwest
on our way to Zion National Park, with a spectacular drive into Zion
Canyon.
Day 8 – Explore Zion National
Park
In the morning we will travel into Zion Canyon National Park.
Shuttles are available every seven minutes to take us to the
north end of Zion Canyon for some hiking at the bases of the
monolithic Navajo Sandstone cliffs which surround the canyon floor.
Cliffs, springs and waterfalls and natural bridges are
visible along the trails.
Travel through the Virgin River Gorge on our way to fabulous Las
Vegas, Nevada. Overnight
on the fabulous Las Vegas Strip.
The tour ends upon check in at the hotel.
The first night at the hotel is pre-paid.
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