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Pioneer Adventures of the Old West

8 Days

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Tour Description

Unlock your pioneer spirit of the Old West on this US National Parks Tour. Sunny Scottsdale welcomes you to Arizona. Explore bohemian Sedona, then board a scenic train through the Kaibab Forest en route the UNESCO-listed Grand Canyon National Park, before experiencing majestic Page and Lake Powell. Enjoy a picnic lunch in Zion National Park and head to Bryce Canyon, home of the ghostly hoodoos.

Priced From:

$ 5787pp *

From: 2026-04-12

To: 2026-09-27

Start Location: Phoenix (AZ), United States Of America

End Location: Las Vegas (NV), United States Of America

Trip Type: Family Experience

Tour Advisors

Tiffany McCrea-Lennon

Managing Director

Russell Mein

Travel Specialist

Caitlin Lennon

Travel Coordinator

Michelle Baldwin

Travel Specialist

Gaylyn Murdoch

Administration Manager

Holly Skene

Travel Co-ordinator

Kim Thomas

Broker

Itinerary

Enjoy a Scenic Ride to Scottsdale
Day 1
Duration: 1
Accommodation: Sonesta Suites Scottsdale Gainey Ranch
Howdy folks! Arrive in Phoenix and transfer to Scottsdale on your own. You can spend the afternoon at leisure before meeting your new travel partners for dinner.
Roam Red Rock Country Connect with Locals
Day 2
Duration: 1
Accommodation: Grand Canyon Railway
Your trek through America's frontier history begins in the Sonoran Desert. Stampede through the luminous orange and red landscapes of Sedona with your choice sightseeing. Then, it’s on through Oak Creek Canyon to the historic railroad town of Williams, where you’ll Connect With Locals and enjoy a Be My Guest experience dinner hosted by the owners of a local western restaurant.
Explore Flagstaff Stays With Stories
Day 3
Duration: 1
Accommodation: Grand Canyon Railway
Discover all that Flagstaff has to offer today. Head to Walnut Canyon National Monument to spot cliff dwellings and learn all about the Sinagua people who lived here over 800 years ago. Enjoy a scenic self-guided 0.9-mile loop trail that allows visitors to explore the dwellings up close, as well as breath-taking views of the canyon and its diverse plant and animal life. Enjoy lunch on your terms in downtown Flagstaff before you Dive into Culture at the Museum of Northern Arizona learning all about the cultural heritage of the Colorado Plateau over a guided pottery-making class. The remainder of your evening is free for you to explore Route 66 just steps away from your hotel.
All Aboard the Old West Train
Day 4
Duration: 1
Accommodation: National Park Lodges Grand Canyon
Cut dirt and board your train to the Grand Canyon for some Family Fun, passing the vanilla-scented Ponderosa Pines and through the Kaibab National Forest. Tales of Old West legends are brought back to life as they travel with you along the rugged landscapes. We arrive at the UNESCO-listed Grand Canyon, one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. Walk the rim and learn from a Local Specialist how this extraordinary feat of nature developed over the past 40 million years.
Explore Desert View and Page Make Travel Matter
Day 5
Duration: 1
Accommodation: Lake Powell Resorts & Marinas
Enjoy a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience as you visit Desert View's Pueblo-style Watch tower and support the Grand Canyon Conservancy and their development of the Desert View Inter-Tribal Cultural Heritage Site. Enjoy lunch on your own in Page before heading over to the iconic Horseshoe Bend. You'll witness the Colorado River carving through the red rock canyons with sweeping vistas as far as the eye can see. Afterward, you can choose to join a Navajo Local Guide for a tour through one of the magical slot canyons surrounding the region. In the evening, join an optional MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience at Red Heritage, a Navajo owned and operated Native American Performing Arts Theatre, for a show of powwow dancing, flute playing and live drum music while enjoying a tasty dinner.
Journey to Zion National Park
Day 6
Duration: 1
Accommodation: Best Western Plus Ruby's Inn
Explore yet another great natural triumph in Zion National Park by shuttle or on foot. Connect to history following in the footsteps of Native Americans and the earliest pioneers. Immerse yourself in Zion's vibrant landscapes, where lush vegetation lines winding rivers, seasonal waterfalls cascade down canyon walls, and towering white and pink sandstone cliffs soar overhead. Perhaps challenge yourself with a hike to the Emerald Pools before continuing your adventure to the red-orange-pink-hued hoodoos of Bryce Canyon, your final stop for today. Continue the fun over an optional barbeque dinner at Ebenezer's Show and Dinner feasting on salmon, flat iron steaks and grilled chicken and tasty sides while taking in an energizing live country music show.
Get Immersed in Colourful Bryce Canyon
Day 7
Duration: 1
Accommodation: Best Western Plus Ruby's Inn
Take your seat in an amphitheater of the must-see, towering sandstone spires of Bryce Canyon. Bask in these pink, orange and rusty-red limestone spires, known as hoodoos, that seem to rise from the desert floor. Explore the rim, learning how the canyon was formed over millennia by the erosion of sandstone and limestone, before spending the afternoon at leisure. Choose to blaze your own trail on a one-hour horseback ride in the Dixie National Forest, climbing Bristlecone Pine Ridge with 1,500-year-old Bristlecone Pines (one of the oldest living things on the North American continent). Your adventure through the Old West almost at its end, you get gussied up for dinner.
Farewell to the Old West
Day 8
Duration: 1
Hoodoos to your back and high-living ahead, depart on the last leg of your journey to Las Vegas with a stop in St. George, Utah for lunch on your own. You'll be transferred to Las Vegas International Airport, or your hotel if you're extending your stay.

Dates & prices

Start Date: 2026-04-19
End Date: 2026-04-26
twin
Child Price: 5665
Adult Price: 6295
triple
Child Price: 5253
Adult Price: 5883
quad
Child Price: 5665
Adult Price: 6295
Start Date: 2026-05-03
End Date: 2026-05-10
twin
Child Price: 5557
Adult Price: 6175
triple
Child Price: 5169
Adult Price: 5787
quad
Child Price: 5557
Adult Price: 6175
Start Date: 2026-05-17
End Date: 2026-05-24
twin
Child Price: 5692
Adult Price: 6325
triple
Child Price: 5274
Adult Price: 5907
quad
Child Price: 5692
Adult Price: 6325
Start Date: 2026-06-14
End Date: 2026-06-21
twin
Child Price: 5692
Adult Price: 6325
triple
Child Price: 5274
Adult Price: 5907
quad
Child Price: 5692
Adult Price: 6325
Start Date: 2026-06-28
End Date: 2026-07-05
twin
Child Price: 5625
Adult Price: 6250
triple
Child Price: 5222
Adult Price: 5847
quad
Child Price: 5625
Adult Price: 6250
Start Date: 2026-07-12
End Date: 2026-07-19
twin
Child Price: 5575
Adult Price: 6195
triple
Child Price: 5182
Adult Price: 5802
quad
Child Price: 5575
Adult Price: 6195
Start Date: 2026-07-19
End Date: 2026-07-26
twin
Child Price: 5575
Adult Price: 6195
triple
Child Price: 5182
Adult Price: 5802
quad
Child Price: 5575
Adult Price: 6195
Start Date: 2026-08-09
End Date: 2026-08-16
twin
Child Price: 5575
Adult Price: 6195
triple
Child Price: 5186
Adult Price: 5806
quad
Child Price: 5575
Adult Price: 6195
Start Date: 2026-09-06
End Date: 2026-09-13
twin
Child Price: 5575
Adult Price: 6195
triple
Child Price: 5186
Adult Price: 5806
quad
Child Price: 5575
Adult Price: 6195
Start Date: 2026-09-20
End Date: 2026-09-27
twin
Child Price: 5575
Adult Price: 6195
triple
Child Price: 5186
Adult Price: 5806
quad
Child Price: 5575
Adult Price: 6195
Start Date: 2026-09-27
End Date: 2026-10-04
twin
Child Price: 5575
Adult Price: 6195
triple
Child Price: 5186
Adult Price: 5806
quad
Child Price: 5575
Adult Price: 6195
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