GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK


BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK


ZION NATIONAL PARK ARCHES NATIONAL PARK


CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK CAPITOL REEF


NATIONAL PARK


2016 PRICE PER PERSON Double $5190 Single $6261 Triple $4893


2017 PRICE PER PERSON Double $5290 Single $6388 Triple $4993


Departures May – September UTAH


Dead Horse Point State Park


NEVADA


Bryce Canyon National Park (8,500 ft.)


Zion National Park (4,200 ft.)


Las Vegas Jacob Lake


Grand Canyon National Park (8,250 ft.)


ARIZONA NEW MEXICO Maximum Elevation: 8,500 ft. Kanab


Colorado River


Capitol Reef National Park


Arches National Park Grand Junction


Moab (4,300 ft.)


Canyonlands National Park


COLORADO


SPIRIT OF THE DESERT: THE NATIONAL PARKS OF THE SOUTHWEST


2016 JOURNEY AT-A-GLANCE Visit tauck.com/parks for 2017 tour details


1. Arrive Grand Junction / Welcome reception and cookout Red Cliffs Lodge


2. Arches / Float Trip on the Colorado River Red Cliffs Lodge


3. Navajo Lecture / Moab / Canyonlands Red Cliffs Lodge


4. Flightseeing over Capitol Reef The Lodge at Bryce Canyon


5. Bryce Canyon / Zion National Park Zion Lodge


6. Tram tour of Zion / Presentation by national park insider Zion Lodge


7. Pipe Spring National Monument / Grand Canyon National Park Grand Canyon Lodge – North Rim


8. Grand Canyon / Presentation by national park insider Grand Canyon Lodge – North Rim


9. Flightseeing from Kanab over the Grand Canyon Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas


10. Fly home any time; airport transfers included 18 Call your travel agent or Tauck at 800-468-2825 Heavens on Fire


Your first morning go on a Dawn Patrol to see sunrise over Arches – and every day after that view sunrise and sunset from prime vantage points, witnessing the parks at their most beautiful. “Standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon is certainly awe-inspiring,” says Dayton Duncan. “But standing on the rim as the first rays of light hit the canyon, or when the last rays of a sinking sun move through it, is an experience beyond words.”


Oh, how the human spirit is cheered and fortified by the spirit of the desert! Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns crafted this journey with Tauck in six spectacular national parks to steep you in the haunting spirit of the desert – the spirit of its natural beauty and the people. The landscapes are so arresting that they’ll live forever in your mind’s eye. Impossible red rock arches open before you like grand entryways, offering a sense of endless possibility… a giant carves out an island in the sky… and every hoodoo comes alive, while gods and legends linger everywhere.


Dine on the Views


Immense vertical cliffs meet with canyons carved by ice, water and wind to unfurl the visual masterpiece that is Dead Horse Point State Park, 2,000 feet above a gooseneck in the Colorado River. You’ve got to see the views – and toast them over a picnic dinner here.


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