ATW FDES TOURS 2016
FDES TOUR 1: SEPTEMBER 17 to OCTOBER 01
Discover the American Southwest with Adventure Travel West
14 days, 14 guests
Some of the photos in this gallery were taken by guests Rudiger and Ruedi
Total miles driven: 2570
Total kilometers driven: 4136
GUESTS: Robert Langer (Austria), Katharina, Daniela and Hans Urban (Germany), Dora and Rudolf Bueschlen (Switzlerland), Andrea Kaiser and Daniel Zimmermann (New Jersey)
Irma (Ushi) and Roland Kuepfer (Switzerland)
Ulrich and Esther Maeder, Rudiger and Barbara Plank (Germany)
DAY 1: Las Vegas to Springdale Holiday Inn Express-Lunch at Chuck-A-Rama in St George Utah and then Hiking Emerald Pools in Zion National Park
DAY 2: Narrows hike in Zion, picnic lunch and then off to Kanab to Parry Lodge
DAY 3: All day excursion to Grand Canyon North Rim..due to weather a number of hikes could not be done and so we spent some time enjoying the lodge over hot chocolate
DAY 4: Departure for Bryce Canyon, Bryce View Lodge, and due to weather (rain and fog) we were unable to see the sunsets or sunrises at Bryce or even hike into the canyon. We visited the well done stuffed animal museum and enjoyed coffee and cake at Bryce Canyon Pines (homemade fresh pies every day). My group had an amazing attitude and had a great time and laughed despite not being able to do many of the hikes in some of the National Parks or even experience sunrises or sunsets in Bryce.
DAY 5: Long day drive along Hwy 12 (one of the most scenic roads in the United States), and again we did not have much luck with the weather overall..we did get some breaks during the day though...we visited Capitol Reef where we had a picnic, coffee at Gifford Homestead, Petroglyphs from the Fremont culture, Canyonlands hike to Mesa Arch, Viewpoint at Gran View point.
DAY 6: Arches hiking: Windows primitive trail, Upper viewpoint to Delicate Arch, Park Avenue, then enjoyed our first sunset at Dead Horse Point.
DAY 7: Moab to Page (Quality Inn Hotel), with a stop at Monument Valley for a 3 hour jeep tour with Navajo guide and Navajo lunch. Dinner we enjoyed together at Big John's Texas BBQ with live country music and line dancing lessons
DAY 8: Page to Grand Canyon South Rim....first guests enjoyed a visit to Antelope Canyon and some took the scenic boat cruise on Lake Powell. On the way to Cameron and Tusayan (Red Feather Lodge) we visited Horseshoe Bend and picnic
DAY 9: Free day for everyone to choose what to do..Some did the helicopter ride, then I dropped them off at Bright Angel Point Lodge and they hiked the West Rim and some even did Bright Angel trail ..we met back up at Yavapai Point for the sunset
DAY 10: Long day drive from Tusayan to Los Angeles, with stops along Route 66 at Seligman and Kingman to have lunch at a 60's diner Mr. D'z and crossing the Mojave desert. That evening dinner in Chinatown at Yang Chow, Los Angeles, around the corner from our hotel Best Western Dragon Gate
DAY 11: Petra gave our guests a wonderful walking tour of Los Angeles using also the metro to get to Hollywood where the tour ended. After Lunch, the guests went by metro to Santa Monica to enjoy the boardwalk and Venice Beach and some shopping and take pics by the End of Route 66 sign
DAY 12: Drive to San Simeon for our next night stay at Sands by the Sea Lodge, with stops at Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, Malibu, Santa Barbara. Toward the end of the day the ocean fog rolled in over the area and again no visibility
DAY 13: Drive from San Simeon to San Francisco...stops along the way at Piedras Blancas for the sea lions, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State park, Monterey and picnic lunch at Point Lobos to see the elephant seals. Arrival in San Francisco was cold and windy but we managed to enjoy some photos of end of day at the viewpoints overlooking The Golden Gate Bridge.
END OF TOUR
FDES TOUR 2: OCTOBER 01 TO OCTOBER 14
14 days with 8 guests, San Francisco to Las Vegas. Discover the American Southwest with Adventure Travel West
GUESTS: Daniel and Brigitte Blaser (Switzerland), Torsten, Petra, Marlene, Tobias Schmeil (Germany), Gottfried and Angela Krumbiegel (Germany)
DAY 1: Departure from San Francisco on our way to San Simeon Sands by the Sea Lodge. Stops along the way Monterey, Point Lobos for a picnic, Hwy 1 with photo stops, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State park, Bixby Creek Bridge, Piedras Blancas for the sea lions.
DAY 2: Drive to Santa Barbara, Malibu, Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills to our hotel in Chinatown Best Western Dragon Gate. Dinner at Yang Chow, excellent!
DAY 3: Guests on a walking tour with Petra ending in Hollywood, and I drove around to get the breaks done on the van and food shopping. I took the opportunity in the early afternoon on my way back from the car repair shop to stop at a viewpoint on Mulholland Drive.
DAY 4: Today is the long drive from Los Angeles to Tusayan for the Grand Canyon South Rim, crossing the Mojave desert and stopping at Kingman at the 60's diner Mr. D'z on Route 66. Finishing the day with a sunset at Yavapai Viewpoint Grand Canyon.
DAY 5: Today took guests to Bright Angel Lodge and we took the red shuttle to the Abyss for the rim hike. Later the helicopter ride over the Grand Canyon for the family, and then meeting again at Yavapai with other guests for another sunset reunion.
DAY 6: Drive to Page where we are staying overnight at the Quality Inn with stops at Horseshoe Bend, Antelope Canyon 1300 tour, followed with coffee at Wahweap Marina on Lake Powell before going out for dinner at Big John's Texas BBQ.
DAY 7: Monument Valley on the way to Moab, overnight at Moab Valley Inn. 3 hour jeep tour with Navajo guide and lunch
DAY 8: Morning guests enjoying walking around town, then off to Arches to do hikes starting with the most strenuous Delicate Arch, then Windows Primitive trail, ending with Park Avenue. Picnic at Delicate Arch
DAY 9: Got up early to experience sunrise at Dead Horse Point, visit to Canyon lands with Mesa Arch and Grand View Point. Then off to Capitol Reef, very nice drive, for a picnic and coffee at the Gifford house. In the evening arriving in Bryce for the sunset.
DAY 10: Up early to experience the sunrise in Bryce at Bryce point. Then hiked down Wall street and on Queens Garden Trail to end up at Sunset point, stop at the lodge for coffee and then walked back to the van parked at Sunrise point. Then off to Kanab for overnight and dinner at Iron Horse.
DAY 11: Full day Grand Canyon North Rim. Hiked the Cape Final Trail about 7 km round trip. Then picnic at Cape Royal trail with Angels Windows for more views and picnic. Then drove to Lodge for coffee on the outdoor terrace topping it off with the walk to Bright Angel Point trail. Back to Iron Horse for dinner.
DAY 12: Drive to Zion national park for our hotel in Springdale, the Holiday Inn Express. Hiked the Narrows all afternoon. 4-5 hours it took us to reach Orderville Canyon, the spit of the Virgin river. Drinks around the fire pit tonight!
DAY 13: Our group splits in 2. 4 do Angels Landing, and 4 with me do Emerald Pools all 3 (lower, middle and upper) and continue onto Kayenta Trail to finish doing the trail along the river back to the lodge for a coffee and a break. Drive onto Las Vegas with a stop in St George for lunch at Chuck-A-Rama. Tonight we also walked together on the strip in Las Vegas for a few hours before concluding the end of this tour.
Read MoreDiscover the American Southwest with Adventure Travel West
14 days, 14 guests
Some of the photos in this gallery were taken by guests Rudiger and Ruedi
Total miles driven: 2570
Total kilometers driven: 4136
GUESTS: Robert Langer (Austria), Katharina, Daniela and Hans Urban (Germany), Dora and Rudolf Bueschlen (Switzlerland), Andrea Kaiser and Daniel Zimmermann (New Jersey)
Irma (Ushi) and Roland Kuepfer (Switzerland)
Ulrich and Esther Maeder, Rudiger and Barbara Plank (Germany)
DAY 1: Las Vegas to Springdale Holiday Inn Express-Lunch at Chuck-A-Rama in St George Utah and then Hiking Emerald Pools in Zion National Park
DAY 2: Narrows hike in Zion, picnic lunch and then off to Kanab to Parry Lodge
DAY 3: All day excursion to Grand Canyon North Rim..due to weather a number of hikes could not be done and so we spent some time enjoying the lodge over hot chocolate
DAY 4: Departure for Bryce Canyon, Bryce View Lodge, and due to weather (rain and fog) we were unable to see the sunsets or sunrises at Bryce or even hike into the canyon. We visited the well done stuffed animal museum and enjoyed coffee and cake at Bryce Canyon Pines (homemade fresh pies every day). My group had an amazing attitude and had a great time and laughed despite not being able to do many of the hikes in some of the National Parks or even experience sunrises or sunsets in Bryce.
DAY 5: Long day drive along Hwy 12 (one of the most scenic roads in the United States), and again we did not have much luck with the weather overall..we did get some breaks during the day though...we visited Capitol Reef where we had a picnic, coffee at Gifford Homestead, Petroglyphs from the Fremont culture, Canyonlands hike to Mesa Arch, Viewpoint at Gran View point.
DAY 6: Arches hiking: Windows primitive trail, Upper viewpoint to Delicate Arch, Park Avenue, then enjoyed our first sunset at Dead Horse Point.
DAY 7: Moab to Page (Quality Inn Hotel), with a stop at Monument Valley for a 3 hour jeep tour with Navajo guide and Navajo lunch. Dinner we enjoyed together at Big John's Texas BBQ with live country music and line dancing lessons
DAY 8: Page to Grand Canyon South Rim....first guests enjoyed a visit to Antelope Canyon and some took the scenic boat cruise on Lake Powell. On the way to Cameron and Tusayan (Red Feather Lodge) we visited Horseshoe Bend and picnic
DAY 9: Free day for everyone to choose what to do..Some did the helicopter ride, then I dropped them off at Bright Angel Point Lodge and they hiked the West Rim and some even did Bright Angel trail ..we met back up at Yavapai Point for the sunset
DAY 10: Long day drive from Tusayan to Los Angeles, with stops along Route 66 at Seligman and Kingman to have lunch at a 60's diner Mr. D'z and crossing the Mojave desert. That evening dinner in Chinatown at Yang Chow, Los Angeles, around the corner from our hotel Best Western Dragon Gate
DAY 11: Petra gave our guests a wonderful walking tour of Los Angeles using also the metro to get to Hollywood where the tour ended. After Lunch, the guests went by metro to Santa Monica to enjoy the boardwalk and Venice Beach and some shopping and take pics by the End of Route 66 sign
DAY 12: Drive to San Simeon for our next night stay at Sands by the Sea Lodge, with stops at Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, Malibu, Santa Barbara. Toward the end of the day the ocean fog rolled in over the area and again no visibility
DAY 13: Drive from San Simeon to San Francisco...stops along the way at Piedras Blancas for the sea lions, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State park, Monterey and picnic lunch at Point Lobos to see the elephant seals. Arrival in San Francisco was cold and windy but we managed to enjoy some photos of end of day at the viewpoints overlooking The Golden Gate Bridge.
END OF TOUR
FDES TOUR 2: OCTOBER 01 TO OCTOBER 14
14 days with 8 guests, San Francisco to Las Vegas. Discover the American Southwest with Adventure Travel West
GUESTS: Daniel and Brigitte Blaser (Switzerland), Torsten, Petra, Marlene, Tobias Schmeil (Germany), Gottfried and Angela Krumbiegel (Germany)
DAY 1: Departure from San Francisco on our way to San Simeon Sands by the Sea Lodge. Stops along the way Monterey, Point Lobos for a picnic, Hwy 1 with photo stops, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State park, Bixby Creek Bridge, Piedras Blancas for the sea lions.
DAY 2: Drive to Santa Barbara, Malibu, Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills to our hotel in Chinatown Best Western Dragon Gate. Dinner at Yang Chow, excellent!
DAY 3: Guests on a walking tour with Petra ending in Hollywood, and I drove around to get the breaks done on the van and food shopping. I took the opportunity in the early afternoon on my way back from the car repair shop to stop at a viewpoint on Mulholland Drive.
DAY 4: Today is the long drive from Los Angeles to Tusayan for the Grand Canyon South Rim, crossing the Mojave desert and stopping at Kingman at the 60's diner Mr. D'z on Route 66. Finishing the day with a sunset at Yavapai Viewpoint Grand Canyon.
DAY 5: Today took guests to Bright Angel Lodge and we took the red shuttle to the Abyss for the rim hike. Later the helicopter ride over the Grand Canyon for the family, and then meeting again at Yavapai with other guests for another sunset reunion.
DAY 6: Drive to Page where we are staying overnight at the Quality Inn with stops at Horseshoe Bend, Antelope Canyon 1300 tour, followed with coffee at Wahweap Marina on Lake Powell before going out for dinner at Big John's Texas BBQ.
DAY 7: Monument Valley on the way to Moab, overnight at Moab Valley Inn. 3 hour jeep tour with Navajo guide and lunch
DAY 8: Morning guests enjoying walking around town, then off to Arches to do hikes starting with the most strenuous Delicate Arch, then Windows Primitive trail, ending with Park Avenue. Picnic at Delicate Arch
DAY 9: Got up early to experience sunrise at Dead Horse Point, visit to Canyon lands with Mesa Arch and Grand View Point. Then off to Capitol Reef, very nice drive, for a picnic and coffee at the Gifford house. In the evening arriving in Bryce for the sunset.
DAY 10: Up early to experience the sunrise in Bryce at Bryce point. Then hiked down Wall street and on Queens Garden Trail to end up at Sunset point, stop at the lodge for coffee and then walked back to the van parked at Sunrise point. Then off to Kanab for overnight and dinner at Iron Horse.
DAY 11: Full day Grand Canyon North Rim. Hiked the Cape Final Trail about 7 km round trip. Then picnic at Cape Royal trail with Angels Windows for more views and picnic. Then drove to Lodge for coffee on the outdoor terrace topping it off with the walk to Bright Angel Point trail. Back to Iron Horse for dinner.
DAY 12: Drive to Zion national park for our hotel in Springdale, the Holiday Inn Express. Hiked the Narrows all afternoon. 4-5 hours it took us to reach Orderville Canyon, the spit of the Virgin river. Drinks around the fire pit tonight!
DAY 13: Our group splits in 2. 4 do Angels Landing, and 4 with me do Emerald Pools all 3 (lower, middle and upper) and continue onto Kayenta Trail to finish doing the trail along the river back to the lodge for a coffee and a break. Drive onto Las Vegas with a stop in St George for lunch at Chuck-A-Rama. Tonight we also walked together on the strip in Las Vegas for a few hours before concluding the end of this tour.
