DAY 1: UK - Denver.
Fly to Denver where you will be met by our representative and transferred to your hotel for two nights.

DAY 2: Denver.
'The Mile High City' of Denver is the capital of Colorado and the gateway to the Rocky Mountains. An attractive city with broad streets, a tree-lined pedestrian mall leading to the gold-domed State Capitol, and Larimer Square in the city's historic heart. It's also home to some fine museums and galleries.

DAY 3: Denver - Cheyenne - Black Hills of South Dakota - Keystone.
We travel first through Cheyenne, the state capital of Wyoming, then it's on through the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota, immortalised in a famous song from the musical 'Calamity Jane', to the historic frontier town of Custer. Late this afternoon, travel to see the ongoing construction of the Crazy Horse Memorial, a monumental statue carved out of a mountain, that pays respect to the great hero of the Native Americans, Chief Crazy Horse.

DAY 4: Keystone - Mount Rushmore - Deadwood - Lead.
Drive deep into the Black Hills, through what was once Sioux Indian territory, to see the magnificent granite face of Mount Rushmore, a giant monument to four great American presidents - Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. Afterwards visit Tatanka, 'The Story of the Bison', and experience the richness of the Lakota Indian life as it was around the 1840's. Next it's on to Deadwood, a lawless frontier town during the 1876 Gold Rush, where Wild Bill Hickok was murdered. Your overnight stay is in the old mining town of Lead, set at the head of Gold Gulch Run.

DAY 5: Lead - Sheridan - Cody.
This morning, head through the rich high country where open-range cattle kings made war on the homesteaders in the 1890's. Driving past Sheridan in the Bighorn Mountains, the scene of many fierce battles between the US Cavalry and the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians, you'll arrive in Buffalo Bill's frontier town, Cody, for an overnight stay.

DAY 6: Cody - Yellowstone National Park.
Travel through the Shoshone National Forest to splendid Yellowstone National Park, the USA's largest nature reserve, which contains more than 3,000 geysers and hot springs. You'll drive along the Grand Loop Road to Artist Point with magnificent views of Yellowstone Canyon and the stupendous Lower Falls, twice the height of Niagara Falls. You'll also see geyser basins with bubbling mud paint pots and the regular 'blow' of Old Faithful. Overnight inside Yellowstone National Park. Note: Tours departing between 30 Aug - 06 Oct will stay at the Brandin' Iron Inn in West Yellowstone. Routings and areas visited in Yellowstone are subject to favourable weather conditions.

DAY 7: Yellowstone - Grand Teton National Park - Jackson.
Head into the magnificent year round playground of the Grand Tetons. With saw-toothed, 13,770 feet high ridges crested with snow most of the year, it's one of America's last preserves of wild solitude. Passing beautiful glacier-fed Jackson Lake, you arrive in the Wild West town of Jackson which with its wooden sidewalks and saloons with bat-wing doors, is just like a living film set! In the evening there's an optional barbecue cookout and Wild West show.

DAY 8: Jackson.
Time to relax in Jackson or how about joining a scenic raft trip down the Snake River?

DAY 9: Jackson - Salt Lake City.
Today, leave Jackson and drive to Salt Lake City, Utah's vibrant capital. Magnificently set on the edge of a salt desert and surrounded by mountains and forests, this is the centre of the Mormon religion where Brigham Young declared to his followers "This is the place". Your sightseeing will include Temple Square with its impressive six-spired temple, adjacent tabernacle and Beehive House.

DAY 10: Salt Lake City - Bryce Canyon National Park.
Journey through the sagebrush landscape of southern Utah to Bryce Canyon National Park, with its 20 miles of breathtaking sandstone cliffs and ever-changing colours. Marvel at some of the earth's most brilliant shades of rock, which have been sculpted by erosion into pillars called 'hoodoos'.

DAY 11: Bryce Canyon National Park - Zion National Park - Page.
First stop today is Zion National Park, its striking landscape of steep canyons and stone towers carved out by rushing streams over a period of millions of years. Then head to Page, originally built to house workers during the construction of the massive Glen Canyon Dam, which holds back the waters of 186 mile long Lake Powell.

DAY 12: Page - Painted Desert - Grand Canyon.
How about starting your day with an optional scenic flight over stunning Monument Valley? Then take a scenic drive through the Painted Desert and across the Kaibab National Forest, before arriving at the Grand Canyon in the early afternoon. Marvel at one of the Natural Wonders of the World as you experience breathtaking views. You'll have plenty of time to do some viewing before dusk as your overnight accommodation is inside Grand Canyon National Park.

DAY 13: Grand Canyon - Las Vegas.
For a once-in-a-lifetime experience, take an optional 'flightseeing' excursion: a helicopter flight over the heart of the canyon with incomparable views of flame-coloured walls plunging 4,800 feet into the Colorado River. Leaving the high country of Arizona, we pass through Williams on famous Route 66, and then the old Mohave gold strike country, which still has traces of century-old ghost towns, to Las Vegas - a neon desert oasis, packed with spectacular hotels and casinos.

DAY 14: Las Vegas.
The day is yours to explore the original 'Sin City'. Stroll down the 'Strip', with its outrageous themed hotels or relax by the poolside at your hotel. In the evening, there's an opportunity to join an optional night out to a show.

DAY 15: Las Vegas - UK.
Transfer to the airport for your flight to the UK.

DAY 16: Home landing in the UK.