DAY 2 LOS ANGELES - PALM SPRINGS
Take a short drive to Palm Springs, a great place for shopping, eating, or relaxing by the pool. Take a tram ride up to Mt. Jacinto or hike through the beautiful Indian Canyons with waterfalls and palm trees.
175 Miles | 280 Km
Standard Hotel: Comfort Inn Palm Springs Downtown

 

DAY 3 PALM SPRINGS - LAUGHLIN
Your drive to Laughlin takes you through the Mojave Desert.  Laughlin is a gambling town on the Colorado River where you can try your luck at the slot machines and gaming tables and take advantage of water sports from boating to Jet Ski or just hang out on the beach. 190 Miles | 304 Km
Standard Hotel: Tropicana Laughlin Hotel & Casino

 

DAY 4 LAUGHLIN - FLAGSTAFF
Your highlight today is a visit to Grand Canyon National Park, one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.  You may enjoy an optional helicopter flight over the canyon before heading inside the park to walk along the rim for breathtaking views of the canyon. 220 Miles | 400 Km
Standard Hotel: B.W. Pony Soldier Inn & Suites

 

DAY 5 FLAGSTAFF - LAKE POWELL
You’ll want to get to Lake Powell as early as possible. We recommend a stop at Cameron Trading Post on the Navajo Reservation before heading directly to Lake Powell.  Possible activities include an afternoon boat tour on Lake Powell to Rainbow Bridge, the tallest natural bridge in the world or tour Antelope Canyon, one of the world’s most unusual geological formations. 135 Miles | 216 Km
Standard Hotel: Four Points by Sheraton Los Angeles

 

DAY 6 LAKE POWELL - ST. GEORGE
Today you’ll have time to enjoy Zion National Park with its unique desert ecosystem, and awesome sandstone cliffs of cream, pink and red.  Ride the Zion Shuttle and walk into the Virgin River Narrows along the Zion Canyon River Walk.  From Zion it’s just a short drive to St. George where you’ll overnight.  160 Miles | 256 Km
Standard Hotel: Quality Inn at Lake Powell

 

DAY 7 ST. GEORGE - LAS VEGAS 
Leave the red mountains of Utah behind as you drive to Las Vegas. Las Vegas is the entertainment capital of the country, with casino gambling, fabulous shows, a great night-life scene, and world-class restaurants, housed in the themed mega-resorts on “the Strip,” and much more. 110 Miles | 176 Km
Standard Hotel: Gold Coast Hotel or similar

 

DAY 8 LAS VEGAS - VISALIA
This day will be full of contrasts. You will leave the gamblers paradise behind you and cross the Mojave Desert to Visalia at the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. In the evening enjoy the pleasant historic district of this small town. 460 Miles | 736 Km
Standard Hotel: Wyndham Visalia

 

DAY 9 VISALIA - MODESTO
Spend the day exploring Yosemite National Park.  Drive to Glacier Point for spectacular views of waterfalls and glacier-carved granite peaks. If time allows drive along Tioga Pass Road to Olmstead Point, Tenaya Lake and Tuolumne Meadows breathtaking high country panoramas. 246 Miles | 394 Km
Standard Hotel: B.W. Palm Court Inn Modesto

 

DAY 10 MODESTO - SAN FRANCISCO
Continue on to San Francisco, where you will spend two nights. 95 Miles | 152 Km
Standard Hotel: Hotel Metropolis

 

DAY 11 SAN FRANCISCO
A full day to explore San Francisco: Union Square, Nob Hill, Chinatown, Fisherman’s Wharf, Golden Gate Bridge.  Enjoy a breathtaking ride on a cable car, rent a bike, take a bay cruise or visit the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park. 

 

DAY 12 SAN FRANCISCO - SANTA MARIA
Time for brief stops in Monterey and Carmel. Then drive along the rugged California coast with scenic vista points,  At Piedras Blancas State Reserve you’ll often find elephant seals and their pups basking on the beach. A few miles south is Hearst Castle.
300 Miles | 480 Km
Standard Hotel: Historic Santa Maria Inn (Historic Inn)

 

DAY 13 SANTA MARIA - VENTURA 
On the way to Ventura you can visit the Danish village of Solvang and Santa Barbara located on beautiful sloping hills above the Pacific with delightful historic Spanish-colonial architecture, lots of shopping charming restaurants and coffee shops and a beautiful white sand beach. Overnight in Ventura the southern-most part of California’s Central Coast. 91 Miles | 145 Km
Standard Hotel: Crowne Plaza Ventura Beach

 

DAY 14 VENTURA - LOS ANGELES
Drive back to Los Angeles where a memorable trip comes to an end. 66 Miles | 106 Km