The day is finally here and we’re on our way to Phoenix, Arizona. Upon arrival, we transfer to our hotel for a welcome briefing and our first team dinner – the perfect chance to mingle before the adventure really begins.
After a short 2 hours transfer, your hike will take you across the rock trails and back roads developed by early miners and ranchers. Tonight you will enjoy a hearty dinner around campfire and enjoy your first desert camp at a ranch in the Dead Horse Ranch State Park.
Today our trek will take us to the Dead Horse Ranch State Park in Arizona. Today will be a tough climb, with a steep uphill leading onto some gently undulating terrain. After trekking we will transfer to Flagstaff where we will set our campsite for tonight.
After breakfast, we break camp and drive to Monument Valley. We will stop first at Grand Canyon National Park for a view of this natural wonder and continuous to the start point of the trek. Today’s trek highlights are the scenic and spiritual heart of the Navajo nation with stunning red sandstone buttes, ancient ruins, desert sage, and stately pinyon trees. We will trek across open desert paths and into scenic side canyons with dramatic rock formations. After our hike throughout the valley's scenic sandstone buttes and arches we'll have Navajo taco dinner and learn more about Navajo culture around the campfire.
After breakfast and breaking our camp, we will get transferred to Mystery Valley for our hike, we will explore ancient ruins of stone dwellings, rock arts and sandstone arches from the Anasazi Indian culture inhabitants of the region more than 600 years ago. After our hike we will get transferred to Paria Ranch for a well deserved dinner in the campsite.
Today we break camp and we will transfer through Zion Valley. Our hike takes us past Weeping Rock, where water slowly percolates through sandstone walls creating lush “hanging gardens.” The trail continues its steep ascent to Observation point where we’ll enjoy the rewards of spectacular views of valley below and get a glimpse into dark, mysterious Echo Canyon with its beautiful slick rocks formations and white cliffs.
After early breakfast and break camp, its time to say goodbye to the desert and head to the world’s most exciting party city: Las Vegas. Hardly the most natural of landscapes, you can still expect to come face-to-face with exploding volcanoes, pirate ships, dancing fountains and – of course – world-famous casinos. Toast your achievements over a final team meal in the city that never sleeps.
There is an option, at your expense, to enjoy an entertaining limo tour of some of the city’s more iconic highlights including Freemont Street, the Las Vegas sign and the famous Strip.
Today there is one last opportunity to enjoy Vegas’ myriad of delights and potentially nurse sore heads. Make sure you make it back to the hotel for the transfer early this evening. As you wave goodbye to the Nevada desert, it’s time to head back home to share this incredible experience with friends and family.
We arrive back as victors on home soil. From here it’s a heartfelt goodbye to your new friends and trekking partners.
BELIEVE >> ACHIEVE >> INSPIRE
We hold an Air Travel Organiser's Licence granted by the Civil Aviation Authority. Our ATOL number is 6546. Many of the flight-inclusive challenges on this website are financially protected by the ATOL scheme. But ATOL protection does not apply to all holiday and travel services listed on this website. This ATOL protection only covers challenges that include flights booked by Charity Challenge and that originate in the UK. Please ask us to confirm what protection may apply to your booking. If you do not receive an ATOL Certificate then the booking will not be ATOL protected. If you do receive an ATOL Certificate but all the parts of your trip are not listed on it, those parts will not be ATOL protected. Please see our booking conditions for information or for more information about financial protection and the ATOL Certificate go to: www.atol.org.uk/ATOLcertificate
Link to share:
https://www.charitychallenge.com/expedition/itinerary/2119/Beyond-the-Grand-Canyon
Share link via: