Beyond the Grand Canyon (Harrods)

It’s finally time for your long-awaited departure to the USA. Wave goodbye to friends and family, before you board the flight and embark upon your challenge!

Up early in the morning, you’ll have more spectacular views of the Grand Canyon. You then continue to Monument Valley, the scenic and spiritual heart of the Navajo nation with sweeping desert vistas as you travel. Upon arrival to the Monument Valley visitor centre mid-afternoon, you will hike 4 miles approx. on gravel and soft sand loop track along the valley, where you’ll gain an unrivalled introduction to this sacred place.  Back at the van, gather your overnight kit and then explore this incredible array of monoliths and rock formations on a 4x4 backroads tour with a local Navajo guide, learning all about the magical landscape and people of this rich Anasazi Indian culture that inhabited the region more than 600 years ago. After dinner, settle into the rustic campsite near the Hogan (a traditional Navajo hut of logs and earth) and learn more about the fascinating Navajo culture form your local guides around the campfire and under a sky full of stars.

Accommodation: Camping

Another early start for your trek in Bryce Canyon National Park. This park is famous for it's amphitheatre of hoodoos, unique rock formations resulting from wind, rain and snow erosion. Your first panoramic view will also be your trekking destination as you descend into a maze of wonderfully coloured hoodoos. After our 4-6 hour trek, you will head to Zion National Park, a wonder of red rocks and high canyon walls.

Accommodation: Camping

After early breakfast and breaking down camp, it’s 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. You’ll have free time for shopping and sightseeing before toasting your achievements over a final team celebration dinner 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.

Accommodation: Hotel

We arrive back as victors on home soil. From here it’s a heartfelt goodbye to your new friends and trekking partners.