$389/guest
Tour Detail
Three versions of this Bryce Canyon tour from Salt Lake City are offered. The first two tour both Bryce Canyon and Zion. This one starts in Salt Lake and ends in Las Vegas, while the other one starts and finishes in Salt Lake. The third tour is a road only tour, and does not visit Zion.
This small group tour is a one day Bryce Canyon and Zion tour from Salt Lake City to Las Vegas, which starts at the Salt Lake City airport. You will catch a flight to southern Utah, where our guide will pick you up. The tour visits not only Bryce, but also Zion, Utah’s most popular park, which is the first major stop. Please be aware that the airline charges a checked luggage fee, which you will need to pay.
We will leave civilization behind as we travel through a number of small, rural Utah towns. As we drive into Zion you will see the towering cliffs everywhere you look.
Zion’s story is one of rock and water. The relatively soft Navajo Sandstone often sits on top of a layer of impregnable Kayenta Shale, and the interaction of this rock with the water has created shapes and patterns that are a joy to see. Amongst the stops is the Great Arch of Zion, a gigantic work in progress. From the Arch we climb up a precipitous switchback road, and through a magnificent, mile long, tunnel that has been blasted into the Navajo Sandstone. Emerging on the other side, you can see how massive sand dunes have been cemented into rock over the millennia. Please take a look at our Zion photos.
Leaving Zion by the east entrance, we travel up one of the most beautiful roads in the country, Utah Highway 89, through verdant, lush countryside, alongside rivers and streams, before climbing up to the Paunsaugunt Plateau, home to Bryce Canyon. Bryce is simply unbelievable, and the hoodoos will wow you. People tell us they have had a spiritual experience when they gaze out over the hoodoos for the first time. You will wonder not only how the hoodoos got there, but also what carved them into those mythical shapes, and created the rich palette of colors. Please check out our Bryce Canyon photos.
We generally drop off guests at Sunrise Point, for the easy stroll along the rim to Sunset Point. Take your time, check out the sights and shoot a bunch of pictures. After the walk you can enjoy a sack lunch under the towering Ponderosa Pine trees. This is included in the price. If you do not want to do the walk you can stay with our guide who will drive you to the next viewpoint.
There are two other main areas we will visit at Bryce, both of which are even more spectacular than what you’ve seen already. These are the aptly named Inspiration Point and Bryce Point. Please be aware that Bryce is at a high elevation. You may become breathless if you are not used to the altitude, and you shouldn’t try and overdo it.
The route back could be one of two ways. One option is to travel south along Utah 89 for a short way, before heading west over a steep mountain pass, and past Cedar Breaks National Monument. The scenery is spectacular all the way, with great views from time to time of the towering sandstone cliffs of Zion, off in the distance. The road exits the canyon in the small southern Utah town of Cedar City. The alternative route is to head north on 89, through the small town of Panguitch, and up and down a mountain range until we reach Interstate 15.
Whichever way we go there will be a comfort and food stop at Cedar City before returning to Vegas.
Terms and Conditions
- No cancellations or changes will be accepted, and refunds will not be given. The exception to this is if we cancel the tour for weather reasons, or reasons beyond our control, in which case you will get a full refund.
- Payment: Your credit card will be charged when you complete the reservation. The name on your credit card statement will be USA Park Tours. Please ensure you have with you the card you used to make this reservation, as we will need to take an imprint of it. If you are booking for someone else, please let us know immediately, as our credit card authorization documentation will need to be completed.
- This is a small group tour. Almost all of the time the vehicle will be an SUV, minivan, executive van with individual captain type seats, or a small minibus with between 11 and 14 seats. A 24 to 28 passenger minibus is very rarely used.
- Please have something to eat before you leave, or bring a light snack. One sack lunch is the only meal included. Water is also provided. You will have plenty of opportunities to buy food along the way. The first stop at which you can buy food is about two hours down the road.
- There are restroom opportunities approximately every 20 to 30 minutes, except when driving through Zion, when there may be a break of about 75 minutes between restrooms. There is no restroom on the vehicle.
- Pick-ups and drop offs for this tour take place at most major locations on the Las Vegas Strip. For our purposes, the Strip runs from Mandalay Bar in the south to the Sahara Hotel in the north, along Las Vegas Boulevard. There are no pick-ups at the Las Vegas airport. Please email us, or call (USA) 1 435 658 2227, for information on which hotels are currently pick-up locations.
- This itinerary is subject to change without notice. Road work, road closures, bad weather and other factors beyond our control may prevent this tour from being operated as detailed, or operated at all. You will get a full refund if the tour does not run. All times are approximate and we cannot be responsible for delays.
- The fees to get into both Bryce Canyon and Zion are included. You do not get a refund if you have a National Parks pass.
- At quiet times of the year there may be a five person minimum requirement. This refers to the number of people in the vehicle, and not in your group.
- Please check with us beforehand if you need to bring luggage on the vehicle. There is often no room for luggage.