From CAD 8,240
Guarantee
Group Tour
Easy
Rating
(10 reviews)
Experience Overview
Experience the rugged and wild West during this 9-Day tour. Start in Salt Lake City, and then head to Jackson & the Grand Tetons. The adventure continues to Yellowstone National Park where you will walk beside the rainbow-hued hot springs and watch Old Faithful spew water more than 120 feet into the air. In Cody, see a firearms collection at the Buffalo Bill Center. Travel to Devils Tower, a butte of igneous rock jutting from the craggy Black Hills mountains. Here, you will also learn about the Western legends Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane. Then head to Mount Rushmore National Memorial, where the visages of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt are carved into the mountainside. And ascend 563 feet to the top of Crazy Horse Memorial, named for the Lakota warrior, and stand face-to-face with the world’s largest mountain carving.
Highlights
Dining Summary
- 3 Dinner (D)
- 8 Breakfast (B)
Choice Highlights
- Choose between two carefully selected activities
- Ucross: Live the American frontier dream with a scenic morning country horseback ride.
- Ucross: Take a leisurely fishing outing and enjoy the serene surroundings.
Additional Included Highlights
- Our highly-skilled Travel Director will ensure your journey is seamless, serving as your expert guide, consummate organiser, and friend overseas.
- We carry your bags for you and promptly deliver them to your hotel door.
- Hotel and restaurant tips are included - you'll never have to worry about how much to give, nor search for foreign currency. We also include all taxes and porterage charges at hotels.
- Personal radio headsets give you the freedom to wander during visits to famous highlights, without missing any of your Local Expert's fascinating commentary.
- From time to time, your Travel Director will delight you with an Insight Flourish, which is a local specialty representing the destination.
- Stay connected with friends and family with our complimentary coach and hotel Wi-Fi (where available).
- Hotel and restaurant tips are included - you'll never have to worry about how much to give, nor search for foreign currency. We also include all taxes and porterage charges at hotels.
Authentic Dining
- Salt Lake City: At 18:00, join your Travel Director for a dinner with wine where you'll have the chance to mingle with fellow guests.
- Ucross: Savor a hearty ranch-style dinner prepared by your local hosts.
- Custer: Toast to the finale of your trip at a dinner served at your lodge in Custer State Park.
Insight Choice
- Ucross: Live the American frontier dream with a scenic morning country horseback ride.
- Ucross: Take a leisurely fishing outing and enjoy the serene surroundings.
Insight Experiences
- Black Hills: Visit Crazy Horse Memorial, which is dedicated to protecting and preserving the culture, tradition and living heritage of the Native American people. A special Insight Experience awaits as you are taken up to stand face-to-face with this impressive sculpture. Measuring 641 feet (195 meters) long and 563 feet (172 meters) high, the piece takes the record as the world’s largest mountain carving.
Make Travel Matter
- Philip: Discover the past, present, and future of the Lakota people at the Oglala Lakota Living History Village. Walk the trails through displays of 19th-century living quarters. Local artists present culture and tradition through their crafts and storytelling. Your experience advances United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 10 & 11: Reduced Inequalities & Sustainable Cities and Communities.
Top Rated Highlights
- Jackson: Historic Jackson, where the majestic peaks of the Teton Range act as your constant backdrop. Feel like you’ve stepped back in time as you walk through the town's famous landmark arch of tangled elk antlers. Spend the rest of the afternoon exploring the town’s boutiques and stores, which blend the Old West and the modern West harmoniously.
- Yellowstone National Park: The world’s first National Park, Yellowstone spans 2,219,789 acres and even has its own Grand Canyon. The park is home to half of the world’s hydrothermal features, more than 10,000, of which over 300 are geysers. Yellowstone is also a wildlife paradise. Some 1,700 species of plants and 400 species of birds, fish and mammals live in the park, including bison, wolves, bears, elk and moose.
- Grand Teton National Park: Travel through a mountainous landscape like no other. Witness the striking Grand Tetons thrust skyward 6,562 feet (2,000 meters) from the valley floor and keenly watch for exciting wildlife that call these mountains home. Including the grizzly bear, bald eagles, moose, bison, and elk.
- Yellowstone National Park: Catch the renowned colorful bubbling mud pots and observe Old Faithful geyser shooting water over 120 feet (37 meters) into the air. The Upper Geyser Basin boasts the highest concentration of spouting geysers, hot springs and steaming fumaroles in the world.
- Cody: Explore the award-winning Buffalo Bill Center of the West, known for its excellent Western art collection and natural history.
- Yellowstone National Park: Travel out of Yellowstone NP through Shoshone Canyon and Absaroka Rocky Mountains to the Wild West Town of Cody.
- Black Hills: View the awe-inspiring Devils Tower National Monument, a butte that protrudes from the landscape and is considered sacred by the Lakota and other tribes.
- Custer State Park: Continue venturing through the Black Hills to arrive at Custer State Park. Renowned for its beautiful landscape and abundance of wildlife. Home to a famous herd of 1,500 free roaming bison, accompanied by elk, mule deer, white tailed deer, mountain goats, bighorn sheep, pronghorn antelope, mountain lions and feral burros.
- Badlands National Park: Steep yourself in all that is the Badlands National Park in South Dakota. Preserved here are 244,000 acres of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles and spires, blended with the largest protected mixed grass prairie in America. The unique beauty of this landscape is like no other. Sightseers as well as scholarly scientists are attracted to the area for its astounding beauty and the opportunity to gaze into an ancient world.
- Black Hills: View iconic Mount Rushmore National Memorial where carvings of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt overlook the landscape.
Well-being
- Enjoy the comfort of Insight's luxurious, air-conditioned, 40-seat coach with double the standard legroom and onboard washroom. Our customized luxury coaches are sanitized before the start of your tour and are maintained to very high standards. Physical distancing measures have been implemented on our customized luxury coaches.
- Experience enhanced hygiene protocols to align with the latest guidance following COVID-19. All Travel Directors and Drivers have completed training in enhanced well-being and hygiene protocols.
- We only work with establishments we are confident will consistently adhere to our high well-being standards, which include hotels, restaurants and sight-seeing venues.
- Hand sanitizer is freely available on board for you to use throughout the day.
Trip Details
Product Code: 34090
Tour Type: Group Tour
Accommodation: Deluxe
Transport: Private
Guide Language: English
Travel Styles:
Family, 55+, Luxury
Supplier Code: 432.1563B
Starts: Salt Lake City (UT), United States Of America
Finishes: Rapid City, United States Of America
Duration: 9 days
Departures: Not Guaranteed
Physical rating:
Easy
Includes
Price
Price per person: (Double Occupancy) CAD 8240 (CAD 916 /day)
Itinerary
Welcome to Salt Lake City, the capital of Utah. Situated between Wasatch Range and the Great Salt Lake, this mountainous city is perfect for lovers of the outdoors, with a strong focus on skiing and hiking. Savor a dinner accompanied by wine in the company of your fellow travelers.
Accommodation: Marriott Downtown at City Creek, Salt Lake City
Meals: Dinner
Before leaving Salt Lake City, take in the State Capitol building. Drive along the scenic Logan Canyon, over the Wasatch Mountain Range, and up to the Bear Lake. Stop for lunch near Bear Lake offering views of beautiful turquoise waters. Then, head north across the Oregon Trail to historic Jackson. Have your cameras ready for the famous elk antlers at central square. Eager shoppers will find a number of charming traditional boutique galleries to browse. Enjoy the rest of the evening at leisure, with your hotel located within walking distance of Jackson's Town Square.
Accommodation: Elk Country Inn, Jackson Hole
Meals: Breakfast
Wake up to a mountainous view like no other and witness the striking Grand Tetons thrust skyward 13,775 ft (4,199 m) from the valley floor. This morning, you have the opportunity to partake in an optional scenic float down the Snake River inside Grand Teton National Park. In keeping with today’s rustic country charm, you’ll enter Yellowstone, the world’s first National Park. Known for its unique geothermal activity, spectacular landscapes and abundant wildlife, you’ll experience Wyoming in all its glory. Keep an eye out for black bears or wolves. Tonight you’ll stay in one of Yellowstone's National Park Lodges, allowing you to experience the park after hours, in its natural habitat.
Accommodation: Yellowstone National Park Lodges
Meals: Breakfast
Savor the surreal surroundings of Yellowstone with a relaxed start. Walk among the rainbow tinted hot springs and watch the erupting geysers as you take in the history of the park on an informative stroll with your Travel Director. Catch the renowned colorful bubbling mud pots and observe Old Faithful geyser shooting water over 120 feet (37 meters) into the air. In the afternoon, enjoy the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone as you take in stunning natural wonders. While driving through Hayden Valley, famous for its wildlife, keep an eye out for wolves, bears, elk and hundreds of bison. The rest of the evening is at leisure for you to relax.
Accommodation: Yellowstone National Park Lodges
Meals: Breakfast
Set off on your travels through the stark Shoshone Canyon and Absaroka Rocky Mountains, leading you to the Wild West Town of Cody. Channel your inner showman and learn more about America’s great Western legends at the Buffalo Bill Center, known for its Western art collection, firearms, and natural history. Travel through the Bighorn National Forest to the Ranch at UCross. Take in the rustic charm as you're hosted at a traditional Wyoming Family ranch. Start off the evening with a cocktail hour in the historic Ranch House bar. After a home-cooked dinner, enjoy a fire pit with live entertainment, including country, folk and bluegrass music.
Accommodation: Ranch at UCross, Clearmont
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Live the American frontier dream and begin your day with a scenic country horseback ride accompanied by a ranch hand. If playing cowboy isn’t your thing, perhaps go fishing, or merely relax and take in your beautiful surroundings, the choice is yours. Make your way to Devils Tower National Monument, an astounding geological feature that protrudes out of the surrounding Black Hills. You'll learn why this symbolic landmark is considered sacred to the Lakota and other local tribes. Experience Spearfish Canyon, a favored spot among wildlife enthusiasts, and one famous for its elvish woodland beauty. The limestone palisades of this creek-carved gorge are more ancient than the Grand Canyon itself.
Accommodation: Spearfish Canyon Lodge, Lead
Meals: Breakfast
A day for those looking to explore the Wild West, try to spot the fastest mammal in North America, the pronghorn antelope as you cross the great high plains to the Black Hills of South Dakota. Our first stop this morning is the Oglala Lakota Living History Museum for a one-of-a-kind MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience. Visit Badlands National Park in South Dakota, 244,000 acres of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacles and spires blended with the largest protected mixed grass prairie in America. A hidden gem in the national park system, the unique beauty of the Badlands landscape is unlike any other.
Accommodation: State Game Lodge, Custer State Park
Meals: Breakfast
This morning, see the granite faces of Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Later, you'll experience the Crazy Horse Memorial - the world's largest mountain carving in honor of the Lakota warrior. With exclusive access not available to the general public, guests ascend 172 m (563 ft) for the opportunity to face the monument up close. Tonight, celebrate your travels over dinner with your Travel Director and newfound friends.
Accommodation: State Game Lodge, Custer State Park
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Your journey comes to end today. Say goodbye to your travel companions.
Meals: Breakfast
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Tour Operator
Insight Vacations (CA)
Part of The Travel Company (TTC) family of brands, Insight Vacations began operations in 1978 and is based in Cypress, CA. Journeys are featured to destinations, such as the U.S. and Canada, Europe, Latin America, North Africa, Asia, the UK and Ireland. The company offers are a variety of tours under the classifications of Regional Journeys, Country Roads, Discovery Journeys, Easy Pace trips, and Special Interest tours. Insight is the ideal name for the tour operator, as the journeys provided by Insight Vacations allow travelers to gain further insight into whatever destination they wish to explore. For example, Discovery Journeys are the ideal choice for first-time visitors to Europe. Itineraries include Dine-at-Home or Farm-to-Table experiences so travelers can learn more about how locals live and dine. Regional Journeys allow trip-goers to see a specific location in Europe that they have always wanted to see – Poland, Switzerland, Italy, etc. The carefully planned trips enable customers to immerse themselves in one specific region or country and to become acquainted with its culture, traditions, and people. For anyone seeking travel off the beaten track, Insight Vacations offers Country Roads – trips that lead travelers off the well-tread tourist trail to explore hidden gems where visitors can savor the local produce with Farm-to-Table dining. Some trips are offered under the Easy Pace travel style – the ideal trip choice for trip-goers who wish to slow their pace during their vacation. During these tours, vacationers stay at least 3 nights at each destination, giving them some additional time to explore a place and enjoy it. Regardless of the travel style, many of the vacations offered by Insight Vacations begin with Relaxed Starts – giving travelers time to sleep in a little, spend more time at breakfast, or explore an area on their own. The tour company prides itself on providing business class tours that features luxury coaches with 40 seats. While most coach touring operators provide vehicles with 53 seats, Insight Vacations has re-configured its motor coaches to hold up to 40 guests. This gives passengers extra leg room while traveling and offers them more space and privacy.
In Business Since 1978
Reviews
James S. - Traveled, October 2024
Benn on many guided excursions from cruises and land tours where there was a local guide. I was impressed with the knowledge of our guide. He was constantly explaining and teaching. The scheduled bus (40 seats( was delayed two days due to mechanical issues so we had to be in a tight 55 seater with less legroom. Was a disappointment but did not affect the overall tour. Wonderful way to see the National Parks with experienced guide. See the parks and other off the main road sights that are interesting. Insight Vacations, Mantombi
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 11/07/2024
James M. - Traveled, October 2024
This was the second trip with and our fourth trip with Insight. We weren't disappointed. There were so many amazing stops over the 1,400 miles. The last days were the cherry on the top being Mt Rushmore and the Face-to-Face with Crazy Horse. Though the weather (wind) was brutal the experience was the best at the Crazy Horse Monument. Thank you. The Director and our experienced driver, for a very smooth trip.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 11/07/2024
Anonymous - Traveled, June 2024
Insight is the only way we will travel. They are knowledgeable and helpful throughout from start to finish. Our Travel director was great. She was a wealth of knowledge about everywhere we went and the history of the areas and people as well. She was friendly, funny and definitely made the trip that much more enjoyable. Loved how she did the little extra things above and beyond to make the trip that much more pleasurable. She is a true asset to the Insight family. Our bus driver- was a skillful driver of the enormous coach and kept us safe and comfortable for the entire trip. He too was a friendly and pleasure to have as part of the trip. Fast paced but lots of amazing sites and adventures to see in this part of our beautiful western USA.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 07/07/2024
Madeline B. - Traveled, September 2024
I believe that if you employ knowledgeable and customer service oriented tour guides, your trips will be successful. It also helps if the bus driver and tour guide coordinate their efforts with great customer service as one of their main key objectives. It was incredible the number of national and state parks that we got to see! We would never have been able to plan this trip by ourselves. Our tour guide was fantastic and our bus driver was terrific. The trip was seamless from park to park. All the hotels and food met our expectations. we would not hesitate to book another trip with Insight.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 10/07/2024
Diana C. - Traveled, October 2024
Great Trip.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 11/07/2024
Anonymous - Traveled, October 2024
It was pretty vague other than some of the overnight stops Disappointed in the Snow Lodge where we stayed at Yellowstone. The place had scaffolding everywhere inside and out. It might be a great place when it isn’t under construction but not like it was for us. Also disappointed in the Deadwood Lodge, it was a noisy casino.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 11/07/2024
Kathleen W. - Traveled, September 2024
Out tour Director - went above and beyond what was expected of him. Very well organized. The itinerary was excellent. We saw so many amazing sights in one week. Covered so much more than we expected. Great Trip!!!!! Even the long bus drives were fun and we always fit in interesting stops every 1 1/2 to 2 hours for comfort breaks. Our tour Director - was so knowledgeable and interesting and his Love for the area showed thru every day. Our driver - was very pleasant (and a great driver) and was so willing to make extra stops to see random wildlife.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 10/07/2024
Anonymous - Traveled, September 2024
You cover a lot of ground daily but will see magnificent sites and if you have a great tour director like you will have a great time.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 10/07/2024
Joseph S. - Traveled, July 2024
My wife and I will recommend Insight to everyone that wants to take a Coach tour. We could not have been happier. This was an amazing trip. Besides the great sights that we saw everything was timely and organized. My wife and I both feel that our tour director made our trip so special. His knowledge and personality were above the top. Also, we both felt so safe with our driver commanded that coach and he was at the door with a big smile always willing to help. There were 32 of us in the group and we all felt the same way. Lillian and I will be using Insight again in the future!!
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 08/07/2024
Steven M. - Traveled, November 2024
Very good overall. Only hiccup was that the super spacious Insight motorcoach we were expecting was apparently in for repairs and our first 2 days we were somewhat cramped onto a standard motorcoach. All 3 drivers we had were exceptionally courteous. Our Tour Director was exceptional and worked hard to make sure people were happy. Overall, a phenomenal trip. Our tour Director was absolutely incredible and worked hard to show us all we could possibly fit into the 12 days. Meals and accommodations were great with the exception of the opening night buffet at the Sheraton in Salt Lake City. The food on the buffet line was mediocre at best and not at all warm ... made us nervous as who'd want to start a vacation with food sickness?
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 12/07/2024
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