Travel Across America

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Tour Overview

This trek offers a perfect balance between the busy cities and quiet National Parks. Start with a visit to the Nation's capital before experiencing the "southern charm" of Memphis and New Orleans. Cross the prairies of Texas and spend the days exploring the National Parks of the southwest. Finish this tour with the excitement of Las Vegas and San Diego before ending in Los Angeles.

Included Highlights

• > Night time illumination tour of Washington D.C monuments
• > Admission to Carlsbad Caverns
• > Grand Canyon sunrise or sunset
• > Scenic walks and hikes
• > Tour of Las Vegas Strip
• > Sightseeing in Nashville, Memphis, Austin and San Diego
• > National Parks and Monuments - Carlsbad, Monument Valley and the Grand Canyon
• > Services of a TrekAmerica tour leader
• > All transportation by private adventure vehicle
• > 20 hotel/cabin/hostel nights on a multi-share basis

Optional Activities (paid locally)

• > Great national park hikes US$FREE
• > SeaWorld Adventure Park US$57
• > New Orleans Jazz Clubs US$10-$20
• > Mississippi Steamboat Ride US$20-$75
• > Southern Mansion Tour US$10
• > Smithsonian National Museums US$FREE
• > Grand Canyon scenic flights US$135-$400
• > Tour of Elvis' Gracelands US$20-$50
• > Monument Valley Navajo guided jeep tour US$50-$95
• > Horseback riding US$45-$115
• > IMAX Theater US$8-$12
• > Las Vegas clubs and casinos US$50-US$150
• > Limos in Las Vegas US$25
• > Swamp tour US$20-$40
• > San Diego Zoo US$30
• > San Diego water sports US$20-$45
• > Las Vegas helicopter flight: US$80-$350

BLT Accommodation

We use a combination of hostels, hotels and cabins on the Cross Country BLT. Most cabins are multi-share rooms sleeping 4 to 6 people with shared facilities and hostel nights are generally arranged on a single sex, multi-share basis, subject to availability. Where possible we will keep the group together and try to accommodate couples; however twin rooms cannot be guaranteed. A sleeping bag is required on the trip.

Trek Notes

This tour may operate in either direction.

Private Departures

Why not arrange your own TrekAmerica departure? For groups of 8 or more, we can offer private departures on any of our published itineraries enabling friends, families or organizations to enjoy our classic "Trek" style of travel at special rates. Although tours will run as per our standard itinerary shown here, slight modifications may be considered and dates can be chosen to suit your needs. (Subject to seasonal/operational restrictions). So contact us today and start planning your own adventure.

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Flexible Itinerary

Our routes have been carefully chosen to include the best night stops and highlights. However, as local conditions and passenger requests vary, no two trips will ever be the same. With the guidance of your Trek Leader you may modify certain nightstops and highlights to give a truly unique experience!

Local Payments - All meals paid individually in local restaurants.

• Day: 1-2 New York Area & Washington DC

  Departing from the New York area, travel to the Nation's Capital, Washington DC, for a perfect introduction to the cultural and political history of the United States. Want to know a secret? Go undercover at the International Sky Museum. Timetable a stop at Union Station, make tracks to the zoo, then see where big-hitting political animals shape the nation on an included monument tour.
  Accommodation: Budget lodging included

• Day: 3-4 Virginia & Nashville

  Next, touch down in the Appalachian Mountain Range and the gorgeous pine-clad foothills. Then off to the centre of American music in Nashville, Tennessee - the shining star of the country music scene. Hit The District - centre of city nightlife - laze in the parks, trawl the malls or learn to line dance; cowboy boots or sequinned denim anyone?
  Accommodation: Budget lodging included

• Day: 5-6 Memphis

  A short distance away is Memphis, the Birthplace of the Blues. Strolling along Beale Street must be on your checklist to see the influences that Blues and Jazz music has had on America. But top billing goes to Graceland, former home of the King himself, Elvis Presley.
  Accommodation: Budget lodging included

• Day: 7-8 New Orleans

  Your soundtrack grows jazzier in the Big Easy. Spice up your trip with lipsmacking Cajun and Creole fare, ride a steamboat on the Mississippi River, relax to the sounds of a Jazz or Dixieland band in the French Quarter and join the ongoing party on Bourbon Street. New Orleans has more than just food, drink and music to offer. Join a swamp tour into the alligator habitat of southern Louisiana, to view all sorts of wildlife on the mysterious bayous of Cajun country.
  Accommodation: Budget lodging included

• Day: 9-10 Louisiana & Austin, Texas

  Head out of the bayou and onto the range, as south turns to west before your very eyes. Welcome to the Lone Star State, otherwise known as the great state of Texas. Austin is the "Live music capital of the world" and home of great BBQ. This city is packed with "Texas sized" excitement and is sure to impress.
  Accommodation: Budget lodging included

• Day: 11-12 Lubbock & Carlsbad Caverns National Park

  The birthplace for Buddy Holly and the world's largest cotton growing region. This is the best of Texas. Head out of the largest State into New Mexico and Carlsbad Caverns National Park to explore one of the largest cave systems in the World. Gnarled limestone stalagmites like the Witch's Finger reach upwards, while stalactites in the Bell Cord Room hang from the cavern ceilings.
  Accommodation: Budget lodging included

• Day: 13-14 Taos & Monument Valley

  Venture into the desert with a stop at Taos, where history and south-western spirit is available by the bucket load - it must be all those sandy Pueblo-style buildings that make up what is one of America's oldest towns. We hit the iconic Monument Valley next, used in countless Hollywood scenes from Westerns to 2001: A Space Odyssey and everything in between. If you choose, you can board a jeep and let your Navajo guide show off the huge hunks of red rock and share the fables of the sacred lands. Tonight, experience a stunning sunset overlooking the valley.
  Accommodation: Budget lodging included

• Day: 15-16 Grand Canyon National Park

  Holy Cow! This is a dead cert on your list of top stops! Pack your boots and don't forget your camera for a sunrise/sunset hike along the rim. For the more ambitious take the long hike down Bright Angel Trail to Plateau Point or choose the "bird's eye" view on a scenic flight. Watching the sinking sun paint it amber, maroon and red, its breathtaking immensity will blow you away.
  Accommodation: Budget lodging included

• Day: 17-18 Las Vegas

  Back to the modern world with a bang - Las Vegas - the greatest show on earth! Cruise "The Strip" in a super-stretch limo, indulge in an all-you-can eat buffet, take in a show or just watch the amazing crowds, neon signs and attractions that many hotel casinos have to offer. And if that's not enough, take a helicopter flight down The Strip or just gamble the night away in one of the world class casinos.
  Accommodation: Budget lodging included

• Day: 19-20 San Diego

  SeaWorld or San Diego Zoo? Hold on, is that beach calling? Sure is! Rent bicycles, rollerblades and surfboards at the beach and don your shades and soak up a few final rays.
  Accommodation: Budget lodging included

• Day: 21 Los Angeles

  It's a crying shame it has to end; at least the Hollywood Walk of Fame will help script your blockbuster ending to this great adventure.
  
  Tour ends at approx 17:00 hours in Los Angeles on day 21.

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