NationalGeographicTravellerAustraliaandNewZealandWinter2018

wINTER ISSUE 2018 169

AT A GLANCE

12 DAYS / 11 NIGHTS

★★★

DEPARTS Daily, 20 May – 15 Sep

TR AVEL ST YLE Tailor-made

HIGHLIGHTS

•   See thousands   of  years   of  history

at Dinosaur National Monument

•   Stand   in  awe of  the landscape

at Monument Valley

•   Follow  dinosaur    tracks  in  Moab

INCLUSIONS

11 nights’ accommodation, 11 days’ car

rental, maps, driving instructions and

information pack.

FROM AUD$1,845* / NZD$2,015*

*Prices are per person, twin share, based on

low-season travel. Terms and conditions apply.

DAY 6
MOAB

Most famous for its proximity to Arches
and Canyonlands National Parks, Moab
also features some of Utah’s best
dinosaur attractions. The Mill Canyon
Dinosaur Trail and Copper Ridge
Dinosaur Trackway are excellent hiking
trails that follow dinosaur footprints
through open country. At Moab Giants,
participate in a real fossil dig in the
sandboxes alongside the track.

DAY 7
MOAB – BLANDING

Blanding’s Dinosaur Museum has
skeletons, fossilised skin and eggs,
footprint casts and realistic sculptures
among its displays. This area also has
a well-documented record of early
human habitation, and the Edge of

the Cedars Museum features a large

collection of ancestral Puebloan

pottery and an authentic Puebloan

village. Hovenweep National Monument

is home to six villages indicating

10,000 years of human settlement.

DAY 8

BLANDING – MONUMENT VALLEY

Enjoy the scenic drive to Monument

Valley via Natural Bridges National

Monument, which has three of the

largest rock arches in the world. Later

stop at Goosenecks State Park and see

where the San Juan River has carved

deep gorges into the plateau. Your final

destination is the iconic Monument

Valley. Watch the sun set over the

landscape made famous by John Ford

in his classic Hollywood films, including

Stagecoach and The Searchers.

DAY 9

MONUMENT VALLEY – KANAB

Pass the western tip of Lake Powell

and skirt the southern edge of Grand

Staircase Escalante National Monument.

The National Monument Interpretive

Center in nearby Big Water was built

in the form of an ammonite fossil.

DAY 1 0

KANAB – ST GEORGE

Your route today will take you past Zion,

Utah’s first national park. Stop and

hike the famous Narrows or, if you’re

feeling brave, ascend 450 metres on

the vertigo-inducing Angels Landing

trail for a panoramic view of the park.

DAY 1 1

ST GEORGE – LAS VEGAS

Your final dinosaur destination is the

Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson’s

Farm with 2,000 of the oldest, best

preserved dinosaur tracks in the world.

DAY 1 2

LAS VEGAS

Your dinosaur adventure finishes this

morning. Depart for the airport or

extend your stay in Las Vegas.

CONCIERGE