routes for a trip

please could someone advise me the best places to visit and the best route on a trip spending 2 or 3 days in a location at a time. We would like to visit the Grand Canyon,Las vegas and the painted desert. We would be very grateful for other suggestions too in these areas . We are able to travel for approx 14 days.Thanks for your help .

jan57

routes for a trip

When is your trip? You will find many posts about the same information. Fly into Las Vegas. To travel to the Grand Canyon, rent a car. It is a 5-hour drive. You have enough time to spend 2 nights at GCNP. Get lodging in the park. Painted Desert is not worth driving to unless you are visiting other things as well. With 14 days you can see many more things: Antelope Canyon, Monument Valley, Canyon de Chelly, Bryce Canyon, Zion Natl Park.

Tell us more about what you want to see and do.

routes for a trip

Try and make up your mind asap so that you are in time to get accom IN the national parks - especially at grand canyon (we love the little cabins)

If you dont want to do too much driving you could do vegas - south rim - sedona - vegas

And you could lengthen that by driving from south rim thru monument valley and back to chinle - long drive but great scenery

Next day see canyon de chelly

then head via painted desert and petrified forest to sedona

Alternatively try vegas - south rim - page - north rim vegas

And again this could be lengthened to take in Bryce and\or dallas

An alternative would be to fly back from a different airport (though that can increase the flight costs)

You could consider

vegas - south rim - monument valley - moab - denver

or vegas - grand canyon - vegas - death valley yosemite - san fran

thank you for your reply.

i am really don%26#39;t know much about the area so i am open to all your suggestions. i know i want to see the grand canyon very much and also would like to go to vegas. we have 12 days from april 9th .the painted dessert was mentioned by a friend in th uk-( so isn%26#39;t crucial to my plans. ),if there are better things i should visit i%26#39;d be truly grateful for your advice as to where to visit or what to do .

also we fancy seeing the grand canyon from a hot air balloon or helicopter ...is this possible.

thanks again

are your flights booked?

ie are you definitely flying in and out of vegas??

I would spend 1 day in sedona

no we haven%26#39;t booked flights yeto we can fly into wherever we like ,just tied to the dates though

acne