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USA Wild West Guided Tour

…Exceeded our expectations, it was absolutely magical. The magnificent landscapes, the glorious monuments, enthralling towns and cities, in summary it was AWESOME. Andy & Petra were exceptional in ensuring everything was perfect in terms of routes, hotels & restaurants and great personal company throughout the tour. Riding a Harley is definitely the best way to see the Wild West and your recommendation of the Heritage was first class, pure comfort. I will definitely be singing [your] praises to all interested parties. Thanks for making our 40th Wedding Anniversary present a "once in a lifetime experience”.

Peter & Mary Baxter, UK, 2010

... even better than Route 66
Tim & Sheila Morphey, UK, 2011

Welcome to the Wild West – and our ‘oldest’ tour, first run way back in the last century! This is a tour that is all about the scenery – spectacular in every way, every day will amaze you with its grandeur and colour. So, ride with us on a modern day cowboy adventure, travelling through California, Arizona, Utah and Nevada. The tour winds its way through the Mojave Desert to the famous Oatman Highway, Anasazi Indian cliff dwellings and petroglyphs, the red rock canyons of Butch Cassidy, the grandeur of the Grand Canyon, the sandstone of Glen Canyon, the cliffs of Capital Reef National Park and the famous rock formations of Bryce Canyon.

After a rest in Las Vegas (if you can do such a thing!) we continue across Death Valley, before riding high up into the Sierra Nevada mountains, stopping at a natural hot spring in a hidden canyon near Mammoth Lakes and taking a half-day to explore the back country of Yosemite, before reaching San Francisco and a ride down the famous Route 1, the Pacific Coast Highway, through Carmel and the Big Sur to LA.

And if 2 weeks of visual overload is too much for you, then why not take it easy and ride either the first or second half and spend a little time relaxing in Los Angeles or Las Vegas. Part 1, the first 8 days, ends in Las Vegas, or you can join us in Las Vegas for the next 9 days, Part 2.

Highlights

• Lake Elsinore
• Joshua Tree NP
• Mojave Desert
• Oatman
• Historic Route 66
• Grand Canyon
• Monument Valley
• Bryce Canyon
• Zion NP
• Death Valley
• Yosemite
• San Francisco
• Big Sur
• Pacific Coast Highway

Itinerary

Day 1 Arrive Los Angeles. Just take the brief shuttle ride to our hotel, and we’ll be at the hospitality desk to meet you, followed by a welcome drink at 18.30. If you're still awake, why not take in the Santa Monica Promenade this evening, the largest street crowd in California (except for Disneyland!).

Day 2 Los Angeles - Palm Springs (190 miles). After our Welcome Breakfast, we collect our motorbikes from the local Harley-Davidson dealer, and the adventure begins. We head south and ride the winding mountain road down to Lake Elsinore – lots of sweeping curves and straights. After lunch we ride further east – the cool air warms as we soar into the open country of the San Jacinto Mountains, and down into the desert to the home of the stars, Palm Springs.

Day 3 Palm Springs - Laughlin (230 miles). We head to Joshua Tree and ride a loop through the national park. You can see amazing colours, rock canyons and more kinds of cacti than you knew existed. Expect to see Wile E. Coyote on top of every boulder. After Twenty Nine Palms we hit the legendary Route 66 and ride it through the Mojave Desert, which offers some of the most dramatic scenery in Southern California – lush grasses, startling volcanic formations, stands of Joshua trees, and sage pinion pine.

Day 4 Laughlin - Grand Canyon National Park (245 miles). We continue our ride on Route 66 into Arizona, along the famous Oatman Highway and on to Kingman, considered the ‘heart’ of the Mother Road, in the middle of the longest remaining stretch of the road through the Hulapai Indian Reservation, with its scenic buttes and mesas. We stop for lunch in Williams, gateway to the Grand Canyon. And from here it’s a short ride and a gentle climb to the Canyon itself, at nearly 2,500 m. Be prepared, the view really is spectacular, and the sunsets are the reddest you’ve ever seen. If time allows, take the helicopter ride, it is quite awesome!

Day 5 Grand Canyon – Monument Valley (230 miles). If you didn’t have time yesterday, take the helicopter ride this morning. Our ride starts with a 30-mile geological expedition along the Grand Canyon rim, and into Navajo territory. We’ll stop at trading posts for silver and turquoise art and jewellery, once traded for food by the local artisans. After an authentic Navajo lunch we ride through the classic Wild West landscape of stark sandstone buttes and forbidding pinnacles of rock poking from an endless expanse of drifting red sands. It is only when you reach Monument Valley that you realise how your perception of the Wild West has been shaped by this one place.- a perfect scenic distillation.

Day 6 Monument Valley - Bryce Canyon (280 miles). We ride out in the incredible morning light to sleepy Mexican Hat,, briefly a frenzied gold-mining camp, which takes its name from a riverside sandstone hoodoo that looks like a sombrero! Then it is on through picturesque Bluff to the Mokee Dugway and the ride to the Valley of the Gods, where much of ‘Thelma and Louise’ was filmed, and then across the Colorado River where it pours into Lake Powell. We ride along the southern tip of Capitol Reef NP (huge cliffs), on to Glen Canyon (sublime sandstone) and up to the Devil’s Backbone through the Escalante Wilderness to Bryce Canyon. The riding and scenery are just spectacular, a day you won’t ever forget..

Day 7 Bryce Canyon – Las Vegas (250 miles). Catch the spectacular colours of Bryce Canyon in the early light before we head off through red rock canyons and mountain cedars on the 'Switchbacks of Zion' to Zion National Park where the beauty around every bend slows your pace. As the day passes and the altitude drops, it doesn't take long for the cool mountain air to be replaced by the desert heat. Fortunately we aren't far from that neon oasis, Las Vegas, where you can enjoy an evening of revelry. For those of you ending your tour here, we’ll return the motorcycles and have a farewell dinner.

Day 8 Las Vegas (free day). The day is yours to do as you wish. Visit the many hotels and casinos, the Hoover Dam, Lake Mead – the choices are too numerous to mention. The 8-day tour from LA finishes this morning. The 9-day tour to LA starts this afternoon. (New riders must arrive by 2.30 pm to get you ready for the early morning start.)

Day 9 Las Vegas – Mammoth Lakes (350 miles). An early start to catch the early morning desert light. We pass the infamous Cottontail Ranch and swing into the switchbacks that drop off the rim into Death Valley. The vista is immense, like looking across a sea of sand and stone, as you descend nearly 1000 m until you are below sea level. After lunch at Furnace Creek (aptly named!) we cross the valley floor, and swing into the switchbacks that zigzag over mountain passes and valley floors into Big Pine, along Sequoia NP and up to Mammoth Lakes.

Day 10 Mammoth Lakes - Oakhurst (150 miles). Today is spent exploring the wonders of Yosemite. Ride through the winding granite canyons of the famous Tioga Pass, take a trail etched into a vertical cliff as the mist from a 900 m waterfall keeps you cool, and just enjoy the park's natural wonders. Yosemite is just as beautiful, wild, rich and sublime as you’d expect, only more so!

Day 11 Oakhurst - San Francisco (200 miles). We ride along the Yosemite River for a while and then head west. We cross San Rafael Bridge into Marin County, an unabashed introduction to Californian self-indulgence: a pleasure zone of conspicuous luxury and abundant natural beauty, with sunshine, sandy beaches, high mountains and thick redwood forests. We then ride south to pretty Sausalito for lunch. Once a hotspot for drunken sailors and bawdy saloons, Sausalito is now much more like the Cote d’Azur. After lunch it’s off to the Golden Gate Bridge and into San Francisco.

Day 12 San Francisco (free day). A free day to enjoy the beautiful city of San Francisco, a funky individualistic, surprisingly small place – and certainly the most liberal city in the USA. We offer several excursions today, such as a trip to Alcatraz, a Bay Cruise or a Napa Valley wine tour.

Day 13 San Francisco - Carmel (120 miles). Roll out of the city on the beautiful, winding Skyline Boulevard for coffee at Alice's Restaurant, then onto the Pacific Coast Highway, the famous Route 1, to Santa Cruz for lunch, fun and sun on the beach. This is one of the best rides in the world, ending in the coastal grandeur of the Monterrey Peninsula, whose crescent shaped bay and cypress groves have been celebrated by poets, authors and artists. This evening, take in the Carmel shops, Steinbeck's Cannery Row and the great ambience.

Day 14 Carmel - Pismo Beach (150 miles). This morning we ride 90 miles along the cliff edges of Big Sur, the best section of Highway 1, where rocky cliffs form a sublime landscape, redwood groves line river canyons and the Santa Lucia Mountains rise out of the blue-green Pacific. About halfway along we come to Esalen, named for the long-gone native tribe who once enjoyed the natural hot springs on a cliff top high above the raging surf. We cruise up to Hurst Castle, where you can take a guided tour, and continue through tiny seaside art communities and miles of sandy beaches to Pismo Beach. As night falls, the jasmine flowers perfume the soft coastal air outside the Whaler Inn. It feels like paradise, and it just might be – welcome to Southern California!

Day 15 Pismo Beach - Los Angeles (225 miles). This is the home of the California beach scene, and you have time to enjoy it all. After cutting inland at Santa Maria to enjoy the great back roads and scenery we get back on Highway 101 at Santa Barbara and cruise straight into Malibu, the famous beach colony. After another 20 miles we’re in Santa Monica, LA’s oldest and biggest resort – once a wild beachfront playground, it’s now a self-consciously liberal and health-conscious community. Venice Beach is where LA parades itself openly along the Boardwalk, with the famous Muscle Beach gym. From here it’s a short ride to return the motorbikes, before checking in for our last night and our Farewell Dinner.

Day 16 Depart Los Angeles. The end of the road, as we say farewell and you prepare for the flight home.

Total mileage  c. 2650 miles

Our tour price includes

• Authorized Harley-Davidson® motorcycle (low mileage, under 18,000) or other makes and models as listed
• Standard motorcycle insurance package: CDW with $5000 excess, theft insurance with $5000 excess, state minimum liability cover of typically $10,000-$50,000
• American licensed tour guide on motorcycle and assistant in support vehicle (guided only)
• Support/luggage vehicle with coolbox/drinks (guided only)
• Spare motorcycle for emergencies (guided only)
• Trauma / First Aid kit (guided only)
• Unlimited mileage
• All taxes
• Helmets (if requested). We strongly recommend you bring your own
• Detailed tourbook including maps
• Accommodation in 3-4* hotels
• Welcome Breakfast & Farewell Dinner (guided only)
• All breakfasts (guided only)
• National Park, State Park and National Monument entrance fees (guided only)
• Hotel parking fees (guided only)
• Luggage storage at depot
• Airport transfers in Los Angeles

Our tour price does not include

• Meals except where specified (allow c. £20/person/day)
• Fuel and oil (allow c. £10/day)
• Riding gear
• Additional activities
• Personal expenses, souvenirs, tips

Optional prebookable items

(for details of our optional extras, please see the details on the Guided Tour page)

• Flights
• UK airport hotels and parking
• Airport-hotel transfers
• Travel insurance
• Optional CDW & SLI motorcycle insurances
• Excursions/activities listed (guided only)
• Pre and post-tour accommodation and tours
• Pre-and post-tour motorcycle hire

Motorcycle selection

(Please indicate 1^st and 2^nd choice, all bikes are subject to availability at the time of booking and all are the same price)

• Glendale H-D
• Sportster 883
• V-Rod
• Dyna Low Rider
• Fatboy
• Heritage Softail Classic
• Heritage Softail Deluxe
• Road King Standard
• Road King Classic
• Street Glide
• Electraglide Classic
• Electraglide Ultra Classic
• Trike (surcharge applies)
• Other H-D models may be available on request
• Or
• BMW R1200GS
• BMW R1200RT
• Ducati Multistrada
• Honda VT750 Shadow
• Honda GL1800 Goldwing

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Wild West         Prices Rider + passenger (per person in twin or double room) 2 riders       (per person in twin or double room) Rider,  single room Passenger, single room 16-day guided £2,845.00 £4,075.00 £4,975.00 £2,525.00 Part 1 guided £1,595.00 £2,295.00 £2,795.00 £1,425.00 Part 2 guided £1,795.00 £2,475.00 £3,025.00 £1,625.00 16-day self-guided £1,595.00 £2,275.00 £3,175.00 £1,795.00 Part 1 self-guided £795.00 £1,225.00 £1,595.00 £725.00  Part 2 self-guided £1,025.00 £1,495.00 £2,045.00 £1,075.00

Wild West prebookable extras Basis Price 16-day tour, CDW ($0 excess) Per bike £210.00 16-day tour, SLI ($1 million) Per bike £154.00 Part 1, CDW ($0 excess) Per bike £90.00 Part 1, SLI ($1 million) Per bike £66.00 Part 2, CDW ($0 excess) Per bike £112.00 Part 2, SLI ($1 million) Per bike £77.00 Flights Per person POA Travel insurance (EU residents only) Per person POA Airport hotel/parking (UK only) Per room/car POA Los Angeles hotel pretour Per room per night £94.00 Grand Canyon helicopter flight Per person £169.00 Las Vegas biker wedding Per couple £379.00 Las Vegas hotel posttour Per room per night £88.00 Las Vegas hotel pretour Per room per night £88.00 Bay sunset cruise Per person £45.00 Napa wine tour Per person £82.50 Hearst Castle guided tour Per person £21.00 Los Angeles amusement package (1 nt) Per person £163.00 Hollywood package (1 nt) Per person £101.00 Los Angeles hotel posttour Per room per night £94.00

Wild West Wild West Pt 1 Wild West Pt 2 Tour dates Tour dates Tour dates 10 May - 25 May 2012 10 May - 17 May 2012 17 May - 25 May 2012 14 Jun - 29 Jun 2012 14 Jun - 21 Jun 2012 21 Jun - 29 Jun 2012 12 Jul - 27 Jul 2012 12 Jul - 19 Jul 2012 19 Jul - 27 Jul 2012 13 Sep - 28 Sep 2012 13 Sep - 20 Sep 2012 20 Sep - 28 Sep 2012 09 May - 24 May 2013 09 May - 16 May 2013 16 May - 24 May 2013 13 Jun - 28 Jun 2013 13 Jun - 20 Jun 2013 20 Jun - 28 Jun 2013 11 Jul - 26 Jul 2013 11 Jul - 18 Jul 2013 18 Jul - 26 Jul 2013 12 Sep - 27 Sep 2013 12 Sep - 19 Sep 2013 20 Sep - 27 Sep 2013 Self-guided tour on any date starting 01 May - 30 Sep, avoiding guided tour dates and bike pick-up / drop-off on a public holiday

Accommodation list - guided Accommodation list - self-guided Los Angeles, Radisson LAX Los Angeles, Crowne Plaza LAX Palm Springs, BW Las Brisas Inn Palm Springs, BW Las Brisas Inn Laughlin, Aquarius Resort Laughlin, Aquarius Resort Grand Canyon, Holiday Inn & SuitesCanyon Plaza Resort Grand Canyon, Quality Inn & Suites Monument Valley, Goulding's Lodge Monument Valley, Goulding's Lodge Bryce Canyon, BW Ruby's Inn Bryce Canyon, BW Ruby's Inn Las Vegas, Monte Carlo Resort (2 nts) Las Vegas, Planet Hollywood Resort (2 nts) Mammoth, Sierra Nevada Lodge Mammoth, Sierra Nevada Lodge Oakhurst, Miners Inn Yosemite, Cedar Lodge San Francisco, Marriott Fisherman's Wharf (2 nts) San Francisco, BW Tuscan Inn (2 nts) Carmel, Mission Inn Monterey, Casa Munras Garden Hotel Pismo Beach, BW Shore Cliff Lodge Pismo Beach, BW Shore Cliff Lodge Los Angeles, Radisson LAX Los Angeles, Crowne Plaza LAX

| Wild West | Route 66 | California Dreamin’ | Daytona Bike Week |
 | Sturgis and the Old West | High Chaparral | Cowboys & Indians |
| PCH All the Way | Self-Guided Tours | Rental |

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