Coast to Coast Adventure

Today you will arrive in beautiful Washington DC. Transfer independently to your hotel by shuttle service or taxi.

Full day at leisure to explore the capital and its many historical landmarks. See the Capitol Building, the White House, Georgetown, the Lincoln Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial and much more. Visit the Smithsonian's complex of museums, a repository for the nation's historic treasures, and Arlington Cemetery, which houses JFK's grave site.

Collect your rental car this morning before starting out for Gettysburg National Military Park, site of the most famous battle of the American Civil War. There are excellent self-guided interpretive tours to help you understand the battlefields.

Travel through central Pennsylvania and upstate New York. Then cross the US border to romantic Niagara Falls. We suggest dinner at the revolving Skylon Tower restaurant this evening.

Spend the morning sightseeing at Niagara Falls. Why not venture to nearby Niagara on the Lake for wine tasting? In the afternoon, travel to Toronto, the largest English-speaking city in Canada. Explore the city before arriving at your hotel.

Continue through the province of Ontario to Windsor. Then cross back over the border to Detroit, America's automobile manufacturing centre. If time allows, a visit to the Henry Ford Museum is a must.

Travel across Michigan, stopping in Ann Arbor, Battle Creek and Kalamazoo before reaching Lake Michigan and Chicago.

Enjoy a full day to explore the Windy City. The architecture of Chicago is truly remarkable. See some of the tallest buildings in the world. There are also many excellent museums in the area to visit at your leisure, as well as great shopping and dining opportunities.

This morning, continue your journey south along Historic Route 66 as it winds out of Chicago and traverses Illinois farmland to St Louis, Missouri.

Leave the Mississippi River behind and travel along Historic Route 66 through the scenic beauty of the Missouri Ozark region to Springfield.

Nowhere is Historic Route 66 more at home than in Oklahoma, where the pavement follows the contours of the land as though it has always been there. In the dust-bowl years of the 1930s, fifteen percent of Oklahoma's population started out on Route 66 in cars or caravans, carrying all their belongings, children, hopes and dreams with them. This section of your trip takes you through rolling countryside, once the haunt of Native Americans, later the territory of cowboys and outlaws, and part of the famous Cherokee Strip.

Travel through the land where the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians lived and hunted buffalo. Enter the Texas Panhandle – the haven of cowboys, oilfield roughnecks and self-made millionaires.

Before leaving Amarillo, make a visit to Cadillac Ranch, where you will find 10 tail-fin Cadillacs half buried in the sand. This is the land of tumbleweeds, cattle, cotton, and oil. Continue to New Mexico, driving through what once was the hunting ground of the Comanche Indians. Overnight in Albuquerque.

A full day in Albuquerque today. A visit to the historic artists community in the downtown area will allow you the chance to pick up a momento of the trip. Alternatively, venture out to nearby Taos Pueblo to uncover the traditions of Native American indigenous people.

Enjoy the short drive today that brings you to Santa Fe, famous for its galleries and museums, and known as the art centre of the Southwest.

Today's highlight is the Petrified Forest National Park to view its thousands of acres of petrified trees. Overnight in Holbrook, Arizona.

Travel through Navajo Indian Country toward today's destination, the spectacular Grand Canyon National Park. A walk along the rim will provide you with memorable views of this stunning canyon. Continue to Flagstaff for your overnight.

Today your drive takes you through Kingman to Hoover Dam. Continue to Las Vegas, the glittering Entertainment Capital of the World, where your hotel is located on the famous Strip.

A full day at leisure in Las Vegas. Enjoy the shopping, dining and gaming that make Vegas the playground that never sleeps.

Journey through the Mojave Desert today, stopping at the ghost town of Calico en route to Santa Monica and Los Angeles. Continue to your overnight hotel.

Spend the morning relaxing in the California sunshine before returning your rental car at Los Angeles International Airport for your departure flight.