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DT 2025V Albuquerque, Santa Fe, & Grand Canyon (October)
Oct 11, 2025 to Oct 19, 2025
Albuquerque, Santa Fe, & Grand Canyon National Park
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Motorcoach Transportation
- 8 nights lodging including 3 consecutive nights in the Albuquerque area
- 14 meals: 8 Breakfasts and 6 Dinners
- Guided Tour of Santa Fe
- Visit to the New Mexico Veterans Memorial
- Guided Tour of Acoma Pueblo also known as Sky City
- Ride on the Sandia Peak Tramway
- Visit to Old Town Albuquerque
- Visit Grand Canyon National Park including an IMAX Grand Canyon Movie
- Visit to the magnificent Petrified Forest National Park
- Day 1
- Depart your group's location in a spacious, video and restroom-equipped motorcoach, enjoying the great scenery along the way. Then, settle into a comfortable en-route hotel for a good night's rest.
- Day 2
- Start your day with Continental Breakfast before departing for your beautiful destination, the “Land of Enchantment.” Upon arrival, enjoy a relaxing Dinner and check into your Albuquerque area hotel for a one-night stay.
- Day 3
- After Continental Breakfast, you'll set off for a visit to ACOMA PUEBLO, a hilltop village also known as SKY CITY, which has been home to Native Americans for over 900 continuous years. You will enjoy a GUIDED TOUR of this ancient village, where they still live simply in a lifestyle that dates back centuries. Tour their “San Esteban del Rey” mission, and browse their authentic crafts and food offerings. This evening, you will enjoy Dinner and check into a hotel in the Flagstaff, Arizona area for a two-night stay.
- Day 4
- This morning, enjoy a Continental Breakfast before departing for a visit to the magnificent and spectacular GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK. Today you will also see the IMAX GRAND CANYON MOVIE at the National Geographic Visitor Center. This evening, you will enjoy Dinner and return to your hotel.
- Day 5
- Enjoy a Continental Breakfast at your hotel before leaving for a visit to the PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK. Tonight, you'll enjoy a relaxing Dinner and check into your Albuquerque area hotel for a three-night stay.
- Day 6
- After enjoying a Continental Breakfast, begin your day in the beautiful SCULPTURE GARDENS at the ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM - and inside, learn a brief history of the city. Then visit OLD TOWN ALBUQUERQUE, a historic area with old Southwestern charm, where unique shops and cafés abound. Next, you will gently soar over the mountains in the SANDIA PEAK TRAMWAY. The enclosed tramway takes you 2 miles up to the stunning mountain peak, to see one of the most beautiful views in all of New Mexico. Tonight, enjoy Dinner and Entertainment.
- Day 7
- Today, after a Continental Breakfast, depart for the legendary city of SANTA FE, where artistry and beautiful Southwestern architecture surround you. You will enjoy a GUIDED TOUR of SANTA FE. This afternoon you will visit the vibrant SANTA FE PLAZA, where artisans sell their own handmade works, amidst Santa Fe's most historic sites. See the grandeur of the SAINT FRANCIS CATHEDRAL. Enjoy Dinner before returning to your hotel this evening.
- Day 8
- Enjoy a Continental Breakfast before leaving for the NEW MEXICO VETERANS MEMORIAL, an expansive memorial honoring many aspects of Veterans' experiences and sacrifices. This evening, relax at your en-route hotel.
- Day 9
- Today After enjoying a Continental Breakfast, you will depart for home… a perfect time to chat with your friends about all the fun things you've done, the great sights you've seen, and where your next group trip will take you!
Grand Canyon Guided Tour
Escape to the Arizona desert and witness one of Mother Nature’s most spectacular offerings, the Grand Canyon as well as other natural wonders along the way during our Grand Canyon bus tour. Known as one of the United States' first national parks, the Grand Canyon National Park is estimated to be five to six million years old and has long been considered a national treasure.
Climb aboard your tour bus in Flagstaff, Arizona, and enjoy a circular sightseeing route of the Arizona desert to and from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon with a friendly and knowledgeable step-on-guide. From the San Francisco Peaks to the Grand Canyon, during your Grand Canyon trip Arizona’s natural wonders will paint a unique picture of the region’s geological and Native American past.
Brave the wild Colorado River or soar above the walls of Arizona’s Grand Canyon. Part of our Grand Canyon bus trip, the IMAX experience at the Grand Canyon Visitor Center offers guests an adventure of a lifetime. Carved by the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon began to form millions of years ago and is known today as one of the seven natural world wonders because of its remarkable length, width, and depth. From the IMAX movie itself to the resources found inthe Grand Canyon Visitor Center, discover what makes the Grand Canyon one of the seven world wonders during your time in the Colorado Plateau.
The Grand Canyon Visitor Center is wheelchair accessible. If you or someone in your party is handicapped, let your reservations agent know ahead of time, so that the museum can be sure to accommodate your group in the most convenient and comfortable setting.
Discover remarkable cross-sections of petrified wood shimmering in ethereal pinks, blues, and greens throughout the semi-desert shrub steppe and highly eroded badlands of Petrified Forest National Park as part of this group motorcoach vacation package. Spread across Navajo and Apache counties in northeastern Arizona, the Petrified Forest began years ago when trees arrived in the area by major floods only to be buried beneath silica-rich volcanic ash. While uplift and erosion eventually exposed the logs and resulted in thousands of tons of petrified wood being taken from the area by souvenir hunters, Teddy Roosevelt put a stop to this in 1906 when he made the Petrified Forest a national monument. However, it was not until 1962, that Petrified Forest officially became a national park. Aside from its logs, the Petrified Forest National Park is known for its Native American ruins, petroglyphs, and picturesque sections of the Painted Desert. Today it not only attracts geologists, paleontologists, archeologists, historians, and biologists, but nature lovers worldwide.
Next to the Painted Desert Visitor Center is a restaurant where you can enjoy casual fare. A convenience store is also located on the premises and sells snacks. A Gift Store is located adjacent to the Painted Desert Visitor Center and sells gifts and keepsakes. Removal of petrified wood or other natural and cultural artifacts in the park is prohibited by law. Visitors who wish to take home something to remember their time in the Petrified Forest National Park are encouraged to purchase petrified wood from the Gift Store, collected from private land outside the park boundaries.
Take an intimate look into the Southwest in Old Town Albuquerque. Made up of 10 blocks all centered around the Plaza, this historic town was built in the early 1700s. The essence of old New Mexico is prominent to this day in Old Town Albuquerque. From the town’s Pueblo-Spanish style flat roofs and long porches to the authentic stores, galleries, and Spanish restaurants, you can embrace Albuquerque’s rich culture during your 2 ½ hour tour.
Sandia Peak Tramway
Take a ride on the world’s longest aerial tramway and delight in the deep canyons and breathtaking terrain at Sandia Peak Tramway during a Santa Fe bus tour. Whether you’re interested in the history, the sights, or looking for an adventure, you can find it at Sandia Peak Tramway. Inspired by Robert Nordhaus, one of the owners of Sandia Peak Ski Company, this remarkable structure took several years of planning and after finally being constructed over a 24-month period and going through 60 days of strenuous testing, the tramway took its first riders up the Sandia Peak on May 7, 1966. Climb aboard the world’s largest aerial tram and journey to the top of Sandia Peak for panoramic views of the surrounding Rio Grande Valley during your two-hour tour on the Sandia Peak Tramway. Since opening in 1966, the tramway has safely carried over nine million visitors to the top of Sandia Peak and back down again.
St. Francis Cathedral
Situated in the center of historic Santa Fe, New Mexico is the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi. As part of our Albuquerque and Santa Fe bus tour; discover the history behind the mother church of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. Once the site of a church was destroyed during the Pueblo Revolt, the French Romanesque-style cathedral was built by Jean-Baptiste Lamy in 1869 and replaced a later adobe church called La Parroquia.
Reserved for prayer, the Blessed Sacrament Chapel is known for its stained glass windows made in France. Representing the Eucharist, intricate carvings of the Apostles and the Holy Family can be seen etched into the stained glass windows.
New Mexico Veterans Memorial
From those who have served in the past to the generations that will serve in the future, take the time to reflect on the family and friends who have dedicated their lives to the service of our great country at the New Mexico Veterans Memorial Park, part of our Albuquerque and Santa Fe bus tour. The New Mexico Veterans Memorial was designed in the 1980s under the leadership of the then-Mayor Louis Saavedra. Specially built to remind guests of the veterans who sacrificed their lives for the United States of America, the construction of the Veterans Memorial Park did not take place until 1995. Today the Memorial’s gardens, sculptures, the surrounding Sandia Mountains, and the Memorial Museum have made New Mexico’s Veterans Memorial one of Albuquerque’s leading tourist destinations attracting thousands from near and far.
As you continue to explore the grounds, you will come to the seven venues that depict the soldier’s experience. From the Call which symbolizes joining the military to the Homecoming, each venue is symbolic of what a soldier experiences while serving their country.