7 Day Secrets of Sedona & the Grand Canyon Tour, Gutsy Women Travel

7 DAY SECRETS OF SEDONA & THE GRAND CANYON ITINERARY:

DAY 1, Tuesday - Arrival in Las Vegas and Welcome Dinner
Arrive in Las Vegas and transfer independently to the hotel. This evening, meet your group for a welcome dinner. Overnight: Las Vegas   Meals: Dinner

DAY 2, Wednesday - Hoover Dam and Sedona
After breakfast, depart for Arizona via the Hoover Dam. As the tour approaches Hoover Dam, it passes Boulder City with a spectacular view of Lake Mead. You will wind your way over the top of the dam and enjoy the view from 725 feet above the Colorado River. Then take the Discovery Tour featuring a trip down the massive power plant. Large elevators descend 500 feet into the wall of Blank Canyon. Step out and walk through the 250-foot tunnel drilled out of rock to view the Nevada wing of the power plant and its eight huge generators. Enjoy lunch before continuing to Sedona. Once there, we will check into our hotel with gorgeous views of the Red Rocks as a backdrop. Take time to relax and enjoy a spa treatment, shop for crystals, or have your aura read with a new age healer. Learn about the history, geology, folklore and legends of one of nature’s masterpieces. Join us around the fire with author James Endeedy, as he shows us how to quiet our mind, expand our consciousness, and rediscover our sacred relationship with the Earth. Overnight: Sedona
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

DAY 3, Thursday - Yoga, Sedona City Tour and Meditation Session
Early this morning, participate in yoga on the rocks of Sedona, a great way to be one with body, mind, and spirit. After breakfast enjoy a fascinating tour of Sedona's mystical "vortices," reputed to be the concentrated power spots of Earth's energy. Highlights of the tour include panoramic views of Uptown Sedona, Oak Creek Canyon, West Sedona, Airport Mesa, and the Boynton and Long Canyons. Along the way you'll have several opportunities to photograph the unique sites for which Sedona is renowned, including Bell Rock, Courthouse Butte and Cathedral Rock, as well as the Chapel of the Holy Cross, Coffee Pot Rock, and Thunder Mountain. See for yourself why Sedona is ranked first among the ten most beautiful places in America. Lunch will be served at the Heartline Café, featuring the best in edible flowers and herbs and noted for its fresh trout. After lunch, enjoy an afternoon meditation session and guided hike. At the direction of transformational life coach Deborah Perkins. You'll experience a light-hearted introduction to "Energy Work” through the use of energy medicine, Reiki, and Quantum Touch. Deborah will guide you to the reconnection of your bodily energy systems that will be rebalanced and strengthened. You will be provided with the tools to discover the life you want to live, overcome your limitations, and begin to realize all of your dreams. Enjoy dinner on your own this evening
Overnight: Sedona   Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

DAY 4, Friday - Morning Jeep Tour
Today, experience a "spiritual awakening" amid Sedona's sacred power spots. In an open Jeep, you'll venture into the spiritual lands of the American Indians in an effort to connect with the natural powers of Sedona. American Indian spirituality holds that simplicity and spiritual balance can be found out-of-doors, in an appreciation of a land and the physical history it keeps. Here you will learn of the first people drawn to the area, how they lived and why they deemed the land sacred. The tour concludes with a saging ceremony to cleanse the body and spirit. There will be time for reflection at the end of the ceremony, followed by a short hike. Comfortable clothing and athletic shoes are recommended. The afternoon is free at leisure to explore the local shops and galleries of Sedona, or to schedule a spa treatment at the resort. Dinner is on your own this evening. Overnight: Sedona    Meals: Breakfast

DAY 5, Saturday - Red Rocks of Sedona and Grand Canyon National Park
Today's tour begins with a scenic drive from the famous Red Rocks of Sedona through Oak Creek Canyon (one of the top 10 scenic drives in America) and the towering Ponderosa Pines of Flagstaff. Continue past the dormant volcanoes of the San Francisco Peaks to reach the Navajo Reservation. Enjoy a short stop at Spirit Mountain Ranch, home of the white buffalo, before visiting the Historic Cameron Trading Post, originally built in 1916, and one of the finest places to shop for authentic Native American crafts. A boxed lunch is included. Afterwards, enjoy a scenic drive along the Little Colorado River Gorge, admiring the western edge of the Painted Desert en route to the Grand Canyon. Upon entering the Grand Canyon National Park, enjoy your first views of the Grand Canyon and Colorado River at Desert View. Then, ascend the Watchtower Observatory, a crowning achievement of architect Mary Colter, for panoramic views of the Canyon below. From here, enjoy a leisurely, half mile walk along the South Rim where you'll take in the breadth of the Canyon. Continue through two of the most scenic points on the South Rim to view and photograph Phantom Ranch and the famous Kaibab Suspension Bridge. After check-in to our accommodations inside the Grand Canyon Village, the tour continues in the village with a photographer guide to help create photos of this natural wonder of the world. Dinner at the famous and historic El Tovar Hotel this evening
Overnight: Grand Canyon    Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

DAY 6, Sunday - Las Vegas
After breakfast at the lodge you may take a leisurely morning nature walk with a Native American guide sharing his or her stories. Listen to the stories of the elders' relationship to Mother Earth and Father Sky. Then prepare for our trip back to Las Vegas with stops for lunch and shopping. Following check-in, enjoy free time for a spa treatment, sunbathe at the resort pools, or try your luck at the casino tables. Farewell dinner at a Las Vegas hot spot. Overnight: Las Vegas    Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

DAY 7, Monday - Return Home
After breakfast, transfer independently to the Las Vegas airport for your return flight home. Meals: Breakfast

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