It was a tour by chinese and for chinese. Any other person from any other nationality felt forced to stop at all the chinese food joints. No wheel chair support was present and driver was very rude to me and my family.
By: Sharon A Stewart | Fri Jun 02, 2017 at 11.53 PM
The tour is great! We enjoyed sitting back and having a driver. Harry and I went out onto the sky walk, and it's amazing to walk out over the canyon. Our favorite sight was at the sky walk, known as Eagle Point. The rock formation depicts a..n eagle soaring. What a beautiful sight.Read full review
Terrible trip, we could not use the bathroom on the bus, it was locked , could only use bathroom in emergency situation. There hidden fees we had to pay, and could not give us a good reason why we had to pay them. The restaurant provided ..by the tour co was bad food no good. Can not recommend this tour co. to any of my family or friends,Read full review
the guide did not research enough about the sites being visited. the bus was not well cooled. the water could have been stored in coolers. the hoover dam stop was very disappointing
Short version: loved the trip, tour guide Joe was awesome, camping accommodations were great, food was good, would 100% recommend this trip.
Long version: I will admit, I was very nervous to book this trip for several reasons, one being ..that we were using camping equipment provided by the company and also not knowing all the details of the trip.
My husband and I took this trip together and had plans to stay in Vegas for 3 nights following the tour, so we had 1 large carry-on bag with our "vegas" things and each of us had a backpack with all of our camping/hiking gear. I was worried we would have too much baggage but it was the perfect amount. The van/bus had a trailer with all the camping supplies and enough for room for storage of the extra luggage. Getting started from the stratosphere was easy. From there, we headed to Zion. The entire tour consists of driving 1-2 hours at a time from place to place. There are plenty of chances for bathroom breaks and time to stretch out. During the drive Joe gave tons of information about the areas we were headed and some fun facts about Vegas, never a dull moment. Once at Zion, we were given a map and a few ideas of short hikes that we could choose from. I will admit we were only allowed a couple hours to hike which was somewhat disappointing but given the short time frame of the trip I completely understand the schedule. After Zion, we headed to Bryce to hike for a couple more hours and then camped about 30 min away from there at a KOA. The camp ground was very nice with good facilities. The camping gear supplied by the tour was clean and easy to use. Dinner the first night was an optional BBQ for $10-12 per person that was very tasty. The next morning we ate a quick breakfast provided by the guide: cereal, muffins, fruit. The next stop was antelope canyon (my personal favorite). It was an extra $30 per person and worth every penny. After that we drove through the Navajo land and took a 4x4 trip through monument valley guided by a Navajo. It was very informational and one of the most memorable parts of the trip. We set up camp at this same location overlooking the valley and the "mittens". After that we spent another $10-12 per person to eat "Navajo tacos" at a local's home. Amazing!The next day we were off to the south rim of the Grand Canyon which involved a 3 hr ride there and from Grand Canyon back to Vegas another 5 hrs. We had about 3-4 hours to walk around the rim of the canyon, not much hiking inside the canyon.
This trip is one I will never forget. I really have no complaints! If you are wanting to see everything in a short amount of time, it's the one for you. If you want more time to hike check out their 7 day tour. Thanks bindlestiff and Joe! We loved every minute :)Read full review
The tour guide was super! He was very informative and attentive to the needs of the guests.
The itinerary allows enough time at each stop to enjoy and explore the surroundings.
tour guide was nice and interesting, injected a lot of fun into the trip. the pick up at hotel was fuss free, bus was on time. itinerary was well paced, and the lunch included was nice and filling. overall was a great trip!
Well what a three days we had!!! all aboard with Jon our Expert Guide at 7.15am on day one of to Zion National park what a beauty she was we had sufficient time to catch the shuttle and hike or just meander around taking in the scenery and ..snapping some memories. Then of to take a look at lake Powell and to finish the night at Bryce Canyon and camping. The camp grounds were very tidy and clean and the equipment supplied by Bindlestiff was clean and well maintained with a sleeping bag insert for each user. Day 2 breakfast pack up camp for Antelope Canyon ( worth every cent paid and more) we had a brilliant young Navajo guide who happened to be studding photography. What a bonus!!! And to finish the day at Monument valley after a Navajo guided jeep tour a camp on the valley's edge an amateur photographers dream. Day 3 big day of driving of to Grand Canyon we did the extra of a 50 min Helicopter ride a once in a life time breath taking event. A stop for and early dinner at old burger joint in the old parts of Route 66 Arizona. We all had a blast. Jon was a brilliant guide with amazing knowledge of the area travelled both past and present. I could not recommend Jon and the tour highly enough once in a life time dream. Just Brilliant!!!Read full review
Great tour with many places visited and covered a lot in the allotted time... adequate time in all attractions... tour guide a real expert in his field looked after Australian passengers with good detail in a chinese dominated bus but that ..was not a problem or meant to be detrimental. Budget tour but you get plenty of value for money... hotels of very good standard and despite early starts to some days was a great trip to take.Read full review