Interlude Tours: Escorted Vacation to Zion National Park from Indianapolis
Canyon Country & Native American Experience (click here for itinerary)
May 12-18, 2010 (7 days, 6 nights)
- Guaranteed departure (plan in confidence!)
- Escorted vacation (0% fuss, 100% vacation!)
- Tour for active adults (share a great experience!)
- Includes home pickup and return (for clients in Marion and adjacent counties)
Previous posts about destinations included in this tour:
As you can see by the itinerary, this tour offers a veritable cornucopia of national park experiences, including Grand Canyon National Park.
Let’s a look, however, at the lesser known Zion National Park, which is quite spectacular in its own right. According to the official website,
Utah’s First National Park
Massive canyon walls ascend toward a brilliant blue sky. To experience Zion, you need to walk among the towering cliffs, or challenge your courage in a small narrow canyon. These unique sandstone cliffs range in color from cream, to pink, to red. They could be described as sand castles crowning desert canyons.
Wikipedia provides additional information:
Zion National Park is a national park located in the Southwestern United States, near Springdale, Utah. A prominent feature of the 229 mi.2 park is Zion Canyon, 15 miles (24 km) long and up to half a mile (800 m) deep, cut through the reddish and tan-colored Navajo Sandstone by the North Fork of the Virgin River. Located at the junction of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert regions, the park’s unique geography and variety of life zones allow for unusual plant and animal diversity. Numerous plant species as well as 289 species of birds, 75 mammals (including 19 species of bat), and 32 reptiles inhabit the park’s four life zones: desert, riparian, woodland, and coniferous forest. Common plant species include cottonwood, Cactus, Datura, Juniper, Pine, Boxelder, Sagebrush, yucca , and various willows. Notable megafauna include mountain lions, mule deer, and Golden Eagles, along with reintroduced California Condors and Bighorn Sheep.
Here is an incredible video about hiking in the park. It gives a good view of the spectacular red rock formations.
This will truly be the journey of a lifetime–so why not give it a try? We welcome reservations from Indianapolis, where we are based, or from any location in the United States or Canada.
Photo by Diliff; used with permission.
–Matt
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