BEST OF USA 13 DAYS

Day 1: Arrive Los Angeles (Anaheim): This evening you'll meet your Tour Manager and group for an orientation gathering. We have organized a dinner so you can get to know your fellow travelers Hotel (D)

Day 2: Los Angeles (Anaheim): Today we'll experience a full day of LA sightseeing. Your tour will included downtown LA, an insiders look at Hollywood with an included walking tour, trendy Melrose Ave, Sunset Blvd, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica and finishing at Venice Beach. Hotel (B,D)

Day 3: Los Angeles (Anaheim): Today is free to visit Disneyland or Universal Studios. Alternatively why not spend the day shopping or relaxing by the pool? Hotel (B)

Day 4: Los Angeles to San Francisco: Today you will fly to the City by the Bay; San Francisco. You'll quickly fall in love with this place during your extensive city tour that includes Fisherman's Wharf, the Golden Gate Bridge, North Beach, Golden Gate Park and Haight Ashbury-Hippie Central. Tonight our included dinner is in Chinatown! Hotel (B,D)

Day 5: San Francisco: The day is yours to explore this fascinating and diverse city, ride on one of the city's famous cable cars, shop in Union Square, bike across the Golden Gate Bridge, or take a walk down crooked Lombard - the world's "crookedest street". Get out your chopsticks and join us for dinner in Chinatown (optional). Hotel (B)

Day 6: San Francisco to Las Vegas: Today's flight brings us to the wildest city of them all Las Vegas! Our illuminations tour will take us down 'The Strip' where you won't believe your eyes at this crazy place. After the light show at Fremont Street, win a million at the casino or party on at one of Las Vegas's premier hot spots! Hotel (D)

Days 7-8: Las Vegas at leisure: Vegas, Baby! Only in Las Vegas can you visit most of the world's largest hotels and casinos in one day, gamble while you swim, catapult 327 metres (1,081 feet) up in the air from the top of the Stratosphere Hotel, feel like you are in Venice, Egypt, New York, Ancient Rome, and Paris all at the same time, and party like a rock star 24 hours a day! Get out there and do it all - or just lie by the pool and relax. Perhaps you'll want to take an optional helicopter ride to one of the seven natural wonders of the world - The Grand Canyon. Or shop in some of the outlet malls. Why not take in an optional Las Vegas cabaret show? Hotel 

Day 9: Las Vegas to New York: This morning you'll fly to New York where on arrival you'll be transferred to the hotel. Tonight is free to relax or explore Manhattan. Hotel (B)

Day 10: Hello Big Apple!: This morning you'll meet your Tour Manager and enjoy a sightseeing tour of Manhattan including fashionable Fifth Avenue, Central Park, and Harlem's Apollo Theatre, Greenwich Village, the World Trade Center Site and much more. This afternoon we'll board a ferry to Liberty Island to see the Statue of Liberty and take in a spectacular view of the New York City Skyline. After dinner, we'll see the lights of world famous Times Square. Hotel (D)

Day 11: New York, New York: We visit the Empire State Building and take the elevator up 102 floors to the Observation Deck. Enjoy a stroll up Fifth Avenue seeing St. Patrick's Cathedral, the Rockefeller Center and Tiffany's. Spend the afternoon on an optional guided "Sex and the City" Tour or spectacular NYC shopping. Tonight, choose from one of the hundreds of great restaurants, and then perhaps take in a Broadway show. Hotel (B)

Day 12: Manhatten & Central Park: This morning we will explore Central Park, 340 hectares (843 acres) of woods and parklands in the heart of the city. Go cycling, boating, or ice skating (activities vary by season). Spend the day in the park, go shopping or visit one of the New York's many museums, such as the Guggenheim, Museum of Modern Art, or the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Then why not take an incredible helicopter ride around Manahattan? You can also enjoy an optional guided tour of Manahattan Movie & TV locations. In the afternoon, you can join us for an awesome optional - The Beast - a high speed jet boat ride up and down the Hudson River (seasonal). This evening we will enjoy a goodbye dinner together at one of New York's great restaurants. Hotel (D)

Day 13: New York: Say a final farewell to your new found friends as your tour ends this morning.  

Important Note about flights: This tour shows many of the 'icons' that has made the USA famous. It does so in a short time by utilising flights between America's 4 main tourist hubs - Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas and New York.

These domestic flights are not included in the tour cost. To take advantage of our complimentary airport transfers please contact Contiki, your travel agent, or click here for suggested flight schedules.

Please note: If you use different flights to those suggested and are unable to coordinate with our airport transfers you will need to make your own arrangements to/from the hotel.