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DAY ONE  

Meet at airport two hours before departure

Arrive in Las Vegas

Group meets Grand Classroom representatives at baggage claim

12:00 Depart for Lake Mead

12:45 Lunch at Lake Mead Visitor Center

1:30 Hoover Dam Tour

3:15 Depart for Flagstaff

7:15 Dinner

Check into hotel with free time

DAY TWO

7:30 Hotel breakfast

8:30 Depart for Grand Canyon east entrance 

Work toward the west rim with expert canyon guide featuring stops at: 

• Little Colorado River Gorge
• Desert View Watch Tower
• Hike the South Kaibab Trail (hikes will be based on ability)
• Canyon View Information Plaza
• Mather Point

5:45 Dinner

8:30 Return to hotel

DAY THREE

8:00 Hotel breakfast

9:00 Museum of Northern Arizona

10:30 Depart for Sedona

Drive through Oak Creek Canyon

11:15 Hike the Vortex

12:15 Lunch in Cottonwood

1:30 Tour of the ‘Ghost Town’ of Jerome: once the world’s largest copper mine

2:15-2:45 Free time Jerome

3:30-5:30 Slide Rock State Park: Swim in Oak Creek weather permitting

6:45 Dinner

7:30 Lowell Observatory   

8:15 Arrive at hotel 

DAY FOUR

7:00 Hotel breakfast

8:00 Depart for Sunset Crater Volcanic National Monument/Wupatki

11:00 Depart for Page, AZ

1:15 Arrive at float trip office

1:30 – 4:30 Float trip on the Colorado River- lunch on the river

7:00 Dinner

8:00 Rock climbing at indoor gym

10:00 Return to hotel 

DAY FIVE  

7:00 Hotel breakfast

Students load bags on bus/van

8:30 Depart for Las Vegas

12:30 Arrive at Circus Circus Adventuredome for lunch and activities

Other Las Vegas sights as time and crowds allow

4:30 Leave Circus Circus

5:00 Group dropped off at Caesar’s Forum Shops for one hour of free time/shopping with trip leader

6:30 Group meets for dinner at Planet Hollywood in the Forum Shops

8:30 Walk Las Vegas Boulevard to the Bellagio for the Fountains of Bellagio Show

Drop at Las Vegas airport for departure home

Depart for home