The Best Places to Visit in Western USA

With mountains, lakes and national parks at the end of every stretch of highway, the west coast of America is the place to escape it all and to reconnect with nature. Take a TRIPS by Culture Trip tour to Lake Tahoe and you’ll not only reconnect with the world around you, but you’ll also have the opportunity to reconnect with your mind, body and soul. On the shores of Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada mountains, you can start every day with meditations and yoga sessions. Take long walks through the woods in search of solitude – before finishing the day with contemplation and craft beers in the hot tub of your lakeside retreat.

Planning a west coast America tour? There are two national parks you can’t skip: Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park. Yellowstone needs little introduction – it’s not just the oldest national park in the USA, but it’s so vast that it covers huge tracts in land in three states. Spreading across Montana, Idaho and Wyoming, Yellowstone is home to geothermal geysers, epic canyons, crashing waterfalls and classic west coast wildlife like bison and bears. Stay in Wyoming and travel south of Yellowstone and you’ll come to Grand Teton National Park – where glacial lakes and tall mountain scenery await you. Join a group tour and you’ll have the added expertise of local wildlife experts to help you spot grizzlies, beavers and moose roaming in the wilds of Wyoming.

Vegas and LA. Two classic American cities – and two of the best places to visit in Western USA. You can soak up the hedonism in Las Vegas before exploring Hollywood in Los Angeles – but why not visit everywhere in between on the way? This group tour takes you east from Las Vegas, as you travel through Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Monument Valley and the ever astounding Grand Canyon. From here, you’re westward bound, as you cross the great deserts of Arizona on Route 66. There’s no rush as you make your way westwards, as you’ll stop off in Joshua Tree National Park – before taking in the Pacific breeze on the coast when you reach Los Angeles after 10 days of epic road tripping.