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Did the date of your holiday?  You deserve to enjoy that free time.  Finding the right way to spend your vacation can be overwhelming with all the packages that are offered.  Why not hit the rails and jump aboard a train equivalent to the “Orient Express”.  The train awaits you!

Once aboard the train, you will be amazed of luxury and romance that lies within.  You can taste the delicious meals on board.  Your adventure awaits you as you watch the passing scenery and go on view from his window, in a way that allows you to feel part of the landscape.  You will enjoy the large windows and the calm of the wheels to enjoy a relaxing vacation trip.

You can enjoy evening cocktails in the lounge, a place to relax with the sound of the piano.  Join the adventure aboard!. Read the rest of this entry »

The ideal hotel for tourists who want to visit the Grand Canyon but still very close to him is located in the natural reserve of the Navajo Indians.  For your convenience the entrance to Canyon de Chelly is about 2 km.  In addition to meters of shops, shopping and entertainment.

The rooms have a bathroom with shower and hairdryer, direct dial telephone, satellite / cable TV, radio and Internet access and coffee maker, iron, ironing board, double or king-size bed, heating  central air conditioning and central heating.

Among its recreational facilities has a pool and exercise if you have the gym available.  Rounding out its features a foyer with a lift, reception 24 hours a day, hotel safe, a currency exchange kiosk, conference room, restaurant, room service, laundry and parking.

Geologists estimate that the Grand Canyon between five and six million years. At this time, the “big gap” seen his share of action. For the chronicle would require a book. Instead, I took the liberty to condense in these brief 18 historic sites:

1. The discovery of the spearheads of paleo-Indian hunters to make clear that men lived in the canyon of 10,000 a. C.

2. 500 BC to the present – Several Indian tribes have always lived in the area of ​​the Grand Canyon. The Cohonina, Cerbat and Anasazi were the first inhabitants of the region. Then came the Hopi, Navajo, Paiute, y. Many of these groups were the ancestors of the Hualapai and Havasupai, two tribes living in the canyon.

3. In 1540, Spanish conquistador Francisco Coronado events in the Grand Canyon.

4. 1948-The Treaty of Guadalupe made the U.S. Grand Canyon.

5. The first geological investigations in the canyon in 1856 by Mr. Jules Marcou of the Pacific Railway. Read the rest of this entry »

Nearly two billion years of nature led him to dig this incredible thing: and you still do not know?

Suppose you’re not of those who are content to get to the edge, throw out some oohs and 27 photos in order to ensure your friends you saw the Grand Canyon. No, you’re from those who want real adventure, for example down to the very bottom on foot in the back of a mule.

Not bad, but do not expect an adventure type “Inca Trail” that takes you up the steep climb Macchu Pichu mountain and risking in stunning cliffs. This has the U.S. asepsis, but either way is an overwhelming experience you will not forget in your life.

Now, if you rely on your knees or you have vertigo, the better you take a helicopter ride or plane that you too will be amazing. Or are you satisfied with having reached the shore, which after all is not bad. It is quite an incongruity that the most convenient to go to the Grand Canyon is being first to Las Vegas, the antithesis of nature in its splendor. And before I put a disgusted to hear what someone tells you passionate about the natural: Las Vegas is also very impressive, so it deserves a separate article.

So I thought at least two nights in Las Vegas and all your tour of this area or placed him in a travel agency or the reservations way in advance. At the end you will find a few useful links, including some hotels very close by if you feel like the adventure to end. To give you an idea, if you want to download a mule you have to book 23 months in advance, but check with your agency because they make bulk bookings. Now if you walk do not ever run in the fall!

If this is your case on the first day would fall on the South Kaibab trail to Phantom Ranch, as advised by the official website of the Grand Canyon. There they explain that the road is steeper steeper than Bright Angel and has no water, but offers spectacular scenery. It’s easier to go down this road climb. You have to take about 4 liters of water and some food for the journey and not be afraid of the eagles, do not start to eat if you have not died of thirst.

Look at the recommendations of the official website: “If you arrive at Phantom Ranch before 18:00, you can eat outdoors. (It costs $ 28 per person for steak on the grill, $ 17 for the vegetarian dish, $ 17 for the stew. Always book early!) The Phantom Ranch, you can camp outside a camping permit, or sleep in a cabin $ 22, but you must have reservations. The next morning a good breakfast is served at 5:00 a.m. (costs about $ 12). You can now aim to increase Bright Angel Trail to the rim or edge. Bring water and food! Limited supplies are available in the canteen of the ranch. “

The mule trains a day carry him half way down the canyon and back in about 8 hours. They cost about $ 120 per person and include a bag lunch. Mule trains travel at Phantom Ranch at the bottom, takes two days and the cost is about $ 272 per person including dinner and overnight at Phantom Ranch more sack lunches for the road. Do not go in the winter of them either in the summer, temperatures here are extreme in both cases.

You can also navigate the river by raft, kayak or canoe and thus be better able to see the “355 species of birds, 89 mammals, 47 reptiles, 9 amphibians, 17 fish, and thousands of species invertebrates are recorded in the park of the Grand Canyon. The cougar, bobcat, coyote and Rocky Mountain goat are mammals that live on the banks, but are difficult to observe. “