Tag 1:
Montag
Flight from Germany to Las Vegas. Pick up at the airport and transfer to the hotel. A great city, this Las Vegas! Everything is easy and relaxed here, day and night. 24/7 – there is no curfew! High life is always the order of the day here. The gambling city is known for its big hotels like Mandalay Bay, Luxor, Excalibur, MGM Grand, New York New York, Monte Carlo, Aladin, Bellagio, Paris, Flamingo Hilton, Mirage, Caesar’s Palace, Venetian, Treasure Island just to mention a few . A great and unforgettable experience! In the evening we charter a limousine and drive to Old Las Vegas. Where it all began is a must see on Freemont Street with its 24.5 million LED lights putting on a fantastic show. (optional US$20)
Day 2: Tuesday – Free day in Las Vegas
Las Vegas is also an exciting city during the day and there is so much to see and do. Your travel companion lives in Vegas, so they know their way around! On request, your tour guide will give you TIPS on everything worth seeing and will also be happy to help you with buying tickets for the show of your choice. On any given night there are around 150 different shows or concerts and many of them are free! Everyone can find what they are looking for in Vegas. In front of Treasure Island there is a quite sexy show with seductive sirens several times a day. A fire-breathing volcano explodes at the Mirage every 30 minutes, and of course there’s great live music everywhere. The musically accompanied water games at the Bellagio are also wonderful, the gondoliers at the Venetian and the Paris is simply fantastic. In New York-New York there’s a huge roller coaster and on the Strat Tower you can fly 270 meters above the Las Vegas Strip in a bungee ejection seat! (about $10.00). Of course you can also try to increase your money in Vegas. But the machines are greedy and the gaming tables are full of good players. But one or the other has already managed to increase the holiday budget considerably! A visit to the new world’s largest Ferris wheel is recommended because of the good view of all the hustle and bustle. Or you should have experienced a real world-class table dance show at Cheetah or at Little Darlings. Of course, you can also shop until your credit card runs out. The world-famous Fashion Mall with over 200 world-class shops is right next to our hotel. There is also something to eat around every corner. Be it a good steak, a hot dog on your fist, sweets in the world’s largest M&M’s shop, delicious burgers in the Hard Rock Café or much more …
Anyone who is already homesick after two days is welcome in the Hofbräuhaus. Good German cuisine, Bavarian music, swaying …. Well, you know!
Day 3: Wednesday
We pick up the bikes from the rental company in Las Vegas early in the morning and head south. After an hour we reach, in stark contrast, a godforsaken village called Nelson with an old gold mine. Kevin Costner has made a number of films here and films and music videos are still being shot there. The area is amazing! Continue to Laughlin on the Colorado River. Laughlin is certainly known to many bikers from the River Run Bike Week. Next to Daytona and Sturgis, one of the largest biker meetings in the USA. This gambling town, in the border triangle of California, Nevada and Arizona, offers not only very good international cuisine but also very good and well-known bands and musicians. Tonight we sleep with the Avi Indians in their casino hotel. A beautiful pool landscape with palm trees invites you to relax. Even the Colorado has a sandy beach here and it’s great to cool off in the river’s cold water.
Driving distance approx. 120 miles / 195 km
Day 4: Thursday
From the hotel we head straight into the Black Mountains quite early today. These are the southern foothills of the Rocky Mountains. On Route 66, which is really preserved in its original state, we reach the western town of Oatman. Here, at an altitude of 1500 meters, the Wild West is still in order. Clark Gable married twice here and also made a few films on the side. The impression that the world stopped here years ago is by no means misleading. A couple of sleepy, semi-wild donkeys and cowboys reinforce this impression. Continue on Route 66 to Kingman, an old coaching inn on the Santa Fe Railway line. With 5 locomotives and often well over 100 wagons, the trains are still very impressive today. Here Jesse James, always in the same place, successfully robbed 24 trains and was never caught. A museum was built for him in Kingman. Route 66 is only 18 feet (a good 5 meters) wide here. Just as it was built 70 years ago and nothing has changed to this day. The huge truck stop that we pass today is also impressive. We then drive another 120 miles to the Sedona Valley, mostly on Route 66 – a beautiful route – pure Wild West! We drive through places like: Seligman, Peach Springs and through the Hualapay Indian Reservation. We stop for lunch in Seligman. There is also the Historic Seligman Sundries among many other things. Uschi and Tom (a Swiss and a Franconian) invite you to coffee and sundries. Plus some live music from local guitarist John Weston. Today is the longest stretch of the entire journey, but the beautiful nature compensates us for the slightly longer journey! The 40 miles through Sedona Valley are guaranteed to be unforgettable – it just doesn’t get any more beautiful and impressive. At the end of the valley lies the city of Flagstaff. Nearby the highest mountain in Arizona – the Humphrey Pike. After all, it is a good 4,000 meters high and we are staying here tonight, very close to the Grand Canyon. In the evening a delicious steak awaits us, just like the Americans like it.
Driving distance approx. 275 miles / 440 km
Day 5: Friday
Trying to describe the Grand Canyon…. SEE – EXPERIENCE – AMAZE! Today, those who want to and dare have the opportunity to fly into the Grand Canyon in a helicopter. The choppers usually have 5 – 6 seats and usually all seats are by the window. The flight costs us about $219.00 per person and takes about 40 minutes. A German comment in the headphones is very helpful. Then we drive about 50 miles through the Grand Canyon National Park – clearly a fantastic route. Of course we make several stops at the most beautiful vantage points. At the end of the park is a huge Navajo Indian store. We’ll stop there before continuing north toward Page and Lake Powell. Then it’s off to Utah over the Navajo Bridge. Now on the north side of the Grand Canyon. Once again the most beautiful nature!
Driving distance approx. 295 miles / 475 km
Day 6: Saturday – Zion’s National Park!
It’s hard to describe here too – you have to see it! From north to south we drive about 30 miles through the park with many passes and valleys. At the end of Zion National Park is the town of Hurricane and there is a small but good Harley dealership here too. On the Interstate 15 we drive again in the direction of Las Vegas. Half way down is the Moapa Indian Reservation and there’s a slightly unusual shop there, run by Indians and tax free – Indian Art and all sorts of stuff! After another 25 miles, the next big thing comes today: The Valley of Fire is also largely unknown to Americans, but a really good insider tip. The Valley of Fire, which we experience in the evening sun, is not so well known, but believe me, it is beautiful and it remains unforgettable. Then 50 miles of the most beautiful biker route along Lake Mead, that is the Colorado River dammed by the Hoover Dam. Everyone can do this great ride alone. At the end of the day, our hotel is in the heart of Boulder City. There are a few bars with good live music just around the corner.
Driving distance approx. 240 miles / 390 km
Day 7: Sunday
Our hotel is just a few miles from the Hoover Dam. A quite impressive structure, over which a bridge was built at a height of 300 meters, which was finally completed in October 2010.
Then it’s back to Las Vegas and we hand over the bikes, with a laughing and a crying eye. There is still a day left in this city full of lights, slot machines, but also full of great shows in the evening. Everyone arranges the day as they wish.
Driving distance 90 miles / 145 km
Tag 8:
Montag
Today you fly back to Germany, full of impressions and longing for the next tour! Or you have booked an extension of the trip (maybe through us) and continue through this great country to the next destination of your dreams!
Day 9: Tuesday
Arrival in Germany or individual extension
Included services:
- All flights with taxes and security fees, all airport transfers in USA
- all Hotels
- 7x American breakfast, mostly buffets
- Harley-Davidson® BIKE rental with all taxes and additional costs
- Harley-Davidson® BIKE fully comprehensive insurance with €750 deductible (excluding tire and glass damage)
- 5x dinner, often with drinks,
- Takeover of the motorcycles at Eagle Rider
- Baggage transportation
- Replacement machine in the event of a defect (within 48 hours)
- German-speaking tour guide
- Refreshments – drinks and snacks en route from the cool box
- 1 M&R-Coolshirt
Organization package 165 € driver / 30 € co-driver:
In order to save time when refueling & entering the national parks & toll roads, these costs are mandatory in advance with the final invoice:
- Gasoline for the whole tour
- All National Park entrances (except Zion-NP), toll road & bridge fees
Organizational package will be calculated with the final bill 6 weeks before the start of the trip, depending on the actual costs for national park entrances and fuel prices, may vary slightly.
Reduction of deductible to zero (optionally bookable)
Elimination of deductible per motorcycle € 145.00 (in the event of theft $ 3000.-SB / no protection in the event of drunkenness)