Wild West Challenge
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- Waste some money in style in the casinos of Las Vegas.
- Stroll along Sunset Boulevard together with Hollywood’s stars and wannabes.
- Get all hot and sweaty in Death Valley.
- Drive the “loneliest road in America”, lined by old ghost towns.
- Meet the goblins of Goblin Valley.
- Get blown away by the sheer size of Grand Canyon.
- See the world through the giant rock arches of Arches National Park.
- Feel like John Wayne in Monument Valley.
- Spend some nights under the starlit desert sky.
- Drive across world famous Hoover Dam.
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The Wild West Challenge sets out from the glamorous Hollywood. We squeeze ourselves out of the endless city of angels due Southeast, and say goodbye to urbanization! The night finds us in the Sonoran Desert, where the World Biosphere Reserve expects us with prime camping facilities.
We turn North, passing Salton, California’s own dying Aral Sea. Check out Keys View in the Joshua Tree National Park, and catch a glimpse of the famous San Andreas line (and plenty of Rocks). By the end of the day we arrive in the Mojave Desert, and start to get ready for some serious badlands
By the end of the day it’ll all make sense why we take this trip in April. We put the challenge in Wild West Challenge: Fill your canteens in the morning, because the day takes us through the Death Valley, the hottest place recorded on Earth! We head into the largest ...
We pass Manzanar, a monument of the sad internment of Japanese citizens during WW2. The mining ghost town of Bodie will provide you with excellent photo opportunities! We enter Nevada and the state capital Carson City, which also boasts some memories of frontier life ...
For the most of the day we follow the old Lincoln Highway, the oldest transcontinental road from 1912, dubbed “the Main Street of America”. This part however is also called the “loneliest road in America”, with mostly ghost towns by the roadside for unending miles. Mountain passes and sharp turns, this might be the most scenic drive you’ll ever take.
We take a day off in Cedar City for a well-earned rest. Having arrived in Utah we can try the famous Mormon hospitality. You can spend the day watching Roadrunner cartoons or look out the window, the landscape is the same.
Have you seen pictures of natural rock arches over the roads? This is that place. Then Zion Canyon gives you the opposite experience of the Grand Canyon: Here you are driving in the bottom with steep walls enveloping you. The colorful “hoodoos” of Bryce Canyon will also be familiar from some epic Windows screensaver.
We continue driving across the breathtaking landscape of Utah, passing Capitol Reef National Park, the famous Burr Trail and Glen Canyon. The red rocks and deepest blue water of the artificial Lake Powell might be the most amazing clash of colors you’ll see, putting Instagram filters to shame.
Utah still has more amazing landscape to show. The Delicate Arch and the Arches National Park is another thing you must have seen on National Geographic but never thought you would see with your own eyes. Try to reach the Island in the Sky before sunset, because that’s a sight you won’t want to miss.
Before leaving Utah we get to see the amazing Looking Glass Arch. Colorado welcomes us with the legendary Durango, a real frontier town, no wonder Chevy named a rugged truck after it. We drive along the “Million Dollar Highway”, which is said to have a fortune in gold...
We pass the Four Corners, the unique spot where four state lines run together; if you want to jump into New Mexico for a few minutes here’s your chance! But it’s worth continuing into Arizona: Monument Valley is probably the most recognized scenery anyone could pick f...
After all these amazing scenes and rugged adventures you are probably eager for some civilization. But not rest, right? Hope you kept a clean change of clothes, because we finish our great Wild West Challenge in the City of Sin today. Put on your lab coat and your shoelace tie, and join the longest ongoing experiment of partying that is Las Vegas!
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Some claim the true West doesn’t exist anymore – we invite you on this epic journey to prove you that it very much does. Wild West Challenge takes you from Hollywood, Los Angeles to Las Vegas, two iconic cities of American culture and arguably the two most fun cities of the country. In between you get a feel of an interesting mixture of Small Town USA and the frontier spirit, so you’ll see a lot of the true America and we at the Travel Scientist will make sure, that you don’t miss out on any of the highlights!
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