By: Maria-Theresa Delfin | Sun Aug 08, 2010 at 06.13 PM
Our family had a wonderful time. 7/21-7/27/10. Our bus driver Jay was excellent and Mark (tour guide) kept us well informed. The tour took us to all the highpoints of our 3,000 round trip tour. Although this is considered a chinese tour, m..ost of the passengers were English speaking. Tour guide spoke english and Chinese. Will recommend this tour to family and friends. Job well done.Read full review
By: Linda Lefrancois | Fri Jul 23, 2010 at 03.11 PM
This was a great trip We covered 6 states in 7 days. We stopped at or drove through over 20 major places of interest. Our tour guide, Larry, was excellent. Very organized and provided us with the history of what we were going to visit. Ver..y informative. Larry and our driver, Kevin, were very helpful in keeping us on time and safe. They worked well as a team. They were very helpful to everyone that needed a little extra help getting on or off bus and telling us where ramps were for easier walking. Best trip that I've ever taken. Thanks everyone.Read full review
Met our guide, Larry, at Denver airport. He was easy to find, and we left the airport right on schedule.
The bus was nice, quite new, very clean. Wish the seat backs had had pockets, but they did not. The seats only had fair lumbar ..support, so if this is important, bring a small pillow. There are overhead spaces for extra things needed during the day.
Tour guide Larry did an excellent job. He is a professional and never got rattled when things didn't go just as they should have, which will happen on a tour of this nature. He narrated in Chinese and English and did a good job of balancing this. He gave information about each stop before we got there.
As for luggage, you have to handle your own luggage to and from the bus. (This is not a tour for people who cannot handle their own luggage or climb on and off a bus multiple times a day.)
Our driver, Kevin, was very good and drove smoothly and carefully. He also did a good job loading and unloading all the luggage from the bus.
There is a lot of bus riding on this tour, but you see a lot as well. They stop every 1.5 to 2 hours at the most. Larry showed videos on the bus. It was helpful to see the videos of our next point of interest before we got there. There were also entertainment videos.
It's a wonderful tour, but tiring as well because you are constantly moving.
The hotels/motels were a mixed bag. Some were very nice, and a couple others were not so nice. In particular, the West Yellowstone motel was really not a good place to stay, but the people were nice.Read full review
This was an absolute fantastic trip, George and Chris were wonderful! The only drawback is the accomodations...To say they are lacking is is an understatement!! Two of the Hotels were acceptable, the others greatly lacking (old and complet..e with odors, peeling wallpaper, dirty walls and everything you would not expect or accept traveling on your own...Read full review
My husband and I were very reluctant when we booked this tour. We had read mixed reviews about the experience from various sites. We are very pleased to report that the trip exceeded our expectations in every way. George was a FANTASTIC ..tour guide and John did an exceptional job as our bus driver. The stops along the way were breathtaking which made for a very relaxing week. The schedule was intense; however, the guide was very accomodating for travelers of all ages with frequent breaks and rest stops along the way. We would highly recommend this trip for anyone interested in seeing beautiful scenery and needing a much deserved vacation.Read full review
My wife and I are from England and joined this tour 2 months ago. We had such a wonderful experience on tour and with your tour company. The guide was punctual and very knowledgeable as well as lots of fun. My wife wishes that there had bee..n more time for her to go souvenir shopping, but overall we had a fabulous excursion and will be back again to do more next year. I enjoyed Grand Teton National Park as well as the world famous Yellowstone National Park. Old Faithful and Mammoth Hot Springs exceeded my expectations and the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone Park was very interesting and different from its namesake in Arizona. But, I am very pleased that I had a chance to visit this canyon. The colours of the canyon were very vibrant and made a wonderful backdrop for our many photographs that we took on tour. Salt Lake City was not my cup of tea, but my wife enjoyed the atmosphere of the city and the locals were very friendly.Read full review
By: CLIVE PRESTON-THOMAS | Wed Nov 04, 2009 at 11.39 PM
We are a retired New Zealand couple who joined 51 mandarin speaking fellow travellers plus a few other "pakeha" people like us on the 4 September 2009 tour. We found them very friendly and great travelling companions and our competent tour ..guide, Harry, gave us an excellent commentary in mandarin and english. I nice modern bus also. We enjoyed everything and the tour was very comprehensive...Crazy horse and Mt Rushmore and the Montana museum were most interesting. Yellowstone is one of the greatest places we have ever visited with diverse, beautiful and awesome scenery. Even though NZ has outstanding scenery and similar thermal areas, Yellowstone was as good. Arches national park was wonderful and a highlight and very different to NZ. The accommodaiton was surprisingly good, except in Deadwood, which was about 1 star I reckon...but an interesting old casino nevertheless. This tour is incredibly good value, and Harry, our guide keeps the costs low by stopping for dinner at a choice of cheap retaurants. We thoroughly recommend this tour even if you are Caucasian English speaking wrinklies like us!Read full review
It was amazing how much the scenery changed along Interstate 15, you start in Los Angeles where are the hustle and bustle of the big city is, and then you end up in the Mojave Desert- simply incredible. Las Vegas was amazing of course and U..tah was a very interesting state. I would recommend this tour to anyone who enjoys finding out about the United States's diverse regions- its amazing to think that all these places are located in only one country! I also liked the Arches National Park, its stone masterpieces were incredibly beautiful and I think I was able to get some great photos for my scrapbook! I had read about the Crazy Horse Memorial but wasn't prepared for its actual beauty, and Mount Rushmore simply took my breath away! Yellowstone National Park was any nature lovers dream, from the hot springs to the geysers to nature all around you, this was a great experience and one that I will cherish for years to come.Read full review
My fiancee and I had a very nice time on this tour. Our guide was punctual and was waiting for us when we arrived in Denver. I really enjoyed visiting the Coors Brewery and taste-testing the wares at the end! Since my wife is half-Native In..dian, she absolutely LOVED seeing Cheyenne and the Crazy Horse Memorial. She took so many pictures there and it was quite the site. Mount Rushmore was so much better in person than it is in books. The hotels we stayed at were pretty nice and the staff was always very friendly. I could have done without the visit to the West Coast Museum as museums are not my favorite places, but the other people on the tour seemed to have a good time there. Devil's Tower was a site that really moved my fiancee and I, it was quite interesting and it felt very spiritual being there. But our favorite part of the tour was Yellowstone National Park and seeing Old Faithful and Mammoth Hot Springs, what a relaxing afternoon! Salt Lake City was all right, but my fiancee wishes there had been more time to go shopping. Overall, the tour was very worthwhile.Read full review
This tour is so hot that we made a reservation almost one month in advance. I love Yellowstone and Grand Teton. The natural sceneries are amazing and the wild animals are very lovely. The most impressive spot, I think, should be the geysers... The other feature of this tour is that you can live in Yellowstone National Park 2 nights. Sounds good? The hotel we lived in was Canyon Lodge. The room was neat and comfortable and we had 2 great nights there. I highly recommend this tour: wonderful and affordable.Read full review
My husband and I visited Yellowstone National Park last week and had an amazing time. However, the geyser Old Faithful was our least favorite attraction. There is so much hype about the geyser that people pack the area when it is predicted ..to erupt. If the geyser has not gone off by the predicted time, people start complaining about how its "late". Then there is a crush of people trying to go all different directions as soon as the eruption is over. Hardly worth the annoyance and effort when there are other geysers just as impressive predicted with good accuracy by the park service, with fewer crowds. My advice is to find out when the geyser is predicted to go off and then head to one of the less visited areas of the park. There is too much beauty to see here than to be stuck on a bench in crowd of thousands. But, the rest of Yellowstone was great and we had a fantastic time.Read full review
100% Amazing tours with special places that other companies do not have
By: Anonymous | Mon Jan 05, 2009 at 11.40 PM
I chose this tour because I want to go to Mt. Rushmore, Devil's Tower and Yellowstone. I can't find other tour companies that include Devil's Tower with this price. The Devil's Tower is really impressive. However, our favorite place is the ..Yellowstone National Park. The geysers are fantastic. This tour gave you two chances to see it. It also took you to the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, which is so much impressive than the Grand Canyon in Arizona. You pretty much got to see everything in Yellowstone. I and my mom did not speak any chinese but the guide is knowledgable and quite funny and we have no problem to understand his English.
The only drawback about this tour is the drive on the first day from Denver to South Dakota. However, if I have to fly to Rapid city, in which you can find other tours to take you to Mt. Rushmore, the price is so expensive. This tour is incredible and so affordable. Highly recommmended!!!!Read full review
- I am writing to you to make a comment about your services. My family and I along with my 2 friends from Thailand took 7 days tour Yellowstone National Park last summer. We have a great time. I highly recommened to anyone who would want to.. see the most amazing nature in the West Coast. Visited Yellowstone National Park was a experienced we ever had before. Talk about the tour services, we would never get bored while we were on tour for 7 days. The tourguide was a good communicator, speaking both laguages Chinese and English and his knowleadgable with many years of the experiences made us so comfortable to travle. And last but not least the bus driver was also nice for drive the bus with care and safety. I surely will use your service again.
Thank you very much for providing the best services.Read full review
Our family, the six of us, me, my wife, my parents and my son joined this tour recently, and all of us had a great time. At first, I was afraid of the long drive since it visits so many locations in one day. My parents are getting old, and ..they can’t be on the tour coach for so long, but the tour coach would stops every two hours for rest, which was great. We visited many locations along the way, and took many pictures, especially my son. I really recommend this tour to people from all ages and nationality.Read full review
If you've never been to Mt Rushmore - you should go at least once in your lifetime! My husband and I visited Mt. Rushmore this summer, and I was amazed at the beauty of the area!! I think it’s a MUST STOP if you choose to go to Yellowston..e. South Dakota is a very scenic place, with beautiful mountains. Great scenery no matter where we went during the trip!Read full review