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The spectacle of autumn foliage in the heart of the USA

UTAH - IDAHO - MONTANA - WYOMING - ARIZONA - NEVADA

Yellowstone & the Great Parks 2026-27 New is a Guiness Travel escorted group tour in United States: 12 days by plane, with a tour leader from Italy. 2 departures scheduled, from 19 September 2026 to 1 October 2026. Participation fee from 7.700,00 € per person. Required document: Passport + ESTA online visa.

Yellowstone National Park

Departures

19/30 September 2026
01/12 October 2026

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Why this tour?

  1. to explore the great parks of the American West at the most evocative time of the year
  2. to discover the largest National Park in the world, Yellowstone
  3. to finish in style in Las Vegas, amid lights, attractions and glittering nightlife

Autumn in the USA: when the foliage provides the soundtrack. Travelling through the American West in autumn is not simply a scenic experience: it is like crossing an invisible border between the world we know and a primordial one. The tour comes to life between late September and early October, at the perfect moment when nature prepares for winter and does so with moving theatricality. The parks are not merely “beautiful”: they are alive, in the throes of transformation. Yellowstone, already a place that seems to have sprung from the mythology of the Earth, takes on an ancestral atmosphere in autumn. The colours of the clearings turn to rust, the birches set the valleys ablaze with yellow, and the steam from the geysers merges with the slanting light of the afternoon sun to create almost unreal visions. It is not unusual to see herds of bison crossing prairies aflame with autumn colours, or elk silhouetted against the light among the golden poplars. Here the foliage is not decoration, but part of the very breath of the park. You walk between the vapours of the earth and the rustle of falling leaves, in a full, powerful silence where everything is essential. But it is perhaps in Grand Teton that the foliage reaches its aesthetic peak: the contrast between the sharp, severe peaks and the expanse of golden trees reflected in the crystal-clear lakes creates a spectacle of such harmony as to leave you in disbelief. The viewpoints seem to have been chosen by an artist, and every photograph taken is a timeless postcard. You stop again and again along the way, because the colours change with the light, and every hour seems to tell of a different season. And then there is Monument Valley, which in autumn shows its most melancholy, poetic face. The reds of the rocks blend with those of the dry grasses, and the sky - never so clear - heightens the contrasts. Dining on the Navajo reservation, amid ancestral songs and stories of resistance, enveloped by this blazing landscape, is an experience that reconciles you with history and with nature. Those who join this tour do so perhaps to see the great parks, but they come home carrying something more: the awareness of having witnessed the most intimate and spectacular moment of the year. The foliage of the American West does not have the fame of New England’s, but it has a harsher, truer, more cinematic beauty. It is the season in which the land tells its story in colour, with no need for words.


On the trail of the cowboys, among Navajo villages and legendary cities. A journey through the American West is also a journey into the imagination. Jackson Hole smells of the frontier and old timber, with its porches straight out of a Western. In Kayenta, the Navajo dinner in Monument Valley becomes a collective ritual: it is not an attraction, it is a lesson in living culture. Salt Lake City surprises with its religious calm; Las Vegas explodes in a symphony of lights and excess. Each place reveals a different face of America: the spiritual, the natural, the spectacular. But what makes this itinerary unique is its narrative coherence: every stop is a piece of the great American epic. Along the road you encounter the symbols of conquest, the scars on the land, the peoples who resist and coexist. The tour is built like a story, with climbs, silences, climaxes and open endings. And for those travelling alone or in company, it is an experience of meaning as well as of wonder.


Yellowstone National Park is one of the most famous parks not only in the United States but in the whole world; established in 1862, under the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant, it was the first nature reserve in history. If you have decided to set off on a journey to discover the northern United States, you cannot miss a visit to this wonderful park. Its territory, which extends over more than 8,000 kilometres within the borders of three different states, is home to an endless variety of plant and animal species, breathtaking landscapes and natural phenomena unique in the world. The territory of Yellowstone Park spans no fewer than three of the northern United States: most of it lies in Wyoming; a small part lies in Montana and a tiny portion, in the western part, spills over into Idaho. A territory as vast as Yellowstone’s cannot help but offer the public an endless variety of things to do and, above all, to see: landscapes that take your breath away and leave you open-mouthed, and natural phenomena that never fail to fascinate the visitor are what await those who choose to venture into this immense nature reserve. Although well known, the phenomenon of geysers (springs of boiling water characterised by periodic eruptions) is not so easy to observe in person, as it occurs in only a handful of places scattered across the Earth. Thanks to its highly developed volcanic activity and the particular geological make-up of the terrain, Yellowstone Park is the largest area in the world where these phenomena occur: just think, within its territory there are around 10,000 active geysers, offering visitors an absolutely unmissable spectacle. Some of them erupt regularly, doing so at least 300 times a year. Besides the geysers, Yellowstone Park is also home to numerous hot springs.

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Frequently asked questions

How long is the tour?

The tour lasts 12 days by plane, with a Guiness tour leader from Italy.

When does it depart?

2 departures scheduled, from 19 September 2026 to 1 October 2026.

How much does it cost?

The individual participation fee starts from 7.700,00 € by plane.

What does the price include?

return journey Italy/Salt Lake City/Las Vegas/Italy on scheduled Ita Airways/Delta/United Airlines flights; airport/hotel transfers and vice versa; accommodation in 3/4-star hotels on a bed and breakfast basis; 6 dinners at the hotel/in restaurants; tour of the United States by luxury GT coach; buffet breakfasts; guide/tour leader from Italy and for the entire duration of the tour; entrance fees to all the museums and sites indicated; taxes, VAT; evening excursions; porterage at the hotels

What is not included in the price?

tips (on arrival, the tour leader collects a single amount of approximately €50.00, which is used to tip all the suppliers during the tour), drinks with meals, ESTA and anything not expressly indicated.

Which documents are required?

Passport + ESTA online visa

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