The National Park averages about 5 million visitors per year.

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Grand Canyon – Dawn in Mather Point 8-November-2007

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Hiking Grand Canyon past Supai village. Exploring new waterfalls while helping to repair the campground.

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The misadventures of Steve & Stu on a 12-mile jaunt down…then back up…the Grand Canyon

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This is the bravest thing I have ever done in my life! Awesome as they would say locally! Thank you Mitch for a wonderful day in Yosemite.

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I definitely know about Havasupai waterfalls, but I was also interested to see if there are other great places like underground caves.,etc/

If you have a truck or 4 x 4 you definitely want to go to the lodge and restaurand owned by the Halupai indians in Peach Springs. There you can obtain a permit and travel by your vehicle about 20 miles on a gravel/dirt road across their land to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and wade in the Colorado river. There is some absolutely beautiful scenery. If they’ve not had alot of rain you could probably make it in a car. Really need something with ample road clearance as the road is often washed out and rough. It’s the only place you can access the bottom of the canyon by vehicle.

My husband and I, both 24, are planning a trip to America in September.
We are planning on arriving in LA on the 14th. Staying in USA Hostel Hollywood for 8 nights. Visiting Disneyland, Universal Studios and doing some other tours (suggestions please…).
Then going to San Fran for 3 nights and staying in USA Hostels San Fran and visiting Alcatraz and the pier.
Then going to NYC for 7 nights (the accommodation here is very dear so we haven’t booked any where yet – suggestions would be great). Planning on seeing Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty and then exploring.
Then off to Washington DC for 5 nights (again no accommodation sorted yet) and visiting Lincoln Memorial, Library of Congress, National Archives building etc.
Then finally back to Las Vegas for 5 nights, maybe do a strip ride in a helicopter, grand canyon tour and check out some shows. then we head back to Australia.
Do you think the time in each place will be enough or do we need more?
Any places or things i left out and you thin we should see or do please let me know – i dont want to go there and forget to see some thing…
We would also like to see Niagra Falls while in America if possible – what is the best way to do this?
Any info you can give would be great!!!
Cheers

Sounds like fun. Have done similar a few times.. Suggest you hire a car and while in San Francisco (make sure you use the full name, they get annoyed if you shorten it). Take day trips to places like Big Bear Lake, Monterey (Steinbeck country) San Bernadino and the Nappa valley.

We hired a car for $US38/day unlimited mileage, but then we had it for a month. We found accommodation as we went and most of the motels were under $ US100/night. Flying is a pain, you usually lose a whole day getting to the airport, booking in and waiting to board, then flight time, getting luggage and finding transport.
Driving is easy. The roads are well marked and signed. Traffic is very heavy in the cities, but if you miss a turn off, take the next on and double back. I always put an Aussie flag on the car so people know that I probably am a little out of my depth. You will find drivers much more courteous in the US than in Aus. We are both hopeless with maps so next time (Eastern Europe In Sept) we are downloading maps on TomTom to take with us.

Food is dirt cheap. While we could afford to pay for a full meal, they were so large that most often we would order an entree between us and 2 drinks. It was plenty, especially for lunch. Entree is called starters or something in the US. Entree is the main meal. If you want salad with your meal, you have to ask for it to be served with the meal, otherwise you will sit there all day waiting for the meal. It is custom to eat salad separately, not with meals, as we do.

Get a 3 day pass for Disneyland, Universal Studios ( personally I found that a bit of a waste, but each to his own) and the Epcot Centre… a must.
There is also a dinosaur museum slap bang in the middle between Los Angeles and and Hollywood called the Tar pits. The surrounding gardens have oil oozing out of the ground. Fascinating!

When in New York, get the double decker tourist bus, it will take you to all the sights and you can get on/off when you want. The other cities may have them too, but we just drove everywhere else.

Las Vegas is so much fun and accommodation not expensive, especially if you stay off the Strip. They have some big casinos near but not on the strip for less than $US70/night. They have shuttles to take you to airport for scenic flights and other places
Walking the Strip is fun. You could Take week just to walk and visit all the lavish casinos. A must is DeBaggio (Sp). They have a water display every hour which is quite visible from the street. All the others were great too, Venice was looking a little tired, but may well have been refurbished by now. I enjoyed the Old Strip the second time I visited. Slower and much cheaper.

Mind handbag,passports & wallets though. This applies everywhere.
Photocopy X2 your passports, credit cards, driver’s licence, travel documents and health insurance. Keep them separate from originals and each other. Have not been in the situation of losing any, but spent a good few hours helping someone whose luggage was lost and his pocket picked on the same day. If you lose them for any reason it is much easier to contact banks and authorities.

Let your bank/s know that you are going and where a few days before you leave. That way they will know it is you using the cards and not stop accepting them (happened to me). Keep credit cards in your hand to avoid "skimming" (happened to me too).
I could rabbit on for hours but Will stop now.
Enjoy and Bon Voyage.

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This was my first trip to grand canyon ; i sure didnt expected to be snow covered.though i loved my trip;

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