Travel Idea: Best of American National Parks

Arches National Park

Arches National Park (near Moab) is an area with many rock-formations with some in the shape of an arch (curved with hollow space). Quite pictoresques. Arches N.P. is close to the village of Moab, a starting point for different adventures...

Tours:
• America
• Arches National Park

Bryce Canyon National Park

Bryce Canyon National Park is a national park located in southwestern Utah. The major feature of the park is Bryce Canyon, which is a collection of giant natural amphitheaters.

Tours:
• America
• Bryce Canyon National Park

Death Valley National Park

Death Valley is one of the driest and hottest places on planet earth. It is also the lowest point in North America. Less known: you can also find the "Devil's Golf Course" here, where you for sure lose your golf balls.

Tours:
• America
• Death Valley National Park

Everglades National Park

Everglades National Park is a large network of wetlands and forests in Southern Florida with animal life like panther, crocodile and manatee. The park is the largest tropical wilderness in the United States and a World Heritage Site.

Tours:
• America
• Everglades National Park

Glacier Bay National Park

Glacier Bay is a large National Park (13,000 km2) consisting of wilderness area, mountains, ice fields, flora and fauna (bears, wolves, lynx, orcas, humpback wales). No roads lead to the park. You can get there either by ferry/cruise or air.

Tours:
• Alaska
• Glacier Bay National Park

Glacier National Park

Glacier National Park is an American national park on the Canada–United States border, adjacent to Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada. The park encompasses more than 4,000 km2 and includes mountains, more than 130 lakes, various plants and hundreds of species of animals.

Tours:
• America
• Glacier National Park

Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon is really grand. When standing on the ridge of the canyon and looking 1 mile (1600m) down to the river Colorado that created all this, you do owe the river a lot of respect. It is possible to walk all the way down and back up in a day, what can be recommended.

Tours:
• America
• Grand Canyon

Grand Teton National Park

Grand Teton National Park is a great park not far from Yellowstone with similar wildlife, but without the geothermical experience.

Tours:
• America
• Grand Teton National Park

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park encompasses two active, very impressive volcanoes: Kīlauea and Mauna Loa. Eruptions are common.

Tours:
• Hawaii
• Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Monument Valley

Monument Valley is a desert with few small, steep rock formations in the shape of monuments. The area is a "classic" and a must-do in the Western USA. Of course it is featured in many movies...

Tours:
• America
• Monument Valley

Mount Rushmore (Mt Rushmore)

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is centered on a colossal sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills, South Dakota. The sculpture features the heads of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.

Tours:
• America
• Mount Rushmore

Yellowstone National Park

The Yellowstone is the oldest National Park in the USA and hosts a wide variety of animal life (incl. bears and buffalo) and vegetation. The natural beauty will make quite an impression. Beneath the Yellowstone there is volcanic activity that causes many hot pools and geysers ("Old Faithful").

Tours:
• America
• Yellowstone National Park

Yosemite National Park (Yosemite)

Yosemite National Park is one of the most famous parks in the US. Yosemite is best known for its granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, giant sequoia groves, lakes, mountains and biological diversity. El Capitan, the face of the park, is a giant rock towering over the park.

Tours:
• America
• Yosemite National Park

Zion National Park (Zion N.P.)

Zion National Park is one of the great national parks in Western USA featuring geological wonders, basins, rivers and walking ways.

Tours:
• America
• Zion National Park