Route 66 with EAGLERIDER
14nt guided motorcycle tour from £ 6869pp
EAGLERIDER Motorcycles- Tour
Route 66 Guided Tour
Route 66 with EAGLERIDER
14nt guided motorcycle tour
journey through America’ s soul • 2,807 miles of pure adventure • self-guided option available
DAY 1 Fly to Chicago On arrival transfer to your hotel.
DAY 2 Chicago / Springfield
Pick up your bike and begin the ultimate American road trip. Head south along the Pontiac Trail, the original name for this bit of the road, passing through Joliet and stopping at the RT 66 Museum in Pontiac and generally getting a feel for the rubber on the Mother Road( 187 miles).
DAY 3 Springfield / St Louis
Traverse cornfields and small towns showcasing quintessential Americana before arriving into St Louis over the original Chain of Rocks bridge where RT 66 crosses the Mississippi River. This shorter riding day leaves time to enjoy the city’ s live music and BBQ ribs( 116 miles).
DAY 4 St Louis / Joplin
Glimpse the iconic St Louis Arch before hitting the road and taking in Missouri’ s rolling hills that make this area so scenic and fun to ride in. See the World’ s Largest Rocking Chair in Fanning, wind your way on the twisting roads of Devil’ s Elbow before reaching Joplin( 335 miles).
DAY 5 Joplin / Oklahoma City
Ride west through Oklahoma, passing through Miami, Claremore and Catoosa, home of the quirky Blue Whale roadside attraction. Pass through the lands of several Native American nations before riding into Oklahoma City, the heart and soul of Route 66( 255 miles).
DAY 6 Oklahoma City / Amarillo
Travel along some of the oldest stretches of Oklahoma’ s Route 66, once the land of vast buffalo herds. Cross the historic Chisholm Trail through Yukon and El Reno, and stop at Clinton’ s amazing Route 66 Museum. Ride over the border into the Texas Panhandle, the southernmost portion of the Great Plains( 266 miles).
DAY 7 Amarillo / Santa Fe
Visit the world famous Cadillac Ranch before stopping at Adrian the midway point of RT 66. In the ghost town of Glen Rio, stand with one foot in New Mexico and the other in Texas! From there, enter former Comanche territory, where mesas, mountains, cactus and pines define the landscape. Ride into the High Plains and altitude of Santa Fe in central New Mexico, one of America’ s oldest cities( 303 miles).
DAY 8 Santa Fe
At leisure to choose your own adventure. Maybe ride to the ancient Native American pueblo of Taos, go horse riding, opt for a hot air balloon ride, or simply relax!
DAY 9 Santa Fe / Gallup
Head south to Albuquerque. Later, cross the Rio Grande and travel west out into the Navajo wilderness. Ride on through Grants and along Cibola National Forest towards Gallup – a classic railroad town( 271 miles).
DAY 10 Gallup / Grand Canyon
Cross into Arizona and explore Petrified Forest National Park, where ancient fossilised trees reveal a prehistoric landscape. Travel west to your hotel just one mile from the Grand Canyon’ s South Rim!( 283 miles).
DAY 11 Grand Canyon / Laughlin
Enjoy a helicopter ride over the South Rim for amazing views. Later, pick Route 66 back up in Williams, stop in Seligman, Hackberry and Kingman before reaching Laughlin( 256 miles).
DAY 12 Laughlin / Las Vegas
Take a short detour to Las! Vegas... but first get a real taste of the Mojave Desert, and ride across the famous Hoover Dam!( 129 miles).
DAY 13 Las Vegas / Victorville
Enter California and traverse the magnificent Mojave Desert which boasts some of the most dramatic scenery in Southern California( 282 miles).
DAY 14 Victorville / Los Angeles
Ride the hailed Angeles Crest Highway then descend into the Los Angeles Basin for the Pacific Ocean and“ End of the Trail” sign on Santa Monica Pier( 124 miles).
DAY 15 Los Angeles Travel to the airport for your onward journey.
Prefer to do the trip under your own steam?
14nt self-guided tour from £ 5449pp
Please ask for details and inclusions.
Las Vegas Victorville
Los Angeles
USA
Grand Canyon NP Santa Fe
Laughlin
Gallup
MEXICO
Chicago 1nt | Springfield 1nt | St Louis 1nt Joplin 1nt | Oklahoma City 1nt | Amarillo 1nt Santa Fe 2nts | Gallup 1nt | Grand Canyon 1nt Laughlin 1nt | Las Vegas 1nt | Victorville 1nt Los Angeles 1nt
What you need to know:
This tour departs on specific dates, please ask for details
3-4H hotels throughout.
Chicago Springfield
St Louis Joplin
Oklahoma City
Amarillo
Gulf of Mexico
Breakfast on riding days, a hosted welcome dinner and farewell party, otherwise room only.
The price shown includes international flights to Chicago and from Los Angeles, late model motorcycle rental, helmets for the driver and passenger, bi-lingual professional tour guide, support van and spare motorcycle, professionally designed route, custom riding jacket, accommodation, door-to-door luggage service, national park entrance fees, hotel parking fees, toll fees, fuel on riding days, EAGLERIDER on-road concierge, transportation between tour hotel & EAGLERIDER locations and Grand Canyon helicopter tour on day 11.
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