TourTheSouthwest.com LLC
         Your Source for Custom Designed Private Tour Services of the West & Southwest USA
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Bryce Canyon National Park reflective lighting

Bryce Canyon NP

Lower Yellowstone Waterfalls in Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone NP

Zion National Park in the early morning

Zion National Park

Grand Canyon National Park north rim evening

Grand Canyon NP

Yosemite National Park, reflections in the Mercid River

Yosemite National Park

Grand Teton National Park, Mount Moran reflections in Jenny Lake

Grand Teton NP

Lower Antelope Canyon Arch

Antelope Canyon

SAFE CUSTOM DESIGNED PRIVATE TOURS
In the West and Southwest USA

Safe Coronavirus Covid-19 Touring

Custom designed private tours are possibly the safest way to take a vacation this year.  Our private personalized tours are definitely much safer than a crowed bus or other group tours. We will accommodate all your travel requirements and requests.  We will take all possible precautions for a virus free safe tour.  Here are a few things for you to consider in booking through us:

Primary Services

We are best contacted by email at tours@tourthesouthwest.com

Our custom private guided and escorted tours throughout the west and southwest United States are designed for your specific interests and needs, providing services that will best fit your personal preferences and group size. We will customize an itinerary for individuals, couples, special interest groups, clubs, organizations and corporations that will seek to incorporate your interests and passions.

We specialize in custom designed quality scenic tours with a lot of individualized attention. We incorporate the most select options in sightseeing locations plus the best in accommodations, meals, and education.  We arrange for all accommodations and make all other reservations as needed. The owner of our company has lived in and toured throughout the Southwest and West USA for over 50 years.

Our tours take you to great overlooks, points of interest, and exhibits.  We offer first-class itineraries that are unique and personal.  We teach as we travel, conducting educational scenic tours that put you in touch with the people and the environment that we visit.  We believe your time traveling between locations is as important as the destinations. Our extensive knowledge of the entire West and Southwest USA makes it possible for us to provide your group with a most informative and excellent first-class tour.  A vacation in the American West and Southwest offers breathtaking beauty and geologic diversity.  "Tour The Southwest" provides the best available travel tour vacations for individuals, families and small to large size groups.

When possible it is best to plan and reserve your tour over one year in advance. This will allow us to provide you with the best accommodations and with one of our most experienced tour guides.

tour locations

West USA National Park Tour Sites

Southwest USA National Park Tour Sites

THE SCENIC AMERICAN WEST

America’s western states contain the largest number of scenic parks in the world.  The National Parks of the west are America’s Wonderlands and truly America’s best idea.  They beckon you to unspoiled nature rich in wildlife, desert wildflowers and a wonderland of alpine blossoms.  You can explore the labyrinth of the many canyons in Utah and Arizona from Canyonlands National Park to the Antelope Slot Canyon and the Grand Canyon.  You can revel in the warm sunshine along the pacific coastline in places like Monterey, Pebble Beach, and Laguna Beach.  You can climb the alpine mountains in parks such as the Olympic, Rocky Mountain and Glacier National Parks.  You can raft mighty rivers such as the Colorado, the Snake, and the Missouri.

We do custom private tours to all West and Southwestern USA locations including Monument Valley, Antelope Canyon, Marble Canyon, the south and north rims of the Grand Canyon National Park, Saguaro National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Zion National Park, Canyon de Chelly, Capital Reef National Park, Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Crazy Horse Memorial, Custer State Park, Grand Teton National Park, Death Valley National Park, Yosemite National Park, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, Joshua Tree National Park and all the other National Monuments and scenic locations in between. 

THE SCENIC SOUTHWEST

The Southwest USA is the most geographically diverse region in the United States.  Images of the Southwest include Alpine Mountains, dramatic bluffs and cliffs, grand and colorful canyons, lakes and rivers, and impressive deserts.

The American Southwest contains the largest collection of the world’s natural wonders.  Some of the most popular include the Grand Canyon National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Zion National Park, Arches National Park, and Carlsbad Caverns National Park that draw people from all over the world.  Popular cultural sites include Mesa Verde National Park, Monument Valley Navajo Nation Park, Canyon de Chelly, and Chaco Canyon National Historical Park.

The human history of the Southwest dates back over 10,000 years and is preserved in unique cliff and pueblo dwellings, rock art, tools, and pottery.  Today’s Native Americans reflect much of the culture and arts of the past.

In general, the Southwest USA includes Colorado, western Oklahoma, western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and parts of southeastern California.

GRAND CIRCLE TOURS OF THE SOUTHWEST

Some of our most popular tour sites are in the "Grand Circle" area .  You can visit all the best sites of the American Southwest USA on one of our exclusive custom scenic Grand Circle Tours.  The truly great Southwest USA landscape contains a fabulous concentration of National Parks, National Monuments, State Parks and National Forests.  This creation of scenery has an infinite beauty that is hard to imagine, much less comprehend.  At every turn there is a variety of color, scenic views, canyons, mountains, rivers, rocks, cliffs, spirals, monuments and rivers that beckon the traveler to enjoy this circle of adventure in their own unique manner.  Our sample Grand Circle Adventure Tour itinerary travels a 1000-mile to 1500-mile loop through what we believe is the most spectacular country on earth.

ABOUT OUR GUIDES

We provide exceptionally experienced and knowledgeable guides who are devoted to your group for the duration of your escorted tour.   Also acting as the tour "Director", they will accommodate you and your interests in every way possible.  Some of our guides have been providing tours to this area for over twenty years.  David Menne, the owner of our company, has lived and toured the Western United States for over 45 years.

The headlines of "The Arizona Republic" on Saturday, May 26, 2007 reads: "To really see Arizona, let a guide lead".  In the article, the Republic recommends that you maximize your travel investment by hiring a guide.  No matter where you travel in the Western United States, "there is a guide with the knowledge, skills and passion to show you the way."

We have guides available who specialize in particular areas of interest such as photography, ecology, anthropology, archaeology, geology, Native Americans, and backpacking wilderness adventures.  We also have foreign language guide interpreters available. 

WHY US

We are dedicated to providing you with the best tour of any kind in the wonderful scenic areas of the Western United States.  We strive to be the most educational, enjoyable, and informative tour on the market.  We truly appreciate you, our customers, and will go the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th mile (literally). We offer more sites, more activities, better transportation, better restaurants, and better accommodations. Our guides are the most dedicated, informative, helpful, and engaged people you will ever get to know.

SPECIAL INTEREST TOURS

We design tours for almost all interests. We have custom tailored tours for those interested in geology, flora and fauna, area history, photography, horseback rides, and other outdoor activities such as hiking, backpacking, overnight camping; rafting on both smooth and white-water rivers; downhill and cross-country skiing and mountain biking tours..

We do Custom Private Tours for select groups such as entertainers, actors, movie producers, musicians, artists and photographers.

We offer private personal tours that are luxury oriented with custom itineraries using luxury vehicles or sport utility vehicles.  We offer private custom guided corporate class tours and transportation.  

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Please note that we do not offer regular scheduled tours.