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California Highlights

(Winter)

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$1,125

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$900

3.6

32 reviews

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THE ONE THAT KEEPS IT COSY, CALI STYLE, OVER 7 SUPER CHILLED DAYS

Heya West Coast wanderer, wait 'til you see the treats we have in store for you. We'll be immersed in cool California vibes after a stint in Nevada's wild Vegas. We'll hit the slopes in Lake Tahoe, people watch from coffee shops in San Fran & get a make new friends. 7-days abroad never looked so good.

WHAT YOU GET

6 nights accommodation

6 nights in Hotel

We always provide comfortable accommodation in a relaxed atmosphere - think comfy, centrally located twin share rooms and the best crew to travel with. You'll enjoy some of our favourite Californian hotels, including the Lake Tahoe Boutique Hotel.

5 included Meals

2 Dinner, 3 Breakfast

We'll get 5 of your meals and you get the rest. You can refuel over breakfast and grab some authentic American dinners from us but you'll also get an opportunity to sample some of this country's best feeds.

Team

Expert Trip Manager, Driver and Local Guides

A highly trained Trip Manager who brings your adventure to life. An expert driver who knows foreign roads better than Google Maps. Local Guides who make tourist traps a thing of the past. This is your team. Smart, friendly, fun, and integral to everything we do.

Transport

All transport included during the trip

Included in your trip is transport on our fleet of comfy, state of the art coaches. They're kitted out with all the necessities: USB charge points, WiFi, Air Con and a rocking sound system. You bring the other essentials, like tunes, friendships and stories from the night before.

Your group

Travel with other 18-35 year olds from around the world

Our trips are exclusively 18-35. This means you'll be travelling with people just like you, from all over the world- laughter and friendships always guaranteed.

Experiences

5 included, 9 optional that you can add

You'll enjoy the comfort of a Limo style party bus in a Las Vegas, shredding the powder at Lake Tahoe ski resort and getting down with the hippie vibes in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco. California Highlights is sure to blow your mind.

ITINERARY

Nights spent per location

1 night

Las Vegas

via

Mojave Desert

via

Sierra Nevada

3 nights

Lake Tahoe

via

Old Town Sacramento

2 nights

San Francisco

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3.6

32 independent reviews

3.6

32 independent reviews

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Amber Roche

Traveled Feb 2019

California Highlights (Winter)

Would of been good to know the contiki group started 9 days earlier when we joined as all the people already formed their groups so was hard to be included

Ryan Johnson

Traveled Jan 2019

California Highlights (Winter)

Better breakfasts were needed and more nights out as well as included activities.

Anonymous

Traveled Dec 2018

California Highlights (Winter)

I put all the comments in the earlier question

Jesse Emery

Traveled Nov 2018

Service was great it’s more contiki that failed in my situation

A lot of errors on contiki’s behalf cause a lot of stress and anxiety for me

Emily Rajic

Traveled Nov 2018

Good tour definitely will book again

We saw many sites that I wouldn’t have been able to see myself or missed out on seeing on my own travels

Anonymous

Traveled Nov 2018

California Highlights

Joined the LA to the bay group in Vegas which made it hard to make friends since they already knew each other for a week

John Kaczkowski

Traveled Nov 2018

California Highlights

Had a blast but would have liked to spend an extra day in Bass Lake

Anonymous

Traveled Oct 2018

California Highlights

Joined halfway through western explorer - this means you are not part of the group.

Anonymous

Traveled Sep 2018

Don't think twice, just book the tour

I wish I could spend two nights as a group in Vegas otherwise all other destinations were full of joy, fun and comforts!

Christa Buscemi

Traveled Aug 2018

California Highlights

The tour was great but I thought that I paid a lot of money for this tour but we didn’t get very much included such as meals and added activteies. We only saw 3 different places and almost had too much free time. That was a little bit disappointing.

Kirstin Seebach

Traveled Mar 2018

Desert and Ski- Lots to see!

Worth the money to have everything organized for you... wish the breakfasts had more to offer though

Anonymous

Traveled Jan 2018

California Highlights

Not the best route, felt rushed, not enough time in Vegas, tour guide could have been better

Anonymous

Traveled Jan 2018

This trip joins another tour midway

I feel that I was mislead. We thought we were booking a tour that we would be on from beginning to end, instead we joined another tour that had already started 5 days prior. Had we known we were being tacked on to an existing tour we would not have chosen this.

Anonymous

Traveled Jan 2018

Amazing trip manager

The trip itself was pretty amazing, however our small contiki group joined 2 tours who had both been travelling together for some time already. Because we joined in the very last week it was easy to feel alienated from the others as they had already had plenty of time to form friendships and bonds. The trip manager went above and beyond and the places we saw were fantastic, the social side of this holiday was a big let down for a solo traveller like myself.

Nicholas Radcliffe

Traveled Nov 2017

Califorina Highlights

Awesome trip. it was well planned and done good. Only notes about the trip was I didn't know my group would be merged with western Highlights and La to the bay.

Alanna Vial

Traveled Nov 2017

Excellent value

Excellent value for money

Anonymous

Traveled Nov 2017

California Highlights

It wasn't the best tour to pick. We started on the previous tour's last night in Vegas then the next day you're straight on a bus for 8 hrs, didn't really have time to look around in Bass Lake and then your last days in San Fran are free time. A trip I could have done on my own. The hotel in San Fran was terrible being on the worst street in the city with people shooting up drugs - did not feel safe and did not add to my experience. Only plus was Yosemite and getting to meet some nice people.

Mariam Aly

Traveled Nov 2017

Not committed that was sent in the itinerary. Too many long free times!

I thought inclusions would be more of a valuable experience. In san fran one day it was just a walking tour to china town + dinner. The other a day just a continental breakfast and the rest of the day is free time. Also, I was starting my trip where I found out that we were merged with a 40 people group who had already started 1 week before and bonded together and were already at the end of their trip. The california highlights people (7 people we felt lost in the middle)

Richard Oliver

Traveled Oct 2017

California Highlights

Great value for money the optional extras are definitely worth the extra expense.

Jack Williams

Traveled Sep 2017

Great tour guide, Let down not knowing I was joining

As I explained before joining an ongoing contiki found it hard to make solid friend ships

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