Los Angeles+ San Francisco+ Redwood National and State Parks+ Crater Lake national park+ Mt. Rainier National Park+ Seattle+ Amtrak Coast Starlight2026

Departing Los Angeles in the morning, journey through the fertile Central California Plains, home to over half of the nation's fruits, vegetables, and nuts. In the afternoon, arrive at Monterey Peninsula. Travel along world-renowned California Highway 1, enjoying breathtaking views of 17-Mile Drive. The west and south sides border the Pacific Ocean while the east side winds through Del Monte fir forest. View spectacular luxury villas and golf courses including Pebble Beach Golf Links, Cypress Point Club, and Monterey Peninsula Country Club. Arrive in San Francisco in the evening.

Depart San Francisco Bay Area for Napa Valley wine country. Enjoy exclusive wine tasting at Sutter Home Winery sampling five wines: Reserve White Zinfandel, Pinot Grigio, Zinfandel, Moscato, and Zinfandel Port. Visit Drive-Thru Tree Park to see the Chandelier Drive-Thru Tree, a 2,400-year-old redwood with a 6-foot-wide, 7-foot-tall tunnel carved in 1937. Arrive at Humboldt Redwoods State Park in the afternoon. Visit Founders Grove and hike the Shenmu Trail through ancient redwood forest with trees about 1,000 years old. The park includes the 10,000-acre Rockefeller Forest with several of the world's ten tallest trees. Overnight in Eureka.

Drive through Redwood National and State Parks along US-101, viewing the undeveloped 37-mile coastline with surging waves, bizarre rocks, and Giant Redwoods. Visit Crescent Beach. Arrive at Crater Lake National Park in the afternoon, America's deepest lake. The crater was formed by a volcanic eruption 7,000 years ago and filled with melting snow and rainwater. The sapphire blue lake is 600 meters deep, the deepest in the United States. Annual snowfall exceeds 10 meters. If Crater Lake is closed, visit Sea Lion Cave (America's largest sea cave) or Thor's Well (a seemingly bottomless sinkhole on the Oregon coast). Overnight in Eugene, Oregon's second largest city.

Travel to Woodburn Premium Outlets in the morning for tax-free shopping. The outlet center has over 350,000 square feet of retail space with more than 100 signature stores and 4.4 million annual visitors. Cost $20 million to build. In the afternoon, visit Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, a spectacular canyon where the Columbia River cuts through the Cascade Mountains with cliffs and overlooks. View Multnomah Falls, the second tallest waterfall in the country with a 620-foot drop. Visit International Rose Test Garden, Portland's most prestigious rose experimental center, which received over 50 new rose species annually. Portland is known as the World's Capital of Roses. Optional shopping in downtown Portland. Overnight on Hayden Island on the Columbia River.

Visit Washington State Capitol Building in Olympia in the morning, home to the State Legislature, Governor, and other officials, featuring American Neoclassical architecture. In the afternoon, drive to Mt. Rainier National Park for in-depth tour. Mt. Rainier is circled by the Wonderland Trail and covered by glaciers totaling about 35 square miles. Visit Paradise Visitor Center, Narada Falls, and scenic spots. Carbon Glacier is the largest by volume in the contiguous United States. Mount Rainier is the tallest volcano of Mainland America and 5th tallest mountain in entire US territory. The mountain top is covered by snow year-round. Glaciers create beautiful waterfalls and vast lakes. About 1.8 million people visit annually; 10,000 mountaineering attempts per year with 50% reaching the summit. Overnight in Tacoma.

Full day exploring Seattle's modern architecture, historic buildings, snow-covered mountain ranges, rainforest, lakes, and straits. Optional visit to Museum of Flight, featuring the world's most valuable airlines, military aircraft, and spacecraft, with artifacts from Wright Brothers, World Wars 1 and 2, and Space Race. Visit Pioneer Square, Seattle's oldest neighborhood with historic buildings, cobblestone streets, art galleries, restaurants, and shops. View The Spheres, interconnected glass domes of Amazon headquarters featuring lush greenery and thousands of plants from around the world. Optional visit to Space Needle, iconic 605-foot observation tower built for 1962 World's Fair, offering 360-degree views of Elliott Bay, Olympic Mountains, Cascade Mountains, and Mt. Rainier. Optional Chihuly Garden and Glass exhibition featuring glass artist Dale Chihuly's work, with a 40-foot-tall Glasshouse with 1,340 pieces of colored glass. Optional 3-hour Seattle in-depth tour including Pike Place Market, fisherman's Wharf, World's First Starbucks and Starbucks Reserve Roastery, Gum Wall, and night city views from Gas Park.

Enjoy unforgettable Amtrak Coast Starlight train ride, recognized as one of the most spectacular train routes. Spacious, comfortable seats with all-glass shell ensuring excellent scenery views. Dedicated guide explains the entire journey. The train links greatest cities on the West Coast, passing through dramatic snow-covered peaks of Cascade Range and Mountains, lush forests, and fertile valleys. The Coast Starlight runs daily between Los Angeles and Seattle, passing Santa Barbara, San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, and Portland. After 4-hour train journey from Seattle, arrive in Portland. Drive from Portland to Medford, passing through Southern Oregon landscape. Overnight in Medford.

Drive to Shasta Dam in the morning, one of California's most famous dams and called one of the greatest engineering feats of all time. Completed in 1945 on the Sacramento River, the 602-foot-high concrete curved gravity dam is dwarfed only by Hoover and Grand Coulee dams. Holds back immense blue Lake Shasta reservoir with 365-mile shoreline nestled amid evergreen hills and snow-covered volcanic peak of Mount Shasta. Visit Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay, world-famous pedestrian bridge and public art installation crossing the Sacramento River in Redding. The bridge is a working sundial, one of the world's largest, with shadow tracing a large arc recording only 4 hours daily (11am-3pm). Steel, glass, and granite span evokes weightlessness; translucent non-skid decking provides spectacular night viewing. Bridge is environmentally sensitive to river setting. Return to Bay Area in evening. Overnight in San Francisco area.

Breakfast included. Travel to San Francisco, a city surrounded on three sides by sea and composed of over 50 hills. Visit Golden Gate Bridge, iconic West Coast bridge often called the "Impossible Bridge", spanning 2.7 kilometers across San Francisco Bay and Golden Gate Strait. Visit Palace of Fine Arts, built in 1915 for Panama Pacific International Exposition, designed by famous German architect Maybeck and renovated in 1962. Visit Lombard Street, known as the "world's most crooked street" with 8 sharp turns, surrounded by Russian Hill mansions, well-manicured landscapes and flowers, with breathtaking views of San Francisco Bay, Bay Bridge and Coit Tower. Visit bustling Fisherman's Wharf extending from Ghirardelli Square to Pier 35, seeing Pier 39 with shops, restaurants, street performances, views of Alcatraz, Golden Gate Bridge, and Bay Bridge. Optional San Francisco Bay Cruise to view Golden Gate Bridge and Oakland Bay Bridge from water, passing under bridges and near Alcatraz Island. Optional San Francisco in-depth tour including Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption, Civic Center Plaza (Joseph L. Alioto Plaza) with City Hall's French Renaissance design, Twin Peaks with 360-degree panoramic views and 8-shaped road surrounding peaks, and Treasure Island (pass by).

Breakfast included. Travel to Yosemite National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984. Located in Sierra Nevada Mountains of eastern California, it is one of the most beautiful and visited national parks in western United States. Majestic granite, magnificent waterfalls, and tranquil valleys create a fairyland landscape. Towering trees, flowing mountain water, huge glacier-carved cliffs, and sparkling lakes create a paradise setting. View world's largest granite column El Capitan, Yosemite Falls with highest drop in North America, Yosemite Valley, Half Dome, and Bridal Veil Falls. Walk in primeval forest and experience sweet, fresh air. Return to Los Angeles. Special note: In winter, if severe weather (snow, ice, road icing, or closures) occurs, itinerary may change for safety; instead of Yosemite, visit Solvang (Denmark City) and return via Santa Barbara to Los Angeles.