Je commence à mettre sur pied un projet de voyage pour Juillet au US pour ma femme et mon gamin de 12ans.
On est du Nord et on craint la chaleur donc on se dit qu on va eviter les deserts torride en été.
D'un autre coté on a deja fait ma femme et moi l'Ouest une fois(en Novembre 1998) : Powel/Brice/Monument/Gd Canyon/Arches . On a adoré, mais je crois qu il fait une chaleur de dingue en été, donc on va pas faire (avec regret)
Faut aussi eviter de faire que de la rando, car mon gamin accroche pas trop => alterner la ville et le coté paysage/nature
Le projet general, c est donc de faire Yellowstone : 4/5 jours, SF 2jrs, Monterey 1 jrs, (ou 2 jrs pour Big surf), Yosemite 3 jrs et finir sur Las Vegas.
Trajet : Bruxelles ou Paris / SLC Location voiture à SLC Gd teton (Lodge) Yellowstone (en changeant de Lodge chaque jour pour eviter la voiture et faire le max de truc à pied) SLC(rendre la voiture) Avion pour SF SF ( 2 nuits Hotel) ; location de voiture Monterey ( 1 nuit hotel) Yosemite (3 nuits Hotels si possible differents chaque soir) Death Valley (1 nuit hotel) -> bon la va faire chaud, on va rester ds la voiture climat à fond ;-))))) Las Vegas ( Ceasar Palace ?) & rendre la voiture on pense que notre fils va adorer le coté delirant de Las vegas(?) Paris ou Bruxelles
Ca tiens la route ?, un conseil ?
Ca fait peut etre un peu court, on rentabilise moyennement les billets d'avions (2800 euros !!! en premiere approximation) On hesite à ajouter quelques jours dans les rocheuses vers Denvers .
Ou peut etre arriver à Denver plutot que SLC, ca permet de visiter ces montagnes qu on ne connait pas, mais la route me semble tres tres longue pour rejoindre Yellowstone (?)
On hesite à reserver hotel par hotel via expedia.fr (et le site de reservation des parcs) ou utiliser une agence type Kuoini qui propose un site web pour effectuer un itineraire à la carte, un conseil ?
Bonjour,
Sauf pour l'épisode Death Valley-Las Vegas (puisque la chaleur vous insupporte 🤪) je dirais que ça tient la route. Quelques commentaires en vrac : il faut presque aussi chaud à Vegas que DV : en juillet 2005 il faisait 39°C le soir à 22h30 sur le Strip ! pour Denver au lieu SLC : pourquoi pas ! on pourrait penser à une boucle Denver-Yellowstone-SLC en passant par le Rocky Mountains National Park (juste à côté de Denver). Il me semble que les frais d'abandon de la voiture à SLC pourraient ne pas s'appliquer (ou être "négociés" avec le loueur ! pour l'idée des logements autour de Yellowstone : bien regarder faisabilité car il me semble que la plupart des logements se situent à West yellowstone et Gardiner (sans parler des lodges à l'intérieur du parc, très chers ??) 3 nuits à Yosemite ?? ça me parait du grand luxe !! 2 nuits à SFO ?? là c'est nettement pas assez 😠 Dodo à Death Valley ?? moi j'éviterais !! si vous "poussez " la dernière nuit de Yosemite jusque Mammoth Lakes... voire même Lone Pine, vous pourrez traverser/visiter (sous la clim à donf) DV et dodo à Vegas le soir ! Si le Caesar's est dans votre budget, pas d'hésitation !!
Perso je laisserais les agences en dehors de l'affaire... pour les hotels directement les sites des hotels/motels après une recherche toute simple : "lodging yellowstone" sur Google par ex !
Avec expédia vous payez à la réservation, avec les sites des motels, c'est en y arrivant... et on peut annuler jusque H-24h sans frais en général.
Si vous ne réussissez jamais rien du premier coup, n'essayez pas le parachutisme !
Faut aussi eviter de faire que de la rando, car mon gamin accroche pas trop => alterner la ville et le coté paysage/nature
Las Vegas ( Ceasar Palace ?) & rendre la voiture on pense que notre fils va adorer le coté delirant de Las vegas(?)
On allé à Vegas en 2006 (fin avril) avec nos deux gamins qui avaient alors 13 et 11 ans: ils ont adoré ! Attention, dans les hôtels-casinos, ils ne doivent pas regarder les machines à sous (pas facile) c'est à dire qu'il peuvent traverser mais sans s'arrêter. On était au New-York New-York pour deux nuits: c'est super, la piscine est un peu petite et très peuplée mais ça le fait quand même ! Dans cet hôtel, le rez de chaussée est réservé aux adultes (des bandits manchots partout, le bruit est impressionnant, comme envoûtant) alors que le 1er étage est réservé aux enfants....ils jouent également, avec des jetons (qu'on achète avec des vraies cartes bleues ou des vrais dollars...LOL) et reçoivent, lorsqu'ils gagnent, d'autres jetons pour jouer, des tickets à échanger ensuite contre des jouets ou des peluches. Mon mari et moi ne sommes pas joueurs mais avec les enfants, on s'est lâché ! Je te recommande le NY NY plutôt que l'Excalibur, juste à côté, pour les enfants mais pas top ! de toute façon, tu passes tes soirées à te balader de hall d'hôtel en hall d'hôtel sur le strip: très impressionnant ! Evite le Circus Circus, plutôt minable....
Le Paris LasVegas n'est pas mal non plus : tu te promènes dans des quartiers de paris avec des petits bistrots avec terrasses sous un ciel étoilé...alors que tu es dans un hôtel....
On hesite à reserver hotel par hotel via expedia.fr (et le site de reservation des parcs) ou utiliser une agence type Kuoini qui propose un site web pour effectuer un itineraire à la carte, un conseil ? Nous on avait réservé, plusieurs mois à l'avance, via expedia: les prix sont vraiment avantageux ! Et pas de surprise ! On est resté 2 jours, les gamins nous reprochent encore aujourd'hui de ne pas être restés plus longtemps !
Manza :
Je comprends pas ta remarque, 5 jours complet à Yellowstone, j'ai pas l'impression que se soit si fou. Sans quoi, oui, je connais un peu : J'ai fait une fois le Yellowstone, mais c'était en Mars et j'ai du me contenter de quelques incursions en moto-neige, j'ai pas vu grand chose.
Jadorry :
Denver, faut compter combien de jour de voiture pour rejoindre tranquillement le Yellowstone(5h de voiture max) et visiter un peu les rocheuses ? 2 jours, 3 jours?
Oui, je n'y avais pas pensé à aller dormir sur la route vers Las. V.(j'apprehende le 37degrés à 22H) le dernier jour sur Yosemite, je vais reserver vers le lac.
SF, je vois pas trop quoi y faire plus de 2jrs : 1 journée balade ds la ville pour s'impregner, un ptit tour ds la baie. Les monuments/musées ont fait pas.
J'ai hesité à passer 2 nuits plutot qu'une à Monterey, histoire de consacrer au moins 1/2 journée de balade sur Big surf, mais bon j'ai lu ici que l'aquarium etait pas top, donc si on le shunte, on fera que de la balade sur la cote, d'ou 1 seule nuit.
Catdc:
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Negombo – 1 night
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Kandy – 2 nights
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We’ve booked our flight tickets and we’re leaving from October 29th to November 13th for Mauritius.
I just reserved our accommodation in Cap Malheureux.
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Hi everyone,
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Thanks, Alain.
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Hi everyone,
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So great to be back on this forum after being away for—I don’t even know what!
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Hey everyone! 🙂
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Hi everyone.
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Sunny destinations in October???
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Martinique, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Mauritius, Cape Verde, or somewhere else?????
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