Stargazing Vacation Trips
When was the last time you looked up and considered your place in the universe?
In recent years, an increasing number of the guests on our trips look up at the Milky Way on moonless nights and candidly admit that they’ve never seen anything so beautiful in their lives. This has not always been the norm for humanity; only in recent centuries have we cast our eyes elsewhere and forgotten the stars. Much of the Earth is losing its dark skies to light pollution; most Americans will live their whole lives without seeing the Milky Way, but out here on the Colorado Plateau, the night sky is alive and well, and waiting for you to rediscover it.
At Holiday we are fortunate to live, work, and play under one of the few remaining pockets of truly dark sky, and we’re eager to share it with you. We’ve teamed up with the experts from Salt Lake City’s Clark Planetarium to provide stargazing vacation trips like no others. The trails we bike and the rivers we run traverse some of the darkest, most remote corners of Utah and Colorado, including two International Dark Sky Parks: Canyonlands National Park and Dinosaur National Monument. Float or cycle through red rock wonderlands during the day; at night, settle in on a sandy beach and stare up at the starry ribbon of sky. Learn from our expert guides and special star guests, and discover the powerful sense of awe that the night sky can impart.
