I am an African American female who was traveling with an Asian American friend and I just wanted to start off by saying that I absolutely loved this tour. The places visited and the pace of the tour was great. The tour guide, Mr. Troy, spoke mostly in Mandarin, but he also gave enough information in English to satisfy my curiosity about the place we were visiting. I started off by stating my nationality because I booked this tour before I read reviews of the company and other tours. After reading the reviews, I was scared that I would feel like a total outsider and I wouldn't enjoy my vacation. NOTHING was farther from the truth. I was very comfortable and the people on tour were very nice. My only criticisms would be: there was a bathroom on the bus, but NO ONE was allowed to use it, to the point where I almost peed on myself before we got to a rest stop; food is not included, so you have to bring a ton of snack because sometimes you're driving for hours between meals; you have to walk with a lot of cash on you because there are a lot of optionals that you can only sign up for while on the tour and they only accept cash; and everyday, you are going to be ask to leave your hotel before the crack of dawn and you need to really be on time. My only suggestion to make it better would be to change the last two days to offer visits to other national parks; Reno and Las Vegas were not my favorite places to visit, but I LOVED the national parks part of the trip. If you are not Chinese (Mandarin speaking), don't shy off from trying this company for a tour. For the price of the trip, it was totally worth it.

I enjoyed this tour so much. It gave me an opportunity to see all the major State Parks. I do not speak Mandarin and the Tour Director Troy was wonderful and spoke fluent English. I would recommend this trip for anyone, looking to see all that beauty that nature offers . However, you will need to be willing to wake up early, long bus rides and bring snacks in case you have some diet restrictions.