Top 15 Fly Drive USA Destinations

With the post Christmas blues now in full swing, thoughts often turn to holidays and where our next ventures will be. With holidays in mind, we have put together our top 15 list of destinations which should not be missed on a USA fly-drive holiday.

Western USA Fly Drive Holidays

Firs up, we have the Grand Canyon, a gorge which was carved by the Colorado River, located in Arizona. The Grand Canyon is 277 miles long and in parts 18 miles wide and offers some stunning views. The canyon is considered to be around 5 or 6 million years old, and the depth is thought to be between 5 and 10 thousand feet deep (below sea level).

No visit to that part of the country would be complete without a visit to Las Vegas and the Strip. The most populous city in Nevada, Las Vegas – billed as the entertainment capital of the world, is notorious for its casinos, shopping and entertainment, with the city playing host to many high profile boxing events.

Visiting Las Vegas can be a fantastic experience, with the chance to walk down the main strip and indulge in the lavish and extravagant atmosphere. Play poker with the pro’s or join top Hollywood stars ringside at the MGM Grand to watch a title fight – Las Vegas will provide you with the means to walk shoulder to shoulder with the rich and famous.

A four hour drive South West will see you arriving in Los Angeles, the City of Angels and the second largest city in the United States and one of the most foremost centres of culture, technology and international trade.
With a warm climate boasting summer temperatures in excess of 30 degrees Celsius, Los Angeles can provide a glorious place to sun yourselves and experience the wonderful cityscape, home to nearly 13 million people.

A 6 hour stint along the I-5 will land you in San Francisco, the city with steep rolling hills with a diverse cosmopolitan population of around 745,000. San Francisco is a delightful city, and home to the infamous island prison of Alcatraz, known as the rock and was home for some very high profile inmates such as Al Capone and George “Machine Gun” Kelly.

A fly-drive holiday throughout western USA would be nothing without a visit to Yosemite National Park, a national park in California stretching over the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada – home to Yosemite Valley, a seven square mile designated as a World Heritage site in 1984.
Yosemite National Park is a truly breathtaking, beautiful place, with stunning views of spectacular granite cliffs, cascading waterfalls and clear streams – somewhere that really shouldn’t be missed!

Also in the west is Lake Powell, the second largest man made reservoir in the United States located in Utah and Arizona. Created by the flooding of Glen Canyon, Lake Powell is a storage facility for the Upper Basin states of the Colorado River Compact, and a popular destination among tourists.

East USA Fly Drive

New York is an absolute definite must see. Nicknamed the Big Apple, New York is the largest city in the United States and one of the major centres for trade and commerce.
Made up of five boroughs – the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and Staten Island, New York is home to over 8 million people.
A fly drive holiday to New York will allow you to see some fantastic sites, such as the Statue of Liberty, Wall Street, the Empire State Building and Ellis Island, not forgetting Central Park.
Head up to the Bronx to Yankee Stadium and experience a ‘ball game’ or enjoy the Broadway theatre district in Manhattan.
No visit to New York would be complete without a trip to Time Square – the ‘Crossroads of the World, a place that has achieved status of an iconic world landmark.

At the northern tip of New York on the border with Canada you will find the Niagra Falls, a group of waterfalls situated on the Niagra River – a truly breathtaking site.


Boston Massachusetts is a city in north east USA, known for its beautiful autumnal colours and culture, the city really is a place to behold.
Boston is a hive of history and is the very place in which the American Revolution begun, the Boston Massacre took place and the Boston Tea Party.

Venture 5 hours north and you’re in Maine, the northernmost point of New England, well known for its rocky coastline and some of the best seafood – notorious for its lobster and clams.

South USA Fly Drive

The southern states are also a great place to visit, and New Orleans is another great destination. Known as the Big Easy, New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz, r&b and was a major contributor to rock and roll.
Famous for it’s fantastic food with distinctive signature dishes such as creole, crawfish, jumbalaya and gumbo.

No visit to the south would be complete without a trip to Florida, the Sunshine State and home to the city of Miami. Miami has much to offer, Little Havana and South Beach are two must see places and Key West should not be passed by.

Orlando is another great city in Florida, a city home to some fantastic theme parks and nature trails and of course Walt Disney World Resort at Lake Buena Vista.

Kenya Holidays on Hold

Those due to embark on or looking to plan a beach and safari holiday in Kenya should do so with caution as violence escalates in the East African country after trouble broke out following a recent government election.

Protest in the capital and surrounding cities have led to more than 300 deaths in the area, with reports of women and children being burnt alive, and countless other shot dead by armed riot police patrolling the country in armoured vehicles.

Kenya is a popular tourism destination in Africa, offering tourists the opportunity to see the big five on safari, white sandy beaches with turquoise waters as well as deep sea fishing and diving.
Concerns have arisen as to the effects the current violence will have long term on tourism in the country as the stability of the country comes into question.

Would a recount of the election slips quell the protest and subsequent violence that has arisen as a result of the supposed fixed results?