Los Angeles to Las Vegas One Way Tour via Death Valley
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Is Los Angeles to Las Vegas One Way Tour via Death Valley worth booking?
Los Angeles to Las Vegas One Way Tour via Death Valley is a 12-hour experience in Los Angeles, United States, from $200 per person. It scores 60 out of 100 on the Outty Ranking, which we label “Worth a Look”, based on a 5/5 rating across 2 reviews. Cancellation is free up to 24 hours before the start time. Same-day spots are currently showing.
- Outty Ranking
- 60 / 100
- Rating
- 5/5 (2)
- Duration
- 12 hours
- From
- $200 per person
Transform a standard travel day into an epic road trip with a premium Death Valley tour transfer from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. Traverse North America’s most extreme landscapes, exploring below-sea-level basins, volcanic
What you get
About this experience
Transform a standard travel day into an epic road trip with a premium Death Valley tour transfer from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. Traverse North America’s most extreme landscapes, exploring below-sea-level basins, volcanic terrain, and surreal geological formations up close rather than just driving through. This dramatic California-to-Nevada sightseeing experience replaces highway traffic with unforgettable desert adventures, making it the ultimate scenic way to reach Vegas.
What's included
Included
- Bonus Stops
- Los Angeles to Las Vegas Transport
- Unlimited Snacks and Drinks
- Death Valley National Park Entrance Fee
Not included
- Lunch
- Tour Guide Gratuity
What you'll see and do
Death Valley National Park
You are entering one of the most extreme environments in North America. Below sea level. Surrounded by mountains that rise straight out of the desert. Exposed to heat, wind, and open space with no visual clutter, no cities, no softness. The scale is immediate and overwhelming. This is a landscape built by violence: tectonic shifts, flash floods, volcanic activity, and relentless erosion. The terrain is sharp, folded, and stripped bare. Color comes from rock, not vegetation. Sound disappears. Distance becomes hard to judge. Everything feels bigger than it should. You will move through wide, open valley floors, tight mountain corridors, and vast desert basins where the horizon seems too far away. The environment changes constantly but never becomes comfortable. That is the appeal. Expect stark light, hard edges, and massive empty space. Expect heat radiating off the ground. Expect silence. Expect to look around and realize there is nothing built for you out here.
240 minutes here
Badwater
Step out onto the valley floor at 282 feet below sea level. Walk across a vast white salt flat that stretches to the horizon, cracked into natural geometric patterns under your feet. In front of you: open emptiness. Behind you: 11,000-foot mountains rising straight out of the desert. No trees. No shade. No noise. Just scale, heat, and silence. This is not a viewpoint. You are standing inside it.
45 minutes here · Admission included
Zabriskie Point
Zabriskie Point is not a viewpoint. It is a front-row seat to geological history. From above, you look down into a maze of razor-edged ridges, collapsed hills, and folded badlands carved by flash floods and time. The terrain is sharp, jagged, and stripped bare. No trees. No softness. Just raw earth twisted into unnatural shapes. The colors shift with the light—gold, tan, rust, and brown layered across the landscape like brush strokes. Every ridge line is exposed. Every erosion line is visible. It looks unreal because nothing about it is gentle. This is Death Valley in its most aggressive form. Chaotic. Precise. Unforgiving. You are not looking at scenery. You are looking at the inside of the earth.
30 minutes here · Admission included
Furnace Creek Visitor Center
The Visitor Center is where the landscape gets explained. This is your reset point to understand what you’re actually looking at: the climate, the geology, the scale, and why this place behaves the way it does. Exhibits cover the park’s extreme temperatures, shifting terrain, mining history, and how life survives here at all. It’s not theatrical. It’s functional. You use it to calibrate your understanding before going back into the environment. Think of it as context, not entertainment.
30 minutes here · Admission included
Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes
The dunes are the opposite of everything else in Death Valley. Soft where the valley is hard. Fluid where the terrain is rigid. You step off pavement and into open sand. Wind-shaped ridges. Sharp crests. Smooth slopes. The patterns are clean and precise, constantly changing. No vegetation. No rocks. Just layered sand and open sky. The scale is deceptive. From a distance they look small. Up close, they rise and fall in long rolling lines that pull you deeper into the landscape. Every step sinks. Every direction looks similar. Orientation fades quickly. This is classic desert. Minimal. Exposed. Quiet.
30 minutes here · Admission included
Where it starts and ends
Meeting point
Los Angeles
We will pick you up at the main entrance. The tour guide will be waiting for you in a tall black van with a MaxTour sign, and they will be wearing a MaxTour hat.
Meeting point
Los Angeles
We will pick you up at the main entrance. The tour guide will be waiting for you in a tall black van with a MaxTour sign, and they will be wearing a MaxTour hat.
Hotel pickup
No pickup: everyone meets at the start point.
Ends at
Get dropped off at your choice of Downtown or Strip Hotels
Before you book
- Cancellation
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
- Languages
- ko, cmn, ja, en, es
- Ticket
- Mobile Only
- Runs on
- Every day
- Group size
- Up to 8 travelers per booking
- Operated by
- MaxTour
Know before you go
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Traveler reviews
2 verified traveler reviews for Los Angeles to Las Vegas One Way Tour via Death Valley. Ratings and reviews provided by Viator and Tripadvisor.
Amazing trip!
Amazing trip! From pre tour communications, meet up, vehicle, snacks, drive and most importantly the tour guide - Bull! He is very knowledgeable and caring! You can ask him literally anything! We had fun even though it was 120 degrees hot!! This is highly recommended!
Response from the operator: Thank you so much for spending a fun day with MaxTour on our Los Angeles to Las Vegas One Way Tour via Death Valley! We’re happy to know that our tour vans, equipped with an additional AC unit for the desert climate, along with plenty of complimentary cold drinks, helped keep you comfortable throughout the trip. Death Valley makes for a spectacular backdrop, with scenery that feels almost otherworldly as you make your way across the Southwest, and we're thrilled we could show you around the park. Thank you again for the recommendation, and we hope you’ll join MaxTour for another adventure in the future!
via Tripadvisor
I enjoyed the scorching nature safely.
The friendly atmosphere of our driver and guide, Robert, and the almost 10 hours of driving he did were very helpful and gave me peace of mind. They gave us toilet breaks about every hour and a half, and we had good drinks and snacks.
Response from the operator: このたびは、ロサンゼルス発・デスバレー経由ラスベガス行きのツアーにご参加いただき、素敵なご感想をありがとうございます！ 親しみやすいドライバー兼ガイドの案内と丁寧な運転で、安心して一日をお過ごしいただけたことを、とても嬉しく思います。ロサンゼルスからラスベガスへ向かいながら、デスバレーの果てしなく広がる大地やドラマチックな景観を巡るこのツアーは、アメリカ南西部の美しさを存分に味わえる、思い出に残る一日観光です。こまめな休憩や充実したドリンク、スナックにもご満足いただけたとのこと、またぜひ別の楽しい冒険にもご参加ください！
via Tripadvisor (translated)
Good to know
- Duration
- 12 hours
- Free cancellation
- Up to 24h before
- Minimum age to book
- All ages
- Availability
- Bookable today
- Runs on
- Every day
- Hotel pickup
- No pickup, meet at start point
- Booked in 30 days
- 1
- Verdict
- Worth a Look
Why this scores 60
The Outty Ranking is a weighted composite. Here is how this experience performed on each component.
Los Angeles to Las Vegas One Way Tour via Death Valley: questions travelers ask
Practical detail on this experience, plus the wider planning questions for Los Angeles.
How much does Los Angeles to Las Vegas One Way Tour via Death Valley cost?
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Prices start at $200 per person. The final price depends on the date, the time slot and the number of travelers, and peak weekends in Los Angeles usually price higher than midweek mornings. Live pricing and remaining availability are confirmed on the booking screen before you pay.
How long does Los Angeles to Las Vegas One Way Tour via Death Valley take?
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Plan for about 12 hours from start to finish, not counting travel to the meeting point. Most travelers leave another 30 minutes on either side so the rest of the day in Los Angeles is not rushed.
Is Los Angeles to Las Vegas One Way Tour via Death Valley worth it?
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It holds an Outty Ranking of 60 out of 100, which we label "Worth a Look". That score blends traveler sentiment (5/5 across 2 reviews), the depth of that review evidence, recent booking momentum, value for money against comparable last minute in Los Angeles, and how flexible the cancellation terms are.
Can I cancel or reschedule Los Angeles to Las Vegas One Way Tour via Death Valley?
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Yes. Cancel free up to 24 hours before the start time for a full refund. Inside that window the booking is non-refundable, and no-shows are not refunded.
Is Los Angeles to Las Vegas One Way Tour via Death Valley suitable for kids and families?
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Yes, all ages are welcome. Families should still weigh the 12-hour running time, and strollers are easier on the earlier, quieter departures.
How far in advance should I book Los Angeles to Las Vegas One Way Tour via Death Valley?
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Around 1 people booked this in the last 30 days, so popular slots go early. Two to three weeks ahead is comfortable in shoulder season, while summer weekends and holidays in Los Angeles can sell out a month out. Same-day spots do open up when other travelers cancel, so it is worth checking if you are already in town.
What should I bring or wear?
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Bring photo ID, your booking confirmation on your phone, a refillable water bottle and comfortable shoes. Dress for the weather in Los Angeles and add a light layer if any part of the 12-hour experience runs outdoors or after sunset.
Where does Los Angeles to Las Vegas One Way Tour via Death Valley start and how do I get there?
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The exact meeting point and directions are on your voucher once you book, and they sit in central Los Angeles within reach of public transport. Arrive 15 minutes early: late arrivals are treated as no-shows by most operators.
What are the best things to do in Los Angeles?
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Los Angeles rewards travellers who cluster their bookings by geography rather than by theme. Studio tours and Hollywood walks sit inland, the Malibu and Santa Monica coast runs west, and Griffith Observatory and the canyon hikes work best at dawn or dusk. We weight transport clarity in the ranking here: whether pickup is included changes an LA day more than the tour itself. On Outty we rank every Los Angeles experience on the same 0 to 100 scale, and alongside this one the highest scorers right now include Hollywood Sign 2.5-Hour Tour with Comedians and Their Dogs, Los Angeles Hollywood Sign Hike: Front, Behind, and Expert Guide, Los Angeles Original 90-Minute Walking Tour to The Hollywood Sign. The city page groups everything into most popular, highest reviewed, last minute and family-friendly so you can build a day around what actually delivers.
When is the best time to visit Los Angeles?
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March to May and September to November, for clear air and open canyon roads. Booking patterns follow the same curve: prices and queues climb in peak weeks, while shoulder season gives you better availability on the top-ranked experiences and more room to change plans.
How many days do you need in Los Angeles?
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Three full days covers the headline sights without sprinting. A workable rhythm is one anchor experience each morning, such as this one, an unhurried afternoon in a single neighborhood, then a food or nightlife booking in the evening. Five days lets you add a day trip outside the city.
Do I book through Outty or through the operator?
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Outty ranks and explains the experiences, then hands you to Viator to complete the booking with the operator directly. The price is the same as booking on Viator yourself, and Outty earns an affiliate commission on the referral, which is how the rankings stay free to read.
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