DAY 01: UK - CINCINNATI - LOUISVILLE, USA
Fly from the UK to Cincinnati. When you have arrived pick up your car from the airport and drive to Louisville where your first hotel is located. Check in to your hotel and enjoy the evening at leisure.
DAY 02: LOUISVILLE - LEXINGTON, USA
The 2 places are a short distance apart so make the most of the morning and explore Louisville before driving to your next hotel.
DAY 03: LEXINGTON, USA
Enjoy your only full day in Lexington by shopping in Bluegrass, meeting Lexington’s four-footed celebrities in their own home on a Horse Farm Tour or you can Visit four period historic homes of the Area’s most famous citizens.
DAY 04: LEXINGTON - BOWLING GREEN, USA
After 2 nights in Lexington make your way to Bowling Green for your overnight stay. Don’t forget to take a trip to Mammoth Caves, the world’s largest known cave system!
DAY 05: BOWLING GREEN - NASHVILLE, USA
After 1 night in Bowling green drive the 2 hour drive to Nashville, here you will spend 2 nights so check into your hotel and enjoy the evening at leisure.
DAY 06: NASHVILLE, USA
A full day in Nashville to enjoy some of its many highlights. Take a trip down memory lane and visit the Bluebird café, Country music hall of fame museum and the Music city walk of fame.
DAY 07: NASHVILLE - MEMPHIS, USA
After 2 nights in Nashville continue your drive for 3 hours where you will end up in Memphis. You have another 2 nights’ accommodation here so settle into your hotel and enjoy the evening at leisure.
DAY 08: MEMPHIS, USA
It’s the Birthplace of Rock ‘n’ Roll, the Home of the Blues and the starting point of soul. Music legends including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, B.B. King, W.C. Handy and Otis Redding made their marks on Memphis, where you can hear their influences today. To complete the “musical medley,” visit Graceland, Sun Studio, the Stax Museum of American Soul Music and the Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum. At night, take a walk down Beale Street and listen to the live music Memphis makes today.
DAY 09: MEMPHIS - TUPELO, USA
The next part of your drive takes you to Mississippi with your first 2 nights stay in Tupelo, The Birthplace of the King of Rock and Roll and headquarters to the Natchez Trace Parkway, one of America’s Top 10 national Parks, Tupelo is a place of exploration and imagination.
DAY 10: TUPELO, USA
Enjoy a full day in Tupelo and take a trip down Memory Lane.
DAY 11: TUPELO - JACKSON, USA
This drive will take 3 hours and allows you to drive part of the Natchez Trace Parkway. The Natchez Trace Parkway is a 444-mile drive through exceptional scenery and 10,000 years of North American history. Used by American Indians, "Kaintucks," settlers, and future presidents, the Old Trace played an important role in American history.
DAY 12: JACKSON - NATCHEZ, USA
Today you will drive the 2 hour drive to Natchez where you will spend 1 night. When you arrive why not Head out to tour a few of the majestic mansions that have drawn thousands of visitors to Natchez over the years. Enjoy the evening at leisure
DAY 13: NATCHEZ - LAKE CHARLES, USA
After your overnight stay in Natchez the next part of your drive will take you to Lake Charles, It is approximately a 3 hour drive so the earlier you leave the longer you will have to spend in Lake Charles. Overnight in a Lake Charles hotel
DAY 14: LAKE CHARLES - LAFAYETTE, USA
After a great night in Lake Charles it’s time to head to Lafayette, where you can enjoy the afternoon/evening at your own leisure
DAY 15: LAFAYETTE, USA
You have a full day here to explore Lafayette or you could visit Nearby Lake Martin Nature Reserve which is a place where land turns to water and where, in the spring, there's a huge abundance of birdlife including egrets, herons and spoonbills, as well as scores of alligators. For a real taste of the local landscape though, take a thrilling swamp tour to see sunbathing alligators relaxing amongst cypress trees dripping with Spanish moss.
DAY 16: LAFAYETTE - NEW ORLEANS, USA
After your 2 nights stay in Lafayette drive to your next destination, New Orleans. Here you will spend 2 nights. Once you have arrived check into your hotel and enjoy the afternoon at leisure.
DAY 17: NEW ORLEANS, USA
With a full day in New Orleans you can expect the locals to pull out all the stops to show you a good time. And it’s way more than just a demonstration of Southern hospitality-- "laisser les bon temps rouler," or "let the good times roll" is the city's unofficial motto. So take a tour of the elegant Garden District, step on board jazz cruise down the Mississippi river, explore the dark and mystical world of this city’s voodoo, dine at the Commander's Palace, or join the crowds on Bourbon Street. Whichever you choose you will be taken away with the liveliness of New Orleans.
DAY 18: NEW ORLEANS - MOBILE, USA
After 2 nights in bustling New Orleans drive to your first stop in the state of Alabama, Mobile. You have 1 night here. Founded in 1702 as the original capital of the Louisiana Territory and nestled along the beautiful Gulf of Mexico, few American cities boast a history as rich as Mobile's. The birthplace of Mardi Gras in the United States, the area’s sheer beauty, modern architecture, amazing museums and famous seafood continues to impress visitors and locals alike.
DAY 19: MOBILE - MONTGOMERY, USA
After a night in Mobile make your way to your next stop and enjoy 1 night in Montgomery. Explore life in the 19th-century South at Old Alabama Town, sample the city's arty side at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts or spend the day reliving the era of Civil Rights. Literary buffs will be wowed by the Fitzgerald Museum.
DAY 20: MONTGOMERY - HUNTSVILLE, USA
It’s now time to drive to your final destination, Huntsville. You have 2 nights here so when you arrive check into your hotel and enjoy the rest of the day at leisure
DAY 21: HUNTSVILLE, USA
The high-tech city of Huntsville which sprawls at the foot of a mountain in North Alabama is equally at home in the 19th century or the 21st. Huntsville's tourist attractions reflect the heritage of Alabama's first English-speaking city, the strife of the American Civil War and the accomplishments of America's rocket scientists. The city is nicknamed "The Rocket City" for its close history with U.S. space missions. Huntsville has been important in developing space technology since the 1950s. Enjoy a full day exploring this beautiful city
DAY 22: HUNTSVILLE - ATLANTA - UK
After a great Deep South adventure it’s now time to drop your car off at the airport and check in for your overnight flight home.
DAY 23: LONDON, UK
Arrive in London
