Southern California and the desert
Driving plan
- Day 1 Land at Los Angeles (LAX), drive to Los Angeles
About 30 km (20 mi), 30 min - 1 Los Angeles, CA · Days 1–3 · 3 nights
- Day 4 Los Angeles, drive to San Diego
About 190 km (120 mi), 2 h 20 min - 2 San Diego, CA · Days 4–6 · 3 nights
- Day 7 San Diego, drive to Palm Springs
About 200 km (120 mi), 2 h 30 min - 3 Palm Springs, CA · Days 7–8 · 2 nights
- Day 9 Palm Springs, drive to Twentynine Palms
About 80 km (50 mi), 1 h 10 min - 4 Twentynine Palms, CA · Days 9–10 · 2 nights
- Day 11 Twentynine Palms, drive to Los Angeles
About 230 km (140 mi), 2 h 50 min - 5 Los Angeles, CA · Day 11 · 1 night
- Day 12 Los Angeles to Los Angeles airport (LAX), fly home to Amsterdam
About 30 km (20 mi), 30 min
In all: about 750 km, 9 h 50 min, 6 days with a drive.