The Coast & Canyons
Malibu, the Pacific Coast Highway and the canyons by private car — the open, cinematic side of Los Angeles, on your own schedule. A private, tailored journey of 4-5 days in Los Angeles, United States, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$10,500 per traveler.
- Coast · Nature
- Ideal length: 4-5 days
- Best time: From March to November, the best window for Los Angeles.
- Private guiding, access and transfers throughout
- From US$10,500 per traveler — a starting point, tailored to you
- Designed one-to-one by a Forest Travel advisor
- Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels
Malibu, the Pacific Coast Highway and the canyons by private car — the open, cinematic side of Los Angeles, on your own schedule. A private, tailored journey of 4-5 days in Los Angeles, United States, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$10,500 per traveler.
A single country that holds the ocean glamour of Miami, the canyon light of California, the cultural heights of New York and the vast wilderness of the West.
When to go
From March to November is the best window for Los Angeles. Your advisor times it to the light, the crowds and your own calendar.
The experiences
A sense of what this journey can hold — each one arranged privately and shaped to you:
- A private drive up the Pacific Coast Highway, the ocean unspooling along one side the whole way.
- A day at Malibu, from the quiet beaches to a lunch on a terrace above the surf.
- An unhurried run through the canyons, the roads that thread the hills between the city and the sea.
- A stop at a coastal overlook timed for the last light over the Pacific.
A sense of the rhythm
The pace follows the coast: long, open drives with the windows down and time to stop wherever the view asks you to. Malibu and the canyons set an easy, spacious rhythm, far from the density of the city. This is Los Angeles at its most cinematic and least rushed.
How to do it well
The counsel our advisors give travelers planning this journey:
- Drive the coast highway northbound in the afternoon, when the light falls across the water toward you.
- Keep a knowledgeable private driver, so you can watch the coast instead of the road.
- Time Malibu for a weekday, when the beaches and terraces are at their most serene.
- Build in an unplanned overlook or two; the best stops on this route reveal themselves as you go.
What only your advisor can open
The difference between a good trip and an unrepeatable one is access — and access is a relationship, not a booking. Every guide, room and moment is chosen and sequenced for you.
Who it's for
Travelers who value privacy, time and doing it once — beautifully — and who would rather have one trusted advisor orchestrate every detail than assemble it themselves.
Estimated investment
From US$10,500 per traveler, based on double occupancy — scaled to your dates, party size and level of privacy. A starting point, not a final quote; confirmed once your advisor tailors the itinerary.
Designed entirely around you
Nothing here is a package. A Forest Travel advisor shapes the whole journey and stays one message away before and throughout your trip.
Your Virtuoso privileges
As a Virtuoso member, Forest Travel includes benefits reserved for Virtuoso guests at the finest luxury hotels, at no added cost: a room upgrade on arrival when available, daily breakfast for two, a property credit toward dining or spa, and early check-in with late check-out when the hotel allows.
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Questions, answered.
You can keep to the coast, tracing the Pacific Coast Highway and the beaches of Malibu. Or turn inland to the canyons, quieter roads and hidden overlooks above the city. We balance the two so you get both the ocean and the hills.
Drive it northbound in the afternoon. That is the counsel our advisors give, because the light then falls across the water toward you, with the ocean unspooling along one side the whole way. End the drive with a stop at a coastal overlook timed for the last light over the Pacific. It is Los Angeles at its most cinematic and least rushed.
Choose a weekday. Malibu's beaches and terraces are at their most serene then. A day there can run from the quiet beaches to a lunch on a terrace above the surf, at an easy, spacious pace far from the density of the city. Your advisor arranges it privately and shapes it to you.
Keep a knowledgeable private driver, so you can watch the coast instead of the road. The journey is made by private car on your own schedule: long, open drives with the windows down and time to stop wherever the view asks you to. Leave room for an unplanned overlook or two, because the best stops on this route reveal themselves as you go.
Plan on 4-5 days. That gives you time for a private drive up the Pacific Coast Highway, best taken northbound in the afternoon, a day at Malibu (ideally a weekday) from the quiet beaches to lunch on a terrace above the surf, and an unhurried run through the canyons that thread the hills between the city and the sea. It also leaves room for a coastal overlook at last light and an unplanned stop or two. The pace follows the coast: long, open drives with time to stop wherever the view asks you to.
As a private, tailored journey it starts from roughly US$10,500 per traveler (double occupancy) and scales with your dates, party and level of privacy — a starting point, never a fixed package price. Your advisor confirms the figure once the itinerary is tailored.
November through April is the finest time. Your advisor times the journey to the light, the crowds and your own calendar. That matters on this route: the northbound afternoon drive up the Pacific Coast Highway, the stop at a coastal overlook for the last light over the Pacific, and a weekday in Malibu, when the beaches and terraces are at their most serene.
The canyons of Los Angeles are the quieter side of this coast journey: roads that thread the hills between the city and the sea, with hidden overlooks above the city. The run is unhurried and made by private car, with time to stop wherever the view asks you to. Paired with the Pacific Coast Highway and Malibu, it gives you both the ocean and the hills.
The Coast & Canyons shows the open, cinematic side of Los Angeles, far from the density of the city. The pace follows the coast: long, open drives with the windows down, and Malibu and the canyons set an easy, spacious rhythm. Everything runs on your own schedule by private car. It is Los Angeles at its most cinematic and least rushed.
On The Coast & Canyons journey, a stop at a coastal overlook is timed for the last light over the Pacific, arranged privately. It pairs naturally with the northbound afternoon drive up the Pacific Coast Highway, when the light falls across the water toward you. The canyons add hidden overlooks above the city, and the best stops on this route often reveal themselves as you go.
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