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Alaska: The Great LandTour by Mayflower Tours
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This fine tour is one of 45 tours to Alaska. See all
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Our outdoor adventure starts and ends in
• Arrive in
• Your Tour Manager will meet you at 6 p.m. for dining suggestions
Alaska is world-famous for its thrilling natural wonders, and we will witness more than a few during our exciting tour of this state’s unspoiled splendors.
Today you will visit the Iditarod Headquarters in the nearby town of Wasilla. Later, upon arrival in
• Breakfast at your hotel
• Iditarod Headquarters
• Travel to
• Enjoy dinner and a show at Alaska Cabin Nite
At the heart of our excursion is a guided tour of the gem of Alaska’s glorious wilderness,
• Breakfast at your hotel
• Tundra Wilderness tour of
Before departing for Fairbanks, you will have the option of getting a bird’s-eye view of the spectacular wilderness of
We survey panoramic vistas of majestic forests and grassy tundra from the comfortable confines of the Alaska Railroad. You will glimpse the towering, 20,000-foot peak of Mount McKinley.
You may also enjoy a peaceful float on the park’s Nenana River. This blue, crystalline river issues from the Nenana Glacier far to the north, and is one of the most popular destinations for whitewater rafting in Alaska.
Welcome to t the delightful town of Fairbanks, the second largest city in the state! During our tour, we explore the city’s rollicking past as a bustling mining town and enjoy its first-class cultural amenities, including galleries, upscale stores, specialty boutiques, historic sites and museums.
• Breakfast at your hotel
• Optional helicopter ride
• Optional float trip on the Nenana River
• Ride the Alaska Railroad to Fairbanks
Alaskan waterways will be our entry into the cultural heritage of this great state. Aboard the Riverboat Discovery, the only authentic sternwheeler in Alaska, enjoy a narrated cruise into Native American culture. This fascinating river tour includes a stop at the Chena Indian Village to get an intriguing glimpse into the culture and lifestyle of native Alaskans.
For a closer look at the life and times of the gold miner, take an optional tour of El Dorado Gold Camp. Experience the thrill of the prospector’s life as you ride a narrow-gauge rail into an authentic permafrost mining tunnel, and try your hand at gold panning with modern-day miners.
Bask in the ambiance of the hearty boomtown music hall as we enjoy live musical shows that capture the spirit of frontier Alaska, including the Golden Heart Revue, a rollicking showcase of Fairbanks’ prospecting past.
• Free time to explore Fairbanks
• Riverboat Discovery cruise
• Optional visit to El Dorado Gold Camp
• Salmon dinner and Golden Heart Revue show at the Palace Theater
Today there is a foray into the state’s prospecting past with a visit to Rika’s Roadhouse, a renowned gathering place for the traders, gold-miners and trappers of Alaska’s frontier.
We also explore the signature natural feature of Alaska’s spectacular landscape; an arctic glacier. Our tour includes a close-up look at Worthington Glacier, a massive floe of blue ice that covers nearly five square miles!
• Stop at Rika’s Roadhouse
• Visit Worthington Glacier
Dive into the beautiful sights offered by Alaska’s many pristine lakes, wild rivers and placid channels.
Cruise through the glacier-carved fjords and passageways of Prince William Sound aboard the Glacier Spirit and catch a glimpse of sea lions lolling on the majestic shoreline. With its many twisting tributaries and sharply carved mountain peaks, it’s clear why the Sound and the surrounding area is called the “Switzerland of Alaska!”
• Breakfast at your hotel
• Free time in Valdez
• Cruise Prince William Sound with light lunch
Today it is back to
• Breakfast at your hotel
• Travel to
• Farewell dinner with your Tour Manager
• Breakfast at your hotel
• Transfer to
The trip was great. We enjoyed all aspects of it. We have always enjoyed traveling with Mayflower.
The trip was great. We enjoyed all aspects of it. We have always enjoyed traveling with Mayflower.
Have disposible shoes for rafting trip. Also warn travelers about altitude. We enjoyed our trip and will cherish the memories forever. Our tour guide and driver were wonderful. I would love to be able to take another tour with them in the future.
This was our first bus tour and we enjoyed it very much. The tour director was very organized and knowledgeable and made the trip a real pleasure to be on. The tour went to a number of national park canyons that were amazing. And the train rides to the old mining towns were a trip back to the past. The scenery was absolutely incredible and the trip very relaxing. We made a lot of new friends and had a very positive experience with this trip.
Overall, the trip was great. I especially like the Dead Horse State Park, fantastic view. The Arches National Park was beyond anything I had imagined. The float trip on the Colorada was the least, simply because it was too calm.
Of the two train trips, I thought the Cumbres & Toltec was by far the better of the two. And the missions of Sante Fe was beautiful and spiritual. The best part of this trip to me was Mesa Verde!!! Absolutely amazing people. We had a very intelligent guide. He loved the history of these peolpe and that came across in his information, and I learned alot and was impressed with the beauty of the cliff homes. I would recommend this trip to anyone.
Good variety of places seen. Loved Yosemite and the sequoia trees!
Trip was a great experience to see so much of Colorado & its beautiful scenery. One of the train rides seem to be a little too long & uncomfortable but the scenery made it manageable.
Tour Director excellent - made us feel like friends.
Excellent trip for old train buffs.
The trip was well planned and Accommodations were great. I appreciated the guarantee single if a roommate couldn't be found.
My only problem was with one restaurant ' menu that had only beef'. I prefer not to eat red Meat.
Great experience
We couldn't have asked for a better experience!! Eeverything was simply fabulous!!!
Awesome!! It was truly a trip to remember.
Our tour director was great . Had everything planned and knew alot about the parks and the country side. The tour guide in the grad cannon was great also.
We were lucky with the people on the tour . Everyone was very nice. Food was great. So were all of the hotels. And the bus was very comfortable.
Enjoyed the overall experience, {atrocoa pir tpir dorectdpr did an excellent job. Went in a day early to see more of Charleston, but the hotel was not in the historic district and not convenient to see some of the sights other than what was offered on the tour.
Enjoyed the overall experience, {atrocoa pir tpir dorectdpr did an excellent job. Went in a day early to see more of Charleston, but the hotel was not in the historic district and not convenient to see some of the sights other than what was offered on the tour.
It was a great tour, everything I expected. Went into Charleston a day early to see more than what was provided on the tour and was dissapointed that the hotel was far from the historic district.
It was a great tour, everything I expected. Went into Charleston a day early to see more than what was provided on the tour and was dissapointed that the hotel was far from the historic district.
very well planned - moderate to easy itenary - hotels / food outstanding - tour director looked after us all the way to the airport for departure. hope we get as good a director on your Scandinavia by Train this summer.
A little too much "free time." Would like to have had more structured tour with a broader itinerary. Also, more breakfasts should have been included and the restaurant used for our farewell dinner in Savannah should be replaced. We were rushed and treated like "cattle."
The Jeckyll Island part of the tour was the best part. Beautiful accommodations, first-class hotel and treatment by hotel personnel.
This was my second time for this tour. I thoroughly enjoyed it more this time as Sally Bell was exceptional as a tour guide--so knowledgeable--and Clay (our step-on guide) also is exceptional. Going to Bandalier was wonderful since we had to go through LosAlamo a sister lab to Fermilab where I once worked--Sally's knowledge about the geology of the area was wonderful--I learned a lot. This was a super tour!
Take clothes that layer comfortably. Early mornings to see the ascension of the balloons is quite cool almost cold.There is nothing the Best Western Grande left undone for the long distant traveler. Regardless of what you order to eat at a sit down restaurant or join others in a long line for a burrito the tab inc. tax is $10.00. BRING LOTS OF $. Had a wonderful time . Director was knowledgeable & did a super job keeping the herd happy.
It was breathtaking. Our guide was so knowledgeable. The Bandolier Mountains were beautiful. I loved shopping in Santa Fe and Albuquerque. I wish I could have gone on a hot air balloon ride.
Enjoyed the experience of seeing the Balloons very much and would go again. Other aspects of the trip were not so good. Hotel was just okay. Included meals were not good.
Enjoyed the experience of seeing the Balloons very much and would go again. Other aspects of the trip were not so good. Hotel was just okay. Included meals were not good.
This trip was an awesome experience- my first guided tour. I was a last minute sign up- spur of the moment decision and it was great. The bus driver and tour guide were both so gregarious and truly enjoy their work. The made the trip especially enjoyable. We had only one person who complained about anything everyone else went with the flow and had a blast. Thank you for a great experience. The cost was extremely reasonable and the service , rooms and meals were just lovely.
Great tour. Wish the accommodations were closer to urban areas so could walk around and shop, thinking of the resort in New Hampshire. Have already booked another tour with Mayflower.
I enjoyed this trip very much. There was a bit too much emphasis on shopping stops for my taste, but overall the itinerary was good.
We had never been on a "bus tour" - so I was a bit skeptical at first ------ However, it was a WONDERFUL experience.....and we had probably the BEST TOUR GUIDE - Sally from Phoenix - exceptionally knowledgeable - and an excellent BUS DRIVER from Denver . Most of our meals, and most of our accommodations were good. We especially enjoyed the FLOAT TRIP and the day at the Grand Tetons.
The whole trip was wonderful. Patricia was an excellent tour guide!!!!
We really enjoyed this trip. It was a very friendly, happy group of people. We liked the tour director, Sally Bell, and enjoyed her knowledge and conversation. The bus driver, Del, was also great to talk to and get recommendatios for dinner in Jackson. Would highly recommend the trip to anyone. Loved Crazy Horse! Amazing!!!
We really enjoyed this trip. It was a very friendly, happy group of people. We liked the tour director, Sally Bell, and enjoyed her knowledge and conversation. The bus driver, Del, was also great to talk to and get recommendatios for dinner in Jackson. Would highly recommend the trip to anyone. Loved Crazy Horse! Amazing!!!
The food at the Western Night was not good. The show was very good. Would have liked better accommodations in Yellowstone. Like Old Faithful Inn. The trip is being offered to a group we belong to and I have recommended it.
THE ENTIRE TRIP WAS EXCELLANT. OUR TOUR GUIDE WENT OUT OF HER WAY TO HELP US. WE ARE PLANNING ANOTHER TRIP IN 2011 AND WE HOPE TO HAVE HER AGAIN.
Bud the bus driver and Bonnie the Tour Director made the trip! They are irreplaceable. If I had money to take another trip, I would check to be sure they were going to be there!
IT WAS WELL PLANNED AND AN EXCELLENT EXPERIENCE! I WOULD GIVE THE TRIP 5 STAR RATING.
Mayflower tours are always excellent. Those of us on a tour will get everything that was promised and more. I have taken many Mayflower tours, and I have never been disappointed. Keep up the great work!
Wonderful trip-so much to see in Washington. The Tour Director was great-she went above and beyond to be sure everyone could experience it all in a positive way.
I enjoyed this trip very much--it was one of my best trips
We enjoyed seeing the fall colors and the region. We had never been there before. The hotels and staff were great.
The Alamo was the highlight of the trip for us. The LBJ Library was next, except more time would have been appreciated. There was more walking in San Antonio than expected. Our seating for the parade on the riverwalk was not what the itinerary specified - therefore by the time the floats arrived at our location it was almost too dark to really see them very well.
The Alamo was the highlight of the trip for us. The LBJ Library was next, except more time would have been appreciated. There was more walking in San Antonio than expected. Our seating for the parade on the riverwalk was not what the itinerary specified - therefore by the time the floats arrived at our location it was almost too dark to really see them very well.
Churchill Food and accomodations were great.
Winnepeg food and accomodations were just fair.
I enjoyed the group we were with. Our guide was fabulous.
It was really great - we would have like more time in Victoria but realize there is a lot to fit in.
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Value-added traveling at affordable prices is Mayflower's specialty. Their pricing niche is in the mid range price category.
Most passengers are 50+, especially catering to retired couples.
Can vary dramatically, depending on tour. Groups can be as small as 1-10 people and as large as 55+. Contact an agent for details about a specific tour.
Each Mayflower Tour has a professional Tour Director on board. Mayflower calls them "Tour Managers" and they serve a wider variety of functions than a traditional tour guide,
First Class, emphasis placed on central location.
All Mayflower Tours include the services of a professional Tour Manager. A variable amount of meals are also offered (often breakfast and dinner, with customers responsible for lunch.) Round trip airport transfers are always included. Additionally, you earn a varying amount of Mayflower money (virtual currency towards future tours) with each booked tour.
Tours are usually designed to allow additional time for passengers to enjoy the destination on their own. If desired, tour directors will provide restaurant, attraction, shopping, transportation and general suggestions for where to go if you don't want to explore on your own.
Travel Agents Contact:
Mayflower Tours
1225 Warren Avenue
P.O. Box 490
Downers Grove, IL 60515
(800) 323-7604
(630) 435-8500 in Illinois
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www.mayflowertours.com
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Reservation Hours
Monday - Friday 7:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Central Time
Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Central Time
Payments
All deposits and final payments can be made by check or credit card. We accept the following credit cards: Discover, VISA, Mastercard, American Express
Prices Subject to Change
Prices and itineraries in this catalog supersede the prices and itineraries from all previous publications. We reserve the right to vary itineraries and prices and substitute facilities, hotels or events of equal or better quality if necessary. Land and air prices along with fuel surcharge and taxes are subject to change until reservations and all payments are received.
Guaranteed Share Program for Single Travelers
We make it easy for single travelers to reduce their tour costs with our Guaranteed Share Program. If you are traveling alone, are a non-smoker, and would like a roommate for cost savings, let us know at least 30 days before departure. You will be paired with another traveler of the same gender at the twin rate. If no roommate is available, you will get a single room yet only pay the twin price.
Roommate Cancellation
If you are booked as a “twin” and your roommate cancels their reservation, and you cannot find another roommate, you may either travel as a Guaranteed Share (see above) or travel as a single and pay the single supplement.
Revision Fees
A fee of $25 per transaction will be charged for any changes, revisions or alterations made to your reservation after confirmation.
Luggage Handling
The tour cost includes hotel porterage for one average size suitcase. A charge of $4.00 per hotel will be collected by the Tour Manager for each additional piece of luggage that you bring. Many airlines have implemented a charge for checked luggage. This amount is not included in your tour price and has to be paid directly to the airline by the traveler at the time of check in.
Health and Walking on Tour
Some World Tours include considerable walking, often on uneven, cobblestone streets. Many sites have limited motorcoach access and involve stairs and inclines. Please see the individual tour page for an Activity Level measure of that tour. Travelers should be in reasonably good health. Please consult your physician for pre-departure health advice.
Travel Documents
Your travel documents, including airline tickets if purchased through Mayflower Tours, will be in your possession approximately 14 days prior to departure. Documents include tour itinerary, departure and arrival information, hotel information, clothing suggestions, luggage tags, plus any helpful hints.
Referral Rewards
These coupons are available from Mayflower Tours. First Time Traveler Certificates will be sent to potential first-time travelers at the request of individual Mayflower tour members. These coupons will not be accepted with any other promotional coupon. For recipients of the Referral Reward, coupons will be activated after the referred traveler has departed on tour. Coupons can be used in conjunction with valid future travel credits, are non-transferable and are to be used with full fare travel. Complete terms of the Referral Rewards program are printed on the reverse side of the coupons. This offer is recallable at any time.
Smoke Free Environment
Although smoking is not allowed on the motorcoach, frequent rest/smoking stops are made.
Membership
Tour membership is available to all travelers and will not be withheld if the Tour Operator can furnish special requirements that an individual may need. Should meeting these requirements materially add to the Tour Operator’s cost, the Tour Member would be expected to pay these additional costs. The Tour Manager retains the right to terminate the membership of any Member if any physical or mental handicap becomes apparent while on tour and causes hardship to the Tour Manager and/or other Tour Members. Children must be six years of age or older.
Responsibility
These tour programs are operated by Mayflower Tours, Inc. 1225 Warren Avenue, Downers Grove, Illinois 60515. In common with other companies, Mayflower acts only as an agent for Tour Members in arranging room accommodations, transportation, sightseeing, admissions and restaurants. Mayflower reserves the right in its sole discretion to make changes in the itinerary and is not responsible for expenses, loss of time, money or other happening resulting from a change of tour scheduling made for Tour Members. Mayflower reserves the right to accept, decline or retain any person as a member of the tour, and is not responsible for any losses or damages of personal property, or for injuries, expenses or damages incurred by any Tour Member.
United States Tour Operators Association
$1 Million Travelers Assistance Program
Mayflower Tours, Inc., shares the coverage available under the United States Tour Operators Association (“USTOA”) $1 Million Travelers Assistance Program with affiliates of Mayflower Tours who, as an Active Member of the USTOA is required to post $1 Million with USTOA to be used to reimburse, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the USTOA Travelers Assistance Program, the advance payments of Mayflower Tours travelers in the unlikely event of Mayflower Tours bankruptcy, insolvency or cessation of business. Further, you should understand that the $1 Million posted by Mayflower Tours may be sufficient to provide only a partial recovery of the advance payments received by Mayflower Tours. Complete details of the USTOA Travelers Assistance Program and a list of affiliates may be obtained by writing to USTOA at 275 Madison Avenue, Suite 2014, New York, NY 10016, or by email to information@ustoa.com or by visiting www.ustoa.com.
