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FULLY ESCORTED TOURS • OUR 60TH YEAR 2012 from United States • Canada $ Panama • Guatemala 995 Costa Rica #1 in Value Our 60th Year! Welcome to ç Dear Traveler, Welcome to a wonderful vacation at an incredible value. Caravan’s fully escorted tours are polished, complete and fun! Compare with anybody and everybody. Caravan is the best deal. Choose from tours to the USA, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Panama. These quality tours feature great hotels, fascinating itineraries, complete sightseeing and professional tour directors, operated by one of America’s oldest and most trusted tour companies. Discover for yourself why smart shoppers and experienced travelers have chosen Caravan for 60 years. Happy Travels, Caravan com Costa Rica tropical rainforest with some local inhabitants Fully Escorted Tours United States Grand Canyon, Lake Powell, Bryce & Zion . 6 Mt. Rushmore, Grand Tetons & Yellowstone . 8 California Coast, Wine Country & Yosemite. .10 New England Summer and Fall Foliage .. 12 Canada Canadian Rockies and Glacier Park ..... 14 Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island ... 16 Guatemala Guatemala with Tikal ................. 18 Panama Canal Cruise, Rainforests and Beaches .. 20 Costa Rica Costa Rica Natural Paradise ........... 22 General Information ............... 24 Caravan com 401 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60611 1-800-Caravan (800-227-2826) or 1-312-321-9800 Caravan is the best value in fully escorted tours! Our 60th year of excellence All-inclusive Great value, low prices, book early You can trust our 60 years of experience Caravan includes all activities listed in Caravan’s strong buying power gives you with tours of superb quality and excellent the itinerary pages. Caravan does not great vacations at much lower prices than value. Caravan has enjoyed the same family sell any “optional tours” which can add you can find anywhere else. Many tours sell management and ownership since 1952. hundreds of dollars to your tour price. out quickly, so reserve your tour now to get the date you prefer and the best air fare. Complete sightseeing Purified water You see more on a Caravan tour with Caravan provides purified water on Fully escorted by tour directors more actual visits and more included motorcoaches and purifed water at all Your tour is conducted from start to finish features. On Latin American tours, in meals in Latin America. by professional tour directors. They are addition to your tour director, you have fluent in English, experienced and fun. the free service of expert local guides, All meals included in Latin America chosen for their knowledge, friendliness In Costa Rica, Panama and Guatemala, Excellent hotels and command of English. Caravan includes all meals. In the USA and You stay at excellent hotels in great Canada included meals are listed on each locations, park lodges, and scenic resorts. itinerary page. See hotel descriptions at Caravan.com. Scarlet Macaw Costa Rica Rainforest Guatemala Monument Valley Call Now for Choice Dates 1-800-CARAVAN (1-800-227-2826). More information at 5 Caravan is the best value in fully escorted tours! Shopping freedom Travel protection plan How to reserve your ç tour Caravan believes that shopping can be a Caravan’s $99 travel protection plan offers It’s easy. See your travel agent or call vacation highlight. Caravan does not bring peace of mind if you cancel for any reason Caravan at 1-800-Caravan (1-800-227-2826). groups to over-priced shops in return for whatsoever prior to departure of the tour and Caravan will hold your space for you without payments. With Caravan, you will have also includes comprehensive medical, air any deposit, from 1 to 3 days, depending on ample time and opportunity for great and baggage insurance. Caravan the date of departure. Then, pay a deposit shopping and the freedom to choose where strongly recommends purchasing this plan. of $300 per person. Caravan will send you and when to shop. a written confirmation. Travel info, day by Trade association memberships day itinerary, baggage tags, etc. will be sent Caravan.com Caravan is a member of ASTA (American to you later. Air fare is extra and not sold by See Caravan.com for more detailed tour Society of Travel Agents), NTA (National Caravan. Full payment is due 60 days before information including weather, tour videos, Tour Association), CLIA (Cruise Lines the starting date of your tour. airport transfers, client comments, hotel International Association), and an allied photos and frequently asked questions. member of ACTA (Alliance of Canadian Pay by check, Visa, or Mastercard. Travel Agencies). New England Grand Tetons Hotel Atitlán, Guatemala Jenny Lake PanamaPalenque Canal Call Now for Choice Dates 1-800-CARAVAN (1-800-227-2826). More information at C a ravan 5 com Grand Canyon, Sedona, Lake Powell, Bryce & Zion 8 Days $1,095 C a ravan Fully Escorted com 1st day–Phoenix, Arizona Spend two nights at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon and visit the greatest national parks of the Southwest! Your adventure begins in Phoenix, Arizona. Transfer from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport by hotel courtesy shuttle to your hotel. Rooms are available for check in after 3:00 p.m. Join Caravan for a 6:00 p.m. welcome briefing. The Grand Canyon 2nd day–Sedona, Grand Canyon Drive through Scottsdale and along Camelback Mountain on your morning sightseeing. Next, visit Montezuma Castle, site of 12th and 13th century Native American cliff dwellings. Continue to the artist colony of Sedona, surrounded by towering red rock formations. You have free time in Sedona to explore galleries, shops and restaurants. Continue through scenic Oak Creek Canyon. Arrive at the Grand Canyon for a relaxing two-night stay. Your lodge is inside the Grand Canyon National Park, near the South Rim. Enjoy dinner at the Grand Canyon. Elevation at your Grand Canyon lodge is 7,000 feet. BD 3rd day–Grand Canyon National Park Entire day to explore the breathtaking beauty of the Grand Canyon, one of the Grand Canyon seven natural wonders of the world. Almost 280 miles long, the Grand Canyon varies in Bryce Canyon width from one to eighteen miles, with the Colorado River winding below. See a short I-MAX movie on the Grand Canyon. The rest of your day is at leisure to enjoy Grand Canyon National Park. You can take a free shuttle bus to the many lookout points on the West Rim. You have plenty of time to hike on Bright Angel Trail into the Grand Canyon, or hike along the rim trails. You also can visit the historic Grand Canyon Park buildings, Hopi House and Lookout Studio. Relax and enjoy Grand Canyon vistas, or attend one of the daily park ranger talks. You stay two nights here inside the Grand Canyon National Park, allowing you time for a comprehensive visit inside the Grand Canyon National Park. Best of all, you will enjoy two opportunities to see Grand Canyon sunsets and sunrises. B 4th day–Grand Canyon, Lake Powell Enjoy breakfast at historic El Tovar Lodge on the rim of the Grand Canyon. Next, drive along the scenic East Rim of the Grand Canyon to visit Desert View Lookout. Then, visit a Navajo and Hopi Trading Post. Here, you will find a large selection of high- quality Hopi and Kachina dolls, fine Native American jewelry and handicrafts. Lake Powell Resort Call Now for Choice Dates 1-800-CARAVAN (1-800-227-2826). More information at 7 from Grand Canyon, Sedona, Lake Powell, Bryce & Zion 8 Days $1,095 Next, drive over the Glen Canyon Dam to 185 mile long Lake Powell. Arrive at Lake Powell Resort on the shores of Lake Powell. This afternoon enjoy a scenic boat cruise UTAH NEVADA Bryce through Lake Powell’s Antelope Canyon, Monument Valley lined with rich red sandstone walls. Enjoy a Zion Cruise two-night stay at Lake Powell Resort. B 1 Jeep Ride 1 Kanab 5th day–Monument Valley, Jeep Tour 2 Breakfast in your resort’s famous Rainbow Lake Powell Room with 180 degree sweeping views of Trading Post Lake Powell. This morning enter the Navajo Las Grand Indian Nation. Enjoy a guided jeep tour of Vegas the restricted backcountry of Monument Canyon 2 Valley, a beautiful, pristine area of buttes and arches accessible only with authorized Navajo guides. John Ford, the filmmaker, discovered the rugged beauty of Monument Sedona Valley in the 1930’s. Western classics, such as “Stagecoach,” “The Searchers,” and “Once Upon a Time in the West” were filmed in Monument Valley. Hollywood legends, ARIZONA such as Maureen O’Hara, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, and James Stewart filmed Caravan Westerns here. Return to Lake Powell. B Phoenix 1 com 6th day–Bryce Canyon National Park Enjoy breakfast in the Rainbow Room. Early settlers were so inspired by Zion’s Meals: B=Breakfast D=Dinner Next visit Bryce Canyon. See the Bryce beauty that they bestowed exalted names on Hotels - listed by day “Hoodoos,” fantastic red, orange and the park’s natural features. See East Temple, 1 Phoenix Doubletree Suites pink limestone spirals. This afternoon the Court of the Patriarchs and the Great enjoy stops at Bryce Point and Sunrise 2,3 Grand Canyon Thunderbird, Maswik, White Throne. With Caravan, spend the night Kachina or Yavapai (All lodges are inside Point, overlooking the stunning Bryce at the only lodge inside Zion National Park. Amphitheater. Overnight in picturesque Grand Canyon Park near the South Rim.) Stroll the beautiful grounds of your lodge 4,5 Lake Powell Lake Powell Resort Kanab with an elevation of 5,000 feet. ideally situated in the center of the valley Kanab is known as Western Hollywood. 6 Kanab Comfort Inn floor. Marvel at the cliffs towering above. 7 Zion Park Area Zion Park Lodge Over 100 western movies and TV shows Enjoy leisure time this afternoon.