America's Canyon Country
FREE Northern Illinois Farm Bureaus LOCAL 2018 ADVANCE COPY PICKUP 9 DAY HOLIDAY
America’s Canyon Country
featuring Four National Parks
June 19-27, 2018 Tour Dates:
America’s Canyon Country America's legendary canyons await9 Days you • in14 this Meals three-state tour of the nation's rugged majesty. Bryce, Glen, and the mighty Grand Canyon join a list of national parks and monuments that will delight and amaze.
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS 4 14 Meals (5 dinners, 2 lunches and 7 breakfasts) 4 Round trip airport transfers 4 Spend 1 night in Las Vegas and enjoy the laser magic of the Fremont Street Experience 4 Visit Pipe Spring National Monument 4 Spend 2 nights inside Grand Canyon National Park at the fabulous North Rim 4 Explore Grand Canyon National Park’s North Rim with a local guide 4 Enjoy a scenic cruise on Lake Powell and visit Glen Canyon Dam 4 Visit Monument Valley with an included traditional Navajo lunch and guided four-wheel-drive jeep tour 4 Visits to Natural Bridges National Monument and Capitol Many famous movies were filmed in Monument Valley Reef National Park 4 Touring in Bryce Canyon National Park to see the multi-hued spires and cliffs set inside a natural amphitheater DAY 1 – Arrive in Las Vegas 4 Travel Utah’s scenic Highway 12 through Escalante Grand Arrive today in exciting Las Vegas and spend the night on the glittering Staircase National Monument “Fremont Street Experience.” You’ll have the remainder of the day at 4 Spend 2 nights in Springdale, Utah just outside the leisure for relaxation, enjoying the free entertainment presented on entrance to Zion National Park Fremont Street, plus time to test your chances at the gaming tables or 4 Embark on a narrated tour of Zion National Park with slot machines. its sheer cliffs and painted sandstone walls Meal: D 4 $45 in Mayflower Money DAY 2 – Pipe Spring National Monument and the North Rim Heading into Arizona, we’ll visit the Old Mormon Fort at Pipe Spring National Monument, then continue on to the North Rim of magnifi- UTAH cent Grand Canyon National Park, where we’ll spend the next two Torrey nights just steps away from one of the world’s great spectacles. Dinner NEVADA Escalante- 1 Capitol Reef Grand Staircase National Park awaits in the Grand Canyon Lodge dining room. Edge of Cedars Meals: B, D Zion National Park Bryce State Park Canyon N.P. Springdale 2 Vermilion Glen DAY 3 – Discover the Grand Canyon Canyon Pipe Spring N.M. Clis N.M. 1 Blu and Cape Royal and Point Imperial 1 A full day to experience the wonders of the Grand Canyon begins with Page an excursion to Cape Royal and Point Imperial, offering incomparable 1 Point Imperial Las Vegas 2 Navajo National views of this gaping chasm, about one mile deep and ten miles across. Monument Grand Canyon Those who have visited the heavily-traveled South Rim will be sur- National Park Overnights prised to see that the views and environment are distinctively different ARIZONA Start/End City here. You’ll have the afternoon for hiking to nearby Bright Angel Point, Visit ranger-conducted programs or simply relaxing. Meal: B Tour Route
DAY 4 – Vermilion Cliffs and Lake Powell Cruise A scenic drive along Vermilion Cliffs National Monument brings us to HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS the impressive Colorado River Gorge at Navajo Bridge. Near Page this Day One – Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada afternoon, we’ll visit massive Glen Canyon Dam before a “Canyons Ad- Days Two and Three – Grand Canyon Lodges, Grand Canyon, Arizona venture” cruise on sky-blue Lake Powell through Glen Canyon Na- Day Four – Lake Powell Resort, Page, Arizona tional Recreation Area. Day Five – Desert Rose Inn, Bluff, Utah Meals: B, D Day Six – Best Western Capitol Reef Resort, Torrey, Utah Days Seven and Eight – Holiday Inn Express, Springdale, Utah Grand Canyon's North Rim aglow in the mid-day sun A meandering creek in Zion National Park
River has cut a dramatic rugged gorge through multi-hued sandstone, DAY 5 – Monument Valley Jeep Tour This morning we’ll visit Navajo National Monument to view the Be- shale and limestone. We’ll look up at the towering rock walls sur- tatakin Ruin. Later we continue on to incredible Monument Valley rounding us on all sides as we tour this incredible natural wonder Navajo Tribal Park, where numerous Western movies, television shows aboard open-air sightseeing trams, plus enjoy time for exploring on and commercials have been filmed. A traditional Navajo lunch and our own or shopping in picturesque Springdale. Meals: B, D Navajo-guided, four-wheel drive tour are included in our visit. En route to Bluff, Utah, we’ll pause at Goosenecks State Park for stunning DAY 9 – Homeward Bound views of the San Juan River Canyons. Dinner tonight is at the Cotton- This morning we’ll leave Utah and travel through the Virgin River wood Steak House. Gorge en route to Las Vegas McCarran International Airport for flights Meals: L, D home departing after 1:00 p.m. Meal: B DAY 6 – Natural Bridges and Capitol Reef National Park After a visit to the Puebloan ruins at Edge of the Cedars State Park, next comes sightseeing and a picnic lunch at Natural Bridges National Monument, home to three mighty stone bridges, viewable from con- venient overlooks. An afternoon scenic drive brings us to impressive Capitol Reef National Park, where white sandstone “domes” cap mas- sive reef-like cliffs. We’ll spend the night in Torrey. Meals: B, L
DAY 7 – Escalante-Grand Staircase and Bryce Canyon National Park A memorable day begins on Utah’s incredible Highway 12 Scenic Byway, winding through spectacular Escalante-Grand Staircase Na- tional Monument. Reaching the famed “Pink Cliffs” of Bryce Canyon National Park, we’ll follow the Rim Drive to view vividly-colored, fan- tastic rock forms approximating castles, temples, even whole cities sculptured in stone! Later we’ll motor through the slickrock canyons and historic tunnel of Zion National Park, and soon check in for two nights in Springdale. Meal: B
DAY 8 – Zion National Park Today features awe-inspiring Zion National Park, where the Virgin Enjoy sightseeing and a picnic lunch at Natural Bridges National Monument Enjoy a “Canyons Adventure” cruise on the sky-blue waters of Lake Powell
PER PERSON SINGLE 2018 DEPARTURE TWIN ROOM ROOM
June 19 $3,339 $4,438 Cancellation Charges Without Traveler’s Protection Plan (TPP) • 61 days and more – deposit amount • 60 – 31 days – 20% of the tour cost Pricing includes Travelers Protection and • 30 – 15 days – 30% of the tour cost • 14 – 1 day prior – 40% of the tour cost round trip airfare out of Chicago. • Day of departure or early departure from tour – 100% of the tour cost Air itineraries may not be available until documents are received. Air seats are assigned by the airline for No refund on unused portion the entire group. Seat changes can only be attempted upon receipt of tickets and documents at which Exclusions: Mayflower Tours reserves the right to alter its refund and cancellation policy when a substantial amount of cancellation or postponement of travel is attributable to: conditions resulting from an act of God, time availability may be limited. If specific seat assignments are vital to your reservation, we recommend natural or man-made disaster, fire, government action, civil disorder, war, hostilities between nations, or un- individual air reservations rather than booking air with the group. availability of transportation through no fault of Mayflower Tours.
FOR RESERVATIONS OR INFORMATION CONTACT: TOUR ACTIVITY LEVEL 1 2 3 45 Winnebago-Boone Farm Bureau (815) 962-0653 EASY ENERGETIC Jo Daviess County Farm Bureau (815) 858-2235
Kane County Farm Bureau (630) 584-8660 National Tour Association Lake County Farm Bureau (847) 223-6506 McHenry County Farm Bureau (815) 338-1520 Lindstrom Travel – Tony Caruana (815) 398-8888 [email protected]