Rail Through the Canyonlands (8 Days starting from $1,399)

Rail Through the Canyonlands

An 8-Day tour starting from $1,399

Length:	8 Days
Type:	First Class Tour
Category:	National Parks Tour
Operator:	Great Train Escapes
Tour Code:	RCYGTE

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About This Tour

This tour features 7 nights wonderful hotel accommodations, deluxe motorcoach transportation for touring and "Experience Canyonlands by Night", a spectacular sound and light show in Canyon Country with a riverside dinner.

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7 nights wonderful hotel accommodations
Deluxe motorcoach transportation for touring
13 Meals (4 dinners, 2 lunches and 7 breakfasts)
Canyonlands National Park
Experience Canyonlands by Night, a spectacular sound and light show in Canyon Country with a riverside dinner
Canyonlands jetboat trip
Arches National Park including a float trip and picnic lunch along the Colorado River Four Corners Monument
Mesa Verde National Park with its amazing cliff dwellings
Ride the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, voted one of the “Top ten most exciting train journeys in the world”
Travel through the Rocky Mountains aboard the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad
Santa Fe city tour including Loretto Chapel and San Miguel Mission
Fully escorted and narrated so you won’t miss a thing!

Day 1 - Salt Lake City

Welcome to Salt Lake City, Utah’s political and cultural center, surrounded by the gorgeous Wasatch Mountains.
Upon arrival, transfer on your own to our hotel. At 6 pm mix and mingle with your tour director and fellow travelling companions at our Welcome Dinner. (D)

Day 2 - Canyonlands by Day & Night

Your canyonlands adventure begins as we depart Salt Lake City and travel to Moab, Utah. A local guide will join us as we travel through Canyonlands and Dead Horse Point State Park.
Canyonlands is the largest national park in the state, and its diversity staggers the imagination. Get ready for thousand-foot views down into river canyons, red rock pinnacles, cliffs and spires that showcase some of the most inspiring landscape on earth. Next, visit Dead Horse Point soaring two thousand feet above the Colorado River.
Tonight indulge in a BBQ before boarding a jet boat cruise to see the Canyonlands Sound and Light show. The high red rock canyon walls come alive under the star-filled Utah sky with lights which add color and beauty to the tales of native legends. (B, D)

Day 3 - Arches National Park - Colorado Float Trip

Arches National Park is home to the largest concentration of sandstone arches in the world, some 2,000 in all. The simple action of erosion over tens of thousands of years produce what appear to be purposefully sculpted formations. After a picnic luncheon along the Colorado river, we’ll take a scenic float trip through canyons and into river passages. Enjoy! (B, L)

Day 4 - Four Corners and Mesa Verde National Park

The fun continues as we head to Four Corners National Monument where you can stand in the states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah all at the same time! Later visit Mesa Verde National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The park features the Anasazi Indians stone dwellings built into high cliff walls in the 13th Century. Learn the history of "the Ancient Ones," and view the famous Cliff Palace, one of the largest of the 700-year old dwellings. (B, D)

Day 5 - Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad

Get ready for one of the top ten most exciting train journeys in the world as we board the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. Experience the adventure of traveling by a coal-fired, steam-powered locomotive on the same tracks miners, cowboys and settlers of the old west took over a century ago.
The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad winds through spectacular and breathtaking canyons in the remote wilderness of the two-million acre San Juan National Forest. (B)

Day 6 - Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad

All aboard America’s most spectacular narrow gauge steam railroad as we ride the original Rio Grande Line over the Rockies aboard the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad. A long time has passed since the railroad hauled precious metals over Cumbres Pass. But its steam locomotives still labor up steep grades carrying passengers over high trestles, through tunnels, and along narrow shelves above yawning gorges. Relive the history of the miners, and loggers that traveled the same route years ago. You may also think about Harrison Ford as this railroad was featured in several movies including Indiana Jones. Lunch is included in historic Ostier. (B, L)

Day 7 - Sensational Sante Fe

Today enjoy a guided walking tour of historic Santa Fe, famous for its unique mix of Spanish & Indian cultures. See the Palace of the Governors & the Mission of San Miguel; the renowned Plaza; the Chapel of Loretta; New Mexico’s Circular State Capitol and more. Enjoy lunch on your own and free time to browse through the downtown shops and galleries. Tonight, join your tour director for a fun farewell dinner. (B, D)

Day 8 - Albuquerque

After breakfast, we’ll head for Albuquerque Airport. Take a moment to say goodbye to your newly found friends. Please schedule your flights out after 2:00 pm. (B)

(B)= Breakfast (L)= Lunch (D)= Dinner (R)= Reception

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Single supplment is $529 Triple rate is $1385 per person There is a 4% charge for credit card payments. Transfers are additional. A deposit of $500 per person is required to secure your reservation. Full payment is due 60 days prior to departure. Insurance is available and recommended. Prices do not include airfare, airport taxes and fees.

Canyonlands by day and nights Arches National Park Colorado Float Trip Four Corners National Park Mesa Verde National Park Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Cumbres and Tultec Scenic Railroad

Single supplment is $529
Triple rate is $1385 per person
There is a 4% charge for credit card payments.
Transfers are additional.
A deposit of $500 per person is required to secure your reservation.
Full payment is due 60 days prior to departure.
Insurance is available and recommended.
Prices do not include airfare, airport taxes and fees.

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