Best Selling Tauck Tours

For those who have taken a Tauck tour in Europe, don’t forget they offer amazing trips close to home as well.  Which one is the best? Well they are all wonderful in our opinion, but we have listed the top 10 USA/Canada trip for Tauck tours, and what highlights and features are included to make it a unique Tauck experience.  Remember that with Tauck tours just about every single sightseeing experience is included in your price.

HIGHLIGHTS OF TOP TAUCK USA/CANADA TRIPS

AMERICA’S CANYONLANDS- 7 NIGHTS- filmed highlights by Ken Burns

1. 17 meals (7 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 7 dinners) – 4 dinners are ala carte and 1 private dinner cruise in Lake Powell
2. Inside the park stays in Grand Canyon, Bryce, and Zion
3. Lake Powell sightseeing
4. Antelope Canyon 4 wheel jeep tour
5. Glen Canyon 4 wheel jeep tour

YELLOWSTONE AND GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARKS- 9 NIGHTS- filmed highlights by Ken Burns

1. 21 meals (9 breakfast, 4 lunches, 8 dinners) -1 lunch ala carte and 5 ala carte dinners
2. Inside the park stays at Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks
3. Pioneer lunch at National Oregon/California Trail Center
4. Rafting on Snake River, private lecture on ecology of Great Salt Lake
5. Visit to Crazy Horse Memorial with lunch at Crazy Horse
6. Wild West Rodeo or Dan Miller Music Review in Cody (choice depends upon month of trip)
7. Visit Mount Rushmore
8. Opportunity to join Tauck’s volunteer project in Grand Teton National Park

YOSEMITE & SEQUOIA: JOHN MUIR’S CALIFORNIA- 7 NIGHTS-filmed highlights by Ken Burns

1. 17 meals (7 breakfasts, 5 lunches, 5 dinners) 1 lunch ala carte, 3 ala carte dinners including a lunch at the Presidio Club
2. Inside the park stays at Wuksachi Lodge in Sequoia and The Ahwahnee in Yosemite
3. Fairmont and Westin Hotel stays in San Francisco
4. Hear personal stories of a Buffalo Soldier as a park ranger relates the forgotten role of the African-American cavalrymen in the history of the parks
5. Epicurean tasting tour at the Ferry terminal in San Francisco with local culinary expert
6. Travel by rail between San Francisco and Fresno through California’s scenic Central Valley
7. Private guided tour to see world’s largest tree
8. Private tour inside John Muir’s Giant Forest
9. Private guided tour of Yosemite Valley

CALIFORNIA’S GOLD COAST- 10 NIGHTS- filmed highlights by Ken Burns

1. 22 meals (10 breakfasts, 5 lunches, 7 dinners) 1 lunch ala carte, 5 ala carte dinners with 1 lunch at Wawona Lodge in Yosemite and 1 lunch at the national Hotel in Jamestown
2. 2 nights at the Ahwahnee, 1 night Tenaya Lodge at Yosemite
3. Westin in San Francisco 2 nights, Four Seasons in Santa Barbara , Intercontinental in Monterey and the Langham in Pasadena
4. Visits to Santa Barbara’s 1929 Courthouse and the Spanish Missions
5. Los Angeles sightseeing
6. J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center
7. Hearst Castle Tour
8. Private walk with naturalist in Yosemite
9. Local vineyard in Sonoma with tasting

CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH- 7 NIGHTS- filmed highlights by Ken Burns

1. 15 meals (7 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 5 dinners) 1 lunch ala carte, 4 ala carte dinners including one dine around dinner in Charleston
2. Traditional Madeira evening at Savannah’s Davenport House Museum
3. Guided tram tour of Jekyll Island Historical District
4. Private tour to Juliette Gordon Low Museum (Girl Scouts founder)
5. Visit to Sea Museum in Savannah
6. Special evening in Hilton Head with Aunt Pearlie Sue, master storyteller
7. Private cruise in Charleston Harbor
8. Private guided visits to Historic Drayton Hall and Middleton Place in Charleston

MOST HALLOWED GROUND: THE CIVIL WAR- 10 NIGHTS-filmed highlights by Ken Burns

1. 23 meals (10 breakfasts, 6 lunches, 7 dinners) 1 ala carte lunch and 6 ala carte dinners
2. Early admission and behind the scenes experience at National Archives with private talk
3. DC city tour and DC by night tour
4. Private presentation by a noted historian in Washington about events leading up to Civil War
5. Private narrated visit to Arlington National Cemetery
6. Private guided visit of National Museum of Civil War Medicine
7. Guided visit of Antietam National Battlefield
8. Guided exploration of Gettysburg with Gettysburg expert
9. Shuttle to Harper’s Ferry historic sites
10. Visit James Madison’s Montpelier
11. Explore University of Virginia’s rotunda and grounds
12. Guided visit of Monticello
13. Visit Charlottesville and learn about life on a plantation with an expert on slavery
14. Visit Mclean Farm where Gen. Robert E. Lee and Gen U.S. Grand met and agreed to terms
15. Guided visit to Virginia Capitol building
16. Explore historic Tredegar Iron Works and meet historian who speaks about role in Civil War
17. Visit Petersburg battlefield and experience life at interactive journey at Museum of Civil War

GRAND CANADIAN ROCKIES-9 NIGHTS

1. 19 meals (9 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 7 dinners) 2 ala carte lunches, 6 ala carte dinners
2. 2 nights Victoria Grand Pacific, 1 night Fairmont Waterfront Vancouver, 2 nights Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge, 2 nights Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel, 1 night Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise (Lake view rooms)
3. Floatplane sightseeing over Gulf Islands from Victoria to Vancouver
4. Overnight rail journey from Vancouver to Canada’s Rocky Mountains
5. Afternoon Tea at the Fairmont Empress in Victoria
6. Visits to Butchart Gardens and the Renowned Royal BC Museum
7. Ice Explorer on Athabasca Glacier
8. Gentle float on Bow River
9. Heritage Passport to Banff’s Whyte Museum and Banff Park Museum

BEST OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES- 7 NIGHTS

1. 17 means (7 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 7 dinners) 5 ala carte dinners
2. 2 nights Chateau Louise (Lake view rooms), 2 nights Banff Springs Hotel, 2 nights Jasper Park Lodge- all Fairmont properties, 1 night Delta Lodge at Kananaskis
3. Wild west welcome reception with dinner and entertainment at local ranch
4. Helicopter flightseeing over Three Sisters Peaks
5. Guided Naturalist walk at Moraine Lake
6. “Jasper Your Way” offering a choice of included guided adventures in Jasper National Park
7. A ride aboard the Ice Explorer on Athabasca Glacier
8. Visit Emerald Lake and Spiral Tunnels

BRIDGES RED ROCKS AND PAINTED CANYONS-7 NIGHTS-filmed highlights by Ken Burns

1. 18 meals (7 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 7 dinners) 1 ala carte lunch, 5 ala carte dinners
2. Stay in popular National Park hotels- Kachina Lodge, Bryce Canyon Lodge and Zion Lodge
3. Guided walk at Grand Canyon with instructor from Grand Canyon Field Institute
4. Flightseeing trip over Rainbow Bridge and Lake Powell
5. Antelope Canyon 4 wheel drive adventure or boat ride on Lake Powell
6. Horseback trail ride in Bryce Canyon National Park
7. Colorado raft trip in Glen Canyon on pontoon raft
8. Visit to Kanab, Utah- home to western movies

BRIDGES COWBOY COUNTRY- 7 NIGHTS-filmed highlight by Ken Burns

1. 17 meals (7 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 6 dinners) 2 ala carte lunches, 3 ala carte dinners
2. Stay in popular National Park hotels- Old Faithful Inn, Jackson Lake Lodge, and also stay at the Ranch at UCross
3. A taste of Wyoming ranch life- horseback riding and a chance to meet a real cowboy with an evening campfire and more
4. A rodeo
5. Visit to buffalo Bill Historical Center, Crazy Horse Memorial, and Mount Rushmore
6. A full day Yellowstone Park exploration with a wilderness expert
7. Scenic float trip on the Snake River with a guide
8. Voluntary participation in Tauck’s Presidential Award-wining National Park volunteer program

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