Trips

Trains and Canyons of the West

July 9, 2026 | 7 Days | 13 Meals

• 13 meals: 7 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 4 dinners
• Round trip airport transfers
• Enjoy a panoramic tour of Salt Lake City and visit Dead Horse Point State Park
• Spend two nights in Moab, Utah
• Experience Canyonlands by Night, a spectacular sound and light show in Canyon Country with a riverside dinner
• Arches National Park including a float trip and picnic lunch along the Colorado River
• Mesa Verde National Park with its amazing cliff dwellings
• Spend two nights in Durango
• Ride the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Rail road, voted one of the “Top Ten Most Exciting Train Journeys in the World”
• Travel through the Rocky Mountains aboard the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad
• Spend two nights in Santa Fe
• Santa Fe city tour including Loretta Chapel and San Miguel Mission

Contact Casey O'Connell for more info at, coconnell@jolietpark.org

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Best of Scandinavia

July 22, 2026 | 10 Days | 11 Meals

• 11 meals: 8 breakfasts, 3 dinners
• Airport transfers on tour dates when air is provided by Mayflower Cruises & Tours
• Remarkable experiences in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark
• Included city tour in Stockholm, Oslo, Bergen, and Copenhagen with a local guide
• See the historic City Hall and scenic Old Town in Stockholm
• Visit Vigeland Sculpture Park in Oslo
• Scenic rail experiences from Oslo to Myrdal and board the Flåm Railway from Myrdal to Flåm
• Cruise the scenic Sognefjord and Naerøey Fjord
• Overnight at the Stalheim Hotel with panoramic views of the Norwegian valley
• Tour historic Bryggen and visit the home of composer Edvard Grieg in Bergen
• See The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen

Contact Casey O'Connell for more info at, coconnell@jolietpark.org

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Canadian Rockies & Glacier National Park

August 12, 2026 | 7 Days 

• 3 nights in Banff
• Head-Smashed-in Buffalo Jump
• Waterton Lakes National Park
• Glacier National Park
• Kootenay National Park
• Banff Gondola- Sulphur Mountain
• 1930’s Red Jammer Touring Cars
• Going-to-the-Sun Highway
• Banff Area Tour
• Peyto Lake
• Lake MacDonald
• Moraine Lake & Valley of the Ten Peaks
• Lake Louise & Victoria Glacier
• Icefields Parkway
• Athabasca Glacier Ice Explorer
• Prince of Wales Hotel

Contact Casey O'Connell for more info at, coconnell@jolietpark.org

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Shipshewana, Indiana

September 22, 2026 | 2 Days | 4 Meals

• 4 meals: 2 breakfasts, 2 dinners
• 2 nights lodging in Indiana
• Transportation in a top-quality motorcoach with at least 54 seats that is restroom and video equipped
• Full day guided tour of Indiana’s Amish Country and tour of an Amish Homestead
• Authentic Amish homestead dinner
• Admission to the show “A Simple Sanctuary” at the Blue Gate Theatre
• Admission to Menno-Hof, “The Amish & Mennonite Story”
• Authentic wagon tour & feeding at Cook’s Bison Ranch
• Visit to Nationally Recognized Shipshewana Trading Place & Downtown Shipshewana
• Explore Amish Country Goods at Eash Sales and E & S Food

Contact Casey O'Connell for more info at, coconnell@jolietpark.org

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Iceland's Magical Northern Lights

October 2, 2026 | 7 Days | 11 Meals

Experience the “land of fire and ice” and chase the aurora borealis across an ethereal wonderland. Spend your days surrounded by natural wonders and your nights in search of the elusive dancing lights.

• 11 meals: 6 breakfasts, 5 dinners
• Reykjavik
• Northern Lights Cruise
• Search for the Northern Lights
• Golden Circle
• Thingvellir National Park
• Gullfoss
• Lava Exhibition Center
• Vik
• SeljalandsfossSkogar Museum
• Solheimajokull Glacier
• Jokulsarlon Glacial Lagoon
• Blue Lagoon

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Boston, Salem, & Cape Ann

October 7, 2026 | 7 Days | 10 Meals

• 10 meals: 6 breakfasts and 4 dinners
• Motorcoach transportation
• 6 nights lodging including 4 consecutive nights at a Boston area Hotel
• Full Day Guided Tour of Boston, including Trinity Church, Boston Common & Boston's tallest skyscraper, formerly known as John Hancock Tower, USS Constitution & Cambridge
• Boston's World Famous Faneuil Hall & Quincy Marketplace
• John F Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum, exhibits include First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy & The Space Race
• Full Day Guided Tour of Scenic Coastal Massachusetts
• Guided Tour Of Lexington & Concord, including a visit to Minute Man National Historic Park
• Guided Tour Of Salem, the town of the infamous Salem Witchcraft Trials
• Guided Tour of Gloucester on Cape Ann, America's Oldest Seaport

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Treasures of Egypt

October 22, 2026 | 13 Days | 28 Meals

Follow the allure of the Nile, uncover complex legends, and retrace the steps of the pharaohs in ancient Egypt. Egypt's fascinating story waits to be discovered.

• 13 days
• 28 meals
• Grand Egyptian Museum
• Pyramids of Giza
• Great Sphinx
• 7- night Nile River Cruise
• Luxor
• Temple of Karnak
• Valley of the Kings
• Queen Hatshepsut Temple
• Kom Ombo
• Aswan
• Philae Temple

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Christmas Markets Cruise on the Romantic Rhine

December 1, 2026 | 9 Days | 20 Meals

• 20 Meals: 7 breakfasts, 6 lunches, and 7 dinners
• Airport transfers on tour dates when air is provided by Mayflower Cruises & Tours
• Seven-night cruise
• First-class service by an English-speaking crew
• English-speaking Cruise Director on-board
• Shore excursions with English-speaking local guides
• Personal listening device for excursions
• All meals included with a variety of international cuisine
• Complimentary regional wines, beer, and soft drinks accompany onboard lunches and dinners
• Onboard Activity Manager will support all EmeraldACTIVE excursions and host daily onboard wellness activities, games, classes and evening entertainment
• Complimentary WiFi onboard
• All gratuities included
• Complimentary bikes onboard for use ashore

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Pigeon Forge and Smoky Mountains Show Trip

December 7, 2026 | 6 Days | 8 Meals

• Motorcoach transportation
• 5 nights lodging including 3 consecutive nights in the Smokies
• 8 meals: 5 breakfasts and 3 dinners
• Three Morning Shows: Smith Morning Variety Show, Patty Waszak Show & Christmas Memories Show
• One Afternoon Show: “Ole'! Argentinian Dance Sensation Christmas Show”
• Three Evening Shows: Country Tonite Christmas Show, Paula Deen's Lumberjack Feud Show & Christmas at “Array” Show
• Free time in Historic Downtown Gatlinburg

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Explore Tuscany

December 7, 2026 | 9 Days | 10 Meals

• Overnight Flight
• Grand Hotel Vittoria
• Montecatini Terme
• Lucca
• Family-Owned
• Winery Experience
• Florence
• Pisa
• Cooking Class
• Cheese Farm
• San Gimignano

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Montana and Glacier National Park

July 25, 2027 | 7 Days | 12 Meals

• 12 Meals: 7 breakfasts, 1 lunch, and 4 dinners
• Round trip airport transfers
• Visit the historic mining town of Wallace, Idaho, the “Silver Capital of the World”
• Spend two nights at the historic Glacier Park Lodge or Many Glacier Hotel
• Travel the famous Going-to-the-Sun Road in a “jammer” Red Bus through Glacier National Park
• Enjoy a relaxing cruise on Upper Waterton Lake in Canada’s Waterton Lakes National Park
• Have lunch in Waterton and make a photo stop at the Prince of Wales Hotel
• Trace the footsteps of the two of the nation’s greatest explorers at the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center
• Visit The C. M. Russell Museum in Great Falls
• Embark on a historical boat cruise on the Missouri River to the Gates of the Mountain
• Tour the Miracle of America Museum whose collection of “Americana” numbers in the thousands
• Take to the water for a narrated cruise on scenic Flathead Lake, the largest natural fresh water lake west of the Great

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Exploring South Africa, Victoria Falls, and Botswana

SEPTEMBER 9, 2027 | 15 Days | 29 Meals

• 29 Meals: 13 Breakfasts, 6 Lunches, 10 Dinners
• Overnight Flight
• Radisson Hotel & Convention Centre, OR Tambo, Johannesburg
• The Wallow, Victoria Falls, Victoria Falls
• Chobe Marina Lodge, Chobe
• Ivory Tree Game Lodge, Pilanesberg Game Reserve
• Southern Sun the Cullinan Hotel, Cape Town

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Pride of Poland

SEPTEMBER 14, 2027 | 10 Days | 13 Meals

•  13 Meals: 8 breakfasts, 2 lunches, and 3 dinners
• Airport transfers on tour dates when air is provided by Mayflower Cruises & Tours
• Two nights in Gdansk
• Full-day sightseeing tour of Gdansk with visits to St. Mary’s Church and Sopot Pier
• Visit to the Castle of the Teutonic Order of Knights in Malbork
• Two nights in Warsaw
• Full-day sightseeing tour of Warsaw with visits to the Royal Castle and Warsaw Rising Museum
• A visit to Częstochowa to visit Jasna Góra, the most important Marian shrine in Poland
• Four nights in Kraków
• Walking tour of Kraków with a local, English-speaking guide with visits to Wawel Cathedral and St. Mary’s Church
• Included excursion to the Wieliczka Salt Mine
• Included excursion to the Auschwitz–Birkenau Concentration Camp Museum
• Visit to the Jewish Quarter of Kazimierz
• Discover unique architecture and local flavors in the scenic town of Zakopane

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