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27 Day USA Country Music Tour - OCTOBER 2010
27 Days

Departure Dates

Departures
6 October 2010

Escorted By Geoff Sampson
Celebrity Escort Country Music Recording Star Greg Semmler
25 nights hotel with private facilities
Los Angeles(1) Branson(5) Nashville(5) Memphis(2) New Orleans(2) 
San Antonio(1)Carlsbad(1) Albuquerque(1) Durango(2) 
Monument Valley(1)Flagstaff (Grand Canyon)(2)  Las Vegas(2)
Full schedule of sightseeing as shown
Touring by deluxe motorcoach.
All transfers throughout the itinerary - including an unlimited  
pass in Nashville for travel from Hotel to downtown & return
All entrance fees to sightseeing venues
Porterage of one (1) suitcase
All hotel taxes and service charges
All Breakfasts.
1 Picnic Lunch & 1 Lunch & Show
5 Specialty Dinners
Farewell Dinner
Travel Pack ( including maps and Travel Bag)
Services of a professional WDT escort
Escorted from Australia - subject to numbers

Branson Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede Nashville Tennessee Gaylord Radisson Hotel at Opryland, Grand Ole Opry, General Jackson Showboat, Steve Hall and Shotgun Red, Opry Mills Shopping Centre, Ryman Auditorium, Wild Horse Saloon, Memphis, Graceland, Beale Street, Peabody Hotel,New Orleans, Louisiana, Bourbon Street, San Antonio, The Alamo Carlsbad Caverns Albuquerque Durango Monument Valley Grand Canyon Las Vegas

Fares from Brisbane, Sydney Melbourne Twin: $8895 Triple: $8395 Single: $10395 TAXES & GRATUITY INCLUDED Early Bird Savings & Discounts Deposit $1000 per person by 31 May 2010 Save $1300 Seniors/ Probus Members Save $100 Fare subject to confirmation at time of booking. Wednesday 6: Australia - Los Angeles Depart Home Port for Los Angeles. Arrive Los Angeles and transfer to Holiday Inn

Thursday 07: Los Angeles - Springfield Transfer to the airport for your flight to Springfield Missouri. Arrive Springfield - transfer to Branson. The Dutton Inn - 5 nights. Friday 08: Branson Missouri Morning free . Afternoon Island Fire and Buffet (BD) Saturday 09 Branson Visit Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede. (BD) Sunday 10 Branson Four shows daily - Andy Williams & Mickey Gilley - your choice. (BD) Monday 11: Branson Day free to take in more shows Tuesday 12 Branson - Missouri - Nashville Tennessee Transfer by coach or air to Nashville - Tennessee. Tonight visit the World famous Grand Ole Opry Radisson Hotel at Opryland ( 5 Nights) (B) Wednesday 13: Nashville - Tennessee City tour of Nashville taking in Centennial Park , The Parthenon, & passing such landmarks as the Ryman Theatre & the Country Music Hall of Fame. Afternoon Free. Tonight kick up your heels at the Wildhorse saloon (BD) Thursday 14: Nashville - Tennessee Day free. A chance to visit Opry Mills Shopping Centre, Broadway Bars and Honky Tonks (B) Friday 15: Nashville - Tennessee Today visit the Ernest Tubbs Record shop or Lawrence Brothers on Broadway. Tonight we enjoy a buffet dinner and show at the Nashville Nightlife Theatre - Home of Shot Gun Red (BD) Saturday 16: Nashville - Tennessee Day free for personal sightseeing or shopping. Tonight we enjoy a fabulous dinner cruise & show on board the General Jackson Showboat. (BD) Sunday 17: Memphis (B) Leaving Nashville we stop at Loretta Lynn's Ranch and Kitchen and travel on to Casey Jones Village for lunch (own expense). After lunch we travel on to Memphis with time to take a carriage ride (own expense) around Memphis and to see the famous Peabody Ducks.(2 nights) Holiday Inn Select Monday 18: Memphis (B) Home of Elvis Presley, Memphis holds a special mystique as we visit "Graceland", and Beale Street We will also visit the Martin Luther King Museum and the Peabody Hotel, home of the famous ducks. Tuesday 19: New Orleans (B) Leaving Memphis we travel today to Mississippi passing through Winona and Jackson to reach Louisiana and New Orleans. Cross over Lake Pontchartrain and pass by the beautiful old mansions on the way to our hotel. Quality Inn Maison St. Charles (2 nights) Wednesday 20: New Orleans (B) Morning visit to Oak Alley Plantation. Take a tour of the Mansion and perhaps try a Mint Julep (lunch own expense) before returning to New Orleans. Quality Inn Maison St. Charles Thursday 21: San Antonio (B) Leaving New Orleans we travel through Baton Rouge, capital of Louisiana,past Lake Charles and on to Houston, Texas, the state's largest city. After lunch (own expense) we will travel on to San Antonio seeing the Alamo on the way to our hotel. El Tropicano Riverwalk Hotel Friday 22: Carlsbad (B) Leaving San Antonio we travel through the Pecos area of Texas to Fort Stockton where we head north to New Mexico and on to Carlsbad. Best Western Stevens Inn Saturday 23: Albuquerque (BL) This morning we visit the famous Carlsbad Caverns and journey through Roswell. After a picnic lunch we visit Lincoln County of Billy the Kid fame before travelling on to Albuquerque. MCM Elegante Hotel Sunday 24: Durango (B) This morning we visit the old quarter of Albuquerque then travel through Santa Fe and into scenic green Colorado and on to Durango for 2 nights. Holiday Inn Durango Monday 25: Silverton (B) Full day tour by coach to Silverton & along the "Million Dollar Highway" returning to Durango by early evening - weather permitting oterwise a free day to explore Durango Tuesday 26: Monument Valley (BD) An early morning departure for the four corners region taking us into Arizona and Kayenta where we will meet our Navajo Guide who will escort us into picturesque Monument Valley and an awesome Barbecue Dinner. After a wonderful visit in the Valley we return to Kayenta for our overnight stay Holiday Inn Monument Valley Wednesday 27: Sedona - Flagstaff (B) Today we will experience shopping at an authentic Indian Trading Post on the Navajo Nation and then on past Sunset Crater, which resembles the lunar surface and is used to train American Astronauts. We travel through Flagstaff on our way through Oak Creek Canyon and Red Rock Country to reach The Artist's town of Sedona. We complete the day with travel back to Flagstaff (2 nights) Comfort Inn & Suites Thursday 28: Grand Canyon (BD) Full day tour to the majestic Grand Canyon, pearl of the National Park System, with spectacular views of the famous natural formations. Several views of the Canyon are included with ample time to stroll along the South Rim. Also available is a flight over the Canyon (own expense) This flight is highly recommended. Return to Flagstaff. Join your fellow travellers tonight for our "Farewell Dinner" Friday 29: Las Vegas (B) Cross the Colorado River marking the border between Arizona and Nevada, to Laughlin (Nevada) where we stop for lunch (own expense) and time to look around. Then on to Las Vegas. Welcome to Las Vegas! The city that never sleeps. A quick ride down "The Strip" before arriving at our hotel (2 nights) Best Western Mardi Gras Hotel & Casino November 2008 Saturday 01: Las Vegas (B) At leisure in Las Vegas, simply relax or tour the famous "Strip"

Sunday 02: Los Angeles (B) Today is the last day of our coach tour as we travel through the Mojave Desert, stopping for lunch ( own expense) at the ghost town of Calico and then on to Los Angeles airport for travel back to Australia. Late evening departure by air for home. Depart Los Angeles on Air New Zealand flight for Home Port. Monday 03: Dateline Cross the International Dateline Tuesday 04: Home After completion of Customs and Immigration formalities - own arrangements for tranfer to your home port.

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