The journey begins in Chicago with an overnight ride aboard the famed Empire Builder train. You will first travel to the magical Glacier National Park, Montana where you stay overnight. The next day you will be embarking on the fabled 'Going to the Sun' Highway over the Continental Divide aboard one of the famous red 'jammer' buses.

You then travel south to relaxing Fairmont Hot Springs with an overnight stay in this soothing setting before the visual feast of Yellowstone where we stay two-nights. This tour features complete sightseeing and includes Old Faithful, Upper & Lower Falls and the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. From Yellowstone, travelers head to Grand Teton National Park for a two-night stay that also includes a scenic float trip on the Snake River. Then south, to Salt Lake City for an overnight stay in this lovely city before another double-header of amazing sights, Canyonland and Arches National Parks!

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• Train travel from Chicago/Midwest to Glacier National Park, Montana aboard the famous Empire Builder train, a speedy scenic overnight trip.
• Fully hosted from start to finish by professional tour manager that handles all the details.
• Overnight stay and full day in stunning Glacier National Park including the famed 'Going to the Sun' Highway across the Continental Divide by red open-air ‘jammer’ bus.
• The famed Charles Russell Museum and blissful overnight stay in Fairmont Hot Springs with plenty of time to enjoy the healing waters (admission is included).
• Gates of the Mountain cruise on the Missouri River so vividly described by Lewis & Clark, a visual feast.Complete sightseeing on the entire program with all admission fees included.
• Two-night hotel stays in Yellowstone, Jackson Hole and Arches National Park.
• Complete sightseeing throughout including all admission fees and special treats such as the scenic float trip on the Snake River in Jackson Hole, all at no extra charge.
• Luxury hotel stay in Salt Lake City, a nice 'urban indulgence' during our tour.
• Most meals including breakfast daily.
• Train travel from Utah to Chicago aboard the California Zephyr train with a spectacular daylight trip through the Colorado Rockies over the storied Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad 'Mainline through the Rockies'.

Day 1: Chicago
Travelers depart Chicago/Midwest points for Glacier National Park aboard the famed Empire Builder train, a scenic overnight journey via the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co.

Day 2: Glacier Park Montana
Guests arrive in East Glacier today aboard the Empire Builder train and the hotel is a two-minute walk from the station. Overnight at Glacier Park Lodge, one of the great historic lodges built by the Great Northern Railroad and the largest log structure in the world.

Day 3: "Going to the Sun" Highway
Depart this morning aboard one of the famed red open-air ‘jammer’ buses for the stunning trip over the famed Going to the Sun Highway across the Continental Divide. Later today, visit shimmering Lake McDonald where a boat cruise is enjoyed. Many of our passengers rate this the prettiest day of the entire tour and you will soon see why. Overnight is spent at the superb Hilton in Kalispell which also has a casino attached. (B, D)

Day 4: Fairmont Hot Springs
You depart for picturesque Fairmont Hot Springs this morning with a stop at the Charles Russell Museum on the way. Enjoy six galleries of works done by Charles M. Russell, who captured the landscapes, the spirit, and the culture of the West during the late 1800s and early 1900s. His artwork is part entertainment, part history lesson. Overnight at the Fairmont Hot Springs Hotel where a visit to the soothing hot springs is included. (B, L)

Day 5: Gates of the Mountain cruise
After breakfast depart for the Gates of Mountain Cruise, a lovely two-hour excursion in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains between Helena and Great Falls, Montana. Aboard an open-air boat (covered in case of rain), you’ll glide through magnificent country Meriwether Lewis would still recognize with great towering walls of limestone, bighorn sheep, mountain goats and eagles. You then head off to Virginia City, Montana for a ride on the Alder Gulch Short Line Railroad and later today, arrive in West Yellowstone to begin your two-night stay in West Yellowston (B, L)

Day 6: Yellowstone National Park
Established in 1872, Yellowstone National Park is America's first national park and after breakfast, travelers begin a day that is a visual feast. You will see Upper and Lower Falls, Hayden Valley, Old Faithful, Fountain Paint Pot and the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. Most tours offer one-night at Yellowstone, our lucky guests enjoy two nights, one of many elements that makes this holiday better than most offered by our competitors. Overnight in West Yellowstone. (B)

Day 7: Grand Teton National Park
Drive south today to spectacular Grand Teton National Park, a spectacular landscape rich with jagged mountains, glaciers, pristine lakes and amazing wildlife including bison, moose and antelope. Here too, like in Yellowstone, guests enjoy a two-night stay with plenty of free time. Overnight at the Snow King Resort. (B, L)

Day 8: Jackson Hole
Today you tour Jackson Hole with the highlight being an afternoon float trip on the Snake River. Grand Teton National Park protects stunning mountain scenery and a diverse array of wildlife. The Teton Range is the focal point of the park, the youngest range in the Rocky Mountains. An active normal fault, the Teton Fault, lies on the 40 mile long mountain front. Rock is jetted into the sky some 7,000 feet from the flat plains, with the highest peak at 13,770 feet, the Grand Teton. Overnight at Snow King Resort. (B)

Day 9: The Oregon Trail Historical Center
Departing Jackson Hole this morning you travel south, stopping at the Oregon Trail Historical Center and then traveling along the Great Salt Lake before an afternoon arrival in Salt Lake City. After your time in the National Parks, luxury awaits tonight in the Four-Diamond rated Little America Hotel in the heart of downtown. There is time this afternoon to visit Temple Square with all afternoon at leisure. (B, L)

Day 10: Canyonland National Park
Depart Salt Lake City for Moab and a visit to Canyonlands National Park. Canyonlands preserves a colorful landscape eroded into countless canyons, mesas and buttes by the Colorado River and its tributaries. The rivers divide the park into four districts: the Island in the Sky, the Needles, the Maze and the rivers themselves, another spectacular day of scenery. Here too guests enjoy a two-night hotel stay. (B, L)

Day 11: Arches National Park
You tour Arches National Park. The forces of nature have acted in concert to create the landscape of Arches, which contains the greatest density of natural arches in the world, over 2100 amazing formations of varying colors. Throughout the park, rock layers reveal millions of years of deposition, erosion and other geologic events. And, tonight is our Farewell, hosted by Train Holidays. (B, D)

Day 12: All aboard the California Zephyr
All Aboard! We board the California Zephyr this morning for the epic daylight passage through the Colorado Rockies over the storied Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad traveling through Grand Junction and Glenwood Canyon for a journey described by the BBC as one of the top ten train rides in the World. The train has a full dining car and Sightseer Lounge car and later tonight, you pass through Denver en route to Chicago. Overnight on-board. (B)

Day 13: Arrive Chicago and continue home.
Today you cross the Mississippi River after breakfast and are soon speeding through the rich farmland of Illinois bound for Chicago with an afternoon arrival in the Windy City.

   

   

   

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