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Canadian Transcontinental Rail Journey
DURATION: 9 days / 8 nights
In 1885, the Canadian Pacific Railway completed Canada’s first transcontinental rail line. It then moved immediately to construct first class, castle-like railway hotels to enhance tourism traffic to the west. By 1900, Canadian Pacific’s Rocky Mountain Railway Journey had become one of the world’s great rail travel experiences, along with the Orient Express and the Trans Siberian Railway. Come and enjoy 3,000 miles of incredible views of mountains, lakes, vast plains, and forest. Relive the elegance and romance of this "Gilded Age" travel experience, when beauty and fine travel were a way of life.
Spend 3 nights in the Rocky Mountains, at Canadian Pacific’s world famous railway resort hotels*, magnificently restored to reflect the luxury and elegance associated with the Golden Age of Travel. Then, enjoy two spectacular days of rail travel through the mountain ranges and valleys of British Columbia, with Rocky Mountaineer’s luxurious Gold Leaf service, featuring a full-length dome coach with an open-air observation platform and gourmet dining, before arriving in Vancouver, Canada’s gateway to the Pacific Rim. This is truly a memorable trip.
ITINERARY
Day 1: Arrival Toronto and departure of Via Rail Transcontinental Train, The Canadian
Day 2: Via Rail Transcontinental train, The Canadian
Day 3: Via Rail Transcontinental
Day 4: Via Rail Transcontinental/Arrival Jasper
Day 5: Ice Fields Parkway/Banff
Day 6: Banff
Day 7: Rocky Mountaineer/Kamloops
Day 8: Rocky Mountaineer/Vancouver
Day 9: Departure day
INCLUDED
• All accommodations including: three nights with Via Rail Canada Silver & Blue Class service, one night in Jasper at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge, two nights in Banff, one night in Kamloops and one night in Vancouver.
• Seven breakfasts, six lunches, eight dinners
• Three days of rail travel with Via Rail Canada Silver & Blue Class service
• Two full days (daylight) rail travel with the Rocky Mountaineer (Gold Leaf Service and Dome Car)
• All admissions and gratuities
• The full time presence of a staff member/historian of Mendel Tours
• One free place for a representative of the traveling institution
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Historic New Brunswick and the Bay of Fundy
DURATION: 7 days / 6 nights
Let us introduce you to some of North America’s most impressive and unspoiled natural wonders. Accompanied by expert naturalists, study leaders, and lecturers, you will have the opportunity to explore an extraordinary natural environment.
You will also discover the dramatic history and cultural diversity of this fascinating coastal area, from the moving story of Evangeline and the Acadians, and the United Empire Loyalists (all refugees of great colonial wars), to the 19th century era of New Brunswick’s great deep-water fleets. Enjoy a visit to historic Kings Landing (includes over 60 restored and reconstructed 19th century buildings, in a community setting on the beautiful St. John River). Go on a combined cruise and whale watching expedition, to Campobello Island, to tour the Roosevelt Estate and summer cottage. Enjoy a lobster boil on the beach at the famous Fairmont Algonquin Hotel. Walk on the beach to view the famous flowerpot rocks at Hopewell Cape, (This site experiences the highest tides in the world - over 48’).
A phenomenon of astonishing proportions, the Bay of Fundy has the highest tides in the world. Powered by enormous hydraulic forces, the Fundy ecosystem includes 19 different species of whales (including the Right Whale), dolphins, porpoises and millions of migratory shorebirds.
ITINERARY
Day 1: Arrival Fredericton
Day 2: King’s Landing/Fredericton
Day 3: St. Andrews/Bay of Fundy
Day 4: St. Andrews/Campobello Island
Day 5: St. John/Moncton
Day 6: Moncton/Bay Fundy
Day 7: Departure
INCLUDED
• Six nights accommodation (Sheraton Fredericton, The Fairmont Algonquin and the Delta Beausejour).
• Six breakfasts, five lunches, five dinners and two cocktail receptions.
• The presence of a full time representative of Mendel Tours.
• Two boat cruises (one of them whale watching).
• All admissions and gratuities.
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Historic Nova Scotia
DURATION: 8 days / 7 nights
With its unspoiled coastline, dramatic history, and some of the world’s friendliest people, Nova Scotia is one of the most interesting summer travel destinations in North America. This Canadian Maritime province was once a colonial border between three great empires, as the French, the English, and later the Americans struggled for control of the eastern seaboard. You can still sense the dramatic past of Nova Scotia’s colonial days in the streets of imperial Halifax and Louisbourg.
The program begins with a full day in Halifax. Founded by the British in 1749, Halifax is the world’s second largest natural port and has always been a strategic gateway to the north Atlantic. See the Halifax Public Gardens, Citadel Hill and the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Finish the day with "picture perfect" Peggy’s Cove. Then depart for four days to enjoy the stunning panorama of Cape Breton Island. See the Bras d’Or Lakes, where Alexander Graham Bell sought peace and tranquillity each summer and visit the museum dedicated to him. Take a trip along the stunning Cabot Trail where rugged mountains rush to meet the sea, then visit the Gaelic College. The next day, travel down to the 18th-century fortress town of Louisbourg. Enjoy wonderful seafood and discover the Gaelic traditions of Nova Scotia folk music and dance.
ITINERARY
Day 1: Halifax
Day 2: Halifax/Peggy’s Cove
Day 3: Travel to Cape Breton
Day 4: Baddeck
Day 5: Cabot Trail
Day 6: Fortress of Louisbourg
Day 7: Travel to Halifax
Day 8: Departure
INCLUDED
• Seven nights accommodation (Delta Halifax, Inverary Inn in Baddeck).
• Four breakfasts, five lunches, six dinners, two receptions.
• All admissions and gratuities.
• The full time presence of a staff member/historian of Mendel Tours.
• One free place for a representative of the traveling institution.
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Newfoundland and Labrador
DURATION: 8 days / 7 nights
With its extraordinary landscape, fascinating history, and strong cultural roots, Newfoundland /Labrador is one of the most interesting and rewarding destinations for educational travel in North America.
Our trip starts on Newfoundland's magnificent western coast. View the awe-inspiring fjords of Gros Morne National Park, a UNESCO world heritage site. Take a cruise on beautiful Bonne Bay, and spend the rest of the day exploring the park with a Parks Canada naturalist. At the northern tip of Newfoundland, on the remote Great Northern Peninsula, explore another UNESCO site, the remains of a Viking encampment established circa 1,000 AD.
Then, cross the Straits of Belle Isle to mythical Labrador, with its cyclopean rocks and stunning scenery, to visit a 16th-century Basque whaling camp at Red Bay, and one of the oldest indigenous grave sites on the continent. Enjoy a special visit and stay at the restored outport fishing community of Battle Harbour, long regarded as the unofficial capital of Labrador. Throughout your trip, meet local people, and discover the rich folk traditions of Newfoundland music and dance.
ITINERARY
Day 1: Arrival Deer Lake/Gros Morne
Day 2: Gros Morne
Day 3: L’Anse Aux Meadows/St. Anthony
Day 4: Labrador/Battle Harbor
Day 5: Labrador/Battle Harbor
Day 6: Labrador/L’Anse Au Clair
Day 7: Gros Morne
Day 8: Departure Deer Lake
INCLUDED
• Seven nights accommodation in the best hotels/inns in the area.
• Seven breakfasts, six lunches, seven dinners (two dinners with wine), two cocktail receptions.
• Historical lectures.
• All admissions and gratuities.
• The full time presence of a staff member/historian of Mendel Tours.
• One free place for a representative of the traveling institution
