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Spice up your New York vacation by taking a round-trip ride on a motor coach to Boston for the Boston Freedom Trail bus tour from Citysights NY.
Languages: Chinese - Mandarin & Cantonese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish Advisories: Vegetarian Meal preference must be requested at least 24 hours prior to departure Swimming is optional in the Colorado River stops December through February, raft portion only operates on Wednesdays and Saturdays Sample Itinerary: Clients are picked up from most major hotels in Las Vegas approximately 1 – 1 ½ hours prior to departure Clients arrive at Las Vegas/ Boulder terminal for check-in. All passengers over the age of 18 must present a government issued photo ID Clients board state of the art Helicopter. Flight time to Grand Canyon West is approximately 35 minutes As the flight nears the Canyon, enjoy spectacular views of the volcanic Black Mountains, Grapevine Mesa and then across the Grand Wash Cliffs, entering the Grand Canyon West Descend approx. 4,000 feet and land on the floor of the Canyon Enjoy time on Canyon floor with champagne picnic meal provided. (Approximately 30 minutes) Board your helicopter for a slightly different scenic route on your return flight to Boulder terminal Meet your Black Canyon Rafting guide at Boulder Terminal for transfer via shuttle to the base of the Hoover Dam Board your Motorized Raft for an approx. 11 mile trip down the Colorado River. (Approx. 2 1/2 hours) Stop at a Private Beach for meal Shuttle Transfers back to Las Vegas Hotel provided by Black Canyon River Adventures Helicopter Flight: Aerial flight over Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, Grand Canyon West Rim and much more! Approximately 35 minutes. Narration (Helicopter): Chinese - Mandarin & Cantonese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, & Spanish Helicopter Landing: Exclusive landing sites at Grand Canyon West Rim. Approximately 30 minutes Breakfast: Champagne and breakfast are provided on a picnic table under a Ramada Helicopter Return Flight: Enjoy a different scenic route back to our terminal. Approximately 35 minutes Black Canyon Raft: Transportation will take you to the base of Hoover Dam to begin your float trip Raft Trip: 11 Mile Float Trip. Approx. 2.5 hours Lunch: Provided on the banks of the Colorado River Please Note: Passengers weighing 300lbs (136.36kg / 21.43 stone) or more will be charged a fee for an additional comfort seat. This fee is based on the product and ranges from $50 to $200.
What is Included: Meals as indicated-1 x light breakfast (Day 2) + 1 x lunch (Day 1) Shared Accommodation & linen All park entrance fees incl. 3 PARKS PASS Friendly & informative tour guide Along the way you will meet some of Australia’s favourite animals. At our first stop, Moonlit Sanctuary, you can cuddle a koala (**fee applicable) and hand feed kangaroos and wallabies. Enjoy lunch overlooking a billabong teeming with waterbirds before we make tracks to Phillip Island. You will be dropped off at the Island Accommodation early afternoon and can explore the magical island coastline on your own at your leisure. Next day we will come and pick you up early afternoon. First stop on day 2 is historic Churchill Island. Down at Churchill Island take time to wander about the gardens surrounding the historic Amess House. Learn about the significance of this small island in the history of Victoria. Head over to the farm yards where you’ll get to see stockwhip cracking, sheep shearing and working dogs in action. From here we’ll take you to the Koala Conservation Centre where you’ll get up close to koalas in their natural environment. Next we head over to the home of the Little Penguins, Summerland Peninsula, but before we meet the stars of the show we’ll take a break at the Nobbies Centre. Last but certainly not least is the world famous Penguin Parade. Here you’ll see hundreds of Little Penguins come ashore just after sunset, make their way across the beach and up into the sand dunes to their burrows. A natural wonder, this is something you will never forget. YOU SHOULD BRING (ADVISABLE) Good shoes / boots for walking Appropriate clothing for warm and cold conditions Sunscreen, hat, water bottle Bathers for swimming (time permitted) Bring own toiletries & towel
Norcal Coastal Tour Our deluxe 60-minute flight begins with our take off from our seaplane base in the lovely bayside village of Sausalito just across the Golden Gate Bridge. We then traverse lovely Marin County on our way out over Tomales Bay where Sir Francis Drake himself likely landed over a century ago. Then on to the Pt. Reyes National Seashore, looking for frolicing porpoise and whales along the way until we round the breathtakingly scenic Pt. Reyes Lighthouse. Then we will continue along the incredible Northern Californian coastline above Highway One and finally back over the legendary Golden Gate Bridge herself! Then on above Crissy Field, Downtown San Francisco, AT&T Park - Home of the Major League Baseball World Champion San Francisco Giants, then on over the infamous island prison of Alcatraz. Finally your flight will be completed with a pass by the historic Angel Island - the Immigrant Gateway to the West and a smooth landing back in Sausalito’s Richardson Bay. Aircraft depart from our Seaplane Base in Sausalito/Mill Valley.
Shearwater is a classic Newport-style schooner yacht, only recently recognized as a national landmark in 2009. The vessel was built by Rice Brother Corporation in East Boothbay, Maine, back in a time when yachting was a rare combination of elegance and adventure; Rice Bros. were well known for building luxury pleasure yachts and produced some 4,000 hulls over a period of 64 years. The keel was laid down on January 4, 1929 and a news clip from the Boothbay Register reflects alongside a photograph "Tyler Hodgon at the old Tide Mill is getting out timbers for the schooner to be built at Rice’s. Vessel to be built of native white oak." Traditionally built from hand-hewn native white oak, she was the last boat to be constructed at that yard - likely due to the ensuing Great Depression brought on by the Stock Market Crash that occurred later that autumn. East Boothbay was a small coastal town with shipbuilding being its only industry. About 40 workmen were employed for the construction of SHEARWATER. Her designer Theodore Donald Wells was born in Hudson Falls, N Y on October 22, 1875. He was a naval architect and marine engineer, a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and also the Institute of Naval Architects London. His education included post-graduate work at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. He began his career as a member of the firm Herreshoff and Wells, N. Y. City in 1902. Working with Herreshoff no doubt had an influence on his designs, which bear similarities to many of the famous Herreshoff designed yachts of that time. From 1903 to 1907 he worked for Wintringham and Wells and then began practicing his profession under his own name. Mr. Wells joined the Navy Department in March 1917 and became Superintending Constructor of the Baltimore District U. S. N. Notable yachts designed and constructed under his supervision are "Viking" a 272 foot steel motor yacht built for George F. Baker in 1929 by Newport News and "Karina" a three masted schooner built for Robert E. Tod in 1932 by Staten Island Shipbuilding. Mr. Tod was a well-known offshore yachtsman as was his former yacht ‘Thistle", which competed in the Emperors Cup ocean race. SHEARWATER was launched on May 4, 1929 and photographs in the Boothbay Register reflect her graceful and elegant lines. Her first Captain, Leon Esterbrook of Edgarton, MA, arrived to take charge of the fitting out. Her owner Charles E Dunlap was a member of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, Oyster Bay, NY and this became SHEARWATER’s first homeport after her completion in late September 1929. It was there in Oyster Bay that she first started to thrill those who sailed in luxury aboard her and those who were privileged to crew her on race day. Since her launching and documentation in Lloyd’s Register of American Yachts in 1929, she has had a colorful history and has been carefully maintained and restored to standards that few contemporary vessels are able to match and is truly a piece of American Maritime History. On November 7, 1942 SHEARWATER was requisitioned by the War Shipping Administration and became a member of The United States Coast Guard’s Coastal Picket Patrol during World War Two. She was painted gray and bore the numbers CG67004. Based at Little Creek, Virginia she patrolled the waters east of the Chesapeake Bay entrance and south towards Cape Hatteras. Her skipper during that period reflected on how they used their free time while out on submarine patrol to race against other yachts and in his own words "sailed in tandem with the schooner Lord Jim, racing in and out of port, up and down the east coast and winning." She was designed and built as a gaff rigged schooner but during this period was changed to a Marconi rig. She carries over 2,550 square feet while under full sail. A true veteran world cruiser, she first transited the Panama Canal in July 1946 and in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s completed a two and a half-year global circumnavigation. In December 1971 Mrs. John B. Thayer of Rosemont, wife of a former trustee and treasurer, donated SHEARWATER to the University of Pennsylvania’s Institute of Environmental Medicine. She was used by the university as a laboratory for research on physiological responses to the stresses of living and working underwater. Captained by James Shearson, she was fitted with compressors, generators, monitoring instruments and a small decompression chamber. She has participated in many Ancient Mariner and Classic yacht races in U S waters as well as racing in the Bay of Islands in New Zealand while on her circumnavigation in the early 1980’s. It is rumored she was once dismasted in the famous Newport to Bermuda race. She was last raced by the current owners in San Diego in May 1995 in the American Schooner Cup and finished second overall. She entered the yacht charter industry in 1966 whilst on the West Coast sailing to the Channel Islands and was again used to generate income to keep her shipshape while owned by the University of Pennsylvania. During the chartering industry’s infancy in the Caribbean, SHEARWATER was known as the " Queen of the Fleet". Today she continues this tradition offering the most unique sailing experience and has passed rigid Coast Guard inspections and can carry up to 49 passengers. We welcome you to join us for an excellent opportunity to experience the ambiance of a vintage sailing vessel while delighting in the splendors of The Manhattan sky-line, the Statue of Liberty or the beauty of the oceans beyond.
Orlando Magic vs Washington Wizards - Friday January 25th - 19.00 Experience an Orlando Magic Basketball Game Live Looking for a night out you won't forget? Spend it with the Orlando Magic where you'll get to see an NBA game live! From an electrifying light and video show, to halftime performances that will amaze, you'll be on the edge of your seat through it all. Up-tempo music and non-stop contests and videos round out the game, making it an adrenaline-filled experience. On the court, get caught up in the super-charged basketball action as the Orlando Magic's young talent faces the biggest teams in the NBA. Every game matters, so every game is a thrilling experience. You can count on the Magic to show their commitment to winning on and off the court. You don't have to be a basketball fan or even a sports enthusiast to enjoy an Orlando Magic game at an arena considered to be the best in class in North America, named SportsBusiness Journal's 2012 Sports Facility of the Year and recognized by TheStadiumBusiness Awards with the 2013 Customer Experience Award. Amway Center, located in the heart of downtown Orlando, features something for every fan, including entertainment for adults and children, a restaurant that overlooks the court, several uniquely different bars, interactive areas and the tallest scoreboard in the NBA. Also visit the Orlando Magic Team Shop presented by Adidas, featuring a large selection of official Magic merchandise for men, women and children, including gifts and souvenirs. The team shop is open Monday - Saturday, 10.00 - 18.00 at Amway Center.