Best of USA

Welcome to your “Sailani Best of USA – Summer 2020” tour! On arrival into San Francisco, your Sailani representative greets you at the “meeting point” at the exit after immigration and customs and transfers you comfortably to your hotel (check-in after 1400 hours). The rest of the day is free to explore this beautiful and exciting city on your own.

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Today day trip to Napa Vally, Napa County is north of San Francisco, in California. It’s known for hundreds of hillside vineyards in the Napa Valley wine region. In the city of Napa, Oxbow Public Market features regional gourmet food. The Napa Valley Wine Train is a vintage locomotive and travelling restaurant running through the valley. Northwest of Napa is Yountville, a town known for high-end restaurants and sparkling wine. Later drive to Silicon Valley, in the southern San Francisco Bay Area of California, is home to many start-ups and global technology companies. Apple, Facebook and Google are among the most prominent. It’s also the site of technology-focused institutions centred around Palo Alto’s Stanford University. The Computer History Museum and NASA’s Ames Research Center are in Mountain View. The Tech Museum of Innovation is in San Jose. Overnight at San Francisco.

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Today, drive to Yosemite National Park, Yosemite National Park is in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. It’s famed for its giant, ancient sequoia trees, and for Tunnel View, the iconic vista of towering Bridalveil Fall and the granite cliffs of El Capitan and Half Dome. We explore parts of the park in an open-air vehicle assisted by our specialist guide (Optional). Some may even prefer to explore the park on foot on their own. Enjoy downhill skiing, scenic hikes, and rock climbing (Optional). The hotel can also arrange bike rentals and naturalist tour guides to help guests discover the surrounding areas (Optional). Overnight at Yosemite National Park.

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Today, after breakfast, drive to Los Angeles. The rest of the day is free to explore this beautiful and exciting city on your own. Overnight at Los Angeles.

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This morning, fun, adventure and excitement await you at Universal Studios. Go behind the scenes, beyond the screen and jump right into the action of your favourite movies. Become the star of some of the greatest movies and television shows ever made. Overnight at Los Angeles.

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This morning, enjoy San Diego Guided City Tour, later drive to Las Vegas. On arrival, enjoy a wonderful show in Las Vegas – the Fremont Street Light Show. A night of entertainment in Las Vegas is a lifetime experience. Overnight at Las Vegas.

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The day is free to explore this exciting city on your own. Or we recommend that you treat
yourself and your family to optional excursions of the Grand Canyon. Overnight at Las Vegas.

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Optional: Tours of the Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon is a natural wonder of the world – where instead of ‘Grand’, more appropriate
adjectives can be used such as ‘Glorious’, ‘Exalted’, ‘Divinely Inspired’. One glimpse of its
mighty majesty is all it takes to comprehend the name. You have 4 choices:

1. ‘Bus Tour of Grand Canyon with Sky Walk’
This is a breathtaking journey into the heart of the Grand Canyon. Hit the highway out of Las
Vegas and spend the day touring the Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam. On this day trip, you will
have four hours at the Grand Canyon, with a walk on the popular Grand Canyon Skywalk – a
glass bridge suspended 4,000 feet above the Colorado River and protruding 20 meters beyond
the edge of the canyon.

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2. ‘Air Tour of Grand Canyon’
Take a breathtaking flight over the Grand Canyon. Appreciate nature’s largest masterpiece.
See the Black Canyon, extinct volcanoes and Rainbow Gardens with some of the most
colourful and unusual geological formations in the world.

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3. ‘Air and Ground Tour with Skywalk’
See the Grand Canyon by air and ground. On your 50-minute flight, enjoy the spectacular
aerial views of the desert landscape, Lake Mead and Hoover Dam. Then touchdown and board
a bus for a scenic narrated tour of the Grand Canyon West Rim and experience the popular
attraction – the Grand Canyon Skywalk.

OR

4. ‘Grand Canyon West Rim Combo Tour (Airplane – Helicopter – Boat)’ – highly
recommended.
This is a new and unique combination of our classic Grand Canyon Airplane & Land West Rim
tour with the added appeal of a helicopter descent to the canyon floor, 4,000 feet down. Once
on terra firma, embark on a covered river boat to glide down the Colorado admiring the
mighty walls of the canyon. Sit and eat your meal right at the Canyon edge.

Today, after a sumptuous breakfast, drive to the airport to fly to Buffalo. Upon arrival at
Buffalo airport, drive to the gorgeous Niagara Falls, one of the most visited natural wonders
of the world. Proceed to your hotel and check-in. A panoramic night view of the
spectacularly lit Niagara Falls awaits you. Overnight at Niagara.

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This morning, discover the beauty of the legendary whirlpool and rapids as you cruise past
the base of the falls on the Maid of the Mist.

NOTE: (Due to weather conditions, the Maid of
the Mist operates from the last week of May. The View Mobile Tram ride will be provided
instead to all tours arriving in Niagara Falls prior to the last week of May). Continue Corning Glass Museum, Later, drive to Washington D.C. – the capital of USA. Proceed to your hotel and check-in. Overnight at Washington D.C.

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This morning, enjoy a guided sightseeing tour of Washington D.C. Your first stop will be Capitol Hill (photo stop). Next drive on through Pennsylvania Avenue to Lafayette Park for a view of the White House (photo stop). Make stops at the Washington Monument, the World War II Memorial – a monument to the spirit, sacrifice, and commitment of the American people, the Lincoln Memorial and the Jefferson Memorial. Next, visit the National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian Institution, the world’s largest museum complex. Later Drive to Philadelphia. Overnight at Philadelphia.

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This morning, enjoy an orientation tour of Philadelphia visiting the Liberty Bell, one of the most recognized symbols of American freedom. Historical documents and visual displays enlighten you on its history and why it has become the symbol of freedom for many. Then, drive to New York. On arrival, transfer to your hotel. This evening, catch glimpses of the ‘Big Apple’ on an illumination tour, driving past spectacularly lit landmarks of New York – it’s magnificent!!
Spend some free time at Times Square. Overnight at New York.

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Start your day with a guided visit to the Statue of Liberty, at Liberty Island. Later, enjoy a guided orientation tour of the ‘city that never sleeps’, driving past some of New York’s iconic landmarks like Wall Street, the New York Stock Exchange, World Trade Centre site (Ground Zero), Brooklyn Bridge, Broadway, United Nations Building. Also visit the One World Observatory. Enjoy spectacular views and breathtaking vistas that stretch for miles in every direction. Overnight at New York.

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Today, drive to Boston – a city that symbolizes America’s Freedom Movement. Take a guided city tour to explore all must-see attractions. Beacon Hill, Fenway Park, Copley Square, Harvard and MIT University, Downtown, Backbay & Harbor Cruise. Overnight at Boston.

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Good times need never end! As you get ready for the airport and your flight back home, relive the high points of your “Sailani Best of USA – Summer 2020” tour. We are confident you will join us again, sometime soon…

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