Day 2 Seattle- Overnight Train to Glacier Park, Montana

The fun begins at King Street Station where we will board the Empire Builder. A train attendant will check you into your sleeper car and then you can sit back, relax and enjoy one of Amtrak's most legendary and scenic routes as we head east through the soaring mountain ranges and into the Big Sky Country. Enjoy dinner in the diner before nestling in for the night. See the feature film, "Glacier Park" in the lounge car in anticipation of tomorrows adventure. Tonight let the train's movement gently rock you to sleep.
Meals: Dinner

Day 3 Glacier Park "Going to the Sun" Highway

Enjoy a hearty breakfast before disembarking the train. 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. A second night to enjoy the storied Glacier Park.
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 4 Glacier Park- Gates of the Mountain cruise-Fairmont Hot Springs

After breakfast we depart for Helena, Montana. Upon arrival, we'll board an Open air boat cruise on a Lewis and Clark excursion. Expect a relaxing adventure filled with countless photographic opportunities capturing rugged mountain landscapes, birdlife, and big game along the river banks and mountainsides. Magnificent panorama abounds around every turn in the river including great towering walls of limestone. This cruise offers glimpses of eagles, young and old, elk, deer and mountain goat and sheep. The canyon is also home to otters, squirrels, ermine, beaver, mountain lions, black bears and over 120 bird species. Next, we'll check into Fairmont Hot Springs, the perfect 'Travelers Rest' to borrow a line from Lewis & Clark on their epic journey through the same area. Nestled between Glacier National Park and Yellowstone this idyllic setting features a variety of soothing mineral pools.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 5: Yellowstone National Park

Spend two days touring the park. Around every corner a new surprise may await, a bison, elk, otter or coyotes. Established in 1872 as the world's first national park and known for its unique geothermal activity. Witness Old Faithful Geyser, shooting up to 184 feet in the air approximately every 90 minutes . Spend some free time checking out the park on your own, and enjoy dinner at your leisure at your classic inside-the-park hotel close to Old Faithful itself.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 6: Yellowstone National Park

America's first national park is yours to explore today on this ultimate of Yellowstone tours; witness some of the parks abundant geysers, as well as hundreds of brilliantly colored hot springs, bubbling mud pots, and steaming fumaroles. You'll follow the Firehole River to Fountain Paint Pot, a collection of colorful, bubbling mud pots, then view the dramatic Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
Meals: Breakfast

Day 7: Grand Tetons National Park and Jackson Hole Wyoming

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. 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.
Meals: Breakfast

Day 8: Jackson Hole- The Oregon Trail Historical Center- Salt Lake City

Departing Jackson Hole this morning we travel south through Wyoming, a landscape with grasslands and oil wells backed by mountain ranges. Then north to Idaho where you'll stop at the The National Oregon/California Trail Center featuring an interactive wagon train experience. Then travel along the edge of the Great Salt Lake. A local guide will join us as we travel through the Canyonlands. Tonight indulge in a BBQ. Enjoy a night in Salt Lake City with time to visit Temple Square.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 9: Moab and Canyonlands by Night

Your Canyonlands adventure begins as we depart Salt Lake City and travel to Moab, Utah. Canyonlands is the largest National Park in the state and its diversity staggers the imagination. Get ready for 1,00 foot views down into river canyons, red rock pinnacles, cliffs and spires that showcase some of the most inspiring landscapes on earth. Tonight indulge in a BBQ before boarding a jet boat cruise to see the Canyonlands sound and light show. The high red rock canyon walls will come alive under the star-filled sky with lights which add color and beauty to the tales of native legends.
Meals: Breakfast

Day 10: Arches National- Moab

We tour Arches National Park home to the largest concentration of sandstone arches in the world. The simple act of erosion over tens of thousands of years product what appear to be purposefully sculpted formation. Throughout the park, rock layers reveal millions of years of deposition, erosion and other geologic events. Overnight in Moab. Tonight is your hosted Farewell Dinner.
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 11: Moab Fly Home from Salt Lake City

After breakfast, we'll head for Salt Lake City Airport. Take a moment to say goodbye to your newly found friends. Please select your flights out for after 3:00pm.
Meals: Breakfast