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Nebraska Cattlemen will be your hosts for this extraordinary travel opportunity and Executive Travel will provide expert tour guides to make the experience one you will never forget. This once-in-a-lifetime Alaska Cruise Tour begins in Vancouver, the bustling west coast seaport, known as Canada’s emerald jewel for its lush rain forests, and among Canada’s densest, most ethnically diverse cities. It’s a popular filming location, surrounded by mountains and invites outdoor pursuits of all kinds, but also offers a thriving art, theater and music scene. We have also included a full day visit to Victoria Island, and some of the greatest experiences during our 7-day Glacier Discovery Cruise. We offer a travel extension to Denali National Park at the end of the cruise. This will be a wonderful time to see old friends and meet new ones on a memorable tour of Alaska. Please take a look inside this brochure to learn all the details.
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Nebraska Cattlemen Alaska Cruise Tour
Nebraska Cattlemen will be your hosts for this extraordinary travel opportunity and Executive Travel will provide expert tour guides to make the experience one you will never forget.
This once-in-a-lifetime Alaska Cruise Tour begins in Vancouver, the bustling west coast seaport, known as Canada’s emerald jewel for its lush rain forests, and among Canada’s densest, most ethnically diverse cities. It’s a popular filming location, surrounded by mountains and invites outdoor pursuits of all kinds, but also offers a thriving art, theater and music scene.
We have also included a full day visit to Victoria Island, and some of the greatest experiences during our 7-day Glacier Discovery Cruise. We offer a travel extension to Denali National Park at the end of the cruise.
Together with our British Columbia Cattlemen friends, we have arranged an Agricultural Symposium with featured speakers and a very special business tour.
This will be a wonderful time to see old friends and meet new ones on a memorable tour of Alaska. Please take a look inside this brochure to learn all the details. Once you do, we hope you will join us on this travel experience of a lifetime.
Enjoy a special tour of the beautiful Butchart Gardens!
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Friday, August 5th, 2016Early morning flight to Vancouver. Upon arrival our local assistant will meet us and we will take off for an interesting Agricultural Symposium arranged by our British Columbia Cattlemen friends. Detailed program will be available shortly. In the afternoon we will check in to the Hyatt Regency, a deluxe hotel located right in the heart of Vancouver. Time to relax and the remainder of the evening for leisure.
Saturday, August 6, 2016 A full day to Victoria Island awaits us.
With our private motor coach and guide, we depart our hotel after breakfast and head to the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal to board the ferry for Victoria. Upon arrival to Victoria Island, we will head downtown to tour through China-town, around the Parliament Building, along Dallas Road and through Beacon Hill Park. Free time for activities and sightseeing around Victoria- visit the Royal BC Museum or join an Afternoon Tea at the Empress …We continue to Butchart Gardens – one of Victoria’s most famous and popular attractions! Make your way through the gardens; walk through intimate stone path and streams lined with colorful arrays of flowers and trees. The garden adjusts their floral displays to suit the season and is just as spectacular in August as in spring and late fall. This visit will for sure be an experience you will not soon forget.
Late afternoon we depart from Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal to return to Vancouver for the night.
Sunday, August 7, 2016If you could watch the history of Vancouver as a time-lapse movie, you’d see the creation of a sawmill and a commu-nity that grew up around it, which then became the townsite of Granville. Then comes the railroad, and development of the great natural harbor. Then: a sudden linkage to the Orient, Eastern Canada, and Europe. Immigrants come, business blooms, and the skyscrapers rise up along Burrard Inlet, always with the mountains visible in the spaces between the buildings … Today we will experience it all during our panoramic city sightseeing tour.
We will pass from all the highlights of the city including a one-hour visit to Granville Island. We will tour through Gastown, Chinatown, Vancouver Harbor and the Olympic Cauldron, Stanley Park (scenic stop at the Totem Poles & Prospect Point) and English Bay. We will also make a stop for 30 minutes at the Vancouver Lookout Observation Deck. Time for lunch before we end our tour at the Cruise Terminal to embark Holland America’s MS Noordam for our 7-Day Glacier Discovery Cruise!
We depart Vancouver at 5pm.
Monday, August 8, 2016 Scenic cruising the Inside Passage.
The fabled Inside Passage is one of the most scenic sea-lanes in the world, and one of the few where deep-draft ves-sels can sail close to steep mountain walls. The scenery is unbelievable, with forests in a hundred shades of green, tumbling turquoise glaciers, and evocative towns loaded with history, culture and adventure. With most of Southeast Alaska accessible only by boat or plane, the Inside Passage is a lifeline to the outside world. All day long it hums with activity.
Day-by-Day Itinerary:
Day-by-Day Itinerary:
Tuesday, August 9, 2016 7am-3pm arrival and visit to Ketchikan
Arriving to Ketchikan clutching the shores of the Tongass Narrows, with many shops and houses built right out over the water. The stairways are weathered and the vibe is cheerful in the town that calls itself the Salmon Capital of the World. Besides the main attractions – Creek Street, the Tongass Historical Museum, Totem Bight State Park and Saxman Village – try a flightseeing trip to Misty Fjords National Monument. These deep-water fjords were gouged out by retreating glaciers, leaving granite cliffs towering thousands of feet above the sea and countless waterfalls plunging into placid waters.
Numerous shore excursions are available today – please reserve latest by July 22nd.
Wednesday, August 10, 2016 10am-10pm arrival and visit to Juneau.
No roads lead to Juneau, which gives the Alaskan capital a misty inscrutability. You need to come by air or water, but when you arrive, the place will delight you with its bounty of water, forests, and mountains. Squeezed between the Gastineau Channel and Coast Mountains, Juneau offers a lot of variety in close proximity. The massive Mendenhall Glacier and the immense Juneau Icefields are at its back door.
The vast Tongass National Forest stretches away to the northeast. You can shop downtown or get out and kayak, dogsled, raft, hike, whale watch, flightsee or fish. The adventures are as bountiful as the daylight.
Numerous shore excursions are available today – please reserve latest by July 22nd.
Thursday, August 11, 2016 7am-9pm arrival and visit to Skagway.
Some of the aspiring Klondike gold rushers who made it to Skagway took a look at the 500-mile journey that still lay ahead of them and decided a change of profession was in order. So many of them set up shop as provisioners that Skagway was the largest city in Alaska by the end of the 19th century. Booms fade and dreams move on, but the glory days still reverberate through the town. Ride the antique White Pass & Yukon narrow-gauge railway, step into the Red Onion Saloon or peruse the restored buildings and wooden boardwalks of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park.
Numerous shore excursions are available today – please reserve latest by July 22nd.
Friday, August 12, 2016 7am-4pm arrival and visit Glacier Bay.
If you didn’t know any better, you’d think Glacier Bay ostentatious for the way it flaunts its ice. The glaciers practically terminate in your lap. A cruise to Glacier Bay National Park will show you a UNESCO World Heritage Site that protects a unique ecosystem of plants and animals living in concert with an ever-changing glacial landscape.
When a monumental chunk of ice splits off a glacier and thunders into the sea the impact shoots water hundreds of feet into the air. You hold your breath as you catch the moment on film. Then you wait for it all to happen again. And it does: Glacier Bay has more actively calving tidewater glaciers than anyplace else in the world.
Numerous shore excursions are available today – please reserve latest by July 22nd.
Day-by-Day Itinerary:
Saturday, August 13, 2016
A day at sea to enjoy all the amenities aboard our ship.
Sunday, August 14, 20166am arrival and disembarkation at Seward. Transfer to Anchorage airport for the return flight or continue with our extension package.
We offer a 5-day tour of Denali National Park. For those who wish to extend, we will take a scenic rail journey along Turnagain Arm aboard the cruise-train en route to Anchorage.
Anchorage flaunts its mountains: The Chugach seem to rise just like that out of the backyards of city’s eastern neighborhoods. So much of the rest of the scenery is water. The west of the city is bounded by the Cook Inlet, the north and south by its two major branches: the Knik Arm and Turnagain Arm. Enjoy the restaurants, saloons, museums and galleries.
Monday, August 15, 2016Board the luxurious domed rail cars of the McKinley Explorer to Denali for a two-night stay at this magnificent national treasure.
Every turn on the Denali park road heralds some new astonishment. Watch for ptarmigan, Alaska’s state bird, in the open valleys and golden eagles patrolling the higher elevations and ridge tops. With luck, you’ll see grizzlies crossing braided streams, Dall sheep traversing rugged cliffs and moose foraging in upland meadows. Listen to ravens, mag-pies and gray jays chattering in the brush. And always present, there looms Denali, raising its massive alabaster bulk high above the surrounding plain.
See a sneak peak of Base Camp, Holland America Line’s new resort experience at the entrance to Denali.
Tuesday, August 16, 2016Today features the unforgettable Tundra Wilderness Tour.
This 6-8 hours fully narrated sightseeing excursion is a deep dive into Denali National Park - the very best chance of seeing both the mountain itself and Denali’s iconic wildlife (snack included).
Additional excursions available – please reserve latest by July 22nd.
Wednesday, August 17, 2016Today you’ll head for Fairbanks, Alaska’s Golden Heart City.
Fairbanks is the northernmost city of consequence in the United States the city’s location on the broad Tanana River plain between the White Mountains and the Alaska Range affords easy passage to the Arctic Circle and the Alaskan wild country.
We take a step back in time aboard the Riverboat Discovery (lunch included).
Additional excursions available – please reserve latest by July 22nd.
Thursday, August 18, 2016Your tour is ending today. Transfer to Anchorage airport for your return flight back home.
Pricing and Payment details:
Pricing is per-person based on double-occupancy (Interior or Veranda/Balcony Stateroom during cruise). For single occupancy or Family rooms, rates may vary.
August 5-14, 2016.Air, Tour & Cruise - Inside Stateroom $3,369 $3,169
Air, Tour & Cruise - Balcony Stateroom $4,369 $4,169
August 5-18, 2016.Air, Tour, Cruise & Denali Ext. - Inside Stateroom $4,569 $4,369
Air, Tour, Cruise & Denali Ext. - Balcony Stateroom $5,569 $5,369
*NCA non-members + $100.00 PP on above prices
OMAHA schedule (subj. to change): DENVER schedule (subj. to change):
8/5 Omaha-Portland 7:00am-8:45am 8/5 Denver-Seattle 6:00am-7:55am
8/5 Portland-Vancouver 10:30am-11:40am 8/5 Seattle-Vancouver 9:15am-10:04am
8/14 Anchorage-Portland 11:40am-4:23pm 8/14 Anchorage-Seattle 12:30pm-5:42pm
8/14 Portland-Omaha 6:50pm-11:49pm 8/14 Seattle-Denver 6:15pm-9:52pm
Above pricing is based on estimated 50 attendees and may be adjusted in case of less attendees. All rates are subject to change.
Reservations: A non-refundable deposit of $1,000 per person is required upon signing up for the tour.
Balance is due on May 1st, 2016 and is non-refundable.
We strongly recommend travel insurance, please ask us!
OMAHA DENVER
OMAHA DENVER
Pricing and Payment details:
Price include the following:• Airfare, economy class from/to Omaha or Denver including taxes and fees
• 2 nights at luxury category hotel in Vancouver, B.C.
• Arrival transfer and Agricultural Symposium on August 5th
• Full day excursion to Victoria Island as described above
• Admission to Butchart Gardens
• Dynamic 4 hours panorama city tour of Vancouver
• Transfer from hotel to Vancouver Cruise Port
• 7 days Glacier Discovery Cruise by Holland America, MS Noordam at chosen stateroom category
• 3 daily meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner) during cruise (incl. dinner on day of embarkation and breakfast on day of disembarkation)
• Transfer from cruise ship to Anchorage airport if applicable
• Denali Extension Package (August 14-18), includes premium hotel accommodation for 4 nights, snack during Tundra Wilderness Tour and lunch during Riverboat Discovery Tour, all transfers as mentioned above
• Port taxes (current taxes $220.55 for Cruise Only Package / $263.73 for Cruise and Denali Extension Package)
Price does not include:* Porterage and gratuities
* Personal expenses
* Anything not mentioned in the inclusions
* Shore excursions - shore excursions must be pre-booked latest by July 22nd
MISCELLANEOUS• Attendees are required to put a credit card down at
the hotel/cruise ship for room/stateroom incidentals only.
• Valid Passports are required for Canada and is the responsibility of each attendee.
To sign up, please contact:Anne Fuldby-Olsen and Terri Schmidt
Executive Travel Group Department
Phone: 402-435-8888
Email: [email protected]
Or register online at: http://executivetravel.cvent.com/d/2fqzt1?RefID=NCA
