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9 Days • 11 Meals COLORADO RAILS & NATIONAL PARKS
COLORADO RAILS & NATIONAL PARKS
9 Days • 11 Meals
September 7 - 15, 2025
September 7 - 15, 2025
Activity Level
Activity Level 3: Moderately Active Pace - Active walking daily, some hiking, uneven terrain, hills, and steps. Less rest options available. Active sightseeing, early starts, evening activities, and significant travel times possible. NOTE: This tour involves high altitude. Please check with your doctor, if you have any health conditions affected by high altitude.
Activity Level
Activity Level 3: Moderately Active Pace - Active walking daily, some hiking, uneven terrain, hills, and steps. Less rest options available. Active sightseeing, early starts, evening activities, and significant travel times possible. NOTE: This tour involves high altitude. Please check with your doctor, if you have any health conditions affected by high altitude.
Tour Highlights & Inclusions
  • Round Trip Home Pick-up*
  • Round Trip Airfare**
  • 11 Meals: 8-Breakfasts, 3-Dinners
  • 3 Scenic Trains through Colorado: Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Rail, Pikes Peak Cog Rail, and Royal Gorge Scenic Railway
  • 4 National Parks: Mesa Verde, Arches, Canyonlands, & Great Sand Dunes
  • Dead Horse Point State Park
  • Colorado Springs: US Olympic Center & Garden of the Gods
  • Chuckwagon Supper & Western Stage Show
  • Professional Tour Manager
  • Hotel Transfers** & Baggage at Hotels
Accommodations
  • Denver (1) - Sheraton or Crowne Plaza
  • Grand Junction (2) - Doubletree by Hilton
  • Durango (2) - Rio Grande Inn, Doubletree, or The Strater Hotel
  • Colorado Springs (3) - Hilton Garden Inn or Wyndham Antler's Hotel 
Alternate hotels may be used

*Please see Terms & Conditions
**Rates with Air include Round Trip Home Pick-up*, Round Trip Airfare, & Hotel Transfers.

 
Departures & Rates

Rates with Air for this Date
$3999 pp dbl

Rates with Air are from
LAX / SAN / SNA / PHX / LAS
DFW / IAH / SAT / AUS / ABQ
SFO / SMF / OAK / SJC
SLC / SEA / PDX
Additional Airports & Rates
+$100  IND / CVG / ONT / PSP
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Singles +$1,250
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Cash Early Booking Savings
SAVE $100 - First 1-20 Clients
SAVE $75 - 21-40 Clients

Single Supplement Savings
The first TWO Singles to book, SAVE 50% off the Single Supplement
 

Contact us for prices from other airports.

Daily Itinerary
Day 1 - Sunday, 9/7/2025 - Dinner
Fly to Denver
Arrive in Denver (altitude 5,280'), meet your Tour Manager and transfer to your hotel. This evening enjoy a Welcome Dinner.
Day 2 - Monday, 9/8/2025 - Breakfast
Vail / To Grand Junction
Today travel west and stop in Vail, a favorite year round resort destination. Explore the Vail Village, the downtown district reminiscent of a Bavarian Village, in addition to taking in breathtaking mountain views. Later continue to Grand Junction (altitude 4,580') for a two night stay.
Day 3 - Tuesday, 9/9/2025 - Breakfast
Utah National Parks
Travel west into Utah to visit two great national parks. Canyonlands National Park features deeply eroded canyons interspersed with sheer-sided mesas and a variety of spires, arches, and unusual rock formations. Then stop at Dead Horse Point State Park for an amazing view of the Colorado River. A short ride brings you to Moab, Utah for lunch on your own in this town famous for western movie making. This afternoon visit Arches National Park to see some of the famous arches (over 2,000 in total) and marvel at other red rock formations and canyons. Return to Grand Junction.
Day 4 - Wednesday, 9/10/2025 - Breakfast
Durango Silverton Railroad
Journey south to Silverton, secluded in a mountain valley (altitude 9,300'). Then it’s all-aboard the 1881 coal-fired, steam-powered Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad for a spectacular journey in the San Juan National Forest following the sheer cliffs of Animas River. Arrive in historic Durango (altitude 6,500'). Durango began as a mining town and today features a Victorian downtown where you can enjoy the spirit of a bygone era.
Day 5 - Thursday, 9/11/2025 - Breakfast - Dinner
Mesa Verde National Park
This morning visit Mesa Verde National Park, home to the largest and best preserved Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings in the Southwest including famous Cliff Palace. Venture out on Mesa Top Loop Road which winds around overlooks to see some of the 600 cliff dwellings. This evening, enjoy a fun-filled dining experience at the Bar D Chuckwagon Supper & Western Stage Show.
Day 6 - Friday, 9/12/2025 - Breakfast
Great Sand Dunes National Park
Today travel east to Great Sand Dunes National Park. Stop at the Visitor's Center to learn more about the tallest sand dunes in North America, some rising to 750 feet. Later, journey to Colorado Springs (altitude 6,000'), a picturesque city situated at the foot of famous Pikes Peak.
Day 7 - Saturday, 9/13/2025 - Breakfast
Colorado Springs
This morning board the Pikes Peak Cog Railway, the world’s highest cog railroad for an 8.9 mile trip to the summit of Pikes Peak (approx. 14,110 ft). On a clear day you can see 75 miles to Denver and over 100 miles to New Mexico. Later, visit the famous Garden  of  the Gods. Located where the Great Plains meet the mighty Rockies, this 1,300-acre park is home to towering sandstone formations. Then visit the US Olympic Center where Olympic dreams begin and talented athletes live and train.
Day 8 - Sunday, 9/14/2025 - Breakfast - Dinner
Royal Gorge Railroad (Click for Video)
Today travel to see Royal Gorge and experience some of the most arresting scenery in all of American railroading aboard the Royal Gorge Railroad.  The rail journey travels from Canon City to Parkdale along the Arkansas River through the scenic Royal Gorge and features dramatic views of the Royal Gorge Bridge, the world’s highest suspension bridge. Tonight your Farewell Dinner is at a popular restaurant in the Colorado Springs area.
Day 9 - Monday, 9/15/2025 - Breakfast
Return Home
Transfer to the Denver airport and fly home.

Note: This tour involves high altitude.

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