Many Tours Specialize In Activities For Seniors
Travel providers have discovered a whole new breed of customers: seniors.
Some examples from around the Northwest:
Alaska Wildland Adventures, which specializes in small-group trips in Alaska, offers a Senior Safari of eight days visiting wilderness regions, including Denali National Park. Prices are around $2,500 per person; for information, call (800) 334-8730.
Mount Robson Adventure Holidays offers a Fifty-Plus Adventure that features four days in British Columbia’s Mount Robson Provincial Park, with activities that include a guided canoe trip, gentle rafting float and guided trek.
The package runs June 5-9 and starts at $436 (Canadian) per person, based on double occupancy. For information, call (604) 566-4370.
Just As We Suspected Dept. Branson, Mo., a mecca for country music fans, has been named “Best All-Around City for Motorcoach Travel” by Destinations magazine.
Northbound: Information of interest from Canada:
British Columbia is offering new editions of its Travel Guide and Road Map and Parks Guide. For free copies, call Discover British Columbia at (800) 663-6000.
Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies is celebrating its 72nd consecutive year of riding the high country in Banff National Park.
This nonprofit association offers a variety of horseback vacations in the Rockies, with six-day tours beginning at $800 (Canadian) per person, which includes horses, teepee accommodations, meals and entertainment.
For information, write to Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, Box 6742, Station D, Calgary, Alberta T2P 2E6, or call (403) 264-8656.
Toot, toot: A trip by private train on the historic Montana Rail Link is the centerpiece of nine-day tours from Little Bighorn, where Sioux and Cheyenne warriors defeated Custer, to Yellowstone and Glacier national parks.
The rail trip is aboard the Northern Parks Limited, whose seven passenger cars have been refurbished to luxurious, turn-ofthe-century standards.
Tours begin at about $3,000 per person, based on double occupancy; departures are in late May and June. For information, call PVA Travel Planning at (800) 795-5700 or (415) 812-7355.
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