Enjoy an autumn drive to Las Vegas through Mammoth Lakes, The Eastern Sierra and Death Valley. Return by air from Las Vegas or extend your tour to include ghost towns and other interesting sites in Nevada.
6 or 9 Days • October 10-15 or 18
6 Day Itinerary
(Coach to Las Vegas, return by air)
$1,755 p.p./dbl.occ., $1,950 single
9 Day Itinerary (All coach itinerary)
$2,095 p.p./dbl.occ., $2,335 single
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Day 1
Our fleet of Carey vehicles will transport you to the Sports Leisure office. Depart on Supercoach III for the south shore of Lake Tahoe for lunch and continue traveling down Highway 395 to the heart of Mammoth Lakes.
- Sierra Nevada Lodge – 3 nights
- Lunch is included this day.
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Day 2
Bodie is the most amazing ghost town you’ll ever see. Back in the 1880’s it was the roughest and toughest of all the mining towns in the west. Now it’s preserved as a state park. At Mono Lake learn the story of the lake’s fight for survival. For decades the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has siphoned off water from the streams feeding the lake, causing the lake’s level to drop and endangering its unique environment.
- Breakfast and lunch are included this day.
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Day 3
Mammoth Lakes has been very active geologically in the past few thousand years. Volcanoes abound and one lava flow helped create famous Devils Postpile National Monument. The formation is a rare sight in the geologic world and ranks as one of the world’s finest examples of columnar basalt. Ride the gondola to the top of the famous Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort for awesome views of the Central Sierra. Lunch follows with a scenic tour of Mammoth Basin with an interpretive guide.
- Breakfast and lunch are included this day.
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Day 4
Travel to Lone Pine and visit the Movie Museum. From the early days of westerns like The Round Up to the modern blockbusters of today explore the museum’s extensive collection of real movie costumes, cars, props, posters, and other memorabilia. Enjoy a guided tour of Alabama Hill where over 500 movies were shot.
- Breakfast and lunch are included this day.
- Best Western Plus Frontier
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Day 5
Enter Death Valley National Park this morning making a stop for brunch at the Furnace Creek Inn. Visit China Ranch, a lush piece of greenery amidst the forbidding Mojave Desert. Towering cottonwoods and willows lie by a wandering stream, with date palms and abundant wildlife, all hidden away in some of the most spectacular scenery the desert has to offer. In Las Vegas your accommodations are minutes south of the strip. (B,BR)
- South Point Hotel Casino Spa – 1 or 2 nights
- Breakfast and brunch are included this day.
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Day 6
The newly opened Mob Museum is creating quite a stir. Housed in the historic former federal courthouse and U.S. Post Office building, interactive exhibits provide an insider’s look into many of organized crime’s biggest names. If you choose our six day itinerary, you will return to Sacramento by air in the afternoon. Those on the nine day itinerary have a free evening.
- Lunch is included this day.
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Day 7
Depart Las Vegas for Tonopah, pausing in the town of Goldfield for a very special guided tour with a local historian. A former boomtown, the community is working hard to restore its unique history.
- Ramada Inn Tonopah Station– 2 nights
- Lunch is included this day.
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Day 8
At Tonopah’s Central Nevada Museum view displays describing not only local mining history but also other cultural and social aspects of the region and tours the open air Tonopah Historic Mining Park.
- Breakfast and lunch are included this day.
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Day 9
Dubbed “America’s Patriotic Home” the town of Hawthorne in western Nevada is proud of its red, white and blue streets and flags blowing in the wind. Part of this pride is rooted in the 147,000-acre Hawthorne Army Depot’s ammunition storage facility. Visit the Hawthorne Ordnance Museum before heading home, pausing in South Lake Tahoe.
- Breakfast and lunch are included this day.
A Small Town Christmas
If you enjoy wonderful dining and nostalgic Christmas experiences then this is the trip for you! Discover the lights of Christmas tree lane at night, an old fashioned community parade where everyone comes out to watch, and small towns that have Main Streets decorated for Santa. And did we mention dining… at several of the Valley’s best restaurants? And there will be time for picking up a few unique gifts too in the shops along the main streets of the valley’s finest communities.
All Around California by Rail
Explore the Golden State by scenic rail adventure! Featuring four trips by train including a stretch of the Coast Starlight route by private railcar, SuperCoach III follows you throughout the tour so no need to worry about getting your luggage on or off the train! Limited to 32 passengers.
An Evening with Joan Rivers
Joan Rivers is a force of nature – one of the hardest working celebrities in the world. She has enjoyed an illustrious career spanning more than four decades in the entertainment industry and beyond, and as her recent accomplishments reveal, she’s as robust and hardworking as ever. Joan is an internationally renowned comedienne, Emmy Award-winning television talk-show host, Tony Award-nominated actress, bestselling author, playwright, screenwriter, film director, columnist, lecturer, syndicated radio host, and red-carpet fashion laureate. Above all things, however, Joan is a proud mother and grandmother.
9 Days · 15 Meals
Your trip includes all accommodations, airfare from Sacramento*, all listed activities and the services of a Sports Leisure Tour Director
*If applicable. Not traveling from Sacramento? Not a problem, just give us a call.
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