Cape Cod, Mass

Day 1

With stops for rest and lunch enroute, we'll arrive to the sandy shores of Cape Cod. Extending some 70 miles into the sea, the Cape is home to both natural beauty and quaint colonial villages. A local guide will meet us at the hotel and will assist with check-in. Dinner is included at a local restaurant.

Day 2

After breakfast, our local guide will conduct a guided driving tour of Hyannis including the John F. Kennedy Memorial, the Korean War Memorial, Hyannisport, and a view of St. Francis Xavier Church - the summer parish of the Kennedy Family. Following our tour, we will board the Cape Cod Central Railroad and feel the thrill as the whistle blows and your fun-filled adventure begins. Enjoy an included boxed lunch as you pass beautiful cranberry bogs, natural woodlands, and lush marshes as you make your way from Hyannis to the Cape Cod Canal and by Sandwich. Following our excursion we will visit the Cape Cod Canal Visitor's Center. Explore the rich history, fascinating features, and vigilant operation of the Cape Cod Canal! The center features a retired 41-foot US Army Corps of Engineers patrol boat, a 46-seat theater, canal wildflowers, real time radar, camera images, and rocking chairs on an observation deck. From here we will head to the Whydah Pirate Museum. The Whydah was a fully-rigged galley ship that was built by the British. During one of its voyages in 1717, it was captured by the famed pirate, Samuel "Black Sam" Bellamy. During an infamous storm off the coast of Cape Cod the Whydah sank, laying its treasure just 500 feet off the shore for over 250 years. Now you can touch and see the world's only authenticated pirate treasure. Dinner is included this evening.

Day 3

Following breakfast, our guide will meet us at the hotel for a full day of touring. We will travel historic Route 6A - Old King's Highway, a scenic byway winding through centuries of Cape Cod history. The highway winds past hundreds of historic structures which characterize its early development. View the Eastham Windmill, a Cape Cod Lighthouse, and visit the Cape Cod National Seashore Visitor Center. Sand dunes and the ocean surround you as you approach "Land's End" - Provincetown. You are now at the extreme tip of Cape Cod. Take some time to enjoy the wonderful variety of restaurants for lunch on your own, shops, and galleries that make this artists/fishermen village so unique. From there you'll enjoy your chosen activity - Whale Watching OR Dune Tour. Whale Watching - board an excursion vessel and travel into the natural habitat of a diverse marine environment including birds that migrate here from all over the Atlantic and fish which use these shallow waters to feed. Try to spot Humpback, Minke, and Fin whales going about their daily business. An onboard naturalist will introduce you to everything you see and will answer any of your questions about the whales, birds, fish and lighthouses. Dune Tour - be driven in an SUV along the shoreline of the protected lands of the Cape Cod National Seashore. Your guide will point out the "dune shacks" where famous artists and writers became inspired to create their art. Dinner is included this evening.

Day 4

After breakfast, we will leave Cape Cod behind as we head for home. With stops for rest & lunch, our arrival home is scheduled for early evening.

Please note

Our intention is to run each tour as originally planned and published. However, if deemed necessary to do so, Perkiomen Tours reserves the right to make changes to tour components, schedules or itineraries without prior notification.

Tips for Perkiomen motorcoach drivers and tour escorts are not included in the price of this tour. We feel that these gratuities should be extended on an individual basis and dictated by the level of service provided.

Motorcoach seating is assigned at the time of reservation but can not be guaranteed. Although we do our best to keep each traveler in the seat assigned at the time of reservation, there are times that it is necessary to move seat locations. Please be sure to verify your final seat number(s) with your driver at the time of boarding. Daily seat rotation is practiced on most multi-day tours. Seat rotation will be explained by your driver or tour escort.

Perkiomen Tours recommends that you consider purchasing Travel Insurance for your tour. Travel Insurance is purchased directly by you from a third-party of your choice. One option is Travel Safe Insurance. You can purchase insurance directly from Travel Safe through our website. www.perkiomentours.com.

To fully participate in this tour may require extended amounts of walking. There may be steps, inclines, uneven surfaces or extended periods of standing. Participants with physical limitation should take this into consideration.

B=Full Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner