Leisure Tours
Scenic Day Tour of Lake Tahoe (L1)
Thursday, November 6
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fee - $70 (includes transportation, tour guide, snacks, and beverages. Lunch is on your own)
Visit the scenic sights of beautiful Lake Tahoe, situated on the California and Nevada border in a valley surrounded by high mountain peaks. The lake sits at an elevation of 6,230 feet, with a shoreline of 71 miles and a depth up to 1,600 feet. Enjoy scenic vistas, a cruise on the lake, and shopping in this unique and beautiful setting. Relax and enjoy a leisurely lunch at a newly discovered eatery.
Historic Virginia City - Mining and Deforestation in Nevada (L2)
Friday, November 7
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fee - $70 (includes transportation, tour guide, snacks, and beverages. Lunch is on your own)
Come and explore historic Virginia City, one of Nevada's earliest mining towns and the largest federally designated historic district in America. Tahoe Basin, the Sierra Front, and other surrounding landscapes were denuded to supply the huge forest appetite of this community. Highlights include a trolley tour of the city, the Mark Twain Museum at the Territorial Enterprise, and The Way it Was Museum, housing the most complete collection of Comstock mining artifacts in the world as well as rare photos, lithographs, and maps of the "Bonanza" period.
California Wines and Pines (L3)
Saturday, November 8
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fee - $70 (includes transportation, tour guide, snacks, and beverages. Lunch is on your own)
Enjoy the drive over the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the heart of the California gold country. Taste wines from award-winning foothill wineries of Nevada County and see the sites of the historic Gold Rush towns of Nevada City and Grass Valley. The tour will include visits to the Pilot Peak Winery and vineyard near Grass Valley, the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum in Nevada City, and more.
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