Reservations & info: 1-877-694-8687 or www.northlandtravel.com

March 14-24, 2016 • 11 Days

•Cajun Music, Dancing, Food & Fun! •Swamp Boat Tour in Louisana Bayous •New Orleans Tour

•Biloxi, Miss. Gulf Coast Tour •Shrimp Boat Tour •Visit Clinton Presidential Library • “Fun” City tour of

Memphis •Plus lots more!

Day 1 Mon. Mar 14 Get things started with an over-night stay in Joplin, MO. Tonight, including a hotel “Happy Hour”. (D)

Day 2 Tues. Mar 15 Today as we continue south we’ll stop in Bentonville, AK. At the Walmart Visitor’s Center. Next we’ll travel to Fayetteville for a “drive-by” of Bill & Hillary Clinton’s first home. Our journey continues to Ft. Smith, AK, where we’ll visit their unique Visitor’s Center. A step-on guide will join us and we’ll learn about Ft. Smith’s most notable historic figure, Judge Isaac Par-ker, better known as the “Hanging Judge”. Dinner tonight at a local’s favorite. Lodging in Ft. Smith. (B,D)

Day 3 Wed. Mar. 16 We travel to Little Rock, AK and visit the Clinton Library & Museum. After leaving Little Rock we’re off to West Monroe, LA., home of the hit show, “Duck Dynasty”. We will enjoy dinner and lodging tonight in West Monroe. (B,D)

Day 4 Thurs. Mar 17 For you Duck Dynasty fans we’ll stop by the Duck Commander Store. Then it’s off to the Loyd Hall Plantation. This beautiful home is the heart of a 640 acre working plantation. Later today we travel to Lafayette, LA., home of “Cajun Country”, our home for the next 3 nights. (B,L,D)

Day 5 Fri. Mar 18 There’s no truer Cajun in the heart of Cajun Country than Mama Redell. For the next two days she’ll entertain you with her culture through song and dance, Cajun customs, native foods. We’ll visit a crawfish farm and our lunch today we’ll feast on real Cajun food. We will take a swamp boat tour, where we’ll experience an adventure deep in the heart of the Louisa-na swamps and bayous. (B)

Book by Aug 14th and save $75 pp off the cost of the trip. *offer cannot be combined with other discounts.

Cajun Country

$1974 per person, dbl occ.

$2574 per person, single occ.

$1840 per person, triple/quad

This travel package planned & escorted by Deb Harkness

ACTIVITY LEVEL: Moderately Easy - Easy pace,

some stairs and standing, 3 to 4 blocks of walking

at a time on level terrain.

When circumstances arise beyond our control, Northland Travel reserves the right to make itinerary changes.

DEPARTURE CITIES: Fort Dodge, Waterloo,

Ankeny, Ames, Cedar Rapids, Coralville & Williams

Reservations & info: 1-877-694-8687 or www.northlandtravel.com

YOUR CAJUN COUNTRY EXPERIENCE INCLUDES

Luxury motorcoach transportation Lodging for 10 nights Luggage handling for 1 suitcase per person Tickets/admissions to listed attractions 21 Meals (meals inclusive of tax & gratuity) Deposit: $300 per person, due with reser-vation. A deposit is now required to secure a reservation. Credit card information is necessary to book a tour by phone. If making your reservation by mail, your reservation will be entered upon receipt of your check.

Balance Due: Jan 29, 2016

Cancel By: Jan 29 for penalty-free cancella-tions

Travel Insurance: travel insurance is avail-able at a group rate. Call for details and pric-es.

Day 6 Sat. Mar 19 Day 2 of our “ real” Cajun adven-ture continues. We’ll tour Rip Van Winkle Gardens. After lunch we’re off to visit the Tabasco Factory on Avery Island. Later this afternoon we’ll visit Martin Accordian. Where we see first-hand how the Cajun “box accordion” is constructed. The day’s not over yet… Get your danc-ing shoes on because tonight Mama Redell and her crew are going to give us some Cajun Dance lessons. We have a night of dinner and dancing, Cajun Style! (B,L,D)

Day 7 Sun. Mar 20 We leave Lafayette and travel to New Orleans. A step-on guide will take us on a tour through New Orleans. This afternoon you’ll enjoy free time to explore the French Quarter area for yourself. Lodging tonight in Slidell, LA. (B)

Day 8 Mon. Mar 21 Today we bid farewell to Louisa-na and travel to Biloxi, MI. We’ll make our trek along the Gulf Coast and enjoy the beautiful scenery along the way. Once in Biloxi, a step-on guide will join us and take us around this scenic paradise and give us a little histo-ry of the area. After lunch on the waterfront we’re off on a shrimp boat tour. Lodging tonight is at the Beau Riv-age Hotel & Casino. (B)

Day 9 Tues. Mar 22 Today we start our trek back north-ward to Memphis, TN. Lodging tonight in Memphis, in-cluding a hotel “Happy Hour”. (B,D)

Day 10 Wed. Mar 23 This morning it’s a step-on guid-ed tour of Memphis-done “Memphis Style”. A hint-this is NOT your typical guided city tour. This afternoon we continue our trek northward for our final overnight desti-nation in Collinsville, IL. (B,D)

Day 11 Thurs. Mar 24 We continue our journey to-wards home, bidding farewell to new friends and depart-ing with memories that will last us a lifetime. (B)

Cajun Country