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GALAPAGOS & ECUADOR

with Napa River (headwaters to the Amazon) pages 1-6

JAPAN, VIETNAM & HONG KONG CHINA with Napa River (headwaters to the Amazon) pages 7-12

AFRICA TRAIN TOUR experience 7 countries pages 13-20

THE EXOTIC SILK ROAD TOUR China to Europe pages 21-26

ROCKY MOUNTAIN TRAIN & TOUR pages 27-36

ULTIMATE RUSSIA

VOLGA RIVER & SIBERIA RUSSIA

with Mongolia, Moscow & St. Petersburg pages 37-44

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GALAPAGOS, ECUADOR

HEAD and the NAPO River WATERS to the Amazon

13 day tour - Nov/Dec 2021 or 2022 - with Dr. Michael Wilcox

Pinnacle Rock, Island of Bartolome - Galapagos

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Giant Tortoises

Galapagos is one of few places in the world to see the Blue-footed booby

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GALAPAGOS, ECUADOR

HEAD and the NAPO River WATERS to the Amazon

13 day tour - Nov/Dec 2021 or 2022 - with Dr. Michael Wilcox

Napo Wildlife Ecolodge - Ecuador 3

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Sea lions of the Galapagos

Dr. S. Michael Wilcox loves Galapagos. He has been there twice and keeps asking to go again. Galapagos is so popular and so controlled in numbers, you have to plan years in advance to get all the different reservations needed. We are going to start working now for two groups of 60 that we plan to take in late November and early December in 2021 or 2022. Our goal is to leave shortly after Thanksgiving. Dr. S. Michael Wilcox will be the educator during your stay in the Galapagos Islands for both groups. This tour is very limited and hard to put together. The tour will likely be 13 days. It involves 4 nights 5 days in the Galapagos Islands, 4 nights in Quito Ecuador and 3 nights 4 days on the Napo River (headwaters to the Amazon).

“Anakonda” ship - Amazon River - Quito, Ecuador We, along with Michael, have spent many hours trying to figure out the best itinerary, ship or hotels to use in Galapagos.

We have come to the following conclusions: • Most of the Galapagos Islands are quite similar. You don’t go to Galapagos to see the islands you go to Galapagos to see the unique animals, birds, sea life and learn about Darwin and its history. It is not necessary to do 7 to 14-day cruises or tours to experience Galapagos and its animals. We decided 5 days of touring several islands would accomplish what we needed for our passengers.

• Finding space for a good size group even on ships that hold 100 is hard because they will only give you a small number of the less expensive cabins. The cost skyrockets as you go up in cabin categories.

• On larger ships it also means when you stop at an island you have 100 plus passengers going ashore at the same time.

• We finally decided to stay on the main island in a deluxe hotel and use it as a base.

This program offers us several advantages:

• Hotel verses ship: Our quality hotel is less expensive than a quality ship. On a ship, a few would get the starting prices, but the majority would have to pay for the expensive upgraded cabin categories.

• We feel the itinerary we have planned would accomplish all the most important things to see in Galapagos. We can see the wildlife and get a great feel for Galapagos. We plan on visiting 5 of the islands during our 5 days on Galapagos.

• We plan on having only about 60 passengers. We will then split the 60 into two smaller groups of about 30 passengers.

Then groups of 16 passengers will go to a different island by boat and then return to the group and base in the evening.

Being in smaller groups we hope it will be less crowded compared to the larger ship groups.

• Deluxe hotels on Galapagos are limited. We believe we can get the right hotel to take our whole group and give us a large enough room for Michael Wilcox to talk to us daily.

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GALAPAGOS, ECUADOR

HEAD and the NAPO River WATERS to the Amazon

13 day tour - Nov/Dec 2021 or 2022 - with Dr. Michael Wilcox

Our tour also Includes the Andes & the Massive Napo River Head Waters to the Mighty Amazon!

This will be one vacation/tour you will never forget. In addition to the Galapagos Islands, we spend 4 nights in the wonderful quaint city of Quito. The Equator is just a few miles from Quito and there is so much to see and do. It is one of the most beautiful areas in the world surrounded by ancient volcanos and the majestic Andes Mountains all with beautiful scenery. Wait till you experience how water flows on different sides of the equator or try to walk without tipping to the right or left as you walk down the equator line.

We absolutely love Quito and all it has to offer. Our goal is to stay in the JW Marriott Luxury hotel in Quito.

If that wasn’t enough, we will also spend 4 days three nights on the majestic Napo River, a headwater to the Amazon River. Many feel this is even more enjoyable than the Amazon River downstream. Along with getting accommodations in Galapagos that is always sold out, there are issues trying to arrange our trip to the wonderful Napo River. There are only two really great places we feel are the best to take our passengers too. One is a ship called the “Anakonda”, the other is a small deluxe lodge that is located on the Napo River. Here was the problem. The lodge has only 16 double rooms or can only hold 32 passengers. The Anakonda is maxed out around 36 in double rooms. Making our reservations far in advance we believe we can buy out both the ship and the lodge for our group during the same time.

Important information: approx. ½ of our passengers will experience the Napo River, a headwater to the Amazon River on a deluxe ship and the other ½ will experience it from a wonderful lodge. Those that are first to sign up will get first choice on which accommodations they would like to experience. Complete details on each accommodation can be found below.

Pricing Guess: Our plans for the package price will include:

• 4 nights 5 days deluxe hotel at the Royal Palm on the Island of Santa Cruz in the Galapagos Islands.

• All meals breakfast, lunch & dinner while in Galapagos.

• 5 days of touring, snorkeling, boating, buses, entrance fees etc. on Galapagos.

• Individual boats to the different islands visited hold approx. 16 per boat.

• An Educational Galapagos expert with each group of approx. 30.

• 4 nights 5 star JW Marriott Hotel Quito.

• Breakfast daily.

• All tours, entrance fees, buses, guides, etc. in Quito area.

• 4 days three nights deluxe Napo Wildlife Center at a headwater to the Amazon River (Napo River) is included in the price. NOTE: The 5 Star Anaconda ship will be an option. It is an upgrade for an additional cost of around $900 or more per person on a first come first serve basis.

• Both the Anaconda Ship and Wildlife Center will include all meals.

• Both will include all boat rides, tours, guides, entrance fees and transfers.

• All hotel taxes, tour taxes, boat taxes and booking fees.

• 4 airfares: PACKAGE PRICE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME • Quito to Galapagos.

OUR BEST GUESS IS $7,500PP MORE OR LESS • Galapagos to Quito.

• Quito to the Napo River. *Does not include International Airfare, Visa, Tips, Optional Anaconda • Napo River to Quito.

Ship Option & the Galapagos National Park fee.

• Airline taxes, fees and fuel surcharges • All transfers to and from hotels, airport and boats.

• Dr. S. Michael Wilcox throughout your time in Quito and Galapagos.

• Fun For Less Tours Staff

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JAPAN, VIETNAM & HONG KONG CHINA 19 day tour - April of 2021 with Dr. Michael Wilcox

Mt. Fuji in the spring with cherry blossoms - Japan 7

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JAPAN, VIETNAM & HONG KONG CHINA 19 day tour - April of 2021 with Dr. Michael Wilcox

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JAPAN, VIETNAM & HONG KONG CHINA 19 day tour - April of 2021 with Dr. Michael Wilcox

Halong Bay, Vietnam Six Stops in Vietnam and Six Stops in Japan with a touch of Hong Kong thrown in. For years we have had passengers ask if we ever offered a trip to Japan and the same goes for Vietnam. Our rep at Royal Caribbean alerted us to a unique cruise that starts in Singapore, visits Vietnam and ends in Japan. As we closely looked at the itinerary, the light bulb went on. We could fill everyone’s dream of Vietnam and Japan on the same cruise. It was simple. We will skip Singapore and board in Vietnam when the ship arrives. Visiting only Ho Chi Min is a good stop, but not the best that Vietnam has to offer. The very best of Vietnam is Hanoi, Halong Bay, De Nang, Hoi An followed by Ho Chi Min. To go all the way to Vietnam and miss the best parts is a crime. We figured out how to do it all. We are skipping Singapore, it can be visited off of our fantastic Thailand, Burma and Cambodia Tour. Instead of going to Singapore, we are going to start in Vietnam, hit the best places to visit and then meet the ship in Ho Chi Min when it arrives for its couple of stops in Vietnam. By the time the ship arrives you will have had an experience of a lifetime.

It is almost like this special cruise was designed specifically for us. It takes care of the parts of the world our normal tours leave off. Our tour of Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia and Bruma is right next door to Vietnam, but there just isn’t enough time to add an additional 5 days needed to truly experience Vietnam. The same can be said for Japan. It is right next door to our China tour, but again, there just isn’t enough time to add the additional 5 or 6 days need to experience Japan. This special cruise takes care of what we have been missing.

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We are going to start in Hanoi, a wonderful city, even better than Ho Chi Min. From there it is out to Halong Bay. Halong Bay is like the Lie River with its stunning limestone pillars and tiny islets topped by forests that rise from the emerald waters of the bay. Halong bay is a UNESCO World Heritage site with over 1,600 limestone pillars and islands. It is also dotted with hundreds of limestone caves. On a scale of one to ten, this is an 11.

Then we will be off to Da Nang. Da Nang is not the real draw, it is the ruins of My Son and the harbor town of Hoi An that are located nearby. My Son, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is a series of impressive tower temples, with Hindu spiritual origins, that were built during the 4th to 13th centuries. My Son was the religious and political capital of the Champa Kingdom. Hoi An is a harbor town. It is an exceptionally well preserved 15th to the 19th century trading port. We will visit both before flying to Ho Chi Min for a city tour before boarding our ship.

We do have a stopover in Hong Kong before reaching Japan. Our six stops in Japan include Okinawa with its Shurijo Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Hiroshima and that fateful day in 1945 is on display, along with Hiroshima Castle. Our next stop in Japan is Kobe, home of the world-famous Kobe beef – possibly the most expensive beef in the world. Kyoto (Osaka) is our next stop. Osaka is home to over 1,600 Buddhist temples, 400 Shinto shrines and 17 UNESCO World Heritage sites.

Our next stop is Shimizu, gateway to Mount Fuji. Our cruise ends in Tokyo where we had added a hotel night, making sure you have time to tour before heading home.

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AFRICA TRAIN TOUR

Experience 7 African Countries 19 day train tour - Summer of 2021 with Dr. Michael Wilcox

Victoria Falls, Zambia 13

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AFRICA TRAIN TOUR

Experience 7 African Countries 19 day train tour - Summer of 2021 with Dr. Michael Wilcox

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Twins or Queens Every cabin has its own private bath and shower.

Elephant Cabin Category

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Lounge Car

Restaurant Car

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AFRICA TRAIN TOUR

Experience 7 African Countries 19 day train tour - Summer of 2021 with Dr. Michael Wilcox

Table Mountain sunset

Experience 7 African Countries: Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mozambique, Swaziland and Lesotho.

In July of 2018 Carol and Jim Tyndall, owners of Fun For Less Tours, took a train from Johannasburg South Africa to Windhoek Namibia. They were investigating and redesigning the schedule of a train they had chartered for 2019 on the same route. This is a prime example of a tour that never made it to our mailers. The train was sold out by those that were on a “First to Know List” long before there was time to advertise it. The one thing they learned above everything else, the Africa train was much better and more luxurious than the one they had used for our Trans-Siberia Groups. Every cabin on the train had its own toilet and shower. The train also had two lounge cars where passengers could visit. They liked the Namibia itinerary, but not as much as they liked their South African Land Tour.

To us OUR China is the #1 Tour in the world. There is a tie for the second-best tour in the world – Thailand, Cambodia and Burma Tour is in a tie with our tour to Zambia, Victoria Falls, Swaziland, Lesotho and South Africa.

We loved the train so much, we have decided to do our next African Train into the part of Africa we love the most.

Our 2021 African Safari Train & Tour will visit 7 countries: Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Mozambique, Lesotho and South Africa. We have combined our chartered luxury train with our fantastic South Africa tour. We believe this NEW combination will move our Africa from a tie for second into the sole position of being the second best tour in the world.

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We plan to include in our special designed Train Tour Safari the following:

• Victoria Falls, the largest waterfall on earth. We will spend two nights in a hotel next to the falls. You can walk out the back gate directly to the Falls.

• Crossing of the Zambezi River into Botswana and a game safari in the Chobe National Park.

• Luxury Train Travel from Victoria Falls to Johannesburg South Africa.

• Hwange National Park game safari.

• Matobo National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Beautiful natural granit sculptures with intricate rock paintings thousands of years old. You will stop at the grave of Cecil Rhodes to take in the view. In the afternoon tour Zimbabwe’s second largest city, Bulawayo.

• Tour of the Great Zimbabwe. Ruins that reach above the forest trees, walls 36 feet high, built from thousands of interlocking granite blocks. This ancient city gave the modern Zimbabwe its name.

• Kapama Game Reserve, all of Africa’s Big Five live here. You may have a chance to pet a cheetah and rare African wild dogs at the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Center, where animals are prepared for their release into the wild.

• The legendary Drakensberg escarpment dropping over 3,000 feet to green planes. Exquisite natural beauty awaits at the Blyde River Canyon.

• Safari in Kruger National Park – we leave our train and overnight in the middle of Kruger Park in a Lodge. Two days of Safari in Kruger Park.

• Maputo and the shores of the Indian Ocean.

• A tour of the Kingdom of Swaziland.

• After leaving our train in Johannesburg we fly to Durbin.

• Lesotho. Another huge highlight as we travel from sea level by four-wheel drive through canyons that look like the Grand Canyon covered in moss to the tiny country of Lesotho at 11,000 feet.

• Fly to Cape Town at the bottom of Africa for tours and history.

We will be chartering the whole train. It is a luxury train with every cabin having its own bathroom, toilet and shower. The total number we can take is only 60. We don’t believe it will make it to our normal mailers after we contact those on the “First to Know List” If you have interest in this special unique tour – please add your names to our “First to Know List”.

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A ONCE IN A LIFETIME IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MARCO POLO

THE EXOTIC SILK ROAD TOUR 20 day September of 2021 - with Dr. Michael Wilcox

Registan Square - Samarkland

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Ancient Buildings on the Silk Road – Registan Square in Samarkand with over one BIL LION individual beautiful colored t iles.

Possibly, the most beautiful buildings we have seen anywhere in the world and that includes the Taj Mahal.

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Traveling the Silk Road - Central Asia

Central Asia (The Heart of the Silk Road)

The Silk Road brought riches to Central Asia, which was used to create some of the most beautiful buildings in the world. The best way to describe Central Asia’s architecture is Unique, Majestic and Breathtakingly Beautiful. In Samarkand alone there were billions upon billions of tiles used to create some of the most beautiful structures in the world - Page 21 & 22 is one example of work that dates back to the 1400’s. Central Asia’s Architecture is not only beautiful on the outside it is also unique and beautiful on the inside!!

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One of the BEST Tours in the World The quality of any tour is the number of highlight days. This tour is filled with highlight days. The most beautiful building in the world, with over one billion colorful mosaic tiles, is part of this tour. The tour is filled with hundreds of UNESCO World Heritage Site buildings, most covered in colorful mosaics and some even in gold leaf. There are even ancient walled cities still intact to experience. It is really one of the BEST tours in the whole world! It needs to be near the top of your bucket list!!!.

Why We Have the BEST Silk Road Tour There have been two ways to travel the silk road through Central Asia. By bus and by train. When we started working on this tour we talked to many that had traveled the Silk Road by bus, we wanted to know how much they liked their bus tour. They all said the same thing – They loved the sites but absolutely HATED the extremely long exhausting all day drives on bad roads to get from one place to another. The owners of Fun For Less Tours experienced the Silk Road by private train in 2015. They loved the train, it would travel by night from one place to another and then they would park the train during the day so you had time to see all the fantastic sites. The train not only had sleeping quarters, it had showers and bathrooms for the passengers. There was only one drawback to the train Jim and Carol went on – it left off too many fantastic areas to visit. They decided to charter the whole train and redesign the itinerary. At the time of the Silk Road the Emperors were in Xian. We are going to travel by highspeed train, private charter train, airplanes and a few buses (without long drives) from Xian China all the way to Europe. We are going to travel from Xian to Istanbul, gateway to Europe. Our nights will be spent in a combination of hotels and our private train. Our days will be spent visiting some of the most impressive ruins and cities in the world.

We are the only ones in the world that offers a private train tour that covers China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkey. With the exception of Turkmenistan and Iran, which we fly over, we travel all the way from Xian to Europe. We were the first to ever bring a private train into Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan – the only other way to visit all these countries in the past was by a vehicle that often involved many 10 hour drives in one day on bad roads. WE SEE IT ALL WITHOUT THE LONG DRIVES! Our Private Chartered train will hold 70 passengers. We will be around 2 buses of 35 on each bus for this special once in a lifetime tour and we do mean once in a lifetime! We plan to take this special tour in Mid-September 2021, a perfect time of year.

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THE EXOTIC SILK ROAD TOUR 20 Day September 28, 2018 - with Dr. Michael Wilcox

We Love the People Along the Silk Road One thing really stood out to us. Everyone is friendly in Central Asia. People were willing to let us take pictures of them or with them everywhere. Most would give us a hug and bless us after taking the pictures.

Some even tried to get us to come to their home for tea.

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WHY NOW IS THE TIME

It is critical you get your name on the "First to Know List" if you have interest in this special tour. We do not believe it will make it to our normal mailers. We were able to offer this special tour in 2017, 2018, 2019. 2017 & 2018 sold out without it ever being in our mailers. We had a three-year contract to charter the train then. For now, we have a contract to charter the private train for ONLY September of 2021. We may or may not get additional opportunities to charter the whole train again. You do not want to miss out on this special UNIQUE tour. Get your name on the “First to Know List� NOW!!!

CHARTERING THE WHOLE TRAIN GAVE US FANTASTIC PRICING

When the owners of Fun For Less Tours went on the Silk Road train in 2015 that visited only 3 countries, there were 16 passengers from the USA on the same train. They knew we were preparing for a group in 2017. They also knew we were going to add the Silk Road in China and most likely visit additional countries that were not included on our 2015 train trip. They asked what we might be charging our group when we put it all together. There was no way to be accurate, but we could give an estimate as we knew what our costs would be in China and had some estimated pricing for the train. We took our train cost estimate, added extra for additional countries, added China, added our best guess on airfare in China and then gave them our best guess price. Their program was a 14-day tour, we estimated our future program to be a 20-day tour. They were shocked, at our estimated pricing! For the same cabin category, without China, educator and additional countries we planned to include, they had paid almost $3,000 more per person than we estimated we would charge our passengers for everything. We not only have the best tour of the Silk Road, we have the best pricing! Chartering the whole train created huge savings! We have the best price possible!

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Scenic views, Banff National Park Alberta Canada

This trip is so phenomenal that it deserved to be in its own brochure. This whole mailer is entirely dedicated to one special tour – The Majestic Canadian Rockies. The train travels 2 full days during daylight hours from Vancouver to Banff in the Rocky Mountains. The rest of the tour is by bus staying in luxurious 5-star hotels. The Rocky Mountaineer Train, delivers “The Best Train Trip in the World”. They offer two classes of service on the train. Both services are great!!!

The SilverLeaf Service Car (Business Class) has one single level: It has gigantic windows and business class seating, but does not have an all glass domed roof. Your 5-star restaurant meals will be served at your seat. You do not have a vestibule where you can go outside. Those traveling in SilverLeaf Service stay in 3 & 4 Star Hotels. We reserved a full train car of SilverLeaf Service.

The GoldLeaf Service Car (First Class) has two levels: The bottom level holds a 5-star

restaurant where guests in GoldLeaf Service will eat their breakfasts and lunches on the two travel days. It also has an outside vestibule where you can go outside (look at the end of last car in the picture above, you can see the vestibule). The upper level, in the first class seating area, has a completely domed glass roof. See picture on page 14. Those traveling in GoldLeaf Service stay in 5-star luxury hotels throughout the tour. We have booked a full train car of GoldLeaf Service.

Very Important Information: We simply wanted everyone including the SilverLeaf passengers to stay with our GoldLeaf passengers in the 5-star Luxury Hotels. It took some doing, but we finally made it happen. The only difference between Gold and Silver, is the class of service traveling from Vancouver to Banff. At the end of the two days, on the train, both groups will join together. The SilverLeaf group has been upgraded to the same hotels that the GoldLeaf group stays in.

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MAJESTIC CANADIAN ROCKIES 19 day train tour - August of 2021 with Dr. Michael Wilcox

The Majestic Canadian Rockies by Train Voted 7 years in a row “The BEST Train Trip in the World”

After arranging the BEST train, we had to arrange getting all of the hotels to be the same for both Silver and Gold. They needed to all be in the GoldLeaf 5-star Luxury Hotels. The train was the easy part. Getting both groups into the Four Seasons in Vancouver, the Oak Bay Beach Resort in Victoria AND the famous Fairmont Hotels was the hard part. We would request a tour date and some of the hotels would work, but not all the hotels. It took us over 6 months of date changes and requests, but finally we found a date and great pricing that would work with the train and be able to reserve all of the hotels we wanted. An added bonus was to have it all work at a perfect time of year. We are not sure if we will ever be able to accomplish this again!

Take a look at some of the hotels you will be staying in: • The World Famous – 5 star Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel. Located in the heart of Banff National Park. The Banff Springs Hotel stands as a landmark in the picturesque alpine town of Banff, Canada’s “Castle” in the Rockies. It has been providing legendary hospitality to guests for more than 125 years. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• The World Famous – 5 star Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise Hotel. It is surrounded by soaring mountain peaks, the majestic Victoria Glacier and a glistening emerald lake. The iconic Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise Hotel is located in Alberta’s Banff National Park. It was built over 100 years ago and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• The World Famous – 5 star Fairmont Chateau Whistler Hotel. Nestled at the base of Blackcomb Mountain is Whistler’s landmark hotel and golf. Combining classic elegance and a modern alpine setting.

• The 5 star Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver. The Four Seasons hotel chain is one of the top hotel chains in the world. The Four Seasons Hotel’s exceeds the standards used to rate 5-star luxury hotels.

• The 5 star Oak Bay Beach Resort Victoria, B.C. on Vancouver Island. Winner of several “Travelers Choice Awards” for 2015 - Luxury Hotels in Canada #4 - Top Hotels in Canada #9 – Romantic Hotels in Canada #20, every bedroom has a fireplace!

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Oak Bay Beach Hotel

Luxury oceanfront accommodations offer the perfect combination of classic Manor Houseinspired architecture and modern in-suite amenities. Oak Bay Marina - Victoria, B.C.

The Grand Lobby

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Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise

Surrounded by soaring mountain peaks, the majestic Victoria Glacier and a glistening emerald lake, the iconic Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise hotel is located in Alberta’s Banff National Park.

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Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel “Castle in the Rockies”

Located in the heart of Banff National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the world famous Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel stands as a landmark in the picturesque alpine town of Banff, Alberta.

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Rocky Mountaineer’s “Grand Rail Circle Program” Jasper

Quesnel

Columbia Icefield Whistler

Lake Louise Banff

Kamloops

Vancouver

First Passage to the West Motorcoach Rainforest to Gold Rush

In comparison - the “Rocky Mountain Grand Rail Circle" program it is an 11 day tour that includes rail, hotels and tours. Our program is a 15 day tour that also includes rail, hotels and tours. We plan to do a 15 day tour that follows the map above, only we have improved the program.

Rocky Mountain Grand Circle and Fun For Less Tours program will be the same in the following: • Both will stay in the Four Seasons Hotel in Vancouver.

• Both will take the full day train ride to Kamloops, where both will stay in a hotel in Kamloops. Both will continue on the next day for a full day train ride to Banff.

• Both include 2 nights hotel in Banff and one night hotel in Lake Louise.

• Both include the tours in the Banff and Lake Louise areas, as well as the tour of the Columbia Icefields on the way to Jasper.

Below are the really big differences and additions we plan to make, that will improve the tour.

• Some of their train's Gold passengers and none of the Silver, stay in the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel, the “Castle in the Rockies”. All of our passengers in Gold and Silver will stay in the Banff Springs Hotel. Some of their train's Gold passengers and none of the Silver, stay in the Fairmont Chateau on Lake Louise. All of our passengers in Gold and Silver will stay in the Fairmont Chateau on Lake Louise.

• Their passengers arrive late into Jasper, stay the night in a hotel, then leave early by train to Quesnel. They arrive late again, overnight in a hotel and then leave early for Whistler. It is repeated again, late arrival and then early departure from Whistler to Vancouver. It is so expensive to leave the train parked, they do not leave any time for touring – a massive mistake!

Here is our program: • Driving from Jasper to Quesnel and on to Whistler is by bus, giving us time to stop and enjoy the beautiful scenery and take pictures.

• Our two nights in Jasper allows us a full day to tour and explore Jasper.

• Our two nights in Quesnel, gives us a great highlight missed by the train – Bakerville near Quesnel is a restored gold mine town. It is a touch of Disney as they have recreated this old gold mine town.

• Two nights in Whistler gives us a full day to enjoy tram rides, shop and explore Whistler.

• We have added two nights in a 5 star luxury hotel in Victoria on Vancouver Island. It includes all the ferrys and tours, including the famous Butchart Gardens. We have also included driving through the beautiful Olympic Peninsula from Port Angeles to Seattle.

• All of these are additions to the train's "Rocky Mountain Grand Rail Circle" program with fantastic pricing. We are close to $1,000 less than their 11 day program and we are a 15 day program with so much more to offer.

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Lake Moraine in Banff National Park - Valley of the Ten Peaks, Alberta, Canada

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Take in the scenery through large tall windows.

GoldLeaf Car

Unparalleled panoramic views through your all glass domed roof.

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Our Program Package Price (using SilverLeaf Train Car): · Rocky Mountaineer Train Vancouver to Banff in our chartered SilverLeaf Train Car. The GoldLeaf and SilverLeaf are together, in the same 5-star hotels and doing the same tours throughout the trip. The only difference is the class of service on the train and GoldLeaf passengers pay for upgraded rooms in the Oak BayBeach Resort in Victoria. The SilverLeaf Train includes: · Single Level rail car with large windows (but not a domed glass roof ). · Hot gourmet meals served at your seat. · First class hotels in Kamloops. · Transfers and luggage handling in Kamloops. · The following is also included in the package price: · 2 nights 5 Star Luxury Oak Bay Beach Resort Hotel Victoria – standard room with city view. · Puget Sound and driving up the Olympic Peninsula, WA. · Ferry transfer Port Angeles, WA to Victoria, Vancouver Island. · 2 days of touring Vancouver Island. · Tours include Victoria and Butchart Gardens. · 2 nights luxury Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver. · Transfer to Rocky Mountaineer Train. · 2 nights luxury Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel. · All tours in Banff Springs, Lake Louise, Ice Fields, Jasper & Whistler. · 1-night luxury Fairmont Château Lake Louise Hotel. · 3 nights first class hotel (IN TOWN) Jasper. · Bus from Jasper to Quesnel. · 1-night deluxe hotel Quesnel. · Bus from Quesnel to Whistler.

Butchart Gardens - Victoria, Vancouver Island · 2 nights luxury Fairmont Château Whistler Hotel. · All train, hotel and tour taxes. · Bus from Whistler to Vancouver airport. · Dr. S. Michael Wilcox as guest educator. · Fun For Less Tours Staff throughout. · Whisper perfect headset receivers – you hear everything, even when you step away to take that important picture.

Prices have not been negotiated yet. Our best guess is $7,000 more or less.

The optional GoldLeaf package below is also unknown at this time.

Package includes:

· Rocky Mountaineer Train in our GoldLeaf Chartered Train Car. · Two Level Train Car. · Top Level includes the best viewing possible with a completely domed glass roof. · Bottom Level includes a luxury restaurant where you will dine. · Bottom Level also has a vestibule or balcony area where you can go outside for better picture taking and fresh air. · Price includes upgrading your hotel room at the Oak Bay Beach Resort Hotel Victoria. Your room will either be a standard Room facing the ocean or a Boutique Suite with a city view.

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ULTIMATE RUSSIA VOLGA RIVER & SIBERIA

with Mongolia, Moscow and St. Petersburg

19 day cruise/tour - June of 2021 with Dr. Michael Wilcox

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ULTIMATE RUSSIA VOLGA RIVER & SIBERIA

with Mongolia, Moscow and St. Petersburg

19 day cruise/tour - June of 2021 with Dr. Michael Wilcox

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VOLGA RIVER & SIBERIA RUSSIA with Mongolia, Moscow and St. Petersburg 19 day cruise/tour - June of 2021 with Dr. Michael Wilcox

Railway on Lake Baikal, Russia

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ULTIMATE RUSSIA VOLGA RIVER & SIBERIA

with Mongolia, Moscow and St. Petersburg 19 day cruise/tour - June of 2021 with Dr. Michael Wilcox

Russia. Kizhi on a background of the storm sky A few years ago, we took two groups from Beijing to Moscow by private train. There were parts that were a home run and then there were parts that struck out. The one thing that was accomplished was the bragging rights to say you traveled by train Beijing to Moscow.

We have given this trip a lot of thought, how can we bring the wonderful and skip the not so wonderful. We loved Mongolia and we loved Siberia and Moscow. The 4 days by train from Siberia to Moscow, from our point of view, was a waste of time.

We may have not been everywhere in Russia, but we have seen a good share of it. We all sat down and made a list of what we considered to be the BEST of Russia. The list included the cities Moscow & St. Petersburg and it included Siberia with Irkutsk, Ulan Ude and the Believers Village. It also included the Volga River Cruise and its many unique villages. Than the thought came to us, why not create the Ultimate Russia Tour. Let’s include it all: Siberia, Irkutsk, Ulan Ude, Believers Village, St. Petersburg, Moscow and the huge highlight of the Volga River while we are on the way to Siberia, why not include Mongolia. We will just fly in and out of Siberia, rather than traveling on a slow rickety train. NOW THE WHOLE TOUR & CURISE IS A HOMERUN!!!

Please believe us on this one – this really is the best trip you could ever take to Russia and during the BEST time of year. Our tour and cruise will start around mid-June 2021. June 20th in 2021 is the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year. Our plans are to be Russia to fully enjoy the longest day of the year, where the sun never sets. Here is a small taste of what you will see and experience on this special designed tour and cruise.

Ulan Bartor in Mongolia. We plan to stay outside of town in one of the most beautiful box canyons you will ever see on this earth. We will be overnighting in real Mongolian Yurts.

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Believers Village in Siberia: Thrown out of main Russia into Siberia, because they would not accept changes in the way the Russian Orthodox religion practiced their religion. The village in the middle of Siberia is 500 plus years old.

Beautiful Lake Baikal Siberia: Considered the oldest, largest and deepest Lake in the world. You will enjoy a boat ride on this beautiful lake.

Irkutsk Siberia: One of our favorite cities in Russia. Many Russians were sent into exile in Irkutsk for their part in the Decembrist Revolt of 1825. The city became an exile-post for the rest of the Century. Those in exile built such a beautiful city, it became nicknamed the “The Paris of Siberia”.

Moscow: We plan to again stay in the Ritz Carlton Hotel right across the street from Red Square. Many of the things we see and do are not included on other companies’ tours.

St. Petersburg: One of the great cities in the world. Museums, palaces, canals, grand churches and more make this one of the best places to visit in the world.

The Volga River: We plan to charter what is considered the best 5-star ship on the Volga River, even beating out Viking. Our ship is a fantastic boutique ship that holds under 100 passengers, all in luxury with the best food. We have also been able to design our own shore excursions. This really is a huge highlight cruise!

We really will be creating the BEST Ultimate Cruise and Tour of Russia that will include the Volga River, Moscow, St. Petersburg and Siberia.

We threw in Mongolia as an added bonus. We are expecting this will sell out before it is ever able to reach our Mailer. Make sure you put your name on the "First to Know List" if this is a trip you would want. It really is a tour and cruise that should not be missed.

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