Go West Tours

22 10 nights Points of interest • Houston •Johnson SpaceCenter • Atchafala Bayou • Lafayette • Saint Martinville •MorganCity • Thibodaux • NewOrleans • Saint Louis Cathedral • JungleGardens n • Baton Roug e • Saint Franciscville Memphis • THe rural LifeMuseum • Vicksburg National Military Park •Graceland • Country Hall of Fame • Nashville • Atlanta Houston - Atlanta Day 1 : Houston - arrival Arrival in Houston. Meet your Tour director at the hotel. Dinner on your own. Overnight. Day 2 : Houston - Lafayette (350 km/219 miles - 3h20) - Orientation tour of Houston , which holds special interest due to its innovative architecture. Then visit the official NASA facilities at the Johnson Space Center , home of the astronauts and many space artifacts. Here it is possible to see a real spacecraft, touch a piece of moon rock, walk though the Skylab space station in the Starship Gallery or see a space shuttle mock-up. Lunch on your own during the visit. Then leave for Lafayette. Optional boat ride on the Atchafalaya bayou . Typical Cajun dinner (incl.) with regional specialties and hoedown (country dance) in a leisurely setting. After several steps on the dance floor, you will “let the good times roll”. Overnight in Lafayette . Day 3 : Lafayette - New Orleans (290 km/181 miles - 3h30) - Morning tour of the city, in particular the cathedral and the Evangeline Oak, immortalized by the poet Longfellow. Leave for Saint Martinville . This city, nicknamed “Little Paris” in the 19th century, is a rare example of a very European village configuration. You will be told the story of the Evangeline. Lunch on your own. Then continue to Avery Island. Tour of the Tabasco plant followed by a visit of the exotic Jungle Gardens as well as Bird City on this island near the Gulf of Mexico. Drive through Morgan City , the world’s shrimp capital. Afternoon drive through the Terrebonne swamps. Boat trip in the nearby swamps, the legendary Louisiana bayous, where you just might meet a few alligators. Then go on to Thibodaux where the countryside shifts to prairies and fields of sugar cane. Continue to New Orleans . Dinner (half board) and overnight in New Orleans. Day 4: New Orleans - Start off the day with a walking tour. You’ll enjoy this stroll in the Vieux Carré part of town where you’ll see the French Market, Saint Louis Cathedral and the Cabildo, a remarkable Spanish building dating from the 18th century. Lunch on your own. ppi with live jazz aboard the authentic Natchez steamboat. * English speaking escorted tours with guaranteed departures