INA, Ill. – Find out more about trips to Costa Rica and the New England islands through Collette Vacations during an informational meeting next week at Rend Lake College.
Those interested in attending one of the two Collette Vacations in 2016 are invited to an informational meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, in the Historic Schoolhouse on the Rend Lake College Ina campus. The meeting will discuss the two trips, as well as cover details about early booking and discounts.
The first trip to Tropical Costa Rica is scheduled for February 1-9, 2016. On this trip, students will spend the first two days in the capital city of San Jos visiting the INBioparque, a natural park and research station. There, attendees will experience up-close views of many different animals and insects, including a butterfly garden.
Next comes a taste of the outdoors with a visit to the Poás Volcano, a boat tour of Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge, and the La Fortuna Waterfall. Attendees will then travel to Monteverde and experience the Santa Elena Cloud Forest via a canopy tour. The trip will spend the last few days on the central Pacific coast at Tamarindo Beach and visiting a coffee plantation.
The Tropical Costa Rica tour costs $2,699 per person if registering as doubles. The tour includes 14 meals (eight breakfasts, one lunch, and five dinners) and round trip air from Lambert Airport in St. Louis. An optional three-day extension trip costs $449 per person and includes eight meals (three breakfasts, three lunches, and two dinners).
The second trip, to the Islands of New England, is scheduled for June 17-24, 2016, and begins in Providence, R.I. In the first three days, attendees will tour some of New England’s historic and charming cities, including Newport, R.I.; Boston; and Cape Cod, Mass. Along the way, see the Marble House in Newport, visit the legendary Plymouth Rock, and board a reproduction of the Mayflower ship at Cape Cod.
Days five and six will include a ferry trip to the island of Martha’s Vineyard and a stop in Hyannisport to visit the Kennedy compound and a Kennedy Memorial. The remaining days will include stops in Nantucket and Provincetown, Mass., and a whale-watching cruise on Cape Cod Bay.
The Islands of New England tour costs $2,629 per person if registering as doubles. The tour includes 11 meals (seven breakfasts, one lunch, and three dinners) and round-trip air from Lambert Airport in St. Louis.
For more information, contact RLC’s Community and Corporate Education Division at 618-437-5321, Ext. 1714 or 1380, or at commcorped@rlc.edu.
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