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If you like adventure you will want to explore the fun packages for train rides that are available. There are several rides you can take through majestic landscape areas such as the Smokey Mountain train ride packages. The Highbrow hobo package includes a ride through the Nantahala Gorge and an overnight at a quaint bed and breakfast. You can also choose the mystery dinner train ride that includes a murder mystery to solve as well as a 3 course meal.

The Polar Express ride takes you and your family on an entertaining and charming Christmas ride through the Great Smokey Mountains. If you like outdoor adventure you can choose the raft and rail trip that gives you two full days of adventure aboard the train as well as time spent rafting on the rapids. If you prefer sightseeing on a vacation, you can choose the road to Rushmore train vacation package. You get to explore Sitting Bull Cave as well as visit a reptile garden and see baby bears in bear country. The price for this great get away train ride for 2 adults and 2 children under 12 is only $587.

There are several different types of train ride packages available that can take you and your family for a one or two night ride through the national parks and forest areas of the country. There are trips to resorts and spas as well as packages designed around the winter season with skiing and snowmobiling available. There are also many train vacation packages that can take you up through the country of Canada if you are looking for different areas to explore.

Some of the fun packages for train rides also include rides on the Agawa Canyon train. You can choose regular train packages or dome car package rides. The packages include trips through Agawa canyon as well as stops at area casinos and museums. The line also has winter rides available that offers snowmobiling in the area of Sault Ste. Marie. The best part of choosing a fun package train vacation is the variety of sights you get to experience along the way.

As your train leaves the station in Anchorage, you will start to understand that your Alaska by Rail train vacation package is your ticket to adventure.

You will trail through some of the roughest, most primitive country the world can throw at you, moving slowly enough to take in the vast panorama that is the interior of the Last Frontier. You will get a first-hand taste of a lifestyle and mindset completely different from your own. Is not that what a vacation is all about?

On the way to Seward, your first stop, you will see glaciers as you climb through the Kenai Mountains, and experience fjords like those in Norway as you steam along the Cook Inlet. Seward itself is full of things to see and do, like going to the Alaska SeaLife Center, dog sledding, or seeing a glacier up close and personal.

Seward being the southern terminus of your tour, you return to Anchorage through Kenai Fjords National Park, taking in the bounty of the flora and fauna of the Alaska rain forest. As this tour is offered during Alaska’s summer, when you get into Anchorage late (after 10 p.m.), the sun will just be setting.

From Anchorage, you enter the wilds of the Alaska interior. The next stop is Talkeetna, the gateway to Denali National Park. From Talkeetna, you will go back in time to experience the wild lifestyle of the area at the turn of the 20th century, when fur-trapping was the only reason for being in the area. After staying overnight, you travel to Denali. Optional excursions include flight-seeing, river rafting, and exploration hikes.

Following a bus tour of Denali, the train will take you to Fairbanks, the northern limit of the train tour. Where Anchorage has a cosmopolitan vibe, Fairbanks is all business. The frontier spirit permeates everything you see and do. You can experience first-hand the mystique of the Alaska bush pilot, see how the Native Alaskans lived before the coming of the white man, and cruise down the Yukon River on a sternwheeler, like gold prospectors did a century ago.

The Alaska By Rail is a fun train vacation, but it is not fun like a theme park. It is not about amusement; it is about being blown away by the majestic Great Land that is Alaska. It is about families reconnecting in a world that seeks to rip them apart. It is about regaining a simple, sane perspective on life. That is what this train vacation package is all about.

A Rocky Mountain Train vacation is a vacation full of breath-taking views, some of which can only be seen by train. Packages are available that include meals and accommodations. Some trips are day trips and others can be as long as 9 days.

The Rocky Mountaineer specializes in train vacations to the Rocky Mountains. They have been in business for over 20 years and they offer over twenty packages taking four different routes. Most vacation packages begin in April and end in October. There will still be some snow to see as well as vibrant fall and spring colors but the worst of the winter weather is avoided. A 2 day, 1night package starts as low as $609 per person and includes meals, snacks and accommodations. Dinner is not all included and accommodations are not on the train.

AffordableTours.com is a travel agency that offers 11 day Rocky Mountain train vacations for as little as $1,799. They also offer 10% for kids under 18 and 25% off the second vacation package booked with them. This package is called the Canadian Train Odyssey 2010.

Canadian Railway Journeys can be booked at www.railsnw.com. They offer luxury tours of the Rocky Mountains starting at $8,000 per person for 6 days and 5 nights of experience never to forget. Three nights are spent in the train’s perfectly restored vintage sleeper trains and 2 nights are at luxury hotels. Chauffeuring, guided tours and personal exploration are enhanced by exquisite meals.

Canada has some inaccessible terrain that is only reached by rail. The trains that go through these areas are designed to give travelers the best possible unobstructed views. They are luxuriously furnished for a comfortable ride and climate controlled to maintain the perfect temperature no matter what the weather is like.

With some packages, passengers do not have access to their luggage even if there is an overnight accommodation included in the package. So be sure to read the fine print and have an overnight bag with clothes, toiletries and medications. In addition, even though Canada is our close neighbor it is a separate country and it will be necessary to obtain the appropriate travel documents and currency.

Train packages are available one way to have some individual exploring time. There are also fly-fishing packages that will stop at pristine lakes and includes fly-fishing instructors.

When taking a Rocky Mountain train vacation is sure to bring a camera and binoculars. Not all only are there incredible views but there is also abundant wild life. A Rocky Mountain Train vacation gets you up close to Canada’s wild beauty without getting too personal with the wildlife and terrain.

Maybe you remember as a child traveling by train. It was wonderful. You could sit by the window and look out, seeing parts of this country you had never seen by car. One of you favorite trips was out West, across the Great Plains where you saw the fields watered automatically by long, long arms that rotated around a center. Because of the way the fields were watered, they showed green in circles, something that surprised your child eyes. Going up into the Rocky Mountains, across bridges and through game preserves, seeing the forests and the Indian reservations is something you will never forget.

Now you have the opportunity again to travel by train. There are a number of train vacation packages available to you.

One of the most popular packages is a twelve day trip to and through the Canadian Rockies. Beginning at Seattle, a tour of the city including the Space Needle gets your trip off to an interesting start. This tour goes through the Cascade Mountains to Leavenworth, then on through the largest fruit and wine producing area of Canada. Of course tasting the perfect fruits and scrumptious wines is part of this tour. Glacier National Park is a stop you will remember forever. Standing in a glacier in your shorts with lovely alpine flowers blooming in the nearby meadow is a sensation like none other. The other national parks of Canada are equally marvelous. Traveling through the Rockies by train offers spectacular views at almost every turn. This particular tour for two is $3259.

A four-day train trip from Boston to New York features a carriage ride through Central Park, a tour of the City including the upper west side, Little Italy, Chinatown, specialty foods and candies from divers places, a Broadway show and a tour of the NBC studio. This memorable package for two costs $1199.

Traveling from Chicago to the Southwest on Amtrak you will have a choice of a comfy reclining seat with leg rest or an upgrade to a private room. You will have access to the Sightseer Lounge with its glass walls. This tour will take you through snow-capped mountains and through Arizona and New Mexico. Touring the Grand Canyon by train will be one of the most memorable of your stops along the way. You will have an entire day to explore the Grand Canyon, and then it is on to Hollywood where you will have the opportunity to see Universal Studios, Warner Brothers Studios and Disneyland! The tour from Chicago to the Grand Canyon to Hollywood will cost $809 a person.

New England in autumn offers a plethora of colors as the trees lose their chlorophyll and show off the underlying colors from golds to yellows to oranges to reds and even some purples. If you have ever driven through those New England Mountains, the ease of travel of a train will especially thrill you while you get to see the lovely autumnal sights. A ten day tour will cost you $3099 for double occupancy.

No matter where you want to go in the Continental United States or Canada, there is a train tour available at a reasonable price for you. Enjoy your vacation without rushing from here to there and without the strain of driving yourself. A comfortable, leisurely train ride is waiting for you.