The Ultimate Experience: Great Lakes Fly Drive

Maggi Smit • 3 January 2018

Price includes flights, car hire and accommodation

This 16 day tour starts in Chigago where you can discover the Windy City with its Chicago-style pizza and many famous Chicago Blues and Jazz clubs, shopping the "Magnificent Mile" of Michigan Avenue and walking along the Lakefront of Lake Michigan. Take in one of the best views of the city from the top of the Sears Tower Skydeck.


Continue your travels across Wisconsin towards the twin cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota or “Shop ‘til you drop” at the famous Mall of America in Bloomington. With 520 stores, 50 Restaurants and Nickelodeon Universe with over 30 rides, there will be no shortage of activities.


Travel to Grand Rapids, Minnesota through the “Land of 10,000 Lakes”. This birthplace of Judy Garland is rich with the dual heritage of iron mining and logging.


Journey deep into the Apostle Island National Lakeshore, a magnificent natural wilderness region. Take a cruise among the islands of Lake Superior and why not take the ferry to spend the day on Mackinac Island, a timeless resort island of the 19th century where no motor vehicles are allowed.


In contrast then on to Detroit, home of Motown and Motor City, USA and make your way to the ‘New American City’, Cleveland, and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. In the evening enjoy one of the many restaurants located in the riverside Flats.


Discover the cultural city of Pittsburgh, visit the Carnegie Museum of Art and Natural History, and the Warhol Museum. In the evening indulge in the cultural district’s many theatres.


Travel along the Seaway Trail, stopping at the various wineries and watch the world famous sunset over Presque Isle. Then on in to Indiana, the ‘Hoosier State’, to visit the Northern Indiana Amish Community. Then continue to South Bend, home of Notre Dame University and home to one of America’s great industrial legacies, the Studebaker Corporation.


As you can see this tour encapsulates so much about this wonderful region and it will live with you for a very long time.


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