Little Rock and Hot Springs

Join us as we head south during peak fall foliage season!

Duration

October 25th-28th, 2022

Tour Includes

• Round trip Luxury Motorcoach transportation
• Stay in the heart of both Little Rock and Hot Springs– not out by the airport!
• Lunch at Moss Mountain – P. Allen Smith’s Garden
• Dinner in the private home – Marlsgate Plantation
• Dinner Show at the Bathhouse Theatre
• City Tour of Hot Springs
• 6 Meals: (3 breakfasts, 1 lunches and 2 dinners)
• Baggage handling at the hotels
• 2 Professional Tour Directors with you from start to finish
• All gratuities including local guides, drivers, and directors

Itinerary

• Tuesday, October 25th

Depart early from St. Louis as we head south during peak fall foliage season. We should see trees turning colors as we traverse towards our destination, Hot Springs, Arkansas. Our overnight will be in the heart of Hot Springs for two nights at The Waters Hotel. Relax after check in and take a walk alongside the Hot Springs National Park and explore the city on your own. Why not enjoy a cocktail and dinner in a local dining venue?

• Wednesday, October 26th

After breakfast at the hotel we meet up with the National Park Ranger for Hot Springs National Park Tour. Enjoy breathtaking views of the Ouachita Mountains, America’s only East to West mountain range. Back in town we will visit the Fordyce Bath House and learn what all the rage in health and science was about concerning the areas natural hot mineral springs. Health enthusiasts were not the only visitor’s to Hot Springs, so was Al Capone. Many underground casinos operated rather openly in this Arkansas town. Hear the stories of what it was like to visit here in the 20s and 30s. Enjoy lunch on your own this afternoon and make your way to a bath house for the real experience or just enjoy downtown. Tonight we head to the Bathhouse Theatre Dinner Show for one of a kind entertainment! (B,D)

• Thursday, October 27th

After breakfast, we depart our hotel for Chris Olsen's Private Home and Garden, Edgemont. We will enjoy a tour, program and then lunch with landscape designer Chris and enjoy this intimate experience. Then head to Chris' store, Botanica Gardens, for a green shopping experience. We then head into downtown Little Rock for a tour of Heifer International headquarters. In 1944, Dan West began outlining a simple but groundbreaking plan to tackle hunger around the world. West, a farmer from the Midwest and Church of the Brethren member, had recently returned from feeding weary refugees during volunteer service in the Spanish Civil War. He’d seen firsthand that giving people food was a short-term solution, whereas providing them with animals offered a steady supply of nutritious food for an entire family. His philosophy still inspires Heifer’s work today, and when the animal has offspring, it is passed along to another family in need. We will check into our downtown Hampton Inn before heading out to Marlsgate Plantation. One of the last remaining plantation homes in Arkansas, it is full of amazing antiques and collectibles, only outshone by the food! After dinner, we return to the hotel. (B,L,D)

• Friday, October 28th

After breakfast this morning we visit the William J. Clinton Presidential Museum & Library, just up the street from our hotel. A volunteer guide will greet us and take you through the highlights. If you wish to explore on your own, you are welcome to do that. And if you have already visited the museum, there is plenty to walk around and see in downtown Little Rock. The choice is yours and it’s all aboard at lunch time to depart for home. (B)

Please Note

• Once this tour fills, a wait list will be formed.
• Balance on tour is due August 15th, 2022 and no refunds will be given after that time except via Travel Insured Insurance.
• If you purchase Travel Protection and need to cancel after Aug 15, 2022, you must file a claim. If you attempt to book after this date, the package may be sold out. You may join the waitlist.