Western Wonder Experience Title

A 7-Day West Coast Tour by Private Plane: Western USA Tours Package

Western Wonder Experience

The Western Wonder Experience goes above and beyond the typical western tour.

Discover the natural Wonders of the West during a breathtaking west coast trip the entire family will enjoy. Otherwise known as the Western Wonder Experience. Our 7-Day West Coast Tour Package departs from Los Angeles, California by private plane and includes U.S. West Coast destinations: Monterey, San Francisco, Sonoma, Yosemite, Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon. We keep it simple by including hotels, attractions, meals, luggage service and gratuities in our comprehensive tour packages. Watch whales, taste fine wines and take photographs that will last a lifetime. Read on for more information about our west coast tours by private plane.

Experience: 

West Coast Trip Highlights

  • Whale Watching Tour
    Embark on a whale watching tour boat for 3 hours of pure whale fun and education. Have your camera ready because once you are out of the bay, the whales will be posing especially for you. An exciting and memorable West Coast Tour experience for the entire family.
  • Wine Tasting
    Summon your inner Sommelier on a tour of Samuele Sebastiani's Vineyards & Winery. With over a century of wine-making experience and an 80-foot tasting room bar, you'll thoroughly enjoy sampling the best premium wines from Sonoma County in California.
  • Visit the Grand Canyon
    At 277 miles long, 18 miles wide and more than a mile deep, this powerful and inspiring Western tour overwhelms through its immense size, unique geologic color combinations and erosional forms. You'll spend your time there taking one-of-a-kind photographs and repeating the word "wow" over and over again.
  • Las Vegas
    Visit Vegas and live up to its tagline, "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" in a big way. This internationally renowned resort city is famous for bright lights, gambling, shopping, shows and fine dining. A West Coast trip you won't soon forget...you can bet on it!

WHATS INCLUDED

* Included in the Comprehensive Package only

All internal AirCruise private flights included.

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Day 1:  Monterey, Carmel
Monterey and Carmel by the Sea

6:00 Check In at Mauiva Meeting Point
Start your West Coast trip from the Los Angeles Mauiva Meeting Point.

6:40 Roll Out
Depart via coach bus to Airport

7:30 Wheels Up (Est. Time: 45 min)
Depart via private plane to Monterey

Breakfast
Served on the plane

17-Mile Drive (Est. Time: 1 hr, 30 min)
California Highway 1 is one of the great scenic drives in the country and one of the best places to visit in California. It runs dramatically along a narrow, winding route carved out of the cliffs. Below are rocky coves and crashing waves; inland are steep mountains, canyons and dense forests. Travel along the California coast and experience Oceanside sightseeing.

Point Lobos (Est. Time: 1 hr, 20 min)
Deriving its name from the offshore rocks at Punta de los Lobos Marinos, Point of the Sea Wolves, where the sound of the sea lions carries inland, the Reserve has often been called “the crown jewel of the State Park System.”

Monterey at Fisherman’s Wharf (Est. Time: 45 min)
Fisherman’s Wharf has seen bales of Chinese silks and barrels of Spanish wine, whaling ships, Navy cutters, and fishing boats by the score. Fisherman’s Wharf, in its various incarnations, has been the focus of Monterey’s economic life for centuries.

Whale Watch Cruise (Est. Time: 3 hrs)
Killer Whales appear year-round in Monterey Bay although on an unpredictable basis. We can encounter Grey Whales, Humpback Whales and more.

*(Seasonal and/or Weather Permitting)

Lunch (Est. Time: 1 hr )
At Fisherman’s Wharf

Carmel-by-the-Sea (Est. Time: 1 hr)
Carmel shopping is metropolitan style in a unique setting. Even the most discriminating shopper is sure to find something in one of the town’s stone-paved alleyways or curlicue-roofed shops.

Check in to Hotel and Relax

18:30 Dinner
Casual Attire

Overnight in Monterey

Day 2:  San Francisco
Monterey and Carmel by the Sea

7:30 Breakfast
at hotel. Luggage pick-up from your room

8:15 Roll Out
Depart via coach bus to Monterey Airport

9:00 Wheels Up (Est. Time: 35 min)
Depart via private plane

San Francisco City Sightseeing Tours (Est. Time: 2 hrs)
Learn about the unique history from the early settlers to hippies to dot com booms. See the dramatic curves of Lombard Street that make this area one of
San Francisco’s most photographed sites.

Lunch at Leisure (Est. Time: 1 hr)
in Fisherman’s Wharf. Like cable cars and the Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman’s Wharf is quintessential San Francisco. It’s often the first destination for western tourists, and its particular brand of energy mixes newcomer excitement with retail kitsch, a strong maritime heritage and a vibrant West Coast trip welcome.

Alcatraz Cruise (Est. Time: 3 hrs)
During its 34 years as a prison, most of its inmates were simply high-risk escapees and troublemakers. Still, the prison plays strongly in national memory thanks to infamous residents like Al “Scarface”Capone and Robert “Birdman” Stroud.

Check in to Hotel and Relax

18:30 Dinner
Casual attire

Overnight in San Francisco

Day 3:  San Francisco, Sausalito, Muir Woods, Sonoma
San Francisco

7:00 Breakfast
At hotel

8:00 Roll Out
Depart via coach bus to Golden Gate Bridge

Golden Gate Bridge and Park (Est. Time: 40 min)
One of the world’s most famous bridges, the Golden Gate Bridge spans 6450 feet. Completed in 1937 at a cost of $35 million, the “Bridge That Could Not Be Built” is now a landmark visible from many points around the Bay.

Muir Woods (Est. Time: 2 hrs)
More than 1½ million people visit Muir Woods National Monument each year. The grove of West Coast redwoods has been protected for a century and the amazing specimens rank among the tallest trees in the world.

Roll Out
Depart via coach bus to Sausalito

Sausalito (Est. Time: 2 hrs)
This city offers dozens of interesting and unique tours and nautical excursions and is home to two world renowned attractions€"the Bay Model and the Bay Area Discovery Museum.

Lunch at Leisure (Est. Time: 1 hr)
In Sausalito

Wine Tasting at Local Vineyard
(Est. Time: 1 hr, 30 min) Home to over 300 award winning wineries, Sonoma County barrels a varietal for everyone. Tour Sebastiani Vineyards and Winery and learn the history and secrets to going from grapes to bottle.

18:30 Dinner
In San Francisco

Overnight in San Francisco

Day 4:  Merced, CA Yosemite Mariposa Grove
Yosemite

7:30 Breakfast
At hotel. Luggage pick-up from your room.

9:00 Roll Out
Depart via coach bus to airport

10:20 Wheels up (Est. Time: 30 min)
Depart via private plane to Merced, California

Lunch stop on the way to Yosemite (Est. Time: 1 hr)

Yosemite National Park Guided Experience
(Est. Time: 2 hrs) Located in Central California's Sierra Nevada mountain range, Yosemite National Park encompasses an incredible 1,170 square miles of
breathtaking natural splendor.

*(Seasonal and/or Weather Permitting)

Mariposa Grove, Grizzly Giant (Est. Time: 1 hr)
Mariposa Grove is a Sequoia grove located in the southernmost part of Yosemite National Park. The Giant Sequoia named Grizzly Giant is between
1,900 €"2,400 years old, the oldest tree in the grove.

19:45 Dinner
Casual attire

Overnight in Merced

Day 5:  Cedar City, UT Sightseeing
Merced and Cedar City

8:45 Breakfast
At hotel. Luggage pick-up from your room.

10:15 Roll Out
Depart via coach bus to airport

11:50 Wheels up (Est. Time: 1 hr, 15 min)
Depart via private plane to Cedar City

Lunch stop near Cedar City (Est. Time: 30 min)

14:15 Cedar City Sightseeing (Est. Time: 2 hr, 30 min)
Perhaps nowhere else on Earth will you find such a unique and impressive concentration of towering red rock cliffs, hanging gardens and alpine landscapes as the Cedar City area. A leisurely drive back to Cedar City follows.

19:30 Dinner in Cedar City
Casual attire

Overnight in Cedar City

Day 6:  Bryce Canyon, Grand Canyon, Las Vegas
Bryce Canyon and Grand Canyon

6:30 Breakfast
At hotel

7:15 Roll Out
Depart via coach bus to Bryce Canyon

Bryce Canyon National Park (Est. Time: 2 hrs)
A geological wonder that can only be described as unique. Capturing the famous spires called “hoodoos” on film for friends back home is a must since describing these distinctive natural wonders is simply beyond words.

*(Seasonal and/or Weather Permitting)

11:20 Roll Out
Depart via coach bus to Cedar City Airport

Lunch stop on the way to airport

14:50 Wheels Up (Est. Time: 50 min)
Depart via private plane to Grand Canyon

*Time Change. All Times Are Local.

Grand Canyon National Park (Est. Time: 2 hr, 10 min)
A must€"see stretching along Arizona’s northern border near Utah and Nevada. A powerful and inspiring landscape, the Grand Canyon overwhelms your senses through its immense size and stunning views.

17:00 Roll Out
Depart via coach bus to Grand Canyon Airport

17:20 Wheels Up (Est. Time: 40 min)
Depart via private plane to Las Vegas

18:30 Check in to Hotel in Las Vegas

19:45 Dinner
Casual attire

Overnight in Las Vegas

Day 7:  Las Vegas
Bryce Canyon and Grand Canyon

8:00 Breakfast
At hotel

9:00 Free Time in Las Vegas
Sightsee one of the country's most notorious cities and explore the myriad of lights and sights of Las Vegas at your own pace.

15:15 Luggage Pick-up
Bellman collects luggage from guest rooms

17:45 Roll Out
Depart via coach bus to Las Vegas Airport

18:30 Wheels Up (Est. Time: 1 hr, 5 min)
Depart via private plane to Los Angeles

19:35 Transfer to Mauiva Meeting Point
Downtown Los Angeles

Don't end your amazing west coast vacation experience now!
To continue on in your departure city, contact your Mauiva AirCruise support team for hotel deals and activities in Los Angeles at 888-266-1882 or
407-215-7204.

Don't end your amazing west coast vacation experience now! To continue on in your departure city, contact your Mauiva AirCruise support team for hotel deals and activities in Los Angeles at 888-266-1882 or 407-215-7204.

Please Note: Each guest is allowed one suitcase weighing no more than 30 lbs (13.6 kg) and one personal item not to exceed the size of a laptop bag or medium-sized purse. Excess luggage will be checked and stored for convenience.

Some attractions listed may not be offered due to weather or seasonality.

Mauiva AirCruise™ shall not be responsible for any delays or changes in itinerary that are caused by events beyond the control of Mauiva AirCruise™ including, but not limited to, such events as inclement weather, natural disaster or other acts of God, legal or regulatory mandates, strikes, closures, accidents, civil commotion, and equipment or communication failure (a "Force Majeure Event"). Should an attraction or destination on the itinerary become unavailable due to any such Force Majeure Event, a substitute of equal or greater value will be provided.

Mauiva Public Charters operated by Charter Air Transport. Visit: www.mauivaaircruise.com/company/terms for full Mauiva AirCruise™ Operator-Participant Agreement and General Terms and Conditions.

This itinerary is valid for West Coast trips departing until 04/30/2013.
For more information please call 1-888-266-1882 or contact us for planning help.

How much luggage can we bring per person?

Weight is of utmost importance on an AirCruise. Each guest is allowed one suitcase weighing no more than 30 lbs./13.6 kg and one carry-on weighing 10lbs/4.5kg not to exceed the size of a laptop bag or medium-sized purse. Dimensions for carry-on are 8” x 18” x 15” (20.3cm x 45.7 cm x 38.1 cm). There are no suitcase dimension requirements.

What languages are your tours conducted in?

All departures have English speaking Travel Hosts, while certain days feature Travel Hosts that speak an additional language (or languages):

  • Sunday – English
  • Monday – English/Spanish/Portuguese
  • Tuesday – English/Italian
  • Wednesday – English
  • Thursday – English
  • Friday – English/German
  • Saturday – English/German

What documents do we need to travel?

It is the responsibility of each passenger to be informed what types of documents (passports, visas, government-issued IDs, etc) they need. Please contact your Consulate Office.

Does Mauiva AirCruise operate its own aircraft or do you use chartered aircraft?

On a Mauiva AirCruise, you fly on private planes through private terminals like a true VIP. Mauiva utilizes Embraer EMB Brasilia 120 turbo-prop aircraft that seats 30 passengers chartered from duly licensed airlines to fly you directly into private terminals.

Can we extend our stay before or after the tour?

Yes. Extend your vacation experience by booking stays before and/or after your AirCruise at top-rated hotels. Mauiva Concierge Services is more than happy to assist you with booking hotels and activities as well as transfer flights back to your place of origin. Contact: 1-888-266-2210.

What dining options are offered?

For your comfort and convenience, Mauiva AirCruise has carefully hand-chosen the finest restaurants. Our dining venues offer set menus to provide a variety of taste experiences for our guests. Some of the dining highlights include breakfast served daily and vegetarian-friendly menus.

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