Day Trips
Hamtramck History Tour
$122
Varoius Dates
1 Day Trip
Featuring:
- Hamtrack History Tour
We have a full day in store for you! Join us and our step on guide as we take you on an unforgettable visit to Hamtramck—we’ll tour St. Albertus, St. Florian, have lunch at the Polish Village Cafe, visit historic landmarks in Hamtramck, visit the Hamtramck History Museum, and do a little shopping at the Polish Art Center and at Srodek’s! - Polish Village Café (included lunch)
The restaurant has been a Hamtramck favorite for decades. We’ll be dining in “The Room Upstairs,” a favorite place for parties with a homey atmosphere. Our lunch is the iconic Polish plate (golabki, kielbasa, potatoes, kapusta, and a pierogi). All meals include soup, bread and butter, and coffee. - New Palace Bakery (included dessert)
Otherwise known as “Pączki Headquarters,” New Palace Bakery is a family owned bakery that has made Hamtramck its home since 1908. Everyone will get one of their famous Pączkis for dessert!
Fiesta Detroit
$119
Varoius Dates
1 Day Trip
Featuring:
- Multicultural City Tour
Our step-on guide will meet us at Eastern Market and take us on a tour of Detroit highlighting the diversity of our great city. Areas that we visit will include Delray, Corktown, Mexicantown and sections of the city where various ethnic groups resided. In the 1930’s, the Mexican Muralist movement came to Detroit with Diego Rivera and Detroit Industry Murals. Today, the movement continues with the magnificent murals of Elton Monroe Duran in Southwest Detroit. - Mexican Village (included lunch)
Enjoy an included lunch at Detroit’s oldest Mexican Restaurant. - MexicanTown Bakery (shopping time)
MexicanTown Bakery provides the taste of artisan Mexican breads in the heart of Mexicantown Detroit.
Ann Arbor Adventure
$137
Varoius Dates
1 Day Trip
Featuring:
- “The Big House” (docent-led tour)
Tour highlights include the field, game day locker room, press box and club and suite levels. - Gandy Dancer (included lunch)
Situated in the beautifully restored 1886 Michigan Central Depot, Gandy Dancer is an architectural landmark as well as an elegant restaurant known for creative preparations of seafood, steaks and pasta. - Creature Conservancy (included program)
Currently provides homes to more than 400 individual animals from about 100 different species. These animals are former exotic pets, injured non-releasable wildlife, or animals acquired from USDA-approved establishments to become educational ambassadors. Our goal is to educate people of all ages about wildlife, fostering a deeper understanding and appreciation that encourages a stronger commitment to environmental protection.
Huron Lady
$114
Various Dates
1 Day Trip
Featuring:
- The Voyageur (included buffet)
Flanking the St. Clair River, The Voyageur grants an elegant view of the waterway, with fine cuisine that compliment the fresh landscape. Chicken and Cod are the main entrees served with red skin potatoes, mixed garden vegetables, non-alcoholic drink and dessert. - Huron Lady II
You will cruise from beautiful downtown Port Huron on an informative narrated tour of the Blue Water Area. View Great Lake freighters, the two Blue Water Bridges, and more. - Sweet Tooth of Marine City
Featuring nostalgic candy from the early 1900’s to the 1970’s, with a wall of assorted bulk candies from the past to the present that will delight all ages from young to old. They also feature a variety of handmade chocolates and Hudsonville hand dipped ice cream in an assortment of flavors.
Canal Days
$97
Various Dates
1 Day Trip
Featuring:
- Jeffrey’s Antique Gallery
With over 250 booths, Jeffrey’s is Northwest Ohio’s largest antique shop and voted the best antique shop in the state by readers of Ohio Magazine. - Miss Lily’s (included lunch)
With interior brick walls, a fireplace, and antique décor, customers are taken back in time. The restaurant has a grand piano and dining tables that sit among a mini antique store with countless items available for purchase. Our included buffet lunch will include fried chicken, lasagna, ribs, potatoes, potato salad, salad bar, veggies, rolls and other offerings, coffee, iced tea or soft drink and dessert. - Canal Boat Ride
Board an authentic mule drawn canal boat for a one-hour cruise on a restored section of the Miami and Erie Canal as Metroparks leaders dressed in historical clothing recreate life aboard an 1876 canal boat. Canal boats once carried goods and people 249 miles between Toledo and Cincinnati, linking Lake Erie and the Ohio River. At Providence, you can get a sense of what canal travel was like along an original section of the Miami and Erie Canal, complete with Lock #44. A replica of an authentic canal boat, The Volunteer, and historic Isaac Ludwig Mill preserve features of mid-1800s Ohio in a charming setting just across the river from the canal town of Grand Rapids.
Holland Tulip Time
$148
Various Dates
1 Day Trip
Featuring:
- Curragh Irish Pub and Restaurant (included lunch)
This restaurant is the social hub of the community. Half of the magic of Ireland lies in the people, for whom great conversation and good humor are at the very heart of a wonderful culture. - Free time for shopping in downtown Holland
- Veldheer Tulip Gardens
Holland’s only tulip farm & perennial garden. In 1950 Vern Veldheer started a hobby farm with 100 red tulips and 300 white tulips, today Veldheers plants over 5.5 million tulips on their 30 acres for you to walk through and enjoy. Perennials and flowers are brought in from around the world for you to buy and plant in your gardens. Also visit the Wooden Shoe and Delft Factory.
Rum Runners
$156
Various Dates
1 Day Trip
Featuring:
- The Rum Runners Tour
Step back into the Roaring Twenties with The Rum Runners Tour, a captivating four-hour adventure that brings Prohibition-era Windsor to life! Join our talented cast of performers as they reenact the thrilling tales of bootleggers, gangsters, and the relentless “Fighting Parson” who battled to uphold the law. This immersive experience includes a two-hour bus tour through historic sites, followed by a lively two-hour speakeasy show where you’ll enjoy a delicious hot meal accompanied by live music, singing, and comedy routines. Now over 15 years in production, The Rum Runners Tour is Ontario’s longest-running theatrical bus tour. Don’t miss your chance to relive this electrifying chapter of history.
Michigan Grown
$92
Various Dates
1 Day Trip
Featuring:
- Indigo Lavender Farms (1/4-mile walking tour)
Learn about the farm while you sample and shop all-natural lavender products. The owner, Trish Dennis, will provide a curated presentation on all things lavender and honey bees. The farm itself is 50 acres; home to the 14,000+ plants, farm store, greenhouse, garden, chicken coop, wetlands and more. - Stevo’s Bar & Grill (included lunch)
- Seven Ponds Nature Center
The aim of Seven Ponds Nature Center is to connect people with nature through environmental education, outreach, and experience. The interpretive building sits on nearly 350 acres of woodlands, wetlands, ponds, fields, and prairie that conserves the natural environment as a sanctuary for native plants and animals. We will watch a 1-hour presentation featuring “Those Darn Squirrels” and then have time to explore the interpretive center. - Country Smoke House (shopping)
Everyone knows The Bull of Almont! Country Smoke House is a Gourmet Meat & Specialty Food Store and the Largest Deer Processor in the State! Featuring over 250 homemade products and a 60 foot fresh deli counter. For more than 35 years their award-winning gourmet meats have been founded upon decades of hard work, and dedication.
Kellogg Manor
$122
Various Dates
1 Day Trip
Featuring:
- W.K. Kellogg Manor House (guided tour & included lunch)
Built on the highest point overlooking Gull Lake in 1925, the Manor House boasts awe-inspiring views and historic grandeur. W.K. Kellogg Manor House is the former estate of cereal magnate W.K. Kellogg and his wife Dr. Carrie Staines Kellogg. Restored to its original grandeur in 2000, the home is rich with history and elegance with natural gardens around a lovely lakeside setting. The grounds include a carriage house with chauffer’s residence, greenhouse with potting shed, caretaker’s cottage, boathouse, and authentic Dutch windmill and a lakeside pagoda. - Cherry Creek Cellars (wine tasting)
For over 100 years, four generations of Burtka’s have been making wines in this country for the enjoyment of their family and friends. Nestled in the Irish Hills, minutes from several lakes and Michigan International Speedway, John & Denise Burtka have created a new destination for wine lovers. Based on their European roots, they built a boutique winery that makes award winning wines, using old world hand crafting. Located in a historic 1870 schoolhouse, this is one stop you don't want to miss! Come and taste our Award Winning Wines at the knotty pine bar.
Edsel & Eleanor Ford House
$110
Various Dates
1 Day Trip
Featuring:
- Edsel & Eleanor Ford House (2 hour self guided tour of the home and the grounds)
There will be docents throughout the home to answer questions. The gift shop is at the Visitors Center and there is also a shuttle available on the grounds.
The Edsel & Eleanor Ford House tells the story of the home life of a prominent American family. The Fords were cultural, social and economic leaders in an era of great optimism, as well as a turbulent time of economic depression and world war. They were nationally prominent and they owned more than one house, but Southeast Michigan was their home. Here they built their final residence along the shores of Lake St. Clair, at a place known locally as Gaukler Pointe. Their impressive yet unpretentious home is where they raised and nurtured their four children (Henry II, Benson, Josephine and William) in a safe and loving environment.
The Fords wanted a setting for their home that provided both wide-open and intimate outdoor spaces, with special places for sports, relaxation, nature and gatherings. Jens Jensen, one of America's foremost landscape designers and conservationists, designed the Ford House garden landscape between 1926 - 1932. Known as the master of the naturalistic approach to landscaping, Jensen's design style combines woodlands, meadows and wetlands in such a natural way that guests are usually not conscious of any man-made design.
Ontario Wine Trail
$147
Various Dates
1 Day Trip
Featuring:
- Viewpointe Estate Winery (wine tasting)
Viewpointe provides an excellent venue to showcase the region’s finest product and talent. Influenced by the history of the region, the plans for Viewpointe were inspired by a charming piece of the past: the “Mettawas”, a luxury hotel and casino built by Hiram Walker (Canadian Club founder) in 1890. Each room, designed with exceptional detail, considers every aspect of our guest’s enjoyment. Everyone can taste up to 3 wines. - North 42 Degrees Estate Winery & Bistro 42 (included lunch & wine tasting)
As 3rd generation farmers of Polish heritage, wine flows deep within their owners roots with sordid tales of winemaking and bootlegging in the Dirty 30’s to the transformation of bountiful fruit harvests into wine. “Purveyors of good times and fine wines” captures the essence of what North 42 Degrees Estate Winery is all about. - Cooper’s Hawk Vineyard (wine tasting)
Savour the moment with a glass of your favorite vintage or embark on a captivating journey through this exclusive wine flight. Immerse yourself in the ambiance of the charming Wine Terrace, where you can relish the flavors indoors or bask in the natural beauty outside. Everyone can taste up to 4 wines.