Tour Schedule - Day One
Arrive in Nebraska. Pickup at the airport and drive to Kearney, Nebraska. We should have time to dive around and find Sandhill Cranes feeding before they head for the river. Check into our hotel and get ready for some evening crane watching. Depart our hotel and drive to our blinds for the evening's viewing of the Sandhill Cranes. This is an unbelievable sight as we view from river's edge the Cranes settling in for the evening. Expert staff will help provide additional information on the Cranes and explain this part of their journey. Dinner is included this evening when we get back to our hotel.
Tour Schedule - Day Two
Today we depart early from the hotel for a chance to get a close look at Nebraska Prairie Chickens on their booming grounds. We have blind space reserved so we should be pretty close to the birds. After the Chickens we will continue on to the Rainwater Basin area to find geese and other bird species in the area. After lunch (included) we will go back to bird watching. Our naturalist will escort us on a driving tour to see the Sandhill Cranes, geese and other birds out in the fields feeding. The crane is the oldest living bird species. It has inhabited the earth for about sixty million years, facing and surviving every conceivable hardship. Cranes are the exotic dancers of the bird kingdom. Their gyrations have been compared to the antics of fervent pioneer preachers leading their congregations. Our tour to Nebraska will give us a glimpse of these majestic birds, as they make their long journey north.
      Return to our hotel for some free time before going out for dinner (included).
Tour Schedule - Day Three
     Depart very early from the hotel for a chance to get a close look at the Cranes. This time the birds am leaving for the fields to feed. There can be as many as 30,000 of these magnificent birds on the river in front of us and in the air at one time.
      We are going to take a break from our Crane watching and catch the Spirit of America at The Great Platte River Road Archway Monument. The Archway marks the spot where the Oregon Trail, California Trail and Mormon Trail all converged in the Western movement that linked America coast to coast.
      Lunch is included at The Alley Rose - delicious food in an elegant surroundings
    After lunch our naturalist will continue on to explore different habitats for additional species of birds this afternoon. This environment supports the greatest birding diversity in the Midwest: 475 species travel through, 330 spend significant time, and 120 species nest in the area.
      Return to our hotel for some free time before going back to the viewing blinds. It is a fifteen minute drive from our hotel to the river for another evening's viewing of the Sandhill Cranes.
       Dinner is again included this evening.
Tour Schedule - Day Four
Today we again depart early from the hotel for another chance to get a close look at the Nebraska Prairie Chickens on their booming grounds. After eating breakfast at the hotel we will pack our bags and check out of the hotel. Today we leave Nebraska and return everyone home.

Tour Price $585 per person (double occupancy)  - add $156  for single supplement
Tour price includes: transportation, space in the river blinds for viewing the Sandhill Cranes and field blinds for the Prairie Chickens; naturalist escort for our bird watching, 2 lunches; 3 dinners; three nights hotel accommodations, continental breakfast; admission to the Archway Monument; and an escort for the tour.