TOURS, ETC. : BIKE, RAFT ON THREE UTAH TOURS.Byline: Daily News Travelers who like a bit of adventure can combine two sports - mountain biking mountain biking Sports medicine A sport in which participants use specialized bicycles to navigate rough, steep trails covered with unforgiving rocks Injury risk Concussions, fractures, death. See Extreme sport, Novelty seeking behavior. and river rafting - on three Utah tours offered by Holiday River and Bike Expeditions. The Moab-Westwater tour includes two days of cycling in the La Sal Mountains and two of rafting through Westwater Canyon Westwater Canyon is a canyon located on the Colorado River in Eastern Utah between Grand Junction, Colorado and Moab, Utah. The inner gorge of the canyon is made up of black Precambrian rock and contains class III and IV rapids which are well sought after by whitewater enthusiasts. ; cost is $615 per person, and four departures are scheduled in July and four more in August. There are also two seven-day trips scheduled. One includes three days of pedaling along 65 miles of the White Rim Trail The Rim Trail is a hiking trail located on the North/South Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park, located in the U.S. state of Arizona. See also
Grand Canyon trails in Canyonlands National Park Canyonlands National Park, 337,598 acres (136,679 hectares), SE Utah; est. 1964. Located in a desert region, the park contains a maze of deep canyons and many unusual features carved by wind and water, including spires, pinnacles, and arches; surrounding mesas rise , and a four-day whitewater trip along the Colorado River Colorado River River, south-central Argentina. Its major headstreams, the Grande and Barrancas rivers, flow southward from the Andes Mountains and meet to form the Colorado near the Chilean border. It flows southeastward across northern Patagonia and the southern Pampas. ; cost is $1,069, with departures scheduled every Saturday in May and September. The other weeklong trip includes cycling through Dinosaur National Monument Dinosaur National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table). Dinosaur National Monument National preserve, northwestern Colorado and northeastern Utah, U.S. It was set aside in 1915 to preserve rich fossil beds that include dinosaur remains. and surrounding areas, capped by rafting through the Yampa River Gorge; cost is $986, with four June departures scheduled. Information: (800) 624-6323. Island stay: Sightseeing in Jamaica, St. Maarten, Santo Domingo and Puerto Rico is included in 10- and 13-day tours of the Caribbean offered by Globus, with departures from Jan. 29 through February 1998. Cost ranges from $1,871 to $2,111 per person, double occupancy, for 10-day trips, and $2,459 to $2,902 per person, double occupancy, for the 13-day jaunts. Included are round-trip air fare from Miami, airport transfers, lodgings, most meals, motorcoach transportation, sightseeing and guides. Land-only costs range from $1,399 to $1,599 for 10 days, $1,909 to $2,189 for 13 days. Information: (800) 851-0728. New Year's jaunt: An April 7-24 Absolute Asia trip to Thailand will let travelers experience the Thai New Year The Thai New Year (Thai: สงกรานต์ Songkran) is celebrated every year on 13 April to 15 April. and its water festival, then explore the country's coast and countryside. Departures are scheduled monthly through February 1998. Cost is $3,070 per person, double occupancy, and includes air fare from Los Angeles, transportation within Thailand, lodgings, most meals, airport transfers, visa services and travel permits, admission fees and tour guides. Information: (800) 736-8187. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Utah gorge trips are featured on 1997 raft-and-bike tours. |
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