5-Day East Coast: Martha’s Vineyard, Whale watching,Plymouth plantation,USS Nautilus & New York

Participation method:

• airport pickup

Thanks for choosing your vacation with us! You can choose any one of the major airports in New York City (JFK,

LGA, EWR) when you book your flight. Our professional tour guide will meet you at the baggage claim area for

(Passengers, who arrive at Terminal 7of JFK Airport, please wait outside of the baggage claim area.)please meet tour guide at terminal exit in yellow uniform, holding the Usitour pick-up card  waiting for your arrival.

Guests who arrive at JFK or LGA airport before 5:00pm will be sent to Flushing Queens. We will provide free

Luggage storage service, and our guests can visit nearby Queens Crossing, Macy’s Shopping Center. In addition,

Flushing is a safe and booming Asian commercial and retail area with many shopping and dining options.

Will experience the distinctive Asian-American culture. For those who arrive at EWR airport, feel free to take our shuttle to Jersey Garden Outlet and we will take you back to the hotel as soon as the rooms are ready to check-in. All guests Who arrive before 4:30PM can join our tailored night tour to experience the charm of “the city that never sleeps” for only $25/adult and $15/child. The night tour will visit Rockefeller Center, Times Square and a observation point in NJ

Please arrange your flight properly.

If your flights arrive early, please meet our tour guide at:

(1) For JFK: Hudson News at Terminal 7;

(2) For LGA: American Airline baggage claim at Terminal B;

(3) For EWR: Welcome Center at Terminal C.

You can also meet our guide at:

(1)Manhattan Chinatown before 6:00pm, address: 87 Bowery Street, New York, NY 10002

(2) Downtown Flushing before 5:00pm, address: 136-51 37th Avenue, 1st Floor, Unit C3, Flushing, NY 11354

If you would like to join our delicately tailored night tour, you need arrange flight arrive before 4:30pm or meet our tour guide before 4:30pm at locations abover.

 

Special Notices:

1.Due to traffic at airport, we may need you to wait around 15-20 minutes for tour guide.

2.If your flight cancel,exchange,delay, please contact us immediately for reschedule airport pickup. We will do our best to arrange however we do reserve the rights to let you go to hotel by yourself.

3.We usually arrange the first night hotel in New Jersey Area. We do recommend you to meet us at Manhattan or Flushing if you don't have flight. Please contact us for hotel information one day before departu.

Summary of the Day:

Thanks for choosing your vacation with us! You can choose any one of the major airports in New York City (JFK, LGA, EWR) when you book your flight.
Our professional tour guide will meet you at the baggage claim area for the domestic flight; for international flight, please arrive at the Passenger Waiting Area for pick up. (Passengers, who arrive at Terminal 7 of JFK Airport, please wait outside of the baggage claim area.) We provide free pick-up service from 8:30am-12:00am, （Based on the exact landing time of the flight.）please arrange your flight properly.

You can follow the detail information below to meet your tour guide.
1.If your flights arrive at the airport, please meet our tour guide at:
(1)For JFK: Hudson News at Terminal 7;
(2)For LGA: American Airline baggage claim at Terminal B;
(3)For EWR: Welcome Center at Terminal C.

2.You can also meet our guide at:
(1)Manhattan Chinatown before 6:00pm, address: 87 Bowery Street, New York, NY 10002
(2)Downtown Flushing before 5:00pm, address: 136-51 37th Avenue, 1st Floor, Unit C3, Flushing, NY 11354

Other optional tour:
1.Guests who arrive at JFK or LGA airport before 5:00pmwill be sent to Flushing Queens. We will provide free luggage storage service, and our guests can visit nearby Queens Crossing, Macy’s Shopping Center. In addition, Flushing is a safe and booming Asian commercial and retail area with many shopping and dining options. You will experience the distinctive Asian-American culture.

2.For those who arrive at EWR airport before 12:00pm, feel free to take our shuttle to Jersey Garden Outlet and we will take you back to the hotel as soon as the rooms are ready to check-in.

3.For those who arrive at JFK/LGA airport after 5:00pm or at EWR after 12:00pm, you will be sent to the hotel we reserve for you in advance directly.

4.All guests who meet the tour guide before 4:30pm can join our night tour to experience the charm of “the city that never sleeps". The night tour will visit Rockefeller Center, Times Square and a observation point in NJ.

1.Due to traffic at the airport, we may need you to wait around 15-20 minutes for the tour guide.
2.If your flight cancel, exchange, delay, please contact us immediately for rescheduling airport pickup.We will do our best to arrange it for you. However, it is still possible to go to the hotel and check in by yourself.
3.We usually arrange the first night hotel in New Jersey Area.We do recommend you to meet us at Manhattan or Flushing if you don't have flight.Please contact us for hotel information one day before departure.

Summary of the Day:

Driving northeast along the scenic roads on the east coast and across the New York State, Connecticut
State, and Rhode Island,we enter Massachusetts State. By taking a 45-minute ferry, we reach Martha's
Vineyard, an ideal getaway for relaxing! Each of the Island's six towns provides access to spectacular
beaches and outdoor activities while at the same time offering an enjoyable selection of shops, restaurants, and other attractions. We will visit Aquinnah Cliffs formerly known as Gay Head. Rising 150 feet above the ocean,these spectacular clay cliffs have the most breathtaking view on the entire island.From this vista, you can see the Elizabeth Islands, Norman Island, Cape Cod, and a sweeping view of Vineyard Sound.It has been a secret haven of the rich and famous for decades. Thanks to frequent visitors like President Barack Obama who spends summer vacation here every year, the "Hollywood East" reputation is going strong with growing numerous tourists. Following we will visit Edgartown - the Island's first colonial settlement, and it has been the county seat since 1642. The stately white Greek revival houses built by the whaling captains have been carefully maintained. They make the town a museum-piece community, a seaport village preserved from the early 19th century.

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Whale Watches Imagine being within feet of some of the most graceful, rare mammals in the world.
Departing from Plymouth Harbor, our whale excursion gives you the chance and the opportunity to
experience sights that you will never forget. Stellwagen Bank is a marine sanctuary and one of the
primary feeding grounds for Humpback Whales, Dolphins, Fin Whales, Minke Whales, and Harbor
Porpoises. Our experienced naturalists will guide you on a trip that is educational, exciting and impressive;you will learn how individual humpback and finback whales can be identified using unique markings and pigmentation patterns that are found on their bodies.
Provincetown Provincetown is at very tip of Cape Cod. It has long been known as an art colony,
attracting writers and artists. The Cape Cod National Seashore is a popular beach destination with easy access to coastline and 40 miles (64 km) of sandy beaches, both public and private. The Cape has
upwards of sixty public beaches. You will have chance to enjoy fresh Lobster, Tuna, and shellfish at local seafood restaurants and bars.
Whydah Pirate Museum Commanded by the famed pirate Sam Bellamy, the Whydah was wrecked off
Wellfleet in 1717, taking with her the treasures of fifty plundered ships. Bellamy’s loss was history’s gain,however, as the contents of his once-proud flagship represent a unique look into the lives of the pirates, and an unprecedented cross-cultural sampling of treasures from the world of the 18th century. Here you can touch and see 300 year old silver pirate coins, Akan gold jewelry, cannon, cannon ball, rare navigation instruments, pirate pistols, sword hilts, ships rigging and much more!
The Pilgrim Tower (Monument) The Pilgrim Monument was founded in 1892 as the Cape Cod Pilgrim
Memorial Association, Cape Cod’s oldest not-for-profit organization. Its purpose is to commemorate the Mayflower Pilgrims’ first landing in the New World in Provincetown, in November 1620. Here the
Pilgrims spent 5 weeks exploring the tip of Cape Cod, before they sailed on to Plymouth. They also drew up and signed the Mayflower Compact, which established the rule of law for the new land. The Cape Cod Pilgrim Memorial Association built the Pilgrim Monument to honor the Pilgrims’ first landing in
Provincetown. President Theodore Roosevelt laid the cornerstone in 1907. In 1910, President William
Howard Taft dedicated the finished 252-foot tower. In 1910, the Cape’s first building built to house a museum opened at the base of the monument, to educate the public about Provincetown’s role in Pilgrim history and American history.

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Plymouth Plantation
We will Visit the English Village, which is a recreation of the small farming town built by English colonists. The people you will meet here talk of the past, Step into a traditional house Surrounded by soft furs, flickering firelight, and artfully woven bulrush mats, learn about traditional Wampanoag family life as well as the arrival of the English from an Indigenous point of view. Walk around outside and enjoy the scent of stew as it simmers over an aromatic wood fire. Take this unique opportunity to explore the perspectives of the Indigenous Wampanoag who have lived on this land for hundreds of generations.

USS Nautilus
In the afternoon on the way back to New York City, we will visit the USS Nautilus (SSN-571). It is located on the east bank of the Thames River near new London, CT; New London Naval Submarine Base was the birthplace of the submarine force. It was originally a Navy yard, converted to a submarine base in 1916, and greatly expanded in World War II. USS Nautilus was the world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine. The vessel was the first submarine to complete a submerged transit of the North Pole on 3 August 1958. Nautilus was decommissioned in 1980 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1982. The submarine has been preserved as a museum ship in New London, Connecticut, where the vessel receives around 250,000 visitors per year.

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At a first glance, travelling around the entire of New York City seems like the mission impossible;
however, our highly organized tour is especially designed for you: by visiting amounts of famous
landmarks, you will learn more of the city’s unique history, culture, and the core spirit of the New
Yorkers! By stepping up to the Empire State Building Observation deck, guests could overlook the
beautiful view of the central park and the entire of New York City. Empire State Building stood as the
world's tallest building for nearly 40 years, and has been surpassed in late 1970. Its name is derived from the nickname of New York, the Empire State. Nowadays it is still the most famed landmark of the city. Also, Guests will take a sightseeing cruise tour on the Hudson River to enjoy the city view from a totally different angle, as well as take pictures with the backdrops of Statue of Liberty and Brooklyn Bridge. Furthermore, visit USS Intrepid, the national heritage that costs $120 million, which is reopen for visitors. Concorde supersonic airliner and a variety of aircrafts will be all in the exhibition. In addition, wandering around Wall Street, the world financial and securities trading center, and taking pictures with Trinity Church, New York Stock Exchange and its signature sculpture Charging Bull - will be included into our tour later. In the end of the day, our tour bus will pass by the Fifth Avenue, Rockefeller Center, Ground Zero and the new “Freedom tower” - One World Trade Center …When time allows, we will add Metropolitan Museum, Times Square and Madame Tussauds into the trip.

Airport Drop-off Information:JFK/LGA/EWR Flight Departure after 7:00pm.

City passes are not accepted during an escorted tour due to the fact that they do not correspond into the tour schedule. The group entrance tickets provided by tour guides have fast lane and tour guides accompany passengers for activities.