LOBSTERS, WHALES & PIRATES: SEPTEMBER 26-28, 2025

Day One – FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2025

Meet your LOCAL GUIDE for a tour of America’s Hometown – PLYMOUTH.  As one of the country’s first settlements it is well known in the United States for its historical value.

Enjoy free time for lunch on own and shopping on the waterfront. Then you will board a LOBSTER TALES CRUISE to learn about the many creatures that live in Plymouth Harbor.  Experience a “hands on” approach to see how lobsters are harvested from their natural environment. Roll up your sleeves to help haul in lobster traps.

After our cruise, continue our tour with a stop at the Forefather’s Monument, the largest, solid granite monument in the United States.  She stands facing the harbor, welcoming those who come by water.  Picture stops will be made at Plymouth Rock, the traditional site of disembarkation of the Pilgrims in 1620 and the Mayflower II, a reproduction of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to the New World.

Welcome to the sandy shores of CAPE COD.  Extending some 70 miles into the sea, the Cape is home to both natural beauty and quaint colonial villages.  You can walk pristine beaches, revel in the arts and culture, and reclaim childhood memories of seashells, sandcastles, and saltwater taffy.

Check-in at the MARGARITAVILLE RESORT followed by DINNER included this evening.

Day Two – SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2025

BREAKFAST BUFFET is included this morning at your resort.

Your LOCAL GUIDE will meet you at your resort for a full day of touring.  You will travel historic ROUTE 6A, the Old King’s Highway, a scenic byway winding through centuries of Cape Cod history.  It winds past hundreds of historic structures which characterize its early development.   View a Windmill, a Cape Cod Lighthouse and visit the CAPE COD NATIONAL SEASHORE VISITOR’S CENTER.  Sand dunes and the ocean surround you as you approach “Land’s End” – PROVINCETOWN.  You are now at the extreme tip of Cape Cod.  Formerly known as the “Province Lands” the pilgrims landed here first before they decided to settle across the Bay in Plymouth.  Take some time to enjoy the wonderful variety of restaurants, shops, and galleries that make this artists/fishermen village so unique.  Lunch is on your own today.

Board an excursion vessel for an amazing experience of WHALE WATCHING.  (3 hours) You will travel into the natural habitat of a diverse marine environment including birds that migrate here from all over the Atlantic, and fish which use these shallow waters to feed.  Try to spot Humpback, Minke, and Fin Whales going about their daily business.  An onboard naturalist will introduce you to everything you see and will answer any of your questions about the whales, birds, fish and lighthouses.

OR YOU MAY CHOOSE TO STAY ON DRY LAND:

On a one-hour DUNE TOUR excursion.  Ride through the protected lands of the Cape Cod National Seashore, the largest protected coastline in the country. Your driver/guide will point out the “dune shacks” where famous artists and writers became inspired to create their art.

DINNER is included this evening before returning to your resort.

Day Three – SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2025

BREAKFAST BUFFET is included this morning at your resort.

Your LOCAL GUIDE will meet you at your hotel and will conduct a tour of HYANNIS including the John F. Kennedy Memorial, the Korean War Memorial, Hyannisport and a view of St. Francis Xavier Church, the summer parish of the Kennedy Family.

Next, the WHYDAH PIRATE MUSEUM, a fully rigged galley ship that was built by the British.  During one of it voyages in 1717, it was captured by the famed pirate Samuel “Black Sam” Bellamy.  During an infamous storm off the coast of Cape Cod the Whydah sank, laying its treasure just 500 feet off the shore for over 300 years.  Now you can touch and see the world’s only authenticated pirate treasure.

There will be free time for lunch and shopping on Main Street.

Depart for home with many fond memories of your WADE TOUR to CAPE COD!

Price Per Person: Single $1,030 | Double $845 | Triple $795