Adventure Awaits
Travel across town - Across the country - Around the world
262-895-9001
Adventure Awaits
Travel across town - Across the country - Around the world
262-895-9001
Welcome to WANDERLUSt tours
Kris and Herb Jekel are the owners of Wanderlust Tours and your personal hosts. With over 40 years of expert travel planning they are experts in the joys and riggers of travel. Their agency was founded on the desire to provide the best in personal service and make your vacation or tour an exciting, rewarding adventure for you.
Whether its around the block or around the world they are always here for you.
Ohio amish country adventure - JUNE 7-10, 2022
3 Nights at the Berlin Encore Hotel & Suites
There is a place in Ohio where people live in a much simpler time. There are no traffic jams, limited technology and family always comes first. Tour through the world’s largest Amish Community and experience a simpler way of life. Meet the local artists and artisans and enjoy a show at the Amish Country Theater. You will return home with a new found respect for the Amish lifestyle and a better understanding of Amish beliefs.
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montana & glacier national park - JUl 17-24, 2022
Featuring The Gates of the Mountains
12 Meals: 7 breakfasts, 1 lunch and 4 dinners
• Round trip airport transfers • Visit the historic mining town of Wallace, Idaho, the “Silver Capital of the World” • Spend two nights at the historic Glacier Park Lodge in East Glacier • Travel the famous Going-to-the-Sun Road in a “jammer” Red Bus through Glacier National Park • Enjoy a relaxing cruise on Upper Waterton Lake in Canada’s Waterton Lakes National Park • Have lunch at the Prince of Wales Hotel in a romantic alpine chalet atmosphere
• Trace the footsteps of the two of the nation’s greatest explorers at the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center • Visit The History Museum in Great Falls
• Embark on a historical boat cruise on the Missouri River to the Gates of the Mountain • Visit the capital city of Helena and spend free time in the Last Chance Gulch area • Tour the Miracle of America Museum whose collection
of “Americana” numbers in the thousands • Take to the water for a narrated cruise on scenic Flathead Lake, the largest natural fresh water lake west of the Great Lakes.
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MACKINAC ISLAND AND THUNDER BAY - aug 9-12, 2022
Three Nights of First Class Lodging
This great getaway to Northern Michigan features a night on Mackinac Island along with a Horse-Drawn Carriage Ride and lunch at the Grand Hotel. You will feel like you have stepped back in time to the 1800's. Then head to the scenic Thunder Bay Resort for one night where you learn about Elk and enjoy a Gourmet Dinner.
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pride of poland - Sep 20-28, 2022
Escorted by Kris and Herb Jekel
11 Meals: 7 breakfasts, 1 lunch and 3 dinners
• Two nights in Gdansk • Full-day sightseeing tour of Gdansk with visits
to St. Mary’s Church and Sopot Pier • Visit to the Castle of the Teutonic Order of Knights in Malbork • Two nights in Warsaw • Full-day sightseeing tour of Warsaw with visits to the Royal Castle and Wilanów Palace • A visit to Częstochowa to visit Jasna Góra, the most important Marian shrine in Poland • Three nights in Kraków • Walking tour of Kraków with a local, English speaking guide with visits to Wawel Cathedral and St. Mary’s Church
excursion to the Wieliczka Salt Mine • Included excursion to the Auschwitz–Birkenau Concentration Camp Museum • Visit to the Jewish Quarter of Kazimierz
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BILTMORE ESTATE & ASHEVILLE - OCT 16-21, 2022
GUIDED TOUR OF ASHEVILLE, NC
Motorcoach Transportation
5 nights lodging - Including 3 nights in the Asheville area
8 meals - 5 breakfasts and 3 dinners
Guided tour of Asheville, NC
Full day visit to the Biltmore Estate
Guided drive along Blue Ridge Parkway
Visit to the famous Folk Art Center
Visit to Blue Ridge Parkway Visitors Center
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HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS - Departing Nov 10, 2022
4 DAYS - FEATURING THREE HOLIDAY SHOWS
Motorcoach Transportation
8 Meals 3 breakfasts, 2 lunches and 3 dinners
Free home or local pickup and return
Spend one night at the beautiful Salt Fork Lodge
Enjoy a delicious holiday dinner and the Jingle Jangle Christmas Jubilee Show
Journey back in time at Charles Dicken’s Victorian Village
Visit Mosser Glass to discover more than 160 years of glassworks history
Tour the beautiful Victorian Mansion for their Holidays at the Mansion celebration
Enjoy a live show at the Historic Palace Theater
Visit Castle Noel, “America’s Largest Christmas Entertainment Attraction” and see the world’s largest
collection of Hollywood movie props
Walk through New York Christmas Windowland
Christmas in the Country at the Amish Country
Theater featuring holiday music, comedy skits and ventriloquist Ken Groves
Visit the Warther Museum
And MUCH, MUCH more!!
Plus - $20 in Mayflower Money
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FLORIDA BEACH PARTY - FEB 10-22, 2023
14 DAYS - 21st ANNUAL REUNION
Free home or local pickup and return
12 Meals (4 breakfasts, 4 lunches and 4 dinners)
Spend nine nights at the Dolphin Beach Resort located on St. Pete Beach, Florida
Panoramic tour of the St. Petersburg area and dinner
Take a narrated boat ride in Homosassa Springs Wildlife Park
Enjoy lunch at the Plantation on Crystal River and a narrated manatee cruise
Optional visit to exciting Busch Gardens
Have lunch at Hellas Greek Restaurant in Tarpon Springs
Visit Marie Shelby Botanical Gardens and have lunch at Der Dutchman Restaurant Optional visit to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium
Enjoy lunch at the Columbia Restaurant and visit the Salvador Dali Museum
Set sail on the sparkling emerald waters of Tampa Bay aboard the Calypso Queen for an evening dinner cruise
$70 in Mayflower Money
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portugal & douro river cruise - APR 19-29, 2023
Experience the charm of Lisbon, Portugal
22 Meals: 9 breakfasts, 5 lunches and 8 dinners
• Visit two countries • Two-night hotel stay and touring in Lisbon,
Portugal before cruising • Seven-night cruise on the Emerald Radiance
• First-class service by an English-speaking crew • Onboard Activity Manager will support all EmeraldACTIVE excursions and host daily onboard wellness activities, games, classes and evening entertainment • Shore excursions with English-speaking local guides • All gratuities included • Personal listening device for onboard excursions • Many meals included onboard with a variety of international cuisine • Complimentary regional wines, beer and soft
drinks accompany onboard lunches and dinners • Complimentary bottled water in your stateroom • Complimentary WiFi onboard • Variety of onboard evening entertainment
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NEW YORK & HUDSON RIVER VALLEY - MAY 19-25, 2023
7 DAY TOUR
10 Meals: 6 breakfasts, 1 lunch and 3 dinners
Round trip airport transfers
Spend three nights in Manhattan
the nation’s center for finance, art and entertainment
Narrated sightseeing tour of New York City including Central Park, Greenwich Village, Brooklyn Bridge and Times Square
Top of the Rockefeller Observation Deck with incredible views of New York City Reserved seats to a smash Broadway show
Cruise to Ellis Island and see the Statue of Liberty
Pay your respects at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum
Tour West Point Military Academy with a local guide
Take a “white glove” tour at the 18th-century Dutch manor house Mount Gulian Enjoy a behind-the-scenes tour and tasting at Millbrook Vineyards and Winery Stroll the steel cantilever bridge at the Walkway Over the Hudson
Tour the Staatsburgh State Historic Site
featuring the Gilded Age mansion of Ruth Livingston and Ogden Mills
Enjoy a narrated Hudson River cruise aboard the Rip Van Winkle
Experience maple syrup-making at Soukup Farms
Visit Eleanor Roosevelt’s Val-Kill National Historic Site
Tour the FDR Presidential Library and Museum
Enjoy a private chocolate and wine pairing with Oliver Kita
Farewell dinner at the luxurious and historic Rhinecliff Hotel
overlooking the Hudson River
$35 in Mayflower Money
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BRITISH ISLES - SEP 28th-OCT 9th 2023
Castles, Countrysides & Capitals
14 Meals: 10 breakfasts and 4 dinners
Airport transfers on tour dates when air is provided by Mayflower Cruises & Tours Included visits to Edinburgh, Cardiff and Blarney Castles
Capital cities of Edinburgh, Cardiff and Dublin on included guided tours
Visit Gretna Green, ‘the marriage capital of the UK’
Relax aboard a scenic cruise on Lake Windermere
in England’s famed Lake District
Tour the medieval town of York and visit the Minster
Tour the childhood home of William Shakespeare
during the visit to Stratford-upon-Avon
Enjoy a scenic journey through the Cotswolds,
one of England’s most picturesque areas
Discover the ancient art of creating Waterford Crystal
Kiss the Blarney Stone during the visit to Blarney Castle’s mysterious grounds
See the Book of Kells at Trinity College in Dublin
Experience local entertainment at dinner shows in Edinburgh and Dublin
$60 in Mayflower Money
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