Portland Sightseeing, City & Adventure Tours

PORS#01 Portland City Sightseeing Tour / 3 Hours
From the narrating driver, hear the stories and see the sights of Downtown, Old Town, Chinatown, the forested West Hills overlooking Portland, Washington Park, the International Rose Test Gardens, Arlington Heights, and Hoyt Arboretum. Also gain insight into the elegance of the Pittock Mansion.

PORS#2 Columbus River & Multnomah Waterfalls / 5 Hours
On the Columbia Gorge Scenic Highway, view the river from the Crown Point Vista House. The Gorge was carved millions of years ago by massive walls of water. Visit Multnomah Falls, see Latourell, Wahkeena and Horsetail Falls from your coach windows. At the Bonneville Dam Visitors Center and Fish Hatchery, view fish swimming up fish ladders. Visit "Herman" the age-old sturgeon. Driver narrated. Departs: Sun, Wed, Fri

PORS#03 Mount Hood & Columbia River Gorge / 9 Hours
Bring your camera and plenty of film! Mt. Hood dominates the horizon as your coach follows parts of the historic Barlow Trail. Welcoming you to the villages of Mt. Hood with refreshments is the friendly and knowledgeable staff at the Mt. Hood Visitor Information Center. Leaving the foothills, the tour begins the climb to the historic Timberline Lodge at a 6000' elevation. Depart Mt. Hood for the fertile Hood River Valley. Cascade Locks on the Columbia River will be the stop for a non-hosted lunch. On the Scenic Highway, see Multnomah Falls cascading 620 feet. After riding to the top of the Highway, view Crown Point and a 35-mile panoramic view of the Gorge and river below. Departs: Tue, Thu, Sat

PORS#04 Oregon Coastal Drive / 9 Hours
From the fertile farmlands and rolling hills that nurture the famous Oregon vineyards to the rugged coastline of the Pacific, this tour has it all! Camp 18 with its history of Oregon logging and today's mammoth cinnamon rolls, the Sitka Spruce tree, largest one of its kind in the USA are just the first of many stops! You will also enjoy Cannon Beach, an artist's community full of galleries, shops and attractions. Walk along the beach and see the famous Haystack Rock. Views of the ocean and land's end can be seen from Neahkahnie Overlook. View Tillamook Bay, then to the Cheese Factory where one can taste their cheese. (The real treat is their ice cream!)

PORS#05 City & Waterfall Tour / 8 Hours
This tour combines the Portland City Tour and the afternoon Columbia River Gorge and Multnomah Falls tours. It is perfect for those who "want to see it all in a day!

PORS#06 Mount St. Helens / 9 Hours
Few people can forget where they were on May 18th, 1980 - the day Mt. St. Helens literally blew her top. The mountains' violent eruption wreaked incomprehensible devastation to the area and affected weather patterns for months. With the Mountain 'in the news', now is the time to visit this awesome spectacle! Mount St. Helens literally explodes before your very eyes! The roar of the greatest volcanic eruption in American history shakes your theater seat. At the Mount St. Helens Cinedome Theater, this is just the beginning of your adventure! At the Hoffstadt Bluffs Visitor Center, one gains the first full panoramic view of Mount St. Helens. The Memorial Grove offers contemplative views. Enjoy a wonderful BBQ lunch, complete with all the trimmings, at the Hoffstaft Bluffs restaurant. At the Forest Learning Center, you will see the Eruption Chamber and learn about recovery, reforestation and conservation. Following the Toutle River, you'll enter the blast zone and see the remains of the blown down timber, avalanche debris and mud flow. The Johnston Ridge Visitors Center brings you closest to the crater itself. Seeing the mountain and the devastation up close and personal is altogether different than watching a television documentary. The Coldwater Ridge Visitor Center overlooks the Upper Toutle River. Here you will see the crater and lava dome. With the absolute destruction of this area, Nature is proving her remarkable ability to survive. You will see vegetation and wildlife in these areas. It started with small plants and creatures. Now, you'll see young trees and elk. Even though it is a slow comeback, and the topography is forever altered, it is still a comeback. Departs: Sat