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The bucket-list things to do — and who runs each one.
Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, who runs it, and how to book it direct — so you can weigh it against your ship’s excursion and pick what suits you.
A private-driver loop along the Great River Road's limestone bluffs, ending in the storybook village of Elsah and the Principia College campus overlook.
A private, expert-led dawn walk through the largest prehistoric earthwork city north of Mexico — a UNESCO World Heritage Site most cruise passengers never hear of.
A small-group evening walk through Alton's brick downtown uncovering its Underground Railroad, Prohibition-era smuggling, and reputedly haunted past.
A quiet, guided ramble through Alton's beloved 350-acre riverside park — gardens, wetlands, and trails as locals actually use them.
Climb the observation tower where the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers physically merge, then visit the reconstructed Camp River Dubois where the expedition wintered.
A guided e-bike ride along the Mississippi River Trail past the towering Piasa Bird petroglyph and limestone river bluffs.
You know what to do on the day. Here is the trip it belongs to — each one opens as a whole plan, not a list: where to fly in, every port, what it runs.
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