2025 USA Mexico Agriculture Tour

Sydney – Denver Colorado

Depart Sydney 10-20am / Arrive San Francisco 6-50am ---Same Day 29^th May.

Depart San Francisco 9-10am/Arrive Denver Colorado 3-13pm  

On arrival into Denver, we will be meet by our coach and transferred to our hotel, this afternoon we enjoy an afternoon city tour.

Tonight, welcome dinner at a local restaurant.

Denver

Our first visit today is with Brad Erker who is the Executive Director of Colorado Wheat/Plains Gold,Brads Company is excited to be launching the herbicide tolerance trait “CoAXium Wheat Production System” through Australian Grain Technologies in Australia Sep 2025.

We then visit a local Wheat farm who are still harvesting Wheat before heading back to our Hotel in Denver.

Tonight Free

Denver

Our day begins with an early morning drive in the Rockies before we catch up with Daren Hammel Director of USDA-ARS Centre for agriculture and Research, we also meet the Chairman of the Colorado Wheat growers Association. After a visit we tour Fort Collins before a visit to a local wheat farm and then our last visit today is to a ranch owned by the Director of the Colorado Cattleman’s Association.

Tonight Free

Denver – Memphis

This Morning is free time before we are transferred to the Airport for our flight to the home of the blues “Memphis” Tennessee.

On arrival we will be meet by our coach and transferred to our centrally located hotel. This afternoon we enjoy an orientation walk to the world-famous Beal Street and to the Peabody Hotel to experience the Duck Parade. We also walk along the banks of the mighty Mississippi River.

Tonight, we enjoy a fun night out at the most famous Restaurant in Beal Street “BB KINGS”.

Memphis

Music Music, our day today is action packed, firstly we visit Elvis Presley’s Graceland for a premier tour, after an early lunch we are joined on the coach by a musician tour guide to enjoy a music city tour of Memphis and its music, we also see the motel room where Dr Martin Luther King was assassinated. After our city tour, we visit the world-famous Sun Records where the likes of Elvis and Johnny Cash started. Also, we drive past the Soul Studios where the like of Otis Reading started his short career.

Tonight, free to enjoy Beal Street and its music.

Memphis - Dewitt

Travelling by coach we depart Memphis to explore Arkansas Rice Industry, the largest Rice Growing area in America, our first visit is Keith Freeland’s Family Rice and Soya Bean Farm at Brinkley. Keith is Vice Chairman of the Arkansas Rice Growers Association. We then visit a local cotton farm and cotton gin before travelling to Stuttgart to visit Riceland Foods, the world’s largest miller of rice. Riceland, a farmer owned cooperative, is the best choice for farmers seeking a strong partner for their business profitability and agricultural impact. This afternoon we meet on a local farm with a private agronomist before making our way to the small rural town of Dewitt. Tonight we enjoy dinner with some local farmers and people involved in agriculture.

Dewitt - Fort Worth Texas

Today we depart by coach for a scenic drive through the Arkansas countryside to Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas.

Tonight, free to experience the nightlife and restaurants of Fort Worth, Texas.

Fort Worth

Today a relaxing day. Firstly, a tour by the old train of Fort Worth, then watch the famous cattle drive down the main street of Fort Worth. This spectacle recreates the famous cattle drives that happened when cattle where driven to Fort Worth Stockyards from afar to market. Tonight, with luck, if a rodeo is on, we will acquire tickets.

Tonight Free

Fort Worth – San Antonio

After a great weekend in Fort Worth, Texas, we travel by coach to our next stop San Antonio, Texas. san Antonio is a major city in the south of Texas with a rich colonial heritage. En-route, we visit a local Texas cotton farming operation.

On arrival into San Antonio, we enjoy a walk along the San Antonio River before checking into our hotel, with free time for some retail therapy.

Tonight free

San Antonio

Today features the Alamo, an 18^th century Spanish mission preserved as a museum marking the infamous 1836 battle for Texan independence from Mexico. This afternoon we visit Papaya a local Indian village on the San Antonio River.

Afternoon free

San Antonio - Mexico City

Bienvenidos!  Welcome to Mexico City, the economic, industrial and cultural centre of Mexico! Sprawling across a valley, encircled by volcanoes and mountains, and atop an ancient Aztec civilisation, Mexico City is North America's highest city, and one of the world's most densely populated. With a long and fascinating history that runs from ancient native civilisations through to the invasion of the Conquistadors and subsequent colonial rule, Mexico City boasts an array of fascinating sights and attractions. On arrival we will be met by our local guide and transferred to our hotel, we then enjoy a short walking tour and then some free time.

Tonight enjoy your first taste of Mexican food with a tasty welcome dinner! 

Mexico City

We begin the day with a tour of bustling Mexico City. Our sightseeing will include the main city square – Plaza de la Constitución or the Zócalo. The plaza is constructed from the stones of ancient palaces and temples and is said to be the second largest in the world after Moscow’s Red Square. The Zócalo is bordered by the Cathedral to the north and the National Palace to the east. In the centre of the plaza is an enormous Mexican Flag which is ceremoniously raised and lowered each day and carried into the National Palace.

This afternoon we visit Xochimilco, a borough famous for its canals and hundreds of colourfully decorated boats - Trajineras. Here, we’ll experience the last remnants of a vast water transport system built by the Aztecs.

On our Return we visit a local wheat farming operation and visit a CYMITT research station before returning to Mexico City.

Tonight Free

Mexico City

This morning we visit “CIMMYT” the international wheat and maize centre where we meet with the director of wheat  and visit a local wheat wheat farm. On our return to Mexico City you will have time to visit one of the many museums and sights of Mexico City.

Mexico City

After breakfast we travel to the nearby site of Teotihuácan, considered to be one of the most impressive and mysterious archaeological sites in Mexico. The city was established in 100BC and the name Teotihuácan roughly translates as ‘Birthplace of the Gods’.

Here we’ll marvel at the magnificent structures built in the Pre-Columbian Americas, including the Temples of the Sun and the Moon. These are the largest buildings within Teotihuácan, with the Temple of the Sun rising 66 metres above ground level and the Temple of the Moon rising 43 metres.

After lunch at a local restaurant, we visit the Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe, or 'Basilica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe'. This Roman Catholic church and shrine, arguably the most important christian site in Latin America, was built near the location where Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to Juan Diego. It also houses the original apron of Juan Diego that shows the icon of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which we’ll be able to view.

Tonight Farewell dinner at a local Restaurant.