Traveling Kirtan Experience

Kirtan – From Your Heart to the World

North America, May 21 – June 27, 2016


Immerse yourself in a traveling kirtan experience that will inspire chanting from the heart and provide the skills and mood to share the pure name with the world.

Beginning with a Holy Name Retreat in Alachua, Florida, we’ll travel on the youth tour bus to Sadhu Sanga Retreat, then to Washington DC and New York City for Harinama, Book Distribution and Ratha-yatra, followed by New Vrindaban Kulimela, 24-Hour Kirtan, and another Holy Name retreat.

We’ll spend quality time with senior Vaishnavas who’ll share their realizations about kirtan, sankirtan, and a life of glorifying Krishna. Music lessons will be offered throughout the tour for those wishing to refine their mridanga, kartala, harmonium and vocal skills.

Srila Prabhupada once said that many different flowers all teach us one thing – what is the nature of a flower. In the same way the various experiences which will be provided during this traveling kirtan experience are meant to give participants a full idea about the vast and blissful world of kirtan.

We’ll have plenty of personal time for reflection, journaling, japa walks, and to meet and make friends with the two dozen kindred spirits traveling with us on the tour.

Please take a minute to review our schedule so you’ll have a good idea of what to expect.

$751 early-bird discount before April 20. $851 thereafter.

Contact us if you’re interested.

 

20th Anniversary Bus Tour Schedule

We’ve got a very exciting schedule for the next 6 weeks of our summer bus tour. We’ll be going to diverse locations from Key Largo to Vancouver, from the summer heat down south to the snowy cold up north in the mountains, so be sure to prepare appropriately and follow our packing list.

JULY
8 WED Depart Alachua, Florida, 4 pm.
9 THU Houston, Texas, The Sanga Initiative retreat
10 FRI Houston, TSI
11 SAT Houston, TSI
12 SUN Houston, TSI
13 MON Houston, TSI
14 TUE Houston, TSI
15 WED St. Louis, Missouri
16 THU New Vrindavan, West Virginia
17 FRI Toronto, Ontario
18 SAT Toronto, Ontario, Ratha-yatra
19 SUN Toronto, Ontario, Festival of India
20 MON Serpent River, Ontario
21 TUE Thunder Bay, Ontario, Festival of India
22 WED Winnipeg, Manitoba
23 THU Regina, Saskatchewan
24 FRI Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Ratha-yatra
25 SAT Calgary, Alberta, Ratha-yatra
26 SUN Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
27 MON Spanish Fork, Utah
28 TUE Chinle, Arizona – Navajo Nation horseback riding
29 WED Grand Canyon, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada
30 THU San Diego, California
31 FRI Los Angeles and Laguna Beach, California
AUGUST
01 SAT Los Angeles, California
02 SUN Los Angeles, California, Ratha-yatra
03 MON Yosemite National Park, California
04 TUE San Francisco, California
05 WED Crater Lake and Portland, Oregon
06 THU Mount Rainier, Washington
07 FRI Vancouver, British Columbia
08 SAT Vancouver, BC
09 SUN Vancouver, BC, Ratha-yatra
10 MON Saranagati Village, BC
11 TUE Golden, BC – Whitewater Rafting
12 WED Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta
13 THU Jasper National Park, Alberta
14 FRI Jasper National Park, Alberta
15 SAT Edmonton, Alberta
16 SUN Crow Agency, Montana – Crow Fair and Pow-wow
17 MON Rocky Mountains National Park and Denver, Colorado
18 TUE Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico
19 WED Dallas, Texas
20 THU New Talavan, Mississippi and New Orleans, Louisiana
21 FRI Key Largo, Florida – Snorkeling
22 SAT Key West, Florida
23 SUN Miami and Alachua, Florida
24 MON Ichetucknee Springs river float trip

Important details: Airport PICK-UPs + DROP-OFFs

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Below are important details regarding your flight information. Go through all of the options before and contact us if you have any further questions.

Flying in/ Flying out

Tuesday, July 7th is the ideal day for flying in. August 25th is the ideal day for flying out. We can arrange airport pickups and drop-offs for those days. On Monday, August 24th the bus tour will do a float trip together on the Ichetucknee river, followed by a bus tour after-party in the evening.

NOTE: Do not book airfare until your application has been approved.

The tour starts July 8, 4:00 pm, and ends August 23, 4:00 pm, at the ISKCON Hare Krishna Temple in Alachua, Florida. If you’re flying in to meet us, here are the preferred airports:

Gainesville, Florida (GNV).  50-minutes round-trip from Alachua. $25 per pick-up or drop-off.

Jacksonville, Florida (JAX). 3 hours round-trip from Alachua. $75 per pick-up or drop-off.

Orlando, Florida (MCO). 5 hours round-trip from Alachua. $135 per pick-up or drop-off.

(UK and European youth can save by flying into Orlando on the same day, arriving as a group, and we’ll arrange a group pickup / drop-off. As of March 14, round-trip tickets from London to Orlando were $730 / £495, about $400 less than flying into JAX or GNV.)

Coordinate your arrival and departure plans with us and we may be able to have you share an airport ride with other tour participants, which will reduce your shuttle costs.

JOINING US ALONG THE WAY SOMEWHERE?

Please contact us and let us know the dates you can come, and we’ll advise you on the best airports to fly in and out of, along with expected shuttle costs.

 

The Bus Tour Turns 20

We’re excited to announce the dates for this summer’s upcoming TWENTIETH anniversary bus tour! (That’s right, we’re about to turn 20).

The tour will begin on July 8 and start at the Sanga Initiative, which will be hosted in Houston TX. The tour will include Toronto Rathayatra, Calgary, Vancouver and Los Angeles Rathayatras among many more exciting adventures.

The tour is scheduled to return back to Alachua by August 23.

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2014 Mexico Bus Tour Schedule

Below is this year’s schedule for the 2014 Mexico Bus Tour

December
12 FRI Alachua
13 SAT New Orleans / Houston
14 SUN Monterrey
15 MON Xilitla
16 TUE Tampico
17 WED Papantla
18 THU Veracruz
19 FRI Villahermosa
20 SAT Agua Azul
21 SUN Merida
22 MON Cozumel
23 TUE Playa del Carmen
24 WED Tulum
25 THU Tulum
26 FRI Solferino
27 SAT Cancun
28 SUN Palenque
29 MON Orizaba
30 TUE Puebla or Tulancingo
31 WED Mexico City
January
01 THU Zitacuaro
02 FRI Harlingen
03 SAT Houston / New Orleans
04 SUN Alachua