Tours

March 2010 issue | Appears on page 62

“Sumo & Samurais For Families”

12-day/11-night tour of JAPAN departs April 3, June 26 & July 3, 2010. Highlights: Toshiba Science Museum and Sumo Museum in Tokyo/Tokyo Disneyland/roller coasters at Fujikyu Highland Park/Matsumoto Castle/16th-century town of Takayama/Iga Uneo Ninja Park in Kyoto. Land, $4,650.

Journeys International (Ann Arbor, MI; 800/255-8735).

March 2010 issue | Appears on page 62

Africa

21-day, five-country tour, Aug. 3-23, 2010. Highlights: In SOUTH AFRICA, Pretoria plus Soweto in Johannesburg/Victoria Falls from both the ZIMBABWE and ZAMBIA sides; helicopter flight/game drives in BOTSWANA/elephant orphanage and Giraffe Centre in KENYA/Masai Mara. Land and intra-Africa air, $10,950. Single supp., $2,500.

Catch the Wind Tours (Boulder City, NV; 702/294-4365).

February 2010 issue | Appears on page 63

“Provence Coastal Walk”

Eight-day/seven-night tour of FRANCE. Highlights: hike Ile de Port Cros/swim at l’ Estagnol beach/Cap Lardier bird sanctuary for little eagle owls, falcons, hawks/market at Le Lavandou/day cruise on a yacht/Saint-Tropez. Land only, from $2,945. Single supp., from $728.

Breakaway Adventures (Mt. Pleasant, SC; 800/567-6286).

February 2010 issue | Appears on page 63

“Oberammergau: Berlin To Zürich”

14 days/12 nights, June 21-July 4, 2010. Highlights: Berlin’s Pergamon Museum and Charlottenberg Castle plus Spree River day cruise/Prague/medieval Telc˘/Vienna’s Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna Woods/Baroque Salzburg/Melk Abbey/Oberammergau Passion Play/Neuschwanstein Castle/Zürich. Land, $9,495. Single supp., $1,200.

Horizon & Co. (Toronto, Ont., Canada; 800/387-2977).

February 2010 issue | Appears on page 63

“Steps Of Apostles Paul & John Tour To Greece”

eight days/six nights, May 8-15, 2010, includes four-night cruise. Highlights: Mykonos/Ephesus, TURKEY/Patmos, Greece, where John wrote Book of Revelation/Byzantine/Turkish and Latin ruins on Rhodes/open-air market and Archaeological Museum on Crete/Santorini. $2,295 from Dallas. Single supp., $330.

Friendly Planet (Jenkintown, PA; 800/555-5765).

February 2010 issue | Appears on page 63

“Medieval Legends”

19-day/18-night tour of RUSSIA and the BALTICS. Departs May 10 and Sept. 6, 2010. Highlights: in Kiev, UKRAINE, Chernobyl Museum/Kremlin diamonds, Fabergé eggs in Moscow, RUSSIA/Amber Room in St. Petersburg/in Vilnius, LITHUANIA, former KGB HQ/Riga, LATVIA’s, Opera House/torchlight monastery tour in Tallinn, ESTONIA. Land only, from $11,925. Single supp., $3,800.

Exeter International (Tampa, FL; 800/633-1008).

February 2010 issue | Appears on page 63

“In Search Of The Giant Panda”

12 days/11 nights, April 26-May 7 and Nov. 8-19, 2010. Note: participants should be able to walk five miles per day. Highlights: Xi’an Terra Cotta Warriors/in Foping Nature Reserve, track wild pandas/Beijing and Great Wall. Land only, $5,999. Single supp., $1,000.

Terra Incognita Ecotours (Tampa, FL; 866/463-9756).

February 2010 issue | Appears on page 63

“Pyramids, Mummies & Temples”

Nine-day/seven-night family-focused tour of EGYPT. Highlights: Egyptian Museum in Cairo/Giza pyramids/Nile cruise to Temple of Philae, Kom Ombo, Luxor’s Valley of the Kings/12th-century Citadel of Salah el-Din. Land/cruise, from $4,530 adult or $3,790 child under 12. Internal air, from $630.

Abercrombie & Kent (Downers Grove, IL; 800/652-7963).