Tours
CHIANG MAI KINGDOMS OF THE NORTH BIKE TOUR
9-day, 8-night, “level 2” biking tour in northern THAILAND. Average miles per day (over 7 days), 29. Departures ongoing. Group limit, 4-14.
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE
5 days, 4 nights in MEXICO, Dec. 9-13, 2019 & May 5-9, 2020. Highlights: In Mexico City, Mass at Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe/Teotihuacán pyramids/in Puebla, 17th-century Rosary Chapel/gondola ride among “floating gardens” of Xochimilco.
FOOTPATHS OF UMBRIA
8-day, 7-night, “moderate” walking tour of art, architecture in central ITALY, May 4-11 & Sept. 21-28, 2020. Group limit, 10-18.
KUMANO KODO PILGRIMAGE
9-day, 8-night “moderate-difficult” walking tour in JAPAN. Departures Nov. 2019, March-May & Sept.-Nov. 2020. Group limit, 12.
UNTAMED NORWAY & SVALBARD
16 days, 15 nights. The Arctic on 150-passenger M/V Hondius. Departures June 29, July 9 & 19, 2020. “Moderately strenuous” pace 6-8 hours daily. Group limit, 25.
BUDAPEST TO THE BLACK SEA RIVER CRUISE
15-day, 14-night round trip on the Danube. Departures April-June, Aug.-Oct. 2020.
CLASSICAL RHINE CRUISE
8 days, 7 nights. Departures April, May, July, Sept., Oct. 2020. Highlights: Board vessel in Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS/Hoorn/in GERMANY, Old Town in Cologne/Cochem for wine tasting/Rüdesheim/12th-century cathedral in Speyer/Strasbourg, FRANCE/disembark in Basel, SWITZERLAND.
THE MIDDLE KINGDOM
11 days, 10 nights in CHINA. Departures through Nov. 2019. Highlights: In Beijing, Tiananmen Square, Palace Museum, Temple of Heaven/Sacred Way of the Ming Tombs/Great Wall/in Xi’an, Terracotta Army, Ancient City Wall/in Shanghai, the Bund, Shanghai Museum.
PARIS, NORMANDY & THE SEINE AT CHRISTMAS
5-day, 4-night cruise in FRANCE on 202-passenger A-Rosa Viva. Through Dec. 2019. Highlights: Board in Saint-Denis/in Rouen, Christmas market, 14th-century astronomical clock/in Mantes-la-Jolie, Notre-Dame de Mantes/full day in Paris.
BORNEO’S RARE MAMMALS
14 days, 13 nights in MALAYSIA. Departures April, May, Aug., Oct. 2020. Group limit, 6.
AROUND AUSTRALIA TOUR
24 days, 23 nights, March 10-April 2, 2020. Led by ITN columnist Randy Keck. Group limit, 24.
OBERAMMERGAU & ‘DREAM CASTLES’ OF BAVARIA
6 days, 5 nights in GERMANY, Aug. 5-10, 2020. Highlights: From Munich to Lake Chiemsee in Bavaria for Herrenchiemsee Castle/in the Alps, see Passion Play in Oberammergau/near Füssen, Neuschwanstein Castle/country manor house of Berg Castle on Lake Starnberg/King Ludwig II’s tomb at St.
NAMIBIA BY NIGHT AND DAY
14-day, 11-night astronomy & game-viewing expedition, Sept. 10-23, 2020. “Gentle” fitness level.