Tours
PAPUA NEW GUINEA HIGHLANDS SHOW
13 days, 12 nights, May 8-20, 2018 (including one night in Brisbane, AUSTRALIA). Highlights: In Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea National Museum & Art Gallery/boat to remote villages, spirit houses/in Highlands, Huli wigmen/Tumbuna Sing-Sing, with Mudmen. $8,200 ppdo. Single supp., $1,100.
DANISH PALACES & COUNTRY HOUSES
9-day, 8-night historian-led architectural tour, July 26-Aug. 3, 2018.
GALÁPAGOS ABOARD NG ENDEAVOUR II
10 days, 9 nights on 96-passenger expedition ship; route set by national park service. Weekly departures.
CROATIA-HUNGARY-UKRAINE
18 days, 17 nights, June 6-23 & Aug. 9-26, 2018. Highlights: In Dubrovnik, 15th-century Orlando’s column, Sponza Palace/Split/Trogir/Plitvice Lakes/Zagreb/in Budapest, Buda Castle, St.
SCENIC COTSWOLDS
7-day, 6-night, “moderate”-level walking tour of ENGLAND, Sept. 2-8, 2018. Highlights: Chipping Campden/Hidcote Manor Gardens/Stanway House near Stanton/Highclere Castle (TV’s Downton Abbey)/Roman Cirencester/Bibury/in Malmesbury, Abbey House gardens.
5-DAY FARM-TO-TABLE TOUR
Customizable 5-day, 4-night private guided food tour on NEW ZEALAND’s North Island. Highlights: Drive from Auckland to Footwhistle Cave to see glowworms/Huka Falls/Champagne Pool geothermal area/Aratoa Deer Farm/Grand View sheep farm/kiwi orchard/fish among mussel farms/lavender farm/Zealong Tea Es
GASTRONOMIC GULET CRUISE IN CROATIA
8 days, 7 nights, Sept. 29-Oct. 6, 2018. Led by two archaeologists. Highlights: In Split, market visit/island of Bracˇ/homemade wine at UNESCO site Stari Grad Plain/tastings of local delicacies in Žrnovo, Korcˇula/saltworks of Pelješac. £3,495 (near $4,674) ppdo.
JAPANESE FOLK ART & ITS SPIRITUAL HEART
14-day, 13-night tour of JAPAN led by sculptor David Orth. Departures April, May & October 2018.
THE WAY OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI
8-day, 7-night pilgrimage in ITALY, June 11-18, Sept. 16-23 & Oct. 13-20, 2018.
BOTSWANA SAFARI IN STYLE
10 days, 9 nights in luxury safari camps. Group limit, 16. Highlights: Arrive Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA/in ZAMBIA, twilight Zambezi cruise/in ZIMBABWE, Victoria Falls/in BOTSWANA, Chobe National Park, Okavango Delta. $7,495-$12,995 ppdo (per departure date). Single supp., $1,495-$5,495.
PERSIAN BIRDING ADVENTURE
14 days, 13 nights in IRAN, May 2-15, 2018. Highlights: Fly Tehran to Bandar Abbas on the Persian Gulf/bird-watching in mangrove forests and almond, pistachio groves/fly to Ahvaz for birding at Dez and Karkheh rivers/Kelardasht in the Alborz Mountains/Babolsar and Sari at Caspian Sea/Touran National Park
“CANADA CIRCUMNAVIGATION 2018”
56-day, 55-night tour by sea, air and rail, July 24-Sept. 18, 2018. Four back-to-back summer voyages plus short rail trips.
“AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND & BRUGES”
8-day, 7-night coach tour, Sept. 10-17, 2018. Group limit, 10. Highlights: Free day in Amsterdam/in Delft, Delft Blue Shop/in Giethoorn village, thatch-roofed houses, farm museum/in Bruges, BELGIUM, visit churches and shops, sample chocolates. $2,799-$2,999 per person, double occupancy (ppdo). Single supp., $599.
“WINGS OVER ISRAEL: BIRDING, NATURE, CULTURE”
12-day, 11-night bus trip, Nov. 12-23, 2018.
“DISCOVER AMAZON & MACHU PICCHU”
10 days, 9 nights in PERU. Departures June 4, July 30, Sept. 24 & Nov. 19, 2018. “Moderate” walking. Group, about 10.
“GARDENS & VILLAS OF THE ITALIAN LAKES”
7 days, 6 nights in ITALY, April 19-25 & Sept. 20-26, 2018. Led by historic-garden specialist. Highlights: Drive from Milan to Bellagio at Lake Como to visit 16th- to 18th-century villas/in Bisuschio, Villa Cicogna Mozzoni/Isola Bella island garden in Lake Maggiore/in Pallanza, Villa Taranto botanical gardens.
“AFRICAN EXPLORER: VICTORIA FALLS TO PRETORIA”
13-day, 12-night rail tour aboard private Rovos Rail train (chartered by Lernidee Trains & Cruises), Aug. 22-Sept. 3, 2018.
“THE CYCLADES BY GULET”
11-day, 10-night Aegean Sea gulet cruise in GREECE, May 11-21 & June 9-19, 2018.
“GRAND TRAIN TOUR OF SWITZERLAND”
11-day, 10-night rail trip with first-class Swiss Travel Pass, June 11-21 & Sept. 15-25. Group, 15-25.