Tours
“FAT (TIRE) BIKING IN FINLAND”
8 days, 7 nights in Oulanka National Park (5 days’ moderate-level cycling, 3-6 hours per day), March 26-April 2 and April 9-16, 2017.
“SUNDARBANS EXCURSION WITH ROCKET”
8 days, 7 nights in BANGLADESH, March 24-31, Nov. 3-10 & Dec. 1-8, 2017.
“COCA, KINGS AND MONKEYS”
16-day, 15-night cultural expedition in PERU, Sept. 20-Oct. 5, 2017. Led by anthropologist Manuel Arboleda G. Group limit, 20.
“PARIS AND THE MEGALITHS OF BRITTANY”
8-day, 7-night slow-paced photo and art tour through FRANCE, June 5-12, 2017. Highlights: Arrive in Rennes by train from Paris/take van to Morbihan in Brittany for Carnac alignments, Locmariaquer megaliths and sunset and morning shoots/burial cairn on island of Gavrinis/in Paris, Eiffel Tower, Louvre.
“ETHIOPIA: HISTORIC ROUTE & SIMIEN MOUNTAINS”
11 days, 10 nights, Feb. 12-22 & Oct. 15-25, 2017.
“ST. PATRICK’S DAY IN IRELAND”
9 days, 8 nights, March 15-23, 2017. Highlights: In Dublin, Trinity College, homes of Oscar Wilde and Bram Stoker/2-hour St. Patrick’s Day parade/town of Wicklow/Glendalough/Kilkenny Castle/Rock of Cashel/in Cork, 15th-century Blarney Stone, castle, wool mills/Ring of Kerry/Cliffs of Moher.
“LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN”
12-day, 11-night rail trip, June 15-26, 2017. Highlights: In Moscow, RUSSIA, St. Basil’s Cathedral, Kremlin’s Armoury Chamber/Golden Eagle train into Arctic Circle/open-air Museum of Wooden Architecture/in Murmansk, nuclear icebreaker ship museum/Kirkenes, NORWAY.
“QUÉBEC CITY, NOVA SCOTIA & PEI”
10-day, 9-night rail tour through northeastern CANADA; departures May-October 2017.
“AUSTRIA: ART, MUSIC & MOUNTAINS”
7 days, 6 nights; departures March 23, June 14 & July 1, 2017. Highlights: In Vienna, Hofburg and Schönbrunn palaces, Sisi Museum, St.
“BEST OF PATAGONIA”
10-day, 9-night photo tour in Patagonia, ARGENTINA, with documentary filmmaker Ossian Lindholm, Feb. 7-16 & April 10-19, 2017.
“SHRINES OF ITALY”
11 days, 10 nights, March-June & September-October 2017. Highlights: Travel from Rome to Assisi for tour of St. Mary of the Angels Basilica/Church of St. Clare/in Loreto, Holy House of Nazareth/at Mont Sant’ Angelo, see Grotto of St.