Tours
“Namibia & Botswana”
17 days/16 nights. Highlights: From Johannesburg, fly to Windhoek, NAMIBIA/cheetahs in private reserve/Sossusvlei dunes/cruise Walvis Bay/game drives in Etosha National Park, Mahango Game Park/80-ton Hoba Meteorite/in BOTSWANA, Chobe National Park for elephants/cruise Zambezi River at Victoria Falls, ZIMBABWE.
“Irish Heritage”
Nine days/seven nights. Highlights: Medieval-style dinner at Bunratty Castle/Cliffs of Moher/Ring of Kerry/Cobh Heritage Centre/Waterford/Kilkenny Castle Rose Garden/Irish National Stud and Japanese Gardens in Kildare/Dublin. From New York, from $1,700. Single supp., $647.
Southeast Asia
12 days/11 nights. Highlights: In VIETNAM, Hanoi cyclo tour of the “36 streets”/cruise Halong Bay/Cu Chi Tunnels in Ho Chi Minh City/Siem Reap, CAMBODIA/Angkor Wat/Ta Prohm/Bangkok, THAILAND. Land, from $2,299. Single supp., $699. Air from West Coast, from $999.
Madagascar
15 days/13 nights, June 11-25, 2011. Highlights: Walking tour of Antananarivo/in Mantadia National Park, lemurs, birds, reptiles/botanical garden at Fort Dauphin/baobab trees at Berenty Reserve/Isalo National Park. Land, $5,399. Single supp., $1,000.
“Kraków And The Tatra Mountains”
Nine-day, eight-night women-only tour of POLAND, July 13-21, 2011. Highlights: In Kraków, Wawel Castle/Chopin recital/Kasimierz Jewish quarter/Wieliczka Salt Mine/Pieniny National Park/raft down the Dunajec River. Land, $2,795. Single supp., $650.
“Gourmet Deluxe”
12-day, 11-night tour of JAPAN, Nov. 6-17, 2011. Highlights: Tokyo’s Tsukiji Fish Market/tea ceremony in Kanazawa/Ninja Temple/in Kyoto, learn to make soba noodles/dine with geisha and maiko entertainment/back in Tokyo, kaiseki dinner at Iron Chef winner Kimio Nonaga’s restaurant.
“Haunted Scotland”
11 days/10 nights, Oct. 26-Nov. 5, 2011. Highlights: Edinburgh “Witchery Tour”/graves at Greyfriars Kirkyard/Glamis, “Britain’s most haunted castle”/Autumn Festival in Pitlochry/Edradour Distillery/Glasgow Necropolis/Clairvoyant Evening. Land, $3,795. Single supp., $695.
“Amazon Cruise & Machu Picchu”
14 days/13 nights in PERU includes six-day, seven-night river cruise. Highlights: Aboard river boat, in Pacaya Samiria National Reserve see caimans, monkeys, dolphins, birds/fish for piranha/disembark; Sacsayhuaman/Pisac Indian market/Sacred Valley/Machu Picchu.
“Colors Of The Baltic Sea”
Nine-day, eight-night tour of SWEDEN, ESTONIA, RUSSIA and FINLAND, June-September. Highlights: Stockholm’s Old Town, City Hall (home to Nobel Banquet)/Tallink ferry to Tallinn, ESTONIA/Toompea Castle/artisans’ studios/ferry to Helsinki, FINLAND/Sibelius Monument/Rock Church/in St.
“Best Of Africa”
19 days/17 nights. Highlights: In SOUTH AFRICA, Johannesburg, Pretoria and Soweto/Chobe National Park, BOTSWANA/Victoria Falls, ZIMBABWE/meet villagers and chief in NAMIBIA/game viewing in Kruger National Park, South Africa/wine tasting in Cape Winelands/Boulders Beach Penguin Reserve.
“The French And Italian Rivieras”
13 days/12 nights, June 2-15, 2011. Highlights: Rothschild estate tour in Nice, FRANCE/Fragonard Perfumery/day trip to MONACO/Portofino, ITALY/winery tour/Cinque Terre/cooking class in Saint-Paul de Vence/back in France, Cannes/Antibes. With air from New York or Boston, $6,299.
Tibet Overland & Beijing
18-day, 17-night tour, April through November. Highlights: In Beijing, Forbidden City/Great Wall/Summer Palace/fly to Lhasa, Tibet/Potala and Norbulingka palaces, Jokhang Temple/Gyantse/Tashilhunpo Monastery in Xigatse/Everest Base Camp/finish in Beijing.
“Spectacular England”
15 days/15 nights, June 7-21, 2011. Visit Sussex, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, the Lake District, North & South Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire and Somerset. Land price, £2,345 (near $3,684). Single supplement, £550 ($864).
“Monarchs Of Michoacán”
Eight-day/seven-night tour in MEXICO; departures December 2010-March 2011. Highlights: See millions of butterflies in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Morelia/Morelia candy museum/Tzintzuntzan archaeological site/mask-making workshop in Pátzcuaro/boat tour on Lake Pátzcuaro/crafts market. Land, from $1,575.
“Middle East & The Fertile Crescent”
21-day/19-night tour, Nov. 2-22, 2011. Highlights: Istanbul, TURKEY/cave cities of Cappadocia/Aleppo in SYRIA/Palmyra/Greek and Roman ruins in Baalbek, LEBANON/Petra in JORDAN. With air from New York or Chicago, $7,990. Single supp., $950.
“Inside Cambodia: Meeting The People…”
13 days/12 nights, Jan. 17-29 and Nov. 23-Dec. 4, 2011. Friendship with Cambodia sponsors students, a street children’s shelter, a Women’s Crisis Center, a land mine survivors’ rehab school and more; meet with the people your tourism dollars help.
“Winter Irish Escape”
Five days/four nights. Highlights: Medieval Kilkenny/Blarney Castle/Ring of Kerry/Blarney Woollen Mills/Dublin city tour. Land and air from New York, from $699. Single supp., $210. Sceptre Tours (Lynbrook, NY; 800/221-0924).
“Leopards, Tigers & Palaces”
13-day/12-night or 19-day/18-night tour of INDIA. Highlights: Siana leopard safari/Jodhpur/Jaipur/Taj Mahal/tiger safari in Kanha National Park. 13 days, $4,898 land plus $500 internal airfare. 19 days, $7,698 land plus $900 internal air. Single supp., $400.
“South African Footprints”
12 days/11 nights. Highlights: Game drive in Kruger National Park, SOUTH AFRICA/Shangaan village visit/rhino walk in Hlane Royal National Park, SWAZILAND/bushmen rock paintings in LESOTHO. Land, from $4,385. Single supp., $515.
“Springtime In The Alps”
15-day/14-night rail tour, April 15-29, 2011. Highlights: Lake steamer to Mainau Gardens at Lake Constance, GERMANY/in SWITZERLAND, Bernina Express scenic train/Davos/optional day cruise on Lake Maggiore, ITALY ($80)/Glacier Express to Matterhorn, Zermatt/Lake Geneva.