Tours
“Hoogly Cruise”
15-day/14-night tour of INDIA includes seven nights’ cruising on the Hoogly (Hugli) River. Departures through Dec. 16, 2010. Highlights: From Calcutta, cruise to Kalna in Bengal/brass-working village of Matiari/Hazarduari Palace/disembark at Farakka Barrage (dam)/Delhi/Taj Mahal in Agra/Jaipur.
“Tanzania Safari”
12 days/11 nights, July 6-17, 2010, March 13-21, 20011 & July 3-11, 2011. Highlights: Lions, giraffes, elephants, baboons in Lake Manyara National Park/Big Five in Ngorongoro Crater/visit a Maasai village/fossils in Olduvai Gorge/Serengeti Plain game viewing/visit Hadzabe bushmen. Land, $3,650.
“Connemara, Aran Islands & The Burren”
Eight-day/seven-night walking tour of IRELAND (“moderate level”; longest day, four to six hours). Departures through Oct. 2. Highlights: Cliffs of Moher/walk along “Famine Trail”/prehistoric forts on Inishmore, Aran Islands. Land, $2,095. Single supp., $325.
“Essence Of Peru”
10 days/nine nights. Highlights: San Francisco catacombs in Lima/fly to Cusco/tour Pisac for handicrafts/Inca-built Ollanta/archaeological site of Ollantaytambo/train to Machu Picchu/Sacsayhuaman, Kenko and Tampu sites. Land and internal air, $2,629. Single supp., $1,229.
“Precious Journeys: Japan”
Nine days/eight nights. Departures through Nov. 13, 2010. Highlights: In Kyoto, Meiji Jingu Shinto shrine, the Ginza, bay cruise/Edo Wonderland of Samurai and Ninja/cruise Lake Ashi/Kasuga Shrine, Deer Park on Nara/Kyoto’s Nijo Castle and 1,001 statues of Kannon/sake tasting. Land, $4,790. Single supp., $1,190.
Protecting Big Cats In Namibia
13 days. Be part of a volunteer team of scientists conducting a survey of leopards, cheetahs, caracals, etc., in the savannah of Namibia. No experience needed. Capture, collar and track big cats and study their behavior. Land, £1,730 (approx. $2,830).
“Norway In Depth Rail/Sail Tour”
12 days/11 nights, Aug. 8-19, 2010. Highlights: FLAM and Viking Ships Museum, Oslo/day cruise to Sognefjord/Flam Railway through mountains/fjord tour on M/S White Lady/Andalsnes and Dovre railways to Trondheim/WWII air museum in Bodø. Land, $3,299. Single supp., $500.
“Laos & North Vietnam”
22 days/21 nights, Oct. 29-Nov. 20, 2010. Highlights: In LAOS, cruise to Pak Ou caves/Vientiane/in Hanoi, VIETNAM, French Quarter, West Lake/karst caves in Tam Coc/floating village of Kenh Ga/hill tribes, Sunday market in Sapa/Halong Bay. From Los Angeles, $5,795. Single supp., $1,200. In
“Brazil Tall Ship Sailing Adventure”
Seven-day/six-night cruise aboard 16-passenger tall ship Tocorimé, Nov. 7-13, 2010. Highlights: Set sail from Rio de Janeiro/swim, snorkel, hike at Ilha Grande/Lagoa Azul (Blue Lagoon)/meet Caiçara tribesmen in Mamanguá Ecological Reserve/colonial town of Paraty. Cruise/land excursions, $1,549.
“La Provence Complete”
Eight-day/seven-night walking tour (six to eight miles per day) of FRANCE, starting June 6, Sept. 5 & Oct. 3, 2010. Highlights: Roman monuments in Alpilles Hills/ancient stone villages near Robion/walk through lavender fields to Cistercian Abbey of Sénanque. Land, $3,998. Single supp., $780.
“Borneo & Brunei Wildlife Expedition”
13 days/12 nights, Aug. 25-Sept. 6, 2010. Highlights: Semongoh Orangutan Rehab Centre/Longboat to Sarawak/millions of bats in Mulu National Park/in BRUNEI, capital city of Bandar Seri Begawan/Kinabatangan River safari/witness sea turtles hatching on Selingan Island. Land, $3,845. Single supp., $575.
“The Scots & The Irish”
15 days/13 nights. Highlights: From Glasgow, SCOTLAND, visit Loch Lomond, Cawdor Castle/Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood Palace/ferry across the channel to NORTHERN IRELAND/Belfast/Giant’s Causeway/in IRELAND, Dingle Peninsula/Dublin. Land, from $2,650. Single supp., $785.
“Delights Of The Dalmatian Coast”
Eight-day/seven-night walking tour of CROATIA (“easy level”; longest day, four to six hours). Highlights: Krka National Park/Diocletian Palace in Split/Brac Island Folk Museum/oyster farm in Ston/Kolocep Island/Dubrovnik. Land, from $2,998. Single supp., $658.
“Bolivia, The Empire Of The Sun”
Eight days/six nights. Highlights: Ruins of Tiahuanco/Lake Titicaca/hydrofoil excursion to Copacabana/meet a shaman who reads fortunes in coca leaves/city tour of La Paz, Open Air Museum. From Miami, from $2,392. Single supp., from $558.
“Normandy & Châteaux Of The Loire”
12 days/12 nights in FRANCE, Sept. 12-24, 2010. Highlights: Monet’s Giverny/Old City of Rouen/Honfleur/Belle Époque resorts Deauville and Trouville/Bayeux Tapestry/D-Day sites/Mont-St-Michel/Château Chambord/Château Chenonceau/Chartres. Land, $3,795. Single supp., $450.
Egypt & Jordan
14 days/13 nights. Highlights: Great Alabaster Sphinx in Memphis/pyramids, Sphinx in Giza/Nile cruise to Luxor, Karnak, Valley of the Kings/Salah el Din Citadel in Cairo/in JORDAN, Greco-Roman Jerash/Petra/12th-century Crusader fortresses of Shobak and Kerak. Land and cruise, from $3,325. From New York, from $4,530.
“Haunted Scotland Too”
11 days/10 nights, Oct. 25-Nov. 4, 2010. Highlights: Edinburgh Castle/Falkland Palace and St. Andrew’s Cathedral, where ghosts and phantoms are said to walk/“most-haunted” castle in Britain, Glamis Castle/Autumn Festival in Pitlochry/Glasgow/Paranormal Evening in Peebles. Land, $3,495.
“Galápagos Islands With The Kids”
Nine-day/eight-night cruise-tour, Dec. 20-28, 2010. (Children eight-plus.) Highlights: Tour Quito, ECUADOR/frigate birds, boobies, iguanas on North Seymour Island/sea lions and albatross on Punta Suarez/snorkel with sea lions and turtles at Santiago Island. From $10,495. Single supp., from $6,995.
“Ladakh: The Last Shangri-La”
12 days/11 nights in Ladakh region of INDIA, June-Sept. 2010. Highlights: Delhi tour/in Leh, gold and jewel thangkas in Stok Palace/11th-century Alchi gompa/visit the oracle/Shatabdi Express train to Agra, Taj Mahal. Land, $4,145. Internal air, $678. Single supp., $1,635.
Horseback Riding In South Africa
Nine-day/eight-night tour includes up to six hours’ riding per day. (Weight limit, 200 pounds.) Highlights: In the Waterberg Mountains, ride to see rhinos/at Mashatu Reserve in BOTSWANA, ride plains where elephants, leopards and game live. Land, $3,470. Single supp., $1,735. Transfers, $505.