Tours
Snowshoe In Austria
Seven days/nights, March 20-26, 2010. Mayrhofen in Austria’s Tyrol is the base for three days of snowshoeing/two days’ walking forest trails, mountain plateaux. Land only (half board), £639 (near $1,019). With air from London Gatwick, £899.
“Bhutan & Sikkim”
16 days/14 nights. Highlights: In Delhi, INDIA, city tour/in Darjeeling, Tiger Hill, Ghum Monastery/in Gangtok, Do Drul Chorten stupa, Orchid Sanctuary/in Thimphu, BHUTAN, medieval fortress Trashichodzong/Tiger’s Nest monastery in Paro. Land, $3,395. Single supp., $795. Internal air, $631.
“South Pacific Sampler”
13-day/12-night tour of AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND. Highlights: Catamaran from Cairns to Great Barrier Reef/Melbourne/sunset dinner cruise in Sydney/in Christchurch, New Zealand, see little blue penguins/Southern Alps/Fiordland National Park, fiord day cruise/Queenstown. Land and cruise, from $3,139.
“Pamphylia By Land”
8-day/7-night tour in TURKEY, May 2-9, 2010. Highlights: Antalya Archaeological Museum/boat to market town of Phaselis/Arykanda, the “Turkish Delphi”/mountain stronghold of Termessos. Land only, £1,765 (near $2,850).
“China Golden Triangle”
8 days/7 nights. Highlights: In Beijing, Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven/Great Wall/Ming Imperial Tombs/Xi’an’s Terra Cotta Warriors/Shanghai’s Bund, Yu Garden, YuYuan Market. Land only, $1,099. Single supp., $399. FLO USA, Inc.
“Scotland’s Highlands And Islands”
9-day/7-night cruise-tour aboard M.V. Lord of the Glens. Highlights: Sail Caledonian Canal to Loch Ness for kayak excursion/Great Western Railway to Glenfinnan/medieval abbey on Iona/Duart Castle/Isle of Skye. Land and cruise, from $5,990. Single supp., from $1,345.
“Classic Galápagos”
11 days/10 nights includes 7-night cruise. Highlights: On ECUADOR mainland, Quito tour/fly to Bartolomé to board ship/on Santiago, fur seals, iguanas/sea lions on Isla Lobos/flamingos on Floreana/Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz.
“Snow Monkeys & Cranes”
19-day/17-night tour of JAPAN, Jan. 18-Feb. 5, 2010. Highlights: 12,000 hooded and white-naped cranes in Arasaki Crane Reserve/Gassho-Zukuri (“praying hands”) houses in Shirakawa-go/snow monkeys and macaques in Jigokudani/volcanic Akan National Park. Land only, $10,980. Single supp., $1,280.
“Highlights Of Senegal & Gambia”
11 days/10 nights, March 12-21, 2010. Highlights: In Dakar, SENEGAL, Kermel Flower Market, Grand Mosque/visit a Fulani village chief and his wives/in Banjul, THE GAMBIA, Albert Market/Abuko Nature Reserve/Brikama Carving Center. Land only, from $2,190. Single supp., $510.
Iran
15 days/14 nights, May 6-20, 2010. Highlights: 6,000-year-old pottery in Archaeological Museum, Tehran/Sa’ad-Abad Palace/Persepolis/pink-tiled Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque, Eram Garden, nomads’ market in Shiraz/Pasargadae, built by Cyrus the Great/Isfahan’s Ali-Qapu Palace. Land only, $3,525.
Tumbuna Singsing
12 days/11 nights in PAPUA NEW GUINEA, May 11-22, 2010, escorted by Greg Stathakis. Highlights: Port Moresby/Huli wig men/3-night river cruise aboard Sepik Spirit/Tumbuna SingSing on Mt. Hagen. Land only, $7,400. Internal air, from $1,600.
Art Treks In France
8-day/7-night tours in 2010 include six half-day art classes in mixed-media technique. Collioure: stay in this “Vermillion Coast” fishing village just north of Spanish border, June 21-28. Land only, from $2,895. Single supplement, $350.
Guatemala Holy Week
11-day/10-night cultural-immersion tour, March 24-April 3, 2010.
“Down The Waters Of Paradise”
6-day/5-night tour in Kerala, INDIA, through April 15, 2010. Highlights: Cochin, commercial and historic hub of Kerala/attend Kathakali dance drama/2-day, one-night backwater houseboat cruise to Alleppey/white-sand beach in Marari. Land only, $870. Single supp., $290.
“Naturally Tasmania”
10 days/9 nights, through March 25, 2010. Highlights: In Hobart, Botanic Gardens, Mt. Nelson/Cadbury Chocolate Factory/Freycinet National Park/Bay of Fires/tasting at Fires Winery/Cradle Mountain National Park/day cruise on the Gordon River. Land only, $3,209. Single supp., $830.
“Bavaria & The Passion Play”
3 days/2 nights. Departs June 7 through Sept. 27, 2010. Highlights: From Munich, drive through Bavaria to Berchtesgaden, visit Hitler’s “Eagle’s Nest”/Oberammergau Museum, woodcarving shops/center orchestra seats for the Passion Play. Land only, $2,299. Single supp., $500.
“Lucy’s Legacy”
9 days/8 nights in ETHIOPIA. Highlights: Addis Ababa’s Ethnological Museum houses 3.2-million-year-old Lucy skeleton/boat ride on Lake Tana to monasteries/Blue Nile Falls/rock-hewn churches in Lalibela/ruins of Queen of Sheba’s palace in Axum. With air from Washington Dulles, $3,497. Single supp., $645.
“The European Reformation, Plus Oberammergau”
10-day/12-night cruise-tour. Departures May 17-Sept. 6, 2010. Highlights: In SWITZERLAND, Geneva, Zürich/in GERMANY, sites in life of Martin Luther, including Wittenberg, Worms/day cruise past Rhine castles/Oberammergau Passion Play. Land/cruise only, $2,869. Single supp., $354.
Antarctic Expedition Cruise
12 days/11 nights includes eight nights on M/S Fram. Highlights: From Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA, fly to Ushuaia to embark Fram/Drake Passage/penguins on Half Moon Island/elephant seals in Neko Harbour/whales in Wilhelmina Bay.
“Japan Sampler”
8 days/7 nights. Highlights: Roppongi Hills Observatory in Tokyo/ascend halfway up Mt. Fuji/hot springs in Hakone/bullet train to Kyoto; see Kinkaku-ji Temple, 1,001 statues of Buddha at Sanjusangendo Temple/Nara Deer Park. Land only, from $3,099. Single supp., $600.