Tours
Affordable South Africa
12 days/10 nights. Highlights: Soweto/Lesedi Cultural Village/Panorama Route/Kruger National Park Game Reserve for lions, elephants, giraffes/in Swaziland, Ngwenya Glass Factory, Umfolozi Game Reserve/cruise St.
“English Villages: East Anglia & Kent”
13 days/12 nights, July 2-15, 2009. Highlights: London’s British Museum/Tudor-era Christchurch estate in Ipswich/Cambridge colleges and Fitzwilliam Museum/National Stud in Newmarket/Sutton Hoo/Bronze Age artifacts in Moyse’s Hall, Bury St.
“Nawah Maha Perahera Festival”
14 days/13 nights in SRI LANKA, Feb. 7-20, 2009. Highlights: Elephants, dancers, drummers, acrobats and more at the Nawah Maha Perahera festival in Colombo/ancient cities dating back to 5 BC/hill capital of Kandy/Dutch Fort in Galle/leopards, elephants, monkeys, sloth bears, birds in Yala National Park.
“The Best Of Tuscany”
9 days/9 nights. Highlights: Florence/Lucca/Leaning Tower of Pisa/medieval Siena/hilltop San Gimignano/wine tasting in southern Tuscany/Montepulciano. Land price, $1,399. Single supplement, $339. Local payment, €250 (near $318). Meal budget, €300 ($382). G.A.P.
“Wild & Ancient China”
12 days/11 nights. Highlights: Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, Temple of the Sun Park in Beijing/Great Wall/Xi’an Terra Cotta Army/in Chengdu, Giant Panda Breeding Research Base/Jiuzhaigou National Park/traverse Tibetan Plateau/giant pandas in Wolong Nature Reserve/Moon Bear Rescue Center in Chengdu.
Swiss Winter Alps + Balloon Festival
9 days/8 nights, Jan. 20-28 & Jan. 28-Feb. 5, 2009. Highlights: Seven balloon flights, with buffet lunch and wine/stay in resort town of Gstaad/fondue party/take part in 5-day Château d’Oex International Balloon Festival featuring 100-plus balloons, and parachute teams, dirigibles, hang gliders.
“North Pole Champagne Flight”
4 days/3 nights, April 9-12, 2009. Highlights: From Longyearbyen, NORWAY, fly (weather permitting) to Barneo research station, 89 degrees north/helicopter to geographic North Pole. Champagne!/from Spitzbergen island, Norway, guided dogsled or ski-doo tour of tundra, glaciers, outposts.
“Secrets Of Turkey”
16-day/14-night family activity tour, June 27-July 12 & July 18-Aug. 2, 2009.
“Amazon Rainforest Workshop”
9 days/7 nights of in-depth learning and hands-on service in PERU, departing March 14 & 21, 2009.
Timeless Ladakh
(INDIA) — 15 days/14 nights, Aug. 25-Sept. 8, 2009, includes Ladakh festival.
“Ireland In Depth”
13 days/11 nights, March-October 2009. Highlights: Galway walking tour/the Burren/Cliffs of Moher/Ring of Kerry/woolen mill/sheepdog demonstration/fishing villages of Kells, Dingle/Blarney Castle/medieval English market in Cork/family visit in Cobh/Waterford Crystal Centre/Dublin’s Trinity College.