To celebrate the opening of the Radisson Plaza Resort Tahiti on June 1, 2004, the 5-star resort is offering a special package with rates from CFP27,350 (approx. $273.50) per person, double occupancy, until Dec. 31, 2004. The “Exotic East Package” includes two nights’ accommodation, a boat excursion and a half-day morning excursion (including visits to Taharaa, Venus Point and the Blow Hole).
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Queenstown, set along the gorgeous, blue-green Lake Wakatipu and surrounded by the beautiful Remarkable Mountains, should be on every New Zealand visitor’s itinerary. It offers golf, sailing, paragliding, jet boat riding, bungy jumping and more. The dress code is casual, with hiking boots common.
My husband and I took a NEW ZEALAND vacation in March ’04 that focused on their national parks. At Tongariro National Park, we decided against staying at the Grand Chateau within the park (small, dark, overheated rooms) and instead stayed in the nearby town of Ohakune.
We spent the night at the beautiful and well-appointed Cairnbrae House (140 Mangawhero Rd., Ohakune, North Island, New Zealand; phone [06] 385 3002, e-mail peterm@cairnbraehouse.co.nz) and absolutely loved it!
by Llewellyn M. Toulmin
CORRECTION — The item about the death of Lonesome George in the Galápagos islands incorrectly stated that he died on Pinta (Aug. ’12, pg. 15).
George was the last of the Pinta Island subspecies of giant land tortoise; however, he was removed from Pinta in 1972. He died on Santa Cruz Island at the Charles Darwin Research Center.
I was on Santa Cruz and had planned to walk to the center to see him on June 25, but he died the day before. I did get to see his two girlfriends.
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9-day / 8-night walking tour of NEW ZEALAND, Nov. 8-17, 2012, and March 7-16, 2013. Longest walking day, 6-7 hours; some steep tracks. Highlights: Ferry from Wellington to Picton / walk part of the Queen Charlotte Trail / Abel Tasman National Park / in Matukituki Valley, Rob Roy Glacier / Mount Aspiring National Park / Routeburn Track. Land, AUD7,595 (near $7,778). No single supp. Bill Peach Journeys (Alexandria, NSW, Australia; phone +61 2 9693 2233).
REPORT ON NORTH KOREA
You don’t know till you go.
10-day/8-night “moderate” walking tour for women 30 and over, Sept. 15-24, ’04.