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Tours

A selection of tours and cruise-tours

WALKING THE NAKA SENDO & BEYOND

12-day, 11-night “moderate”-level hike in central JAPAN. Departures Sept. & Oct. 2022 and Sept. & Oct. 2023. Highlights: In Tokyo, Old Town districts/bullet train to Iiyama to prepare for hiking Shin-etsu Trail, including from Mt. Nabekura down to Sekida Pass/trains to alpine Matsumoto for medieval castle, sake breweries/train to historic Nakasendo Way for tea plantations, rice paddies, gardens/Kyoto. $3,250 ppdo (Sept.-Oct. ’22 & Sept.

NORTH AFRICA: TUNISIA, ALGERIA & MAURITANIA

26-day, 25-night cultural, historian-led tour, Sept. 18-Oct. 13, 2022. Group limit, 6-12. Highlights: In Tunisia, Bardo Natural Museum in Tunis, Antonine Baths in Carthage, 3rd-century Amphitheatre of El Jem, Sousse Archaeological Museum in Sousse/in Algeria, Kasbah of Algiers, Mausoleum of Medracen in Balta/in Mauritania, medieval Berber town of Chinguetti, Neolithic rock paintings near Amogjar Pass. $10,985 ppdo. Single supp., $1,585. Flights not included.

HIGHLIGHTS OF AUSTRALIA

12 days, 11 nights in eastern Australia. Departures Sept.-Nov. 2022, Feb.-May & Sept.-Nov. 2023. Highlights: In Melbourne, Flinders Street Railway Station, Shrine of Remembrance/fly to Alice Springs in the Outback, home to dingoes, red kangaroos, for Uluru/fly to Cairns for Great Barrier Reef, Kuranda Village, rainforest/fly to Sydney for harbor cruise, Sydney Opera House.