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Tours

A selection of tours and cruise-tours

ICELAND & THE ASKJA

7-day, 6-night “moderate”-level hiking trip in Iceland’s northern interior, July 7-13, 2022. Group limit, 12. Highlights: In village of Húsavik, soak in geothermal pool, embark schooner to visit puffin colony/Lake Mývatn/4WD to Herðubreið mountain for hiking/hike to Askja volcanic crater, Lake Viti/Mývatn Nature Baths/Goðafoss waterfall. $3,195 per person, double occupancy (ppdo). Single supp., $600.

IMPACT JOURNEY INTO SOUTH AMERICA

14-day, 13-night conservation-focused tour in Patagonia, Oct. 16-29, 2022. Group limit, 8-12. Highlights: Fly from Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA, to Posadas for Iberá Wetlands/travel to Fernandez Lagoon by kayak and boat to look for pampas deer/Iberá Lagoon, home to caimans/Experimental Jaguar Breeding Center/fly to Santiago, CHILE, then to Punta Arenas for Torres del Paine Nat’l Park, home to pumas, condors, guanacos/puma-tracking at sunset, sunrise.

TANZANIA GROUP SAFARI

9 days, 8 nights, Nov. 2-10, 2022. Highlights: Transfer from Kilimanjaro to Arusha/game drives in Lake Manyara Nat’l Park, home to tree-climbing lions, baboons, flamingos/Serengeti Nat’l Park, home to buffalo, cheetahs, leopards/picnic in Ngorongoro Crater, home to elephants, rhinos, lions. $3,195. Single supp., $395. Lion World Travel (Toronto, ON, Canada; 800/387-2706, www.lionworldtravel.com).

CLASSICAL GREECE

10-day, 9-night archaeological tour of mainland Greece. Departures May 7 & Sept. 10, 2022. “Moderate” fitness level required. Group limit, 10-22. Highlights: Transfer from Athens to Nafplio for ruins at Tiryns, Mycenae, Fortress of Palamidi/5th-century Temple of Apollo in Arcadian mountains/temples of Zeus, Hera at Olympia/Oracle of Delphi on Mt.

THE WAY OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI

8 days, 7 nights in Umbria, ITALY. Departures April 30, May 7, Sept. 17, Oct. 13, 2022. Avg. 9 miles daily (7 days). Highlights: In Terni, Cascata delle Marmore waterfall/Abbey of San Pietro in Valle/town of Spoleto/in Poreta, olive oil tasting/open-air museum in Trevi/walled town of Spello/Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi. €2,600 (near $2,951) ppdo. Single supp., €500 ($568).

CAMINO DE SANTIAGO

9-day, 8-night “moderately challenging” guided walk in SPAIN. Departures April-October 2022. Avg. 7 miles daily (7 days). Group limit, 14. Highlights: In Bilbao, Old Quarter, pintxo tasting/walk along Costa Verde in Cantabria/in Oviedo, San Salvador Cathedral/Camino Primitivo/in Lugo, Galicia, 3rd-century Roman walls/Camino Frances/transfer to Monte do Gozo/Plaza del Obradoiro in Santiago de Compostela/Cape Finisterre. $4,499 ppdo.

INSIGHTS INTO THE THIRD REICH

13 days, 12 nights in Eastern Europe, May 4-16, 2022. Group minimum, 10. Highlights: In Kraków, POLAND, Wawel Hill, Kazimierz (Jewish Quarter), Oskar Schindler’s Enamel Factory museum/Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp/Ksia˛z˙ Castle’s underground tunnels in Wałbrzych/underground city of Osówka/in GERMANY, Dresden, Bautzen memorials/Prague, CZECHIA/in AUSTRIA, Mauthausen concentration camp, Gestapo Haus Memorial in Vienna. $5,500 ppdo.

BEST OF CHILE

14-day, 13-night, privately guided tour. Available year-round (best time to visit, October-April). Highlights: In Vicente Pérez Rosales Nat’l Park, Osorno Volcano, Todos los Santos Lake/free day in Puerto Varas/fly to Torres del Paine Nat’l Park for hiking, Grey Glacier/overnight in Santiago/in Atacama Salt Flats, Cejar and Tebenquiche lagoons. Internal flights (5), $150-$300 each. From $4,318 ppdo. Single supp., from $2,182. Say Hueque Journeys (Buenos Aires, Argentina; phone +54 11 5258 8740, sayhueque.com).

CANADIAN ROCKIES BY RAIL & TRAIL

8-day, 7-night “light” fitness-level trip. Departures July-Sept. 2022. Group limit, 25. Highlights: In Vancouver, Stanley Park, board domed train, passing Pyramid Creek Falls and Mount Robson en route to Kamloops, Jasper Nat’l Park, home to moose, caribou/hike across Athabasca Glacier/hike past lakes in Banff Nat’l Park/Yoho Nat’l Park Visitor Centre interactive exhibits. From $10,995 ppdo. Single supp., $3,400. National Geographic Expeditions (Washington, DC; 888/966-8687, www.nationalgeographic.com/expeditions).