Tours

February 2011 issue | Appears on page 63

“Royal Egyptian”

Ten days/seven nights includes four-night Nile cruise. Highlights: In Cairo, Sphinx, Pyramids at Giza, mummies at the Egyptian Museum/cruise the Nile and visit Luxor, Karnak, the Valley of the Kings, Kom Ombo. Land/cruise, from $2,395 (Deluxe) to $4,395 (Luxury). Single supp., $875-$1,895. Internal air, $225.

African Travel, Inc. (Glendale, CA; 800/421-8907).

February 2011 issue | Appears on page 63

“The Magic Of Mozambique”

13 days/11 nights. Highlights: Fly to Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, then to Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve/game drives for the Big Five/in MOZAMBIQUE, stay in beach resorts in Pembo and on Matemo Island and Medjumbe Island. With air from New York or Washington DC, from $7,299. Single supp., from $1,640.

Lion World Tours (33 Kern Rd., Toronto, ON, M3B 1S9, Canada; 800/387-2706).

February 2011 issue | Appears on page 63

“In The Wake Of Magellan: Patagonia”

14-day/13-night cruise-tour of CHILE and ARGENTINA. Highlights: Tour of Santiago/Magellanic penguins at Seno Otway (October-March)/Torres del Paine National Park/hike to Salto Grand waterfall/catamaran Lago Grey/look for Patagonian foxes, flamingos/embark ship in Punta Arenas/elephant seals in Ainsworth Bay/Pia Glacier/Cape Horn National Park/disembark in Ushuaia/hike Moreno Glacier/fly to Buenos Aires. Land and cruise, $6,595-$8,295. Single supp., from $2,000. Internal air, $1,100.

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January 2011 issue | Appears on page 62

“British Panorama”

Nine days/eight nights in ENGLAND, SCOTLAND and WALES. Highlights: London/Cambridge/medieval York/in Scotland, Hadrian’s Wall/12th-century Melrose Abbey/Edinburgh/Royal Yacht Britannia/back in England, Stratford-upon-Avon/in Wales, Cardiff Castle. Land, from $979. Single supp., $405. Cosmos (Littleton, CO; 800/276-1241, www.cosmos.com).

January 2011 issue | Appears on page 62

“Irish Heritage”

Nine days/seven nights. Highlights: Medieval-style dinner at Bunratty Castle/Cliffs of Moher/Ring of Kerry/Cobh Heritage Centre/Waterford/Kilkenny Castle Rose Garden/Irish National Stud and Japanese Gardens in Kildare/Dublin. From New York, from $1,700. Single supp., $647. CIE Tours (Morristown, NJ; 800/243-8687, www.cietours.com).

January 2011 issue | Appears on page 62

“Battle Of The Bulge & Eagle’s Nest”

Ten-day, nine-night tour of WWI and WWII sites, June 8-17, 2011. Highlights: Reims, FRANCE, site of Eisenhower’s SHAEF HQ/Maginot Line/Bastogne battle site, BELGIUM/American Cemetery in LUXEMBOURG/Dachau concentration camp, GERMANY/Munich/Berchtesgaden/Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest, AUSTRIA. Land, $2,995. Single supp., $400. Valor Tours, Ltd. (Sausalito, CA; 415/332-7850, www.valortours.com).

January 2011 issue | Appears on page 62

“Siberia & Mongolia: Spirits & Nomads”

20 days/19 nights, June 27-July 16, 2011. Highlights: In Vladivostok, RUSSIA, board Trans-Siberian Express for Irkutsk/ride Circumbaikal Railway around Lake Baikal and hydrofoil across the lake/freshwater seals near Ushkanye Islands/Ulaanbaatar, MONGOLIA/Gorkhi-Terelj National Park/Naadam Festival/Gobi Desert. Land and internal air, from $7,995. Partial single supp. (single accoms. not available every night), $1,095.

MIR Corp. (Seattle, WA; 800/424-7289, www.mircorp.com).

January 2011 issue | Appears on page 62

Southeast Asia

12 days/11 nights. Highlights: In VIETNAM, Hanoi cyclo tour of the “36 streets”/cruise Halong Bay/Cu Chi Tunnels in Ho Chi Minh City/Siem Reap, CAMBODIA/Angkor Wat/Ta Prohm/Bangkok, THAILAND.  Land, from $2,299. Single supp., $699. Air from West Coast, from $999. Pacific Delight Tours (New York, NY; 800/221-7179, www.pacificdelighttours.com).