Tours

May 2010 issue | Appears on page 54

“Brazil Tall Ship Sailing Adventure”

Seven-day/six-night cruise aboard 16-passenger tall ship Tocorimé, Nov. 7-13, 2010. Highlights: Set sail from Rio de Janeiro/swim, snorkel, hike at Ilha Grande/Lagoa Azul (Blue Lagoon)/meet Caiçara tribesmen in Mamanguá Ecological Reserve/colonial town of Paraty. Cruise/land excursions, $1,549.

Gap Adventures (19 Charlotte St., Toronto, ON, Canada, M5V 2H5; 800/708-7761).

April 2010 issue | Appears on page 57

“Haunted Scotland Too”

11 days/10 nights, Oct. 25-Nov. 4, 2010. Highlights: Edinburgh Castle/Falkland Palace and St. Andrew’s Cathedral, where ghosts and phantoms are said to walk/“most-haunted” castle in Britain, Glamis Castle/Autumn Festival in Pitlochry/Glasgow/Paranormal Evening in Peebles. Land, $3,495. Single supp., $695.

Scottish Dream Tours (Cle Elum, WA; 800/511-7803).

April 2010 issue | Appears on page 57

“Ireland: A Seabhean Celtic Journey”

11-day/10-night women’s tour, Sept. 21-29, 2010. Highlights: Learn ways of a seabhean (wisewoman)/Grange Stone Circle/Ring of Kerry/first-century Cahergall Ring Fort/Bronze Age Seven Sisters stone circle/Dingle Peninsula. Land, $2,420 plus $116 prepaid gratuity. Single supp., $462.

Body Mind Spirit Journeys (Las Vegas, NV; 800/365-1408).

April 2010 issue | Appears on page 57

“Normandy & Châteaux Of The Loire”

12 days/12 nights in FRANCE, Sept. 12-24, 2010. Highlights: Monet’s Giverny/Old City of Rouen/Honfleur/Belle Époque resorts Deauville and Trouville/Bayeux Tapestry/D-Day sites/Mont-St-Michel/Château Chambord/Château  Chenonceau/Chartres. Land, $3,795. Single supp., $450.

Intimate France (Oakland, CA; 800/676-1247).

April 2010 issue | Appears on page 57

“Ladakh: The Last Shangri-La”

12 days/11 nights in Ladakh region of INDIA, June-Sept. 2010. Highlights: Delhi tour/in Leh, gold and jewel thangkas in Stok Palace/11th-century Alchi gompa/visit the oracle/Shatabdi Express train to Agra, Taj Mahal. Land, $4,145. Internal air, $678. Single supp., $1,635.

Cox & Kings (Tampa, FL; 800/999-1758).

April 2010 issue | Appears on page 57

“Walking Japan: Village To Village”

11-day/10-night tour, “easy to moderate” (two to three hours’ walking per day). Highlights: Kyoto/Mt. Koya, home to 100 monasteries/soak in a hot spring in Akame/Edo-era Nakasendo Trail/visit lacquerware artisan in Hirasawa/in Tokyo, Ginza shopping district, Meiji Shrine. Land, $4,995. Single supp., $500.

Mountain Travel Sobek (Emeryville, CA; 888/831-7526).

April 2010 issue | Appears on page 57

Egypt & Jordan

14 days/13 nights. Highlights: Great Alabaster Sphinx in Memphis/pyramids, Sphinx in Giza/Nile cruise to Luxor, Karnak, Valley of the Kings/Salah el Din Citadel in Cairo/in JORDAN, Greco-Roman Jerash/Petra/12th-century Crusader fortresses of Shobak and Kerak. Land and cruise, from $3,325. From New York, from $4,530. Single supp., from $765.

Grand European Tours (800/552-5545).

April 2010 issue | Appears on page 57

Horseback Riding In South Africa

Nine-day/eight-night tour includes up to six hours’ riding per day. (Weight limit, 200 pounds.) Highlights: In the Waterberg Mountains, ride to see rhinos/at Mashatu Reserve in BOTSWANA, ride plains where elephants, leopards and game live. Land, $3,470. Single supp., $1,735. Transfers, $505.

Equitours (Dubois, WY; 800/545-0019).