Tours

March 2020 issue | Appears on page 46

ULTIMATE WILDLIFE AMAZON & MACHU PICCHU

9-day, 8-night “easy-to-moderate” tour in PERU, April-October 2020. Highlights: Lima to Puerto Maldonado/Tres Chimbadas Lake/at Tambopata Research Center, parrots at macaw clay lick/train to Machu Picchu/Cusco and nearby Incan ruins. From $4,198 ppdo. Single supp., $1,198. Wild Planet Adventures (San Rafael, CA; 800/990-4376, www.wildplanetadventures.com).

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February 2020 issue | Appears on page 45

BALTIC CAPITALS

10-day, 9-night tour. Departures May-Sept. 2020. Highlights: In Riga, LATVIA, Riga Castle, Dome Cathedral, Swedish Gate/in Tallinn, ESTONIA, Toompea Castle, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral/ferry to Helsinki, FINLAND, for Senate Square, Sibelius Monument, Church in the Rock/in St. Petersburg, RUSSIA, Peter and Paul Fortress, St. Isaac’s Cathedral (museum), Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood. From London, £1,660 (near $2,141) ppdo. Single supp., £555 ($716). (Inquire price from...

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February 2020 issue | Appears on page 45

BATTLE OF THE BULGE/EAGLE’S NEST

10 days, 9 nights, June 11-20, 2020, with local historians. Highlights: Coach from Paris, France, to WWI battle site Château-Thierry/Reims/in BELGIUM, WWII’s Battle of the Bulge sites, including Manhay, Hotton, McAuliffe Square/Patton’s grave in LUXEMBOURG/through GERMANY’s Rhine Valley to Eagle’s Nest/Berchtesgaden/Dachau/Nazi sites in Munich. $3,500 per person, double occupancy (ppdo). Single supp., $600. Valor Tours (Sausalito, CA; 800/842-4504, www.valortours.com...

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February 2020 issue | Appears on page 45

DECORATED CAVES OF PYRÉNÉES & RHÔNE VALLEY

CORRECTION — This 11-day, 9-night tour of SPAIN and FRANCE (Jan. ’20, pg. 46) is offered by the Archaeological Institute of America (Walpole, NH; 800/748-6262), whose correct URL is www.aiatours.org.

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February 2020 issue | Appears on page 45

ADVENTURES IN ASTURIAS

8-day, 7-night “medium”-level hiking trip in northern SPAIN, July 19-26, 2020. Average 6-10 miles per day. Highlights: From Oviedo to Ubiñas Mountains in Quirós for base camp in restored 15th-century farmhouse/explore 200-year-old grain mills, cider press/Somieda Nat’l Park/local markets, cooking demonstrations/mountain village of Cortes. From €1,400 (near $1,564) ppdo. Single supp., €400 ($447). Spanish Steps (Aspen, CO; 877/787-9255, www.spanishsteps.com).

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February 2020 issue | Appears on page 45

E-MTB TOUR CROATIA
Riding the rocky trails of Croatia’s Krk Island. Photo courtesy of H+I Adventures

8-day, 7-night “intermediate”-level e-bike tour, May 17-24, June 21-28 & Aug. 29-Sept. 5, 2020. Average 20 miles per day. Highlights: Transfer from Trieste, Italy, to Buje, Croatia, via Slovenia for e-bike fitting/Parenzana trail to 12th-century Grožnjan/medieval Motovun/Buzet, “Istrian truffle capital”/Bale, dating from Roman times/Krk and Rab islands for coastal trails, beaches, swimming. $3,698 ppdo. Single supp., $798. Bike rental, $776. H+I Adventures (...

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February 2020 issue | Appears on page 45

WALKING & CRUISING WESTERN LYCIA

8 days, 7 nights in western TURKEY, May 16-23 & Sept. 26-Oct. 3, 2020. Highlights: Board gulet at Mediterranean port of Göcek/hike Faralya to Kabak/2,500-year-old ruins of Sidyma/ancient burial grounds in Üçag˘iz/Ottoman castle at Kale/ruins at Patara/cross Babadagˆ mountain for view of Butterfly Valley/“ghost town” of Kayaköy. £2,465 ($3,224) ppdo. Single supp., £645 ($844). Peter Sommer Travels (Monmouth, Wales, UK; in US & Can., 855/443-3027, www....

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February 2020 issue | Appears on page 45

TRAVERSING THE ANCIENT TEA HORSE ROAD”

10-day, 9-night trek in CHINA led by explorer-author Jeff Fuchs, Nov. 6-15, 2020. Group limit, 10. Highlights: Mekong River for stilted houses in Ganlanba, Dai village, Menghai Market/Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Shangri-la’s Old Town/taste butter and “pickled” teas along caravan road/near Napahai Lake, see artisans creating black clay pottery. From $7,100 ppdo. Single supp., $1,105. WildChina (Beijing, China; in US, 888/902-8808, www.wildchina.com).

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