Tours

March 2016 issue | Appears on page 52

“Best of Peru & Bolivia”

15 days, 14 nights, Aug. 19-Sept. 2, 2016. 6-12 people. Highlights: Lima city tours/speedboat to lodge on Amazon River/Monkey Island, bird-watching/visit Yaguas community/fly to Cusco for Golden Temple, Plaza de Armas/Machu Picchu/PeruRail’s Andean Explorer to Lake Titicaca/in Copacabana, mud igloos, Altiplano Museum/in La Paz, Temple of Kalasasaya/in Valley of the Moon, pottery workshop. $5,290 ppdo. Single supp., $1,290. Wangulen Odyssey (Puerto Rosales 46, Casilla 404, Puerto Varas,...

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February 2016 issue | Appears on page 49

“Tastes + Trails of Scotland"

8-day, 7-night, novice-level mountain bike tour, July 2-9 & Aug. 20-27, 2016. Highlights: In Inverness, ride along River Beauly/Cairngorms National Park/whisky tasting at Dalwhinnie distillery/Glen Nevis/ride Jacobite Express steam train, Fort William-Mallaig/Isle of Skye/from Plockton, seal-spotting boat trip/Eilean Donan Castle. $1,862 per person, double occupancy (ppdo). Single supp., $374. Bike rental, $306. H+I Adventures (The Stables, Bunchrew, Inverness, Scotland, IV3 8TA, U.K.;...

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February 2016 issue | Appears on page 49

“Apulia”

8 days, 7 nights in southern ITALY, May 9-16 & Sept. 12-19, 2016. Highlights: Transfer from Bari to Trani/Church of San Leonardo di Siponto/Manfredonia Castle/13th-century Castel del Monte/in Alberobello, cone-shaped trulli dwellings/in Otranto, Byzantine church of San Pietro, Aragonese Castle/in Baroque city of Lecce, Roman amphitheater of Lupiae. $3,170 ppdo. Single supp., $475. Andante Travels (The Clock Tower, Unit 4, Oakridge Office Park, Southampton Road, Whaddon, Salisbury,...

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February 2016 issue | Appears on page 49

“Neolithic Pyramids & Nuraghi Giants”

12 days, 11 nights in Sardinia, ITALY, May 7-18 & Sept. 17-28, 2016. Led by archaeologist and anthropologist Farès K. Moussa. Highlights: Fly London-Olbia/Bronze Age sites of Li Lolghi and Coddu Vecchiu/prehistoric pyramid of Monte d’Accoddi/near Sassari, Romanesque Basilica of Holy Trinity of Saccargia/on Mt. Tiscali, Nuraghi cave-village/Phoenician-Punic site of Sulcis. From London, £3,365 (near $5,013) ppdo. Land only (from Olbia), £3,145 ($4,685). Ammoun Voyages (Creative Exchange,...

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February 2016 issue | Appears on page 49

“Glorious Silk Road & Kashgar”

14 days, 13 nights in CHINA. Highlights: From Beijing, fly to Lanzhou to see 7-story White Pagoda Temple, Gansu Provincial Museum/in Dunhuang, Mogao Grottoes/camelback to Singing Sand Dunes/train ride, Liuyuan-Urumqi/in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, cruise on Heavenly Lake/visit a Kazakh family’s yurt/Kara­koram Highway/picnic at Lake Karakul/near Turpan, ancient Jiaohe Ruins, Karez system of wells/Turpan Sunday market. Land, $4,940-$4,988 ppdo. Single supp., $944-$978. Orient Odyssey (...

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February 2016 issue | Appears on page 49

“Affordable Japan”

8 days, 7 nights. Highlights: In Tokyo, Tsukiji Fish Market, city tour/deluxe coach to Mt. Fuji/in Hakone, cruise on Lake Ashi/high-speed rail to Nagoya, express train to Takayama/at Shirakawa-go, Shiroyama Observatory, Wada House/in Kanazawa, Kenrokuen Gardens, Kutani-yaki pottery kiln/in Kyoto, Golden Pavilion, Nijō Castle, Imperial Palace. $3,260-$4,260 ppdo. Single, $4,240-$5,740. SITA World Tours (Encino, CA; 800/421-5643, www.sitatours.com).

February 2016 issue | Appears on page 49

“Classic Northwest Passage”

On 13-day, 12-night cruise, Aug. 12-24, 2016, learn effects of plastics on wildlife from marine scientists on 92-passenger Akademik Sergey Vavilov. Highlights: Fly Ottawa, Ontario, to Kangerlussuaq, GREENLAND, and sail for Ilulissat/Devon Island, CANADA, home to musk ox/Beechey Island grave markers of “lost” 1845 expedition/bird cliffs on Prince Leopold Island/at PEI, Conningham Bay, home to polar bears, beluga whales/fly Nunavut-Edmonton. $8,895-$15,795 ppdo. Single, 1.5 times ppdo rate for...

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January 2016 issue | Appears on page 47

“Expedition To Greenland” —

 9-day, 8-night hiking tour, July 23-31 & Aug. 6-14, 2016. “Moderate level”; one- to 5-hour walks on varying terrain. Highlights: In Nuuk, Greenland National Museum, ruins of Viking settlement/hike Ukkusissat Mountain/Inuit barbecue by the sea/hike ice cap at Kangerlussuaq/Kanga Fjord/midnight cruise near Sermeq Glacier/lunch with local family/Sermermiut, ancient Inuit settlement. Land only, $6,295 per person, double occupancy (ppdo) (group of 10-12), or $6,795 (group of 6-9). Single...

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