Tours

December 2012 issue | Appears on page 57

Route of The Caravans

17-day / 16-night Silk Road tour; departures April 13, May 12, July 14, Sept. 8 and Oct. 6, 2013. Highlights: 11th-century caravan towns near Bishkek, KYRGYZSTAN / Almaty, KAZAKHSTAN / Akbar’s pottery house in Tashkent, UZBEKISTAN / visit artisans in Ferghana valley / Samarkand / Bukhara / Khiva / Khujand, TAJIKISTAN / Ashgabat, TURKMENISTAN. Land, $5,280. Single supp., $620. Bestway Tours & Safaris (Burnaby, BC, Canada; 800 / 663-0844).

December 2012 issue | Appears on page 57

Rivers And Rainbows

8-day / 7-night wildlife safari in ZAMBIA; departures Jan. 20-April 1, 2013. Highlights: In Luangwa Valley, daily game walks plus boating safaris in rivers or lagoons to see hippos, crocodiles. Land, $2,205 (Kapani camp option) or $3,285 (Chinzombo camp). Norman Carr Safaris (phone, in Zambia, +260 216 246025 or 246015 or, in UK, +44 845 468 2177 [messages answered in 48 hours]).

December 2012 issue | Appears on page 57

Botswana In The Green Season

6 days / 6 nights, through March 20, 2013. Highlights: Three nights at Little Vumbura Camp in the Okavango forest / hippos, crocodiles, red lechwe, elephants, cheetahs, migrating birds / in Linyanti Reserve, view giraffes, baboons, hyenas, lions, leopards / night game drives for aardwolves, servals, pangolins. Land, $3,400. Extraordinary Journeys Africa (New York, NY; 800 / 403-6012).

December 2012 issue | Appears on page 57

Garden Tour In Costa Rica

7 days / 6 nights, March 1-7, 2013. Highlights: National Orchid Exhibition in San José / Hacienda La Laguna tropical garden for anthuriums, bromoliads, philodendrons, mini orchids / epiphytes at Lankester Botanical Garden / El Silencio Cloud Forest / walk hanging bridges through Arenal rainforest / Tabacon Hot Springs. Land, $1,995. Single supp., $400. Costa Rica Tours, Ltd. (Charlotte, NC; 704 / 541-8680).

December 2012 issue | Appears on page 57

Whale-Watching, Patagonia

5-day / 4-night cruise aboard 210-passenger m / v Stella Australis (Jan. 12) or 136-passenger Via Australis (Feb. 4 & 20 and March 8), 2013. Highlights: Embark in Punta Arenas, CHILE / humpback whales around Carlos III Island / Zodiac to Magellanic penguin colony / hike to view Pia Glacier / sail Glacier Alley in Beagle Channel / Cape Horn National Park / Ushuaia, ARGENTINA. From $1,989 (B cabin) to $4,054 (AAA Superior). Single cabin, $3,429-$3,772. Cruceros Australis (Santiago, Chile;...

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November 2012 issue | Appears on page 54

Iceland Country Life

8 days / 7 nights, departing June 8 & 22 and July 6, 2013. Highlights: City tour of Reykjavik / Deildartunguhver hot springs / Akureyri / Goðafoss waterfall / whale-watching / lava formations, birds at Lake Myvatn / Dettifoss / Vatnajökull, Europe’s largest glacier / Skógar Folk Museum / horse show / Þingvellir National Park, site of Viking Parliament. Land, from $2,105. Brekke Tours & Travel (Grand Forks, ND; 800/437-5302).

November 2012 issue | Appears on page 54

Whale Safari

12-day / 11-night North Atlantic whale-watching cruise aboard 105-passenger M / V Ortelius. Departures June-October 2013. Highlights: Hansweert, NETHERLANDS / Aberdeen, SCOTLAND / in Shetland Island waters, minke whales, white-beaked dolphins / Pictish stone ruins on Fair Isle / glaciers, bird-watching on NORWEGIAN island of Jan Mayan / look for blue whales, orcas, polar bears, walrus near Alkhornet / Longyearbyen. Cruise, from €1,500 (near $1,937) quad porthole to €2,900 suite. Single rate...

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November 2012 issue | Appears on page 54

Melodies Of The Danube

12-day / 10-night river cruise in HUNGARY, SLOVAKIA, AUSTRIA and GERMANY. Highlights: In Budapest, Hungary, Buda Castle, Fisherman’s Bastion / walking tour of Bratislava, Slovakia / wine-and-music evening in Vienna, Austria / Melk Abbey / Linz / medieval Regensburg, Germany / Munich. Cruise only, $2,499-$4,698; including land, $3,189-$5,388. Single supp. is cruise-only price plus 50% plus $390 for land portion. AmaWaterways (Chatsworth, CA; 800 / 626-0126).