Tours

October 2012 issue | Appears on page 56

Maha Kumbha Mela

15-day / 13-night tour, Feb. 15-March 1, 2013, with attendance at a Hindu pilgrimage held once every 12 years. Highlights: Mumbai tour / visit four Shiva shrines / rock-carved Ajanta caves / Omkareshwar island / participate in rituals and ceremonies of the Grand Mela in Allahabad / Ganges sunrise cruise / 20,000 statues at Akshardham Temple. Land, $4,045. Single supp., $1,270. Original World / Spirit of India (Sausalito, CA; 888 / 367-6147, www.originalworld.com).

October 2012 issue | Appears on page 56

Singapore, Sumatra & Borneo

22-day / 21-night tour in MALAYSIA, INDONESIA & SINGAPORE. Highlights: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia / Bukit Tinggi in West Sumatra highlands / in Sarawak, orangutans at Semenggoh Wildlife Center / crocodile show / Sunday market in Tamu / boat, hike and swim in the jungle in Mt. Mulu National Park / longboat down the Melanau and Baram rivers / visit Dayak longhouses / Singapore’s Botanical Gardens / 8,000 birds at Jurong Bird Park / Malacca. From Los Angeles, $7,250. Call for single supp. Olde...

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October 2012 issue | Appears on page 56

Botswana & Zimbabwe Adventure

14 days / 12 nights. Highlights: Kalahari elephants, lions in Chobe National Park, BOTSWANA / in ZIMBABWE, Mpisi village / Lake Kariba / game drives in Matusadona National Park / Victoria Falls. Land, from $5,579. From New York, from $7,009. Single supp., from $900. Book by Dec. 14, 2012, for $900-$1,000 discount. Discovery Tours by Gate 1 (Fort Washington, PA; 877 / 900-9777, www.discovery-tours.com).

October 2012 issue | Appears on page 56

Sailing The Caribbean Aboard The Sea Cloud

8-day / 7-night cruise aboard the 58-passenger sailing vessel Sea Cloud. Departures Feb. 28 and March 7 & 14, 2013. Highlights: Embark from Barbados / hike rainforest on Dominica / ride Zodiacs alongside ship / St. Lucia / sea turtle sanctuary on Bequia in the Grenadines / sail a catamaran through Tobago Cays. Cruise, $6,990-$12,860, double. Single cabin, $10,480 or $11,990. Lindblad Expeditions (New York, NY, 800 / 397-3348, www.expeditions.com).

October 2012 issue | Appears on page 56

On The Mayan Path

8-day / 7-night tour of GUATEMALA. Highlights: Guatemala City / market in Chichicastenango / market in Solola / boat trip on Lake Atitlán; visit a lakeshore village / colonial-style Antigua / temples, pyramids in the Mayan city of Tikal. From Miami, from $1,690 double, $1,618 triple or $2,257 single. Tara Tours (Miami, FL; 800 / 327-0080, www.taratours.com).

September 2012 issue | Appears on page 55

Scottish Highlands Adventure

11-day / 8-night walking tour. Highlights: Edradour, Scotland’s smallest distillery / Loch Garten Osprey Centre / walk along Loch Ness / Isle of Skye / hike up Glen Nevis / on Kerrera island, look for otters, peregrine falcons, seals / Inverary. Land, from $4,295. Single supp., $625. Journeys International (Ann Arbor, MI; 800 / 255-8735, www.journeys.travel).

September 2012 issue | Appears on page 55

End The War In ’44

10-day / 9-night tour of WWII sites, Aug. 17-27, 2013. Highlights: From Paris, FRANCE, coach to Calais / former V-2 rocket base at La Coupole / 101st and 82nd Airborne drop zones in the NETHERLANDS / Arnhem Bridge / in BELGIUM, Battle of the Bulge sites / in GERMANY, Hürtgen Forest, Remagen Bridge Museum. Land, $3,695. Single supp., $300. Alpventures Tours (Portland, OR; 888 / 991-6718, www.alpventures.com).

September 2012 issue | Appears on page 55

Artistic Impressions: Monte Carlo To Paris

14-day / 13-night cruise-tour, departing May 17 & Sept. 18, 2013. Highlights: Monte Carlo, MONACO / Chagall and Matisse artworks in Nice, FRANCE / Roman ruins in Arles / Cézanne works in Granet Museum, Aix-en-Provence / Avignon / Dijon / Lyon / private tour of Marmottan Museum’s Monet collection in Paris. Cruise-tour, from $7,160. Note: no single supplement for Category 1 cabins for ANY Tauck Europe cruise in 2013. Tauck (Norwalk, CT; 800 / 788-7885, www.tauck.com).