Tours

December 2009 issue

New Zealand’s South Island

14 days/13 nights, March 16-31, 2010. Highlights: swim with dolphins in Christchurch/hike and kayak in Abel Tasman park/horseback ride in Palaroa National Park/helicopter to Fox Glacier/nature cruise on Milford Sound. Land only, $5,595. Adventure Women (Bozman, MT; 800/804-8686, www.adventurewomen.com).

 

June 2009 issue

Girlfriend Getaway In Umbria

8-day/7-night women’s hiking and cooking tour of ITALY, Oct. 17-24, 2009. Highlights: Near Assisi, hike Mount Subasio Regional Park/medieval villages near Spoleto/ancient abbey of St. Eutizio/two cooking lessons. Land only, $2,650. Single supp., $450. Active Journeys (Toronto, ON, Canada; 800/597-5594, www.activejourneys.com).

August 2009 issue

“Discover South America”

20 days/18 nights. Highlights: In PERU, Vistadome train to Machu Picchu/Cuzco/in CHILE, Lake District, Santiago/Bariloche, ARGENTINA/Buenos Aires/meet gauchos on the pampas/in BRAZIL, Iguassu Falls, Rio de Janeiro. Land only, from $2,699. Single supp., from $1,250. (Ask about door-to-airport sedan service.) Collette Vacations (Pawtucket, RI; 800/340-5158, www.collettevacations.com).

 

April 2008 issue

“Grand Countryside Of Iceland”

14 days/12 nights, May-September 2008.

Highlights: From Reykjavík, visit Gullfoss, Geysir and Thingvellir National Park/boat around Breida­fjördur island to see puffins and white-tailed eagles/Icelandic horses in Skagafjördur/boat a fjord from Akureyri to Hrisey Island/unique bird species at Lake Myvatn/see lava field at Dimmuborgir, climb ash crater, soak in Myvatn Nature Bath/Dettifoss, most powerful waterfall in Europe/at Lake Lögurinn, see farm mansion and visit Seydisfjörder village/boat among icebergs at Vanat­jökull, Europe’s largest glacier.

From $4,226 from East...

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July 2009 issue

“China Delights”

12 days/10 nights. Highlights: In Beijing, Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, hutong rickshaw tour/Great Wall/Suzhou, “Venice of the East”/Ming and Qing architecture in Hangzhou/1,700-year-old Lingyin Temple/Bund in Shanghai. From San Francisco, from $1,199. Land only, from $999. China Spree (Blaine, WA; 866/652-5656, www.chinaspree.com).

January 2008 issue

Fes Festival Of World Sacred Music

14 days/13 nights in MOROCCO, June 1-15, 2008.

Highlights: Casablanca to Fes by train/any of 19 concerts of music inspired by the world’s great faiths by artists from Ireland, Russia, Afghanistan, USA, Portugal, more/attend classes to learn zikr, the Sufi chant/experience a hammam (steam bath)/Roman city of Volubilis/Palace at Meknes/Moulay Idris, cradle of Moroccan Sufism/Marrakech/fortified city of Essaouira/in Casablanca, Hassam II mosque.

Land only, $2,475. Single supplement, $320.

Imagine Adventures (Ashland, OR; 541/301-7469, www.imagine-adventures.com).

February 2008 issue

“Azorean Adventure”

15-day/13-night tour of five of the Azores islands of PORTUGAL, June 22-July 6, 2008.

Highlights: In Angra on Terceira, Sanjoaninas festival features parades/fly to Faial, see a folklore show with Azorean songs and dances, tour the museum of the Capelinhos Volcano/ferry to Pico, visit Artisan School, Whaling Museum/ferry to São Jorge, tour the island, including the windmills and a cheese factory/fly to Ponta Delgada on São Miguel, the largest city in the Azores/on São Miguel, Sete Cidades twin lakes, geysers and thermal pools in Furnas Valley, pottery factory, Terra Nostra Park,...

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May 2008 issue

“Best Of Botswana”

17-day/16-night tour.

Highlights: In Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA, Table Mountain, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens/Cape Peninsula/jackass penguins at Boulder Beach/Cape Point Nature Reserve/Wine Route/in BOTSWANA, safari at Moremi Game Reserve (500 bird species)/Okavango Delta, home to crocodiles, red lechwes, elephants, wild dogs, buffalo/Savute Elephant Camp/Chobe National Park, where cheetahs, leopards and lions can be viewed/ferry into ZAMBIA/Victoria Falls.

Land and internal air, from $7,980. Single supplement, from $945.

Africa Easy (Seattle, WA; 800/617-2319, www....

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