Tours

November 2009 issue

“Classic Galápagos”

11 days/10 nights includes 7-night cruise. Highlights: On ECUADOR mainland, Quito tour/fly to Bartolomé to board ship/on Santiago, fur seals, iguanas/sea lions on Isla Lobos/flamingos on Floreana/Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz. Land and cruise, from $4,595 (MC Letty) or $5,795 (Nina). Single supp., from 1.15 times double rate. Natural Habitat Adventures (Boulder, CO; 800/543-8917, www.nathab.com).

May 2008 issue

Summer 2008 Singles Specials

For singles of all ages. Anyone who wishes to avoid the single supplement will be matched with a roommate. On these examples, all prices are land or cruise only.

London & Countryside: six nights in London, July 26-Aug. 2, with day trips to Stratford-upon-Avon, Oxford, Canterbury, Leeds ($1,499; single supplement, $713).

Castles on the Rhine: 8-night Rhine cruise, Aug. 2-10, through Netherlands, Germany, France, Switzerland (from $2,174; supp. from $1,379).

Austria & Switzerland: nine nights, Aug. 9-21, Vienna, Melk, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Zermatt, Berne, Lucerne...

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September 2008 issue

“Tulips & Windmills River Cruise”

11-day/9-night cruise of NETHERLANDS and BELGIUM. Highlights: Rembrandts in Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum/7,000,000 flowers in Keukenhof Gardens/van Gogh art in Kröller-Müller Museum, Nijmegen/in BELGIUM, Antwerp, Bruges. From $2,609 from East Coast; single supplement, from $1,899. Grand European Tours (Lake Oswego, OR; 800/552-5545, www.getours.com). 

December 2009 issue

“The Frankincense Trail & Socotra Island”

21 days/20 nights in OMAN and YEMEN. Highlights: four UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Oman’s Bahla Fort and Frankincense Trail plus Yemen’s old walled city of Shibam and Old City of Sana’a/desert tent camping/remote beaches on Socotra Island. Land only, from $7,690 (with four travelers). Single supp., $1,580. Bestway Tours & Safaris (Burnaby, BC, Canada; 800/663-0844, www.bestway.com).

June 2008 issue

“Contrasting Koreas”

11 days/10 nights in North and South Korea, Sept. 19-29 & Oct. 3-13, 2008.

Highlights: From Beijing, fly to P’yongyang for city tour, Mass Games/Kumsusan Memorial Palace, Juche Tower/captured “spy ship” USS Pueblo/Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) pavilions in Moranbong Park/drive “Reunification Highway” to Panmunjon in the DMZ/Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum/fly to Seoul via Beijing/5,000 years of history at the National Museum of Korea/traditional tea ceremony/Changdeokgung Palace/in Haeinsa Temple, 80,000 wooden blocks depict the Buddhist canon/Yangdong Folk Village/...

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August 2009 issue

“Northern Encounter”

 8-day/7-night tour in THAILAND, Jan.-March 2010; participants will do lots of walking. (Western tour leader with group of seven or more.) Highlights: Chiang Mai’s Doi Suthep temple/Mae Hong Son local market/Pai River caves/Lisu hill tribe village. Land and internal air, from $1,570. Single supp., from $115. Travel Indochina (El Segundo, CA; 866/459-6158, www.travelindochina.com).

July 2008 issue

“Patagonian Frontiers”

18 days/16 nights includes 4-day cruise. Departures through Feb. 16, 2009.

Highlights: Touring in Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA, tango at Esquina Carlos Gardel/Paran River delta catamaran/fly to Ushuaia; explore Tierra del Fuego/embark M/V Australis, sail Beagle and Murray channels to Cape Horn National Park/Zodiac to Piloto and Nena glaciers/Magellanic penguins on Magdalena Island/disembark in Punta Arenas/three nights’ Torres del Paine National Park/fly to Puerto Montt, CHILE, in Lake District/volcanoes, forests, falls in Vicente Rosales National Park/Fruitillar’s Museum of German...

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May 2008 issue

“Glorious Greece”

10-day/8-night tour, Oct. 3-12, 2008.

Highlights: In Thessaloníki (founded 316 B.C.), Aristotle Square, Byzantine Aghia Sophia Church, mosaics, Archeological Museum of Salonika/Royal Tombs and golden artifacts from King Philip II in Vergina/archaeological site of Dion/Great Meteoron monastery in Meteora/in Delphi, follow Sacred Way to Temple of Apollo, Delphi Museum/in Olympia, Temples of Zeus and Hera/in Athens, Acropolis, Parthenon, Plaka.

$3,795 from New York. $4,195 from West Coast. Land only, $2,995.

Cross-Culture Journeys (Amherst, MA; 800/491-1148. www....

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