Tours

April 2011 issue

“Gorillas, Wildlife & Chimps”

Seven-day/six-night tour of UGANDA. Highlights: Track chimps in Kibale National Park/cruise the Kazinga Channel, where wildlife come to drink/gorilla tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Land, $4,245. Single supp., $605.

Volcanoes Safaris (Ste. 447-448, Linen Hall, 162-168 Regent St., London W1B 5TE, U.K.; phone, in the US, 866/599-2737).

January 2011 issue

“Tanzania Expedition”

15 days/14 nights, July 17-30, 2011. Join a seven-day nontechnical climb of the Machame route up Mt. Kilimanjaro (summit 19,345 feet)/on Zanzibar island, take part in a four-day project building a sustainable farm for primary school students. Land and internal air, $5,195.

Roadmonkey Adventure Philanthropy (Brooklyn, NY; 323/924-8351, http://roadmonkey.net).

May 2010 issue

“The Scots & The Irish”

15 days/13 nights. Highlights: From Glasgow, SCOTLAND, visit Loch Lomond, Cawdor Castle/Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood Palace/ferry across the channel to NORTHERN IRELAND/Belfast/Giant’s Causeway/in IRELAND, Dingle Peninsula/Dublin. Land, from $2,650. Single supp., $785.

Brendan Vacations (Chatsworth, CA; 800/421-8446).

July 2014 issue

“Athens & The Islands Of Greece”

12 days, 11 nights; Oct. 1-11, 2014. (Departures after Oct. 11, call for new rates.) Highlights: In Athens, Acropolis, Syntagma Square, National Library, Hadrian’s Arch and Panathenaic Stadium/fly to Mykonos, island of narrow streets, windmills/overlook ancient caldera on Santorini/hydrofoil to Crete and see Minoan palace at ancient site of Knossos/walking tour of Heraklion. Land, double from $3,871 (4-star) to $4,797 (5-star); single $4,886 (4-star) to $6,410 (5-star).

Tradesco Tours (Davis, CA; 530/231-5373).

February 2011 issue

“China Delight”

11-day/10-night tour includes four-night Yangtze cruise. Highlights: In Beijing, Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City/Great Wall/hutong tour by rickshaw/embark cruise ship in Yichang/Three Gorges/sampan excursions to see hanging coffins, minority villages/in Shanghai, the Bund, Yu Yuan Gardens, Children’s Palace. Land plus cruise, $1,699-$2,099. Single supp., add 50%.

Value World Tours (Fountain Valley, CA; 800/795-1633).

May 2011 issue

“Passage Through The Amazon”

22-day/21-night cruise of the CARIBBEAN and the Amazon River in BRAZIL, Dec. 22, 2011-Jan. 12, 2012. Highlights: From Ft. Lauderdale, cruise to Nassau, Bahamas; St. Kitts; Barbados, and St. George’s, Grenada, then explore Amazon River. Cruise price, $3,499-$6,199. $500 discount if booked by May 31.

Institute for Shipboard Education (Charlottes­ville, VA; 877/224-0797).

September 2011 issue

Mongolia

17 days/16 nights, June 28-July 14 & July 6-22, 2012. Highlights: Gandan Monastery in Ulaanbaatar/explore Gorkhi-Terelj National Park on horseback/stay in a ger at Lake Hovsgol/Gobi Desert/Khongar “singing” sand dunes/Flaming Cliffs/Bogd National Park, home to roe deer, Asian wapiti, marmots/Naadam Festival/Karakoram. Land, $6,195. Single supp., $895.

ElderTreks (Toronto, ON, Canada; 800/741-7956).

December 2010 issue

“Best Of Africa”

19 days/17 nights. Highlights: In SOUTH AFRICA, Johannesburg, Pretoria and Soweto/Chobe National Park, BOTSWANA/Victoria Falls, ZIMBABWE/meet villagers and chief in NAMIBIA/game viewing in Kruger National Park, South Africa/wine tasting in Cape Winelands/Boulders Beach Penguin Reserve. With air from New York or Boston, from $5,599. Single supp., $799.

Vantage Deluxe World Travel (Boston, MA; 800/322-6677).