Tours

July 2016 issue

“Christmas In Scotand”

8 days, 7 nights, Dec. 23-30, 2016. Highlights: In Edinburgh, Linlithgow Palace/near Braemar, Royal Lochnagar Distillery/Cairngorms National Park/Loch Ness/Loch Lomond/at Aberfeldy, Black Watch Monument/at Loch Tay, interactive Crannog Visitor Centre/in Glasgow, Stirling Castle and National Wallace Monument/Falkirk Wheel. From $3,510 per person, double occupancy (ppdo). Single, $4,890. Back-Roads Touring Company (Level 1, 107 Power Road, London, England, W4 5PY, U.K.; phone +44 877 3304850, www.backroadstouring.com).

July 2016 issue

“Classic Christmas Markets”

9-day, 8-night tour of GERMANY, AUSTRIA and FRANCE, enjoying crafts, food and drink at Christmas markets in most cities visited, November-December 2016 and 2017. Highlights: Tour Oberammergau/tour Innsbruck/in Munich, Glockenspiel in the Marienplatz/Black Forest/in Strasbourg, tour Old Quarter, Cathedral of Notre Dame/Rothenburg’s medieval Old Town/Würzburg/Nürnberg’s historic market has 200+ wooden stalls. From $1,899 ppdo or $2,099 single. Collette (Pawtucket, RI; 866/537-1923, www.gocollette.com).

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July 2016 issue

“The Jungle Book Safari”

8-day, 7-night luxury safari in INDIA. Departures to Dec. 15, 2016. Luxury tents. Highlights: From Delhi, fly to Raipur/travel with chauffeur to tiger sanctuary Kanha National Park/Pench National Park, home to tigers, leopards, chitals. Visit potters’ village. $4,999 ppdo. Single supp., $1,895. andBeyond (164 Katherine St., Pin Mill Farm Block F, Sandown, Johannesburg, 2010, South Africa; in US, 888/882-3742, www.andbeyond.com).

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November 2015 issue

“Coast To Coast Guided Walk”

18-day, 17-night trek across northern ENGLAND, July 31-Aug. 17, 2016. (“Moderate to challenging,” averaging 12 miles each trek day.) Highlights: From St. Bees to Lake District National Park/12th-century Shap Abbey/limestone moors/Yorkshire Dales/cairns of Nine Standards Rigg/end at Robin Hood’s Bay. Land, from £1,440 (near $2,221) per person, double occupancy (ppdo). Single supp., £250 ($379). Sherpa Expeditions (1B Osiers Rd., Wandsworth, London, SW18 1NL, U.K.; phone +44 [0] 20 8577 2717, www.sherpaexpeditions.com).

July 2016 issue

“Gems of Tanzania Safari”

12 days, 9 nights (includes 2 days’ transit) to learn about East Africa conservation issues, Nov. 2-13, 2016, and March 23-April 3, 2017. Highlights: From Kilimanjaro, transfer to Arusha/in Tarangire National Park, up close with elephants/Lake Manyara National Park, home to flamingos, tree-climbing lions/in Serengeti National Park, Leakey digs at Olduvai Gorge/Ngorongoro Crater. $5,799 ppdo (2-6 people). Custom departures, $5,599-$6,699, based on group size. Single supp., $549; custom, $799. Deeper Africa (Boulder, CO; 888/658-7102, www.deeperafrica.com).

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March 2016 issue

“Tuscan Trail”

8-day, 7-night walking tour in northern ITALY, Sept. 17-24, 2016. (“Moderate” level; 8-9 miles per day over 6 days.) Highlights: Transfer from Pisa to Volterra for Guarnacci Etruscan Museum, tombs/in San Gimignano, medieval tower houses/walled castle of Monteriggioni/in Siena, 12th- to 13th-century fresco-filled Palazzo Pubblico. £2,895 (near $4,160) per person, double occupancy (ppdo). Single, £5,790 ($8,320). ATG Oxford (274 Banbury Rd., Oxford, England, OX2 7DY, U.K.; phone +44 [0] 1865 315 678, www.atg-oxford.co.uk).

October 2015 issue

"Ion”

19-day, 18-night luxury tour in TURKEY, May 16-23, Sept. 19-Oct. 7 & Sept. 26-Oct. 14, 2016. Highlights: Arrive Kayseri/hike in Cappadocia/visit underground city, Göreme Open-Air Museum/13th-century Sultanhanı Caravanserai/7000-BC Catalhöyük/Greco-Roman theater of Aspendos/Antalya Museum/ruins of Phaselis/Mediterranean gulet cruise/in Caunus, rock-cut Lycian tombs/Ephesus/Istanbul. Land, from $10,495 ppdo. International Nature & Cultural Adventures (Emeryville, CA; 510/420-1550, www.inca1.com).

June 2015 issue

“South Georgia Island”

19 days, 18 nights aboard M/V Ortelius, Oct. 29-Nov. 17, 2015. Stops subject to change. Highlights: Arrive in Santiago, CHILE/fly to Stanley, Falkland Islands/on 2-day sailing to ANTARCTICA, lectures on wildlife and ecology/explore by Zodiac at South Georgia Island, home to fur seals, king penguins, albatross/Fortuna Bay/in Grytviken, South Georgia Museum/St. Andrews Bay/Drygalski Fjord/disembark at Ushuaia, ARGENTINA, or at Stanley two days earlier. Cabin, from $9,995 ppdo (4-person) to $15,995 ppdo (2-person). Single supp., 40% of price. Cheesemans’ Ecology Safaris (Saratoga, CA; 800/527...

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