Tours

March 2009 issue

“Garden Tour, South & Southwest England”

12 days/11 nights. Departures April 22, May 28, July 11 (includes Hampton Court Flower Show) & Aug. 17, 2009. Highlights: Manor house at Upton Grey/in Salisbury, Bowood House & Garden/in Cornwall, Endsleigh Garden, the Eden Project, Lost Gardens of Heligan, Glendurgen/Devon fishing villages/historic gardens at Forde Abbey/Cerne Abbas Giant. Land only, £2,030 ($2,951). Single supplement, £320 ($465). Midway Motor Travel (Southerwicks, Corsham, Wiltshire, England SN13 9NH; 800/214-8738, www.midwaymotor travel.com).

October 2009 issue

“Bavaria & The Passion Play”

3 days/2 nights. Departs June 7 through Sept. 27, 2010. Highlights: From Munich, drive through Bavaria to Berchtesgaden, visit Hitler’s “Eagle’s Nest”/Oberammergau Museum, woodcarving shops/center orchestra seats for the Passion Play. Land only, $2,299. Single supp., $500. General Tours (Keene, NH; 800/221-2216, www.generaltours.com).

August 2008 issue

“German Christmas Markets”

10 days/8 nights, departing Nov. 29, Dec. 6 & Dec. 13, 2008.

Highlights: In Berlin, State Opera House, Kurfürstendamm district, Reichstag/Leipzig’s Thomaskirche, where Bach was cantor, and Leipzig Christmas market/Dresden’s Striezelmarkt, Germany’s oldest Christmas market, dating from 1434/enjoy Rostbratwürste and Glühwein at the Christkindlmarkt in Nuremberg/medieval Rothenburg, with its year-round Christmas Shop/Olympic Stadium, Frauenkirche and Rathaus in Munich/Mad King Ludwig’s Linderhof Castle/Oberammergau, home of the Passion Play/end tour in Munich.

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June 2009 issue

Kenya

13 days/9 nights, Aug. 11-23, 2009. Highlights: Feed giraffes at Giraffe Center near Nairobi/Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage/near Mt. Kenya, see chimpanzees, elephants, rhinos, buffaloes, antelopes/in Samburu, cheetahs, leopards, zebras, gazelles/flamingos at Lake Nakuru. From Los Angeles, $4,950. Single supp., $900. Hermes Travel & Tours (Rancho Palos Verdes, CA; 310/791-5556, www.hermestoursonline.com).

November 2009 issue

“Scotland’s Highlands And Islands”

9-day/7-night cruise-tour aboard M.V. Lord of the Glens. Highlights: Sail Caledonian Canal to Loch Ness for kayak excursion/Great Western Railway to Glenfinnan/medieval abbey on Iona/Duart Castle/Isle of Skye. Land and cruise, from $5,990. Single supp., from $1,345. Round-trip airfare, New York-Inverness, $1,040. National Geographic Expeditions (Washington, DC; 888/966-8687, www.nationalgeographicexpeditions.com).

April 2009 issue

“Food & Wine In Andalucía”

6-day/5-night tour of SPAIN includes cooking classes. Highlights: In Seville, “tapas crawl,” Jewish Quarter, wine tasting/two classes on cooking local specialties/sherry bodegas in Jerez/vineyard tours/Arabic baths in Ronda/Iberian ham tasting. Land only, from $2,050. Single supplement, $325. Discount if not participating in cooking classes. Epicurean Ways (Charlottesville, VA; 866/642-2917, http://epicureanways.com).

July 2009 issue

“Quest For Rare Birds And Mammals”

14-day/13-night nonsmoking tour of ARGENTINA, May 4-18, 2010. Highlights: Fly from Buenos Aires to Salta in the Andes/Huaico Reserve cloud forest/Los Cardones National Park, home to guanacos, condors/jaguars, river otters, rare birds in El Rey National Park/on the Chaco plain, anteaters, caby­baras, howler monkeys maned wolves. Land only, $4,850. Single supp., $900. Cheeseman’s Ecology Safaris (Saratoga, CA; 800/527-5330, www.cheesemans.com).

January 2009 issue

“Absolute India”

15 nights, March 1-18, 2009. Highlights: In Delhi, 800-year-old Qutab Minar, Crafts Museum/holy Hindu city of Varanasi/boat on Ganges/temple carvings in Khajuraho/train to Agra and the Taj Mahal/in Jaipur, elephant ride to Amber Fort/Jaipur’s Royal Observatory, Palace of the Winds/Holi (Festival of Colors) in Udaipur/sunset cruise on Lake Pichola to Jangmandir Palace/2,000-year-old Ajanta and Ellora caves/ spice farm house in Kerala/traditional tharavad home in Kerala. Land price, $4,990. Single supplement, $1,590. Internal air, $990. Worldview Tours (Newport Beach, CA; 800/373-0388, www....

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