Tours

June 2011 issue

“Winelands, Whales & Wildlife”

14-day/12-night tour of SOUTH AFRICA. Highlights: Cape Town/Cape of Good Hope for penguins, seals, fishing villages/Winelands route/shopping, Dutch architecture in Stellenbosch/southern right whales in Hermanus/Knysna on the Garden Route/Johannesburg/in Kruger National Park, hippos, lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos, giraffes, buffalos. Land, from $3,565. Single supp., from $865.

Great African Safaris (Glendale, CA; 800/409-7755.

July 2010 issue

“Loire Valley Bicycle Tour”

Six days/five nights in FRANCE. Average distance cycled daily, 28 miles. Highlights: Taste sparkling wine at Château Chambord/picnic at Château de Cheverny/Leonardo da Vinci’s sketches, models at Clos Lucé/water garden, maze at Château de Villandry. Land, $4,495. Single supp., $750.

DuVine Adventures (Somerville, MA; 888/396-5383).

November 2011 issue

“Iceland & The Faroes”

Eight days/seven nights, June through August. Highlights: Reykjavik city tour/have a drink in the Ice Bar/Þingvellir National Park/Gullfoss/Great Geyser/fly to Tórshavn on Streymoy, Faroe Islands /choose among optional excursions, including city tour of Tórshavn $110, horseback tour $85, Vestmanna fishing village $179. Land, $2,945. Single supp., $500.

Cox and Kings (Los Angeles, CA; 800/999-1758).

April 2011 issue

“Tanzania”

Ten days/eight nights. Highlights: From Arusha, drive to Lake Manyara National Park, home to elephants, baboons, warthogs/lions, zebras, rhinos in Ngorongoro Crater/wildebeest, leopards and cheetahs on the Serengeti Plain. Land, from $4,275. Single supp., from $895.

Great Safaris (Glendale, CA; 800/409-7755).

 

January 2011 issue

Southeast Asia

12 days/11 nights. Highlights: In VIETNAM, Hanoi cyclo tour of the “36 streets”/cruise Halong Bay/Cu Chi Tunnels in Ho Chi Minh City/Siem Reap, CAMBODIA/Angkor Wat/Ta Prohm/Bangkok, THAILAND.  Land, from $2,299. Single supp., $699. Air from West Coast, from $999. Pacific Delight Tours (New York, NY; 800/221-7179, www.pacificdelighttours.com).

August 2014 issue

“Argentina-Patagonia — The Remote Paradise”

9-day, 8-night hike, Dec. 7-15, 2014 & Feb. 1-9, 2015. Moderate-energetic pace; up to 12 miles a day. Highlights: Start and end in El Calafate (flights from Buenos Aires)/glaciers at Mt. Fitz Roy and Laguna Huemul/cruise to foot of Perito Moreno Glacier/Los Glaciares National Park/Anita Valley, home to flamingos, guanacos, hares/Peninsula de las Colonias, home to condors and rheas. Land, $5,795 (2014) or $5,895 (2015). Single supp., $1,275/$1,295.

The Wayfarers Walking Vacations (US office in Newport, RI; 800/249-4620).

July 2014 issue

“Parla E Cucina In Lucca”

9-day, 7-night “learning journey” in Tuscany, ITALY, Oct. 11-19, 2014. Highlights: Learn Italian in five 4-hour-long morning classes, taught by professional instructor/2-part cooking course/culinary and historical walking tours/taste wines and local produce at winery in hills above Lucca. Land, from $2,360. Single supp., $602.

Italy Vacations (Woodcliff Lake, NJ; 800/482-5925).

February 2011 issue

“Libya: Lost Cities Of The Greek & Roman Empires”

13 days/12 nights, Oct. 9-21, 2011. Highlights: Mosaics, ancient sculpture, Berber jewelry in the Citadel in Tripoli/Roman city of Leptis Magna/caravan city of Ghadames/Hellenic Cyrenaica/50 Byzantine floor mosaics in Qasr Libya/Cyrene/Apollonia. Land, $4,980. Single supp., $1,210.

Distant Horizons (Long Beach, CA; 800/333-1240).