Tours

July 2014 issue

“Laos: The Land Less Visited”

16 days, 15 nights, Nov. 17-Dec. 2, 2014. Highlights: Meet in Bangkok/fly to Ventiane, site of Mekong River craft sellers, Army Museum, Wat Inpeng temple/in Luang Prabang, Pak Ou Caves/in Phonsavan, Plain of Jars, silk weaving/in Xam Neua, visit hill tribe villages & Yao schools, see karst formations. Land, $1,995. Single supp., $383.

Mekong Tours (Tillamook, OR; 503/842-7198).

February 2011 issue

“In The Wake Of Magellan: Patagonia”

14-day/13-night cruise-tour of CHILE and ARGENTINA. Highlights: Tour of Santiago/Magellanic penguins at Seno Otway (October-March)/Torres del Paine National Park/hike to Salto Grand waterfall/catamaran Lago Grey/look for Patagonian foxes, flamingos/embark ship in Punta Arenas/elephant seals in Ainsworth Bay/Pia Glacier/Cape Horn National Park/disembark in Ushuaia/hike Moreno Glacier/fly to Buenos Aires. Land and cruise, $6,595-$8,295. Single supp., from $2,000. Internal air, $1,100.

Wildland Adventures (Seattle, WA; 800/345-4453).

March 2010 issue

“Eastern Europe Panorama”

13 days/12 nights. Highlights: In Vienna, AUSTRIA, Belvedere Palace, St. Stephen’s Cathedral/in Budapest, HUNGARY, Castle Hill, Parliament/Kraków, POLAND: Wawel Castle, Cloth Hall/Black Madonna of Czestochowa/Chopin Monument in Warsaw/Berlin, GERMANY/in Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC, Old Quarter, Jewish Ghetto. Land, single room, $3,561 or double, $5,054.

Tradesco Tours (Bonita Springs, FL; 800/448-4321).

September 2011 issue

Great Migration Safari

13-day/11-night tour in KENYA and TANZANIA. Highlights: From Nairobi, transfer to Amboseli National Park near Mt. Kilimanjaro/Masai Mara Park for giraffes, zebras/in TANZANIA, Tarangire National Park at Manyara Lake for elephant herds, elands, hartebeests, oryxes/Ngorongoro Crater/in Serengeti National Park, lions, leopards, flamingos, migrating herds of wildebeests. Land from $5,795.

Rothschild Safaris (Denver, CO; 800/405/9463).

October 2010 issue

“Tulip Time Cruise”

Nine-day/seven-night cruise. Highlights: In NETHERLANDS, cruise canals in Amsterdam/WWII sites in Arnhem/Grote Markt in Antwerp, BELGIUM/back in Netherlands, blooming flowers in Keukenhof Gardens. Cruise, from $1,999. Cruise and air from New York, from $2,499. Single supp., 50% of twin price or 100% of twin price for junior suite.

AmaWaterways (Chatsworth, CA; 800/626-0126).

February 2014 issue

Scandinavia

14 days/13 nights. Highlights: In Stockholm, SWEDEN, museum of royal warship Vasa/in Helsingborg, 19th-century castle Sofiero Slott/in Copenhagen, DENMARK, Crown Jewels at Rosenborg Palace, historic Nyhavn area, Tivoli Gardens/in North Sealand, 17th-century Frederiksborg Çastle/fjords in NORWAY/in Oslo, Viking Ship Museum, Vigeland Sculpture Park/in Laerdal, Borgund Stave Church/Briksdal Glacier/in Bergen, open-air fish market. Land, $5,690-$5,890. Single supp., $588 or $988, depending on departure date.

Tauck World Discovery (Norwalk, CT; 800/788-7885).

December 2011 issue

“Bordeaux 101”

Eight days/seven nights in FRANCE, May 15-22, 2012. Highlights: Explore wine regions of Médoc, St. Emilion, Graves, Sauternes/visit oystering town of Arcachon. Land, $3,289. Single supp., $530.

Wine Lovers Tours (New Haven, CT; 800/256-0141).

June 2010 issue

“Tanzania Safari”

12 days/11 nights, July 6-17, 2010, March 13-21, 20011 & July 3-11, 2011. Highlights: Lions, giraffes, elephants, baboons in Lake Manyara National Park/Big Five in Ngorongoro Crater/visit a Maasai village/fossils in Olduvai Gorge/Serengeti Plain game viewing/visit Hadzabe bushmen. Land, $3,650.

Wilderness Inquiry (Minneapolis, MN; 800/728-0719).