Tours

August 2013 issue

“Precious Journeys Kenya”

9-day / 8-night “Sustainable Travel” tour. Highlights: Amboseli National Park near Mt. Kilimanjaro for cheetahs, giraffes, plains game / view game from horseback in Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, including Grevy’s zebras / Masai Mara for leopards, lions, hippos, wildebeests. Land, from $6,750. Big Five Tours & Expeditions (Stuart, FL; 800 / 244-3483).

July 2013 issue

"Italian Cooking Tour"

9 days / 8 nights, Oct. 8-16, 2013. Highlights: Five half-day cooking classes / Positano on the Amalfi Coast / winery tours / Chianti / Isle of Capri / Ravello / San Gimignano / Florence. Land, $3,425. Single supp., $1,120. Steve Austin’s Great Vacations (Colton, OR; 800 / 452-8434).

January 2012 issue

Archaeological Tour Of Israel

17 days/15 nights, Oct. 17-Nov. 2, 2012. Highlights: In Jerusalem, City of David excavation, Hezekiah’s Tunnel, lectures from scholars, Dead Sea Scrolls/Masada/Jericho/Tiberias/Capernaum/Golan Archaeological Museum/Bronze Age Megiddo/Tel Aviv. Land, $5,985. Single supp., $1,670. Archaeological Tours (New York, NY; 866/740-5130).

January 2014 issue

“Kimberley Expedition: Australia’s Wild Northwest”

10-day, 9-night cruise aboard National Geographic Orion, with professional photography instruction. May-July 2014. Highlights: Fly to Darwin, embark ship for Kimberleys plateau region / Purnululu National Park for flightseeing or Ord River cruise to Lake Argyle and Durack homestead / Gwion Gwion Aboriginal rock art up to 40,000 years old / near Naturalists Island, Zodiac through mangroves; see crocodiles / Montgomery Reef / Talbot Bay / Nares Point / disembark in Broome. Excluding airfare, $8,210-$17,190 per person, double occ. Single cabins, $12,320 or $16,980.

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May 2013 issue

Day Of The Dead

8-day/7-night tour in MEXICO, Oct. 26-Nov. 3, 2013. Highlights: In Oaxaca, celebrate Dia de los Muertos/shop for grave decorations and feast ingredients in Tlacolula market/mountain mineral springs of Hierve el Agua, the “frozen waterfalls”/visit graveyards where families celebrate the Day of the Dead/Comparsas Masquerades (a Mardi Gras-type of celebration) with masked dancers in Etla Valley. Land, $2,595; call re single supp. Drifter Sister (Boulder City, NV; 702/294-4365).

December 2013 issue

Great Barrier Reef Cruise

8-day/7-night cruise aboard Coral Princess II, departing Mondays from AUSTRALIA, March 3-31. Highlights: See tropical fish and coral with marine biologist aboard glass-bottomed boat/snorkeling and scuba diving/nature walk through rainforest on Dunk Island/James Cook Museum in Cooktown/Australian wildlife at Cooktown Botanic Gardens. Cruise, standard cabin AUD2,968 (near $2,800), stateroom AUD3,436, deluxe stateroom AUD3,971. Wild Earth Travel (P.O. Box 7218, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand; phone +64 [0] 3 365 1355).

November 2012 issue

Whale Safari

12-day / 11-night North Atlantic whale-watching cruise aboard 105-passenger M / V Ortelius. Departures June-October 2013. Highlights: Hansweert, NETHERLANDS / Aberdeen, SCOTLAND / in Shetland Island waters, minke whales, white-beaked dolphins / Pictish stone ruins on Fair Isle / glaciers, bird-watching on NORWEGIAN island of Jan Mayan / look for blue whales, orcas, polar bears, walrus near Alkhornet / Longyearbyen. Cruise, from €1,500 (near $1,937) quad porthole to €2,900 suite. Single rate is base times 1.7. Oceanwide Expeditions (Houston, TX; 800 / 453-7245).

August 2013 issue

“Precious Journeys Kenya”

9-day / 8-night “Sustainable Travel” tour. Highlights: Amboseli National Park near Mt. Kilimanjaro for cheetahs, giraffes, plains game / view game from horseback in Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, including Grevy’s zebras / Masai Mara for leopards, lions, hippos, wildebeests. Land, from $6,750. Big Five Tours & Expeditions (Stuart, FL; 800 / 244-3483).