Tours

April 2013 issue

“Dream Of The Dragon”

13-day/11-night tour of CHINA. Highlights: In Shanghai, the Bund, bronzes at Shanghai Museum/Suzhou/Wuhan/ancient Jinzhou/4-night Yangtze River cruise/pandas in Chongqing/Ming and Qing dynasty homes/terra-cotta warriors in Xi’an/Beijing. Land, from $2,770. Single supp., from $699. Orient Odyssey (Point Roberts, WA; 800/637-5778).

January 2013 issue

Thai Jungle Cruise

12 days / 11 nights. Highlights: Bangkok city tour, floating market / Elephant Village / Kanchanaburi Hell Fire Museum / give alms to monks in Ban Hin Dad / raft through river gorges / Tiger Conservation Project. Land and cruise from $1,199. Single supp., 50%. Value World Tours (Fountain Valley, CA; 800/795-1633).

February 2013 issue

Spain & Andorra

12 days/11 nights, Sept. 9-20, 2013. Highlights: From Paris, FRANCE, coach to Andorra for four nights/Andorran capital of Andorra la Vella/villages of Encamp, La Massana and Les Escaldes/to Suances, SPAIN, for four nights/medieval square in Comillas/Santillana del Mar, “Cantabria’s showpiece”/Basque town of San Sebastián/return via Paris. Land, £799 ($1,281). Single supp., £400. Leger Holidays, Ltd. (Sunway House, Canklow Meadows, Rotherham, S60 2XR, U.K.; phone 0844 846 0808).

September 2013 issue

“St. Patrick’s Day & Best Of Ireland”

9 days / 7 nights, March 10-18, 2014. Highlights: Glendalough monastery in the Wicklow Mountains / Kilkenny / Waterford Crystal / kiss the Blarney Stone, then visit Blarney Woollen Mills / Dingle Peninsula / Cliffs of Moher / Dublin walking tour / St. Patrick’s Day Parade. From Orlando, Atlanta or New York, $2,785. Single supp., $625. David McGuffin’s Exploring Europe (Middleburg, FL; 800 / 570-1351).

December 2012 issue

Rivers And Rainbows

8-day / 7-night wildlife safari in ZAMBIA; departures Jan. 20-April 1, 2013. Highlights: In Luangwa Valley, daily game walks plus boating safaris in rivers or lagoons to see hippos, crocodiles. Land, $2,205 (Kapani camp option) or $3,285 (Chinzombo camp). Norman Carr Safaris (phone, in Zambia, +260 216 246025 or 246015 or, in UK, +44 845 468 2177 [messages answered in 48 hours]).

March 2013 issue

“Yoga Safari, Tanzania”

6 days / 6 nights, departing March 2, June 10 & Dec. 2, 2013. Highlights: Two daily game drives or bush walks in Serengeti National Park to look for lions, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, antelope / two yoga sessions daily. Land, $3,900. Extraordinary Journeys (New York, NY; 800 / 403-6012).

October 2013 issue

“Amazing Vietnam”

10 days/8 nights. Highlights: In Hanoi, One Pillar Pagoda, Temple of Literature/overnight cruise on Halong Bay/Luon Cave/Hoi An/in Saigon, French-colonial Dong Khoi St., Ben Thanh market. From San Francisco, from $2,099. Single supp., $400. World Spree (Bellevue, WA; 855/556-6868).

November 2013 issue

“Provence Walking Tour”

11-day/10-night tour of FRANCE, April 8 & Sept. 23, 2014. Longest walking day, nine miles. Highlights: Nice/Grande Randonnée trails/explore sandstone caves in Beaumes-de-Venise pine forest/lavender fields at 12th-century Abbaye de Senanque/Village des Bories/TGV to Paris to visit Eiffel Tower, Champs-Élysées, Hades. Land, $4,290. Single supp., $1,490. Adventures Abroad (Blaine, WA; 800/665-3998).