Tours

March 2012 issue

Cascades & Carnivores

11 days/nine nights. Highlights: From Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, fly to Victoria Falls, ZIMBABWE/rainforest walk, sunset river cruise/game drives in Chobe National Park, BOTSWANA/in the Linyati Delta, view elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, antelopes, zebras. With air from New York or Washington DC, from $6,599. Single supp., from $1,130. Lion World Tours (Toronto, ON, Canada; 800/387-2706).

October 2012 issue

Germany & Imperial Europe

14-day / 12-night tour emphasizes history of Protestantism. May 15-28 and Oct. 16-29, 2013. Highlights: Worms / Heidelberg / Rothenberg / Romantic Road / Neuschwanstein Castle / Eisleben, where Luther was born and died / Reformation museum in Wittenberg / Pergamon Museum in Berlin / Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC / Budapest, HUNGARY / Spanish Riding School in Vienna, AUSTRIA. Land, $2,528. Single supp., $649. Pilgrim Tours (Morgantown, PA; 800 / 322-0788, http://pilgrimtours.com).

June 2012 issue

Ultimate Namibia Safari

13 days/12 nights. Highlights: Windhoek city tour/encounter cheetahs, leopards at AfriCat Foundation/Etosha National Park, home to lions, elephants, giraffes, ostriches/visit a Himba settlement/Desert Rhino Camp/Twyfelfontein rock engravings/cruise to see Cape fur seals, dolphins, birds in Swakopmund/world’s highest dunes. Land, $8,450. Single supp., $1,000. EverGreen Escapes (Seattle, WA; 866/203-7603).

April 2012 issue

Dazzling Dubai & Bangkok

Nine days/eight nights. Departures through Nov. 8, 2012. Highlights: In Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, Bastakiya district; ski in the Mall of the Emirates/in Bangkok, THAILAND, 700-year-old Golden Buddha at Wat Trimitr/boat in the klongs (canals)/Damnoen Saduak floating market. From Los Angeles, from $2,389. Save $300 if book by April 18. Single supp., $499. Friendly Planet Travel (Jenkintown, PA; 800/555-5765, www.friendlyplanet.com).

February 2012 issue

Japan Unmasked

14 days/13 nights. Highlights: Tokyo/snow monkeys at Yudanaka Onsen, Nagano/Zenko-ji temple/Ukiyo-e (woodblock) Museum in Matsumoto/Hida No Sato Folk Village/Hiroshima/art galleries in Kurashiki/Kyoto/Yokohama. Land, $2,800. No single accommodation available. Inside Japan Tours (Boulder, CO; 303/952-0379, www.insidejapantours.com).

August 2004 issue

Parisian Architecture through the ages

7-day/6-night walking tour of 2,000 years of Parisian architecture, hosted by author Rachel Kaplan (“Little-Known Museums In and Around Paris”) and architectural historian Arthur Gillette, Sept. 10-17 and Oct. 23-30, ’04.

Among highlights: Gallo-Roman baths, gladiatorial arenas/Art Nouveau district of Hector Guimard/Modernist buildings of Le Corbusier and Mallet-Stevens/buildings designed by Frank Gehry, Jean Nouvel, Christian Potzemparc, Philippe Starck and Renzo Piano/meetings with leading French architects/optional tours to Villa Savoye and Vaux-le-Vicomte. $2,750, land.

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September 2012 issue

End The War In ’44

10-day / 9-night tour of WWII sites, Aug. 17-27, 2013. Highlights: From Paris, FRANCE, coach to Calais / former V-2 rocket base at La Coupole / 101st and 82nd Airborne drop zones in the NETHERLANDS / Arnhem Bridge / in BELGIUM, Battle of the Bulge sites / in GERMANY, Hürtgen Forest, Remagen Bridge Museum. Land, $3,695. Single supp., $300. Alpventures Tours (Portland, OR; 888 / 991-6718, www.alpventures.com).

March 2012 issue

Historic Quebec — La Belle Province

Seven-day/six-night cycling tour, easy to moderate pace (mostly flat; 25-45 miles per day), in CANADA, departing July 29 & Aug. 5, 2012. Highlights: Cycle along the Ile d’Orleans (Orleans River)/ferry on St. Lawrence River from Quebec City to Chaudiere-Appalaches/apple wine tasting at La Pomme St. Laurent/taste wild berry wine at Le Ricaneux winery/Quebec City walking tour/cycle to Montmo­rency Falls. Land, $2,889. Single supp., $600. Classic Adventures (Hamlin, NY; 800/777-8090).