Tours

October 2012 issue

Cruising The Rhône

8-day / 7-night cruise through FRANCE, June 22 or Sept. 7 or 14, 2013. Highlights: Lyon / Châlon-sur-Saône / Mâcon / Viviers / Arles / Avignon / Vienne. Cruise, $2,499-$2,999. Single cabin, $3,999-$5,199. Price includes all gratuities. Swan Hellenic (Ft. Lauderdale, FL; 866 / 923-9182, www.swanhellenic.us).

June 2012 issue

Epic Poem Of Vietnam

11 days/9 nights. Highlights: Hanoi’s 11th-century One Pillar Pagoda, stelae at Temple of Literature/view karst formations during cruise on Ha Long Bay aboard a wooden junk/Hue’s Imperial Citadel, Thai Hoa Palace/Lang Co fishing village/in Da Nang, Cham Museum/visit potters and woodcarvers in Hoi An/Binh Tay market, Cu Chi Tunnels in Saigon. Land, $1,880. Single supp., $773. Orient Odyssey (Point Roberts, WA; 800/637-5778).

April 2012 issue

“Shakti Ladakh Village Experience” —

Eight-day/seven-night village-to-village walking tour of “Little Tibet” in northern INDIA; stay in traditional Ladakhi homes. Through September. Highlights: Walk with guides and porters across high plateau (11,500 feet)/Stok Palace/Hemis Monastery/raft down Zanskar River/painted caves at Saspol/Himalayan capital of Leh. Land, $3,898. Shakti Tours (Guragon, India; phone +91 124 456 3899 or, in the US, 866/401-3705, www.shaktihimalaya.com).

February 2012 issue

Follow The Path Of Paul The Apostle

Nine-day/eight-night cruise-tour aboard 110-passenger SeaDream II, June 30-July 8, 2012. Highlights: In Pergamum, TURKEY, Temple of Trajan/Ephesus, where Paul preached/Myra, where St. Nicholas lived/Rhodes, GREECE, home to Paul/Hydra. Cruise, $9,900 (Deck 2) to $24,750 (Owner’s Cabin); limited availability “Book Today and Save” rate, $5,899-$13,639. Single supp., 75% of cruise price. SeaDream Yacht Club (Miami, FL; 800/707-4911, www.seadream.com).

September 2012 issue

Scottish Highlands Adventure

11-day / 8-night walking tour. Highlights: Edradour, Scotland’s smallest distillery / Loch Garten Osprey Centre / walk along Loch Ness / Isle of Skye / hike up Glen Nevis / on Kerrera island, look for otters, peregrine falcons, seals / Inverary. Land, from $4,295. Single supp., $625. Journeys International (Ann Arbor, MI; 800 / 255-8735, www.journeys.travel).

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).