Tours

January 2011 issue | Appears on page 62

“Tanzania Expedition”

15 days/14 nights, July 17-30, 2011. Join a seven-day nontechnical climb of the Machame route up Mt. Kilimanjaro (summit 19,345 feet)/on Zanzibar island, take part in a four-day project building a sustainable farm for primary school students. Land and internal air, $5,195.

Roadmonkey Adventure Philanthropy (Brooklyn, NY; 323/924-8351, http://roadmonkey.net).

January 2011 issue | Appears on page 62

“Namibia & Botswana”

17 days/16 nights. Highlights: From Johannesburg, fly to Windhoek, NAMIBIA/cheetahs in private reserve/Sossusvlei dunes/cruise Walvis Bay/game drives in Etosha National Park, Mahango Game Park/80-ton Hoba Meteorite/in BOTSWANA, Chobe National Park for elephants/cruise Zambezi River at Victoria Falls, ZIMBABWE. Land, from $7,499. Single supp., $2,000.

Collette Vacations (Pawtucket, RI; 877/867-5002).

January 2011 issue | Appears on page 62

Easter Island

Four-day, three-night tour of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), CHILE. Highlights: Orongo ceremonial village/Ana Kai Tangata Cave/west coast of island with its petroglyphs, caves and moais/Matato’a music-and-dance show/15 standing moais of Ahu Tongariki/artisans’ market. With air from Santiago, Chile, $4,498 (Hotel Iorana) or $4,179 (Hotel O’tai).

Chilean Special Journeys (Santiago, Chile; phone, in US, 888/345-6077).

December 2010 issue | Appears on page 55

“Haunted Scotland”

11 days/10 nights, Oct. 26-Nov. 5, 2011. Highlights: Edinburgh “Witchery Tour”/graves at Greyfriars Kirkyard/Glamis, “Britain’s most haunted castle”/Autumn Festival in Pitlochry/Edradour Distillery/Glasgow Necropolis/Clairvoyant Evening. Land, $3,795. Single supp., $695.

Scottish Dream Tours (Cle Elum, WA; 800/511-7803).

December 2010 issue | Appears on page 55

“The French And Italian Rivieras”

13 days/12 nights, June 2-15, 2011. Highlights: Rothschild estate tour in Nice, FRANCE/Fragonard Perfumery/day trip to MONACO/Portofino, ITALY/winery tour/Cinque Terre/cooking class in Saint-Paul de Vence/back in France, Cannes/Antibes. With air from New York or Boston, $6,299.

Olde Ipswich Tours (Ipswich, MA; 877/356-5163).

December 2010 issue | Appears on page 55

“Kraków And The Tatra Mountains”

Nine-day, eight-night women-only tour of POLAND, July 13-21, 2011. Highlights: In Kraków, Wawel Castle/Chopin recital/Kasimierz Jewish quarter/Wieliczka Salt Mine/Pieniny National Park/raft down the Dunajec River. Land, $2,795. Single supp., $650.

Sights & Soul Travels (Germantown, MD; 866/737-9602).

December 2010 issue | Appears on page 55

“Colors Of The Baltic Sea”

Nine-day, eight-night tour of SWEDEN, ESTONIA, RUSSIA and FINLAND, June-September. Highlights: Stockholm’s Old Town, City Hall (home to Nobel Banquet)/Tallink ferry to Tallinn, ESTONIA/Toompea Castle/artisans’ studios/ferry to Helsinki, FINLAND/Sibelius Monument/Rock Church/in St. Petersburg, RUSSIA, Peterhof/Hermitage. Land, from $2,740. Single supp., from $1,235.

Scantours (Los Angeles, CA; 800/223-7226).

December 2010 issue | Appears on page 55

Tibet Overland & Beijing

18-day, 17-night tour, April through November. Highlights: In Beijing, Forbidden City/Great Wall/Summer Palace/fly to Lhasa, Tibet/Potala and Norbulingka palaces, Jokhang Temple/Gyantse/Tashilhunpo Monastery in Xigatse/Everest Base Camp/finish in Beijing. Land and internal air, $3,095. Single supp., $550.

JMG Tibet Tours (Lauderhill, FL; 866/548-4238).