Tours

December 2018 issue | Appears on page 48

METAL-DETECTING HOLIDAY

12-day, 11-night tour, with 10 days of guided digging for rare finds from Bronze Age to Edwardian period at sites along ENGLAND-WALES border. Expert always on site. Export licenses arranged for finds over 50 years old. Group limit, 6. From £1,499 (near $1,972) per person, double occupancy (ppdo). Includes transfers, lunches (on site), spades, detectors. Metal Detecting Holidays (Whittington, Oswestry, Shropshire, England, SY11 4DT, U.K.; phone +44 772 583 2239, www....

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December 2018 issue | Appears on page 48

PHOTO TOUR OF PORTUGAL WITH PETE SOUZA

11 days, 10 nights, Sept. 2-12, 2019. Includes photo workshops. Highlights: In Porto, wine caves next to Douro River, Mercado do Bolhão, Church of São Francisco/Douro Valley wineries/fishing village of Nazaré/in 12th-century village of Óbidos, chocolate-cherry liqueur tasting/in Sintra, 19th-century Pena Palace/seaside village of Cascais/Lisbon. From Boston, $4,999 ppdo. Single supp., $900. Sagres Vacations (Fall River, MA; 877/412-4394, www.sagresvacations.com).

December 2018 issue | Appears on page 48

IRON CURTAIN – BERLIN TO BUDAPEST

18-day, 17-night, "moderately challenging" bike tour, Aug. 18-Sept. 4, 2019. Highlights: In Berlin, GERMANY, cycle along part of Berlin Wall/in Saxony, town of Görlitz/Elbe River in CZECH REPUBLIC/in Bohemia, castles, Renaissance town of Telcˇ/in Podyji National Park, Šobes vineyard/in AUSTRIA, Danube River, Vienna/Budapest, HUNGARY. €7,105 (near $8,222) ppdo. Single supp., €1,020 ($1,163). Ride & Seek Bicycle Adventures (15/30 Fletcher St., Bondi 2026, NSW, Australia; phone +...

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December 2018 issue | Appears on page 48

LUXURY TOUR: EGYPT, JORDAN & ISRAEL

15 days, 14 nights. Highlights: In Cairo, Egypt, pyramids, Egyptian Museum/fly to Luxor for Karnak, Luxor temples/4-night Nile cruise/King Tut's Tomb, Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut/horse-carriage ride to Temple of Edfu/Temple of Kom Ombo/fly to Jordan for Petra, Wadi Rum/in Jerusalem, Israel, visit Western Wall, walk Via Dolorosa and see Dead Sea Scrolls at Israel Museum. $3,950 ppdo. Single supp., $1,200. Amazing Global Travel (Chandler, AZ; 480/840-1947, amazingglobaltravel.com).

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December 2018 issue | Appears on page 48

FROM THE HEAVENLY TIEN SHAN TO THE HIGH PAMIRS
A family of bread merchants in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Photo by Michel Behar/MIR Corporation

18 days, 17 nights, Aug. 5-22, 2019. Group limit, 5-12. Highlights: In Bishkek, KYRGYZSTAN, State Museum of Fine Arts/11th-century Burana Tower on old Silk Road/visit shepherd family near Son Kul Lake/4x4 over 14,050-foot Kyzyl-Art Pass into TAJIKISTAN/picnic at Karakul Lake/in Khorog, Pamir Botanical Gardens/in Dushanbe, Rudaki Park, National Museum/18th-century Hissar Fort. $7,995 ppdo. Single supp., $795 (11 nights only). Internal air, $80. MIR Corporation (Seattle, WA; 800/424-7289, www....

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December 2018 issue | Appears on page 48

SRI LANKA BY BIKE

7-day, 6-night, "somewhat challenging" 200-mile bike tour, highlands to coast. Regular departures. Group limit, 2-10. Highlights: Train from Colombo to Kandy/bike through villages, tea plantations/Gampola railway to Nanu Oya/Nuwara Eliya/Yala National Park, home to elephants, monkeys/Sinharaja Forest Reserve/port city of Galle. $2,300 ppdo. Single supp., $670. Grasshopper Adventures (Brea, CA; 844/874-3720, www.grasshopperadventures.com).

December 2018 issue | Appears on page 48

THE WILDS OF BORNEO: ORANGUTANS & BEYOND

12-day, 11-night, "moderate"-level trek. Departures March-September 2019. Group limit, 10. Highlights: Near Kuching, Semenggoh orangutan center/boat to Bako National Park, home to otters, bearded pigs/fly to Sandakan, Sabah, for Kabili-Sepilok Forest Reserve/mangroves in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary/Danum Valley Conservation Area/fly to Kota Kinabalu for markets, beaches. $9,595-$9,795 ppdo. Single supp., $1,395. Internal air, $325. Natural Habitat Adventures (Boulder, CO; 800/543-8917,...

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November 2018 issue | Appears on page 50

IRELAND: SPLENDORS OF THE EMERALD ISLE

9-day, 8-night luxury tour. Departures May-October 2019. Group limit, 18. Highlights: In Dublin, Book of Kells, pub music/Kilkenny Castle/Cobh Heritage Centre/take a train to Cork for English Market, Jameson Distillery, Ballymaloe House/in Bonane, Lorge Chocolatier/Ring of Kerry/family dairy farm/in Clarinbridge village, beer & oyster tasting/Cliffs of Moher. $6,995 per person, double occupancy (ppdo). Single supp., $2,195. Abercrombie & Kent (Downers Grove, IL; 800/554-7016, www....

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