Tours

May 2017 issue | Appears on page 52

“WHALES & VANCOUVER ISLAND INSIDE PASSAGE”

8-day, 7-night cruise on refitted classic tug in CANADA’s Inside Passage, Oct. 19-26, 2017. Highlights: Embark at Port McNeill, British Columbia/cruise Broughton Archipelago, home to killer and humpback whales/U’mista Cultural Centre in Alert Bay/Discovery Islands/Ripple Rock in Seymour Narrows/Gulf Islands, Georgia Strait. Cabin, CAD4,172-CAD5,967 (near $3,055-$4,370) ppdo. Single supp., 50%. Maple Leaf Adventures (Box 8845, Stn. Central, Victoria, B.C. V8W 3Z1, Canada; 888/599-...

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May 2017 issue | Appears on page 52

“HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS ADVENTURE”

9 days, 8 nights in NICARAGUA. Departures Aug. 12 & Dec. 23, 2017, and Jan. 20, Feb. 17 & March 17, 2018. Highlights: In Granada, chocolate-molding workshop, bike Old Town, culinary lesson in kitchen/boat on Lake Nicaragua/Mombacho Volcano/coffee farm in Arenal Reserve/Corn Islands Caribbean beaches. $1,195-$2,495 ppdo (standard) or $2,725-$3,325 ppdo (deluxe). Children (up to age 10), $1,995 (standard) or $2,660 (deluxe). Single supp., $450 or $995. Wildland Adventures (Seattle, WA...

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April 2017 issue | Appears on page 53

“EASY COMPANY: ENGLAND TO THE EAGLE’S NEST”

Sept. 2-14 & Sept. 11-23, 2017. Prices printed here last month apply only through April 27, 2017, after which they are $6,895 per person, double occupancy (ppdo), and $8,390, single. The National WWII Museum (New Orleans, LA; 877/813-3329, www.national ww2museum.org).

April 2017 issue | Appears on page 53

“WILD YUKON CANADA”

8-day, 7-night mountain bike tour in NW Canada, July 8-15 & Aug. 19-26, 2017. (“Intermediate” level; five days’ biking, averaging 16 miles a day.) Highlights: At ranch between Whitehorse and Carcross, hot tub, barbecue/descend from Mt. McIntyre to Whitehorse/follow Mountain Hero Mine trail to Windy Arm Lake/canoe on Yukon River/from Carcross, ride lower Montana Mountain trails/bike past Canyon City. From $2,535 ppdo. Single supp., $630. H+I Adventures (The Stables,...

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April 2017 issue | Appears on page 53

“SPAIN & FRANCE: HIKING THE BASQUE COUNTRY”

 9-day, 8-night, moderate-level trek (5-8 miles a day), Sept. 23-Oct. 1, 2017. Highlights: Meet in Hondarribia, Spain/clifftop walk by Bay of Biscay/hike through fishing villages to San Sebastián/views of Pyrenees on GR11 path/witch lore in Urdax/Basque village of Sare, France/at Bidarry, climb to 3,000 feet/Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in Pyrenees foothills. $4,595 ppdo. AdventureWomen (Watertown, MA; 800/804-8686, www.adventurewomen.com).

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April 2017 issue | Appears on page 53

“SICILY”

11 days, 10 nights in southern ITALY. Departures Oct. 6, Oct. 20 & Nov. 4, 2017. Highlights: Drive from Catania to Mondello/in Palermo, Norman Palace, La Martorana/Monreale/Valley of the Temples in Agrigento/Syracuse/Taormina/on Aeolian island of Lipari, Neolithic and Bronze Age remains/at Mt. Etna, train ride and wine tasting. From £2,540 (near $3,124) ppdo. One Traveller (Unit 5-6, Green Way, Swaffham, England, PE37 7FD, U.K.; phone +44 1760 722 011, www.onetraveller.co.uk).

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April 2017 issue | Appears on page 53

“BALKANS EXPLORER”

22 days, 21 nights, May 27-June 17 & Sept. 10-Oct. 1, 2017. Highlights: In Sarajevo, BOSNIA & HERZOGOVINA, War Tunnel/in Mostar, Stari Most (16th-century bridge)/medieval Kotor in MONTENEGRO/Illyrian Rozafa Castle in Skhodër, ALBANIA/in Berat, Onufri Museum, walled citadel/in Apollonia, medieval monastery, odeon (theater)/Butrint/Ohrid,  MACEDONIA/14th-century monastery in KOSOVO/Belgrade, SERBIA. May: $5,390 ppdo; single supp., $645. September: $5,495 ppdo; single supp., $655...

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April 2017 issue | Appears on page 53

“ARMENIA & GEORGIA”

15-day, 14-night photography tour in the Caucasus, Sept. 16-30, 2017. Highlights: In Tbilisi, Georgia, 4th-century Narikala Castle, frescoes of Sioni Cathedral/in Kutaisi, 11th-century Bagrati Cathedral/in Yerevan, Armenia, Genocide Museum/Church of Khor Virap at the foot of Mt. Ararat/Tatev Monastery/ancient Noratus Cemetery. From New York (via Munich), $5,995 ppdo. Single supp., $1,150. In Focus with Michele Burgess (Huntington Beach, CA; 714/536-6104, www.infocustravel.com).