Tours

January 2017 issue | Appears on page 50

“HIKE SANTORINI”

5 days, 4 nights on Cyclades island in south Aegean Sea, GREECE. May 27-31 and Oct. 1-5, 2017. Group limit, 8. Highlights: Hike from Fira to Oia/in port of Ammoudi, Cyclades cooking class, wine tasting/Museum of Prehistoric Thera/boat ride to center of caldera for swimming/on island of Thirasia, hike up steep stairs to villages. €2,400 (near $2,544) ppdo. Single supp., €640 ($678). Aegean Adventures (New York, NY; 800/867-1753, www.aegeanadventures.com).

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January 2017 issue | Appears on page 50

“SUNDARBANS EXCURSION WITH ROCKET”

8 days, 7 nights in BANGLADESH, March 24-31, Nov. 3-10 & Dec. 1-8, 2017. Highlights: In Sundarbans, 3 days in one of world’s largest mangrove forests/overnight on century-old Rocket paddle steamer/hike from Kochikhali to Jamtola Beach/Kotka forest station for views of animal feeding grounds/15th-century Mosque City of Bagerhat. $760 ppdo. $815 single. Nijhoom Tours (House 06, Road 17, Nikunja 02, Khilkhet, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh; phone +88 01758 897959, nijhoom.com).

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January 2017 issue | Appears on page 50

“CAMBODIA CULINARY TOUR”

9 days, 9 nights, May 26-June 3, 2017. Highlights: In Siem Reap, market and street food tours, cooking classes/temple tours, including Angkor Wat/tuk-tuk to villages for families producing rice noodles, rice paper and prahok (fermented fish)/in Battambang, dine at Jaan Bai restaurant, where local youth learn culinary skills. $2,210 ppdo. Grantourismo (Street 20, Wat Bo, Siem Reap, Cambodia; phone +855 81 780 556, www.gran tourismotravels.com).

 

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January 2017 issue | Appears on page 50

“BEST OF BOTSWANA”

9 days, 8 nights. Highlights: Fly from Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, to Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana/watch for leopards and lions on game drives/fly to Okavango Delta for mokoro (dugout canoe) rides to see raptors, water birds/hike at Victoria Falls/cruise on Zambezi River. $5,595-$7,995 ppdo (per departure date). Single supp., $95-$295; $2,085 July-October (peak season). African Travel, Inc. (Glendale, CA; 800/421-8907, africantravelinc.com).

January 2017 issue | Appears on page 50

“COCA, KINGS AND MONKEYS”

16-day, 15-night cultural expedition in PERU, Sept. 20-Oct. 5, 2017. Led by anthropologist Manuel Arboleda G. Group limit, 20. Highlights: In Lima, architectural tour/boat trip to Ballestas Islands for thousands of birds/pachamanca (earth oven) lunch in Sacred Valley/Cusco/PeruRail’s Vistadome train to Machu Picchu/navigate Amazon Basin’s Yanayacu River for macaws, monkeys, dolphins, caimans/visit Taquile island on Lake Titicaca. $2,855-$3,175 ppdo. Single supp., $790. Nawpaq...

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December 2016 issue | Appears on page 51

IRISH & SCOTTISH SAMPLER

“IRISH & SCOTTISH SAMPLER” — 8-day, 7-night tour of IRELAND and SCOTLAND, April-October 2017. Highlights: In Dublin, Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre, St. Patrick’s Cathedral/Titanic Belfast/ferry to Cairnryan, Scotland/Pollok House in Glasgow/in Pitlochry, whisky tasting at Blair Athol Distillery/St. Andrews/Edinburgh Castle. $1,716-$2,154 (per dates) per person, double occupancy (ppdo). Single supp., $395. Tenon Tours (Wakefield, MA; 855/468-3666, www....

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December 2016 issue | Appears on page 51

FOOD LOVER’S CATALONIA

“FOOD LOVER’S CATALONIA” — 9-day, 8-night, culinary walking tour (“moderate” level) in SPAIN, May 14-22 & Sept. 17-25, 2017. Highlights: In Barcelona, La Boqueria market, cooking class, tapas crawl/drive to Pyrenees for cheese and wine tasting, Michelin-rated dining/Aigüestortes National Park/volcanic Garrotxa region/ninth-century Girona. $2,840 ppdo. Single supp., $650. UTracks (47 William St., Ottawa, ON, K1N 6Z9, Canada; 866/441-6232, www....

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December 2016 issue | Appears on page 51

THE JEWELS OF PERSIA BY BICYCLE

“THE JEWELS OF PERSIA BY BICYCLE” — 15-day, 14-night bike tour (“moderately challenging”; average 40 miles per day, 9½ days) through central IRAN, departing April 2, May 7 & Sept. 17, 2017. Highlights: In Shiraz, Eram Garden, Vakil Mosque/ruins of Persepolis/Abarkouh ice houses/Zoroastrian Towers of Silence in Yazd/Isfahan/ancient mud-house villages in Abyaneh/Tehran. $3,495 ppdo. Single supp., $275. Bike rental, $180. SpiceRoads Cycle Tours (45 [Sub...

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