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Incredible New Zealand with Trafalgar Tours

New Zealand Discoverer – February/March 2012

If you can imagine it, you can do it in New Zealand.

Luge down a hill? Check. White water rafting? Check. Walk on a glacier? Check. Fly over white capped mountains? Check. See penguins in the wild? Dolphins? Albatross? Glow worms? Check. Jet boat ride? Check.

Walk inside a volcanic crater? Hey, why not? It’s New Zealand!  Continue reading “Incredible New Zealand with Trafalgar Tours”

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Amazing Peru

Trafalgar Tours’ Land of the Incas – September/October 2011

Trafalgar’s tour of Peru is the most comprehensive one I could find at the time and includes not one Bucket List highlight, but three – Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca and the Nazca Lines.  Continue reading “Amazing Peru”

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The Spectacular Canyonlands

Insight Vacations’ Wonders of the American West

I made a quick visit to the canyonland area in 1991 but have always wanted to go back. Insight’s Wonders of the American West was one of the more comprehensive tours offered of the area that I could find and hit all the spots I wanted to see – Moab, Arches, Monument Valley, Bryce Canyon, Zion Canyon, and of course, the Grand Canyon.  Continue reading “The Spectacular Canyonlands”

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Scandinavia and Russia by Train

Trafalgar Tours’ Contrasts of Scandinavia and Russia – May/June 2010

This tour is no longer offered by Trafalgar but follows very closely to the current Capitals of the North tour. The major difference is that Contrasts of Scandinavia took the train between the cities whereas the Capitals of the North goes by bus. I notice many of the hotels are the same.  Continue reading “Scandinavia and Russia by Train”

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Splendors of Japan with Hiroshima

Splendors of Japan with Hiroshima

When I started traveling again in 2009, Japan was at the top of my list, so I was delighted when Trafalgar introduced this tour in 2013. I had a choice between the 10 day tour which ends in Kyoto or the 14 day one that includes a night in a monastery as well as a visit to Hiroshima via the bullet train.  Continue reading “Splendors of Japan with Hiroshima”