Costa Rica’s World of Nature
4/27/2009                  from $1,599pp
12 Days – 24 Meals: 11 Breakfasts, 3 Lunches, 10 Dinners
Highlights, Totruguero National Park, Sarapiqui Rainforest, Arenal Volcano, Manuel Antonio National Park, Poas Volcano, Doka Coffee Plantation, Green Turtle Research Station, Banana Plantation, Carara National Park.

Sights & Sounds of South America
3/16/2009                  from $1,949 pp
11 Days – 16 Meals: 9 Breakfasts, 1 Lunch, 6 Dinners
Highlights: Buenos Aires, Gaucho Show, Tango show, Iguassu Falls, Rio de Janeiro, Train up Corcovado, Christ the Redeemer, Cable car up Sugarloaf.

Peru: Ancient Land of Mysteries
featuring Machu Piccu & Lake Titicaca
3/18/2009                              from $2,099
13 Days –19 Meals: 11 Breakfasts, 8 Dinners

North American Tours

Mexico

Copper Canyon Adventure

1/24/2009                  from  $1,549pp
9 Days - 18 Meals: 8 Breakfasts, 3 Lunches, 7 Dinners
Highlights: Tucson, San Carlos Mexico, Mission of San Xavier del Bac, El Fuerte, a working Pearl Farm, Folkloric Show, Chicuahua-Pacifico Railroad, Copper Canyon, Tarahumara Tribe, Dvisiadero, Creel, Menonnite Settlement,  Chihuahua, Home of Pancho Villa, El Paso

Mexico’s Colonial Jewels

4/25/2009                  from  $1,299pp
12 Days – 17 Meals: 11 Breakfasts, 6 Dinners
Highlights: Pyramids of Teotihuacan, National Folkloric Ballet Performance, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Granditas Museum, San Miguel de Allende, Rafael Coronel Museum, El Eden Silver Mine, Hospicio Cabanas, Tequila Agave Fields, Patzcuaro, Morelia, National Museum of Anthropology, 7 UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

United States

Trains of the Colorado Rockies

7/25/09           from $1,799 pp
9 days – 12 Meals: 8 Breakfasts, 4 Dinners
Highlights: Denver, rocky Mountain National Park, Georgetown Loop Railroad, Vail, Grand Junction, Durango & Silverton Railroad, Durango, Mesa Verde National Park, Royal Gorge Railroad, Colorado Springs, Pike’s Peak Cog Railway, Garden of the Gods.

Historic Trains of California

5/24/09 from $2,099 pp
10 days – 14 Meals: 6 Breakfasts, 4 Lunch, 4 Dinners
Highlights: San Francisco, Sierra Railroad, Yosemite National Park, Railtown State Historical Park, Sacramento, Lake Tahoe, Sacramento River Train, Napa Valley Wine Train, Ft. Bragg, Skunk Railroad, Sausalito.

Hawaiian Adventure

Three Islands featuring Oahu, Kauai, Maui
2/12/2009       from $2,699 pp
4/16/2009       from $2,649 pp
10 Days - 12 Meals: 7 Breakfasts, 5 Dinners

Hightlights: Honolulu, Pearl Harbor, Uss Arizona Memorial, Iolani Palace, Capitol Building, National Cemetery of the Pacific known as the Punchbowl, Pikake Seafood Buffet and Music Show, Oahu, Kauai, Narrow Gauge Railway, Plantation, Waimea Canyon, Coffee Estate, Polynesian Luau, Maui, Iao Valley, Iao Needle.

San Francisco & Lake Tahoe

4/17/2009      from $1,149 pp
7 Days –7 Meals – 3 Breakfast, 4 Dinners
Highlights: Fisherman’s Wharf, Golden Gate Bridge, Napa Valley, Virginia City, Reno, Lake Tahoe Cruise

Western Frontiers

Mt. Rushmore, Yellowstone & the Badlands
8/11/2009      from $1,919
10 Days - 14 Meals: 9 Breakfasts, 5 Dinners
Highlights: Yellowstone National Park, Mount Rushmore, Mount Rushmore at Night, Crazy Horse Memorial, Fort Hays (Dances with Wolves Movie Set), Badlands National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Jackson Hole Valley, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Devil’s Tower, Deadwood, Salt Lake City Tour, Wall Drug Store, Cowboy cookout.

Gardens & Mansions  

Featuring New Orleans & Cajun Country
3/15/2009      from $1,149
7 Days - 11 Meals: 6 Breakfasts, 1 Lunch, 4 Dinners
Highlights: 3 Nights in the French Quarter, French Quarter walking tour, Café du Monde, National World War II Museum, Court of Two Sisters Dinner, New Orleans School of Cooking, Bellingrath Gardens, Shrimp Boat Cruise, Baton Rouge, Natchez Area Tour, 2 Antebellum Mansion Visits, Bayou Cruise, Vermillionville, Jean Lafitte Cultural Center, Mulate’s Farewell Dinner.

Canada Tours

Canadian Rockies by Rail

6/18/2009                  from $3,649
10 Days – 15 Meals
Highlights: British Columbia, Vancouver, Capilano Suspension Bridge, Chinatown, Stanley Park, Victoria, Rocky Mountaineer Train, Kamloops, Jasper, Columbia, Icefields, Lake Louise, Banff, Calgary

Resorts of the Rockies

6/11/2009                  from $2,949pp
11 Days -15 Meals
Highlights: Calgary Stampede, Banff, Bow Falls, Columbia Icefields, Sulphur Mountain Gondola, Lake Louise, Jasper, Sun Peaks, Victoria, Butchart Gardens, Vancouver, Whistler

Quebec by Rail

8/18/2009                  from $2,749 pp
10 Days – 14 Meals
Highlights: Montreal, Notre Dame Cathedral, VIA Rail’s Chaleur, Perce, Forillon National Park, Bonaventure Island, The Gaspe Peninsula, Whale Watching cruise, Charlevoix, Quebec City.

Nova Scotia & the Canadian Maritimes

9/16/2009                  from $2,049pp
9 Days – 12 Meals: 8 Breakfasts, 4 Dinners
Highlights: Halifax City Tour, Peggy’s Cove, Alexander Graham Bell Museum, Baddeck, Cabot Trail, Cape Breton National Park, Prince Edward Island Tour, Charlottetown (PEI), Lobster Dinner, Green Gables Farmhouse, Western Shore/Manhone Bay, Grand Pre National Historical Site, Halls Harbor – Bay of Fundy, Lunenburg.

Europe

 Discover Sicily

3/4/2009         from $1,149 pp
9 Days -11 Meals: 7 Breakfasts, 4 Dinners
Highlights: Taormina, Greek Theatre, the Duomo, public gardens, Mt. Etna, Winery, Sicilian Folk Music, Caltagirone, pottery studio, Piazza Armerina, Erei Mountains, Villa Casale, Roman Mosaics, Siracusa.

Discover Tuscany

3/5/2009         from $1,449
10 Days - 13 Meals: 8 Breakfasts, 5 Dinners
Highlights: Assisi, Basilica of St. Francis, Montecatini Terme, San Gimignano, Florence, Academy Gallery, Piazza del Duomo, Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, Church of Santa Croce, Siena, Piazza del Campo, Pitti Palace, Rome, Colosseum, Arch of Constantine, Roman Forum and Piazza Venezia.

Rome and the Amalfi Coast

3/19/2009      from $1,599pp
10 Days -13 Meals: 8 Breakfasts, 5 Dinners
Highlights: Rome, Ravello, Villa Rufolo, Vietri-sul-Mare, Sorrento, Amalfi Coast, Paestum, Island of Capri, Naples, Pompeii, Archeological Museum.

Shrines of Italy

4/13/2009      from $1,549 pp
10 Days – 15 Meals: 8 Breakfasts, 7 Dinners
Highlights: Rome, Vatican City, Psapal Audience, St. Peter’s Basilica, Saint Mary Major, St. John in Lateran, Madonna del Rosario, San Giovanni Rotondo, Tomb of Padre Pio, Monte Sant’ Angelo, Loreto, Assisi, St. Francis Basilica.

Italian Vistas

4/15/2009      from $2,949 pp
13 Days – 18 Meals: 11 Breakfasts, 7 dinners
Highlights: Classical Rome, Trevi Fountain, the Roman Forum, the Circus Maximus, The Colosseum, the Arch of Consantine, the catacombs, St. Paul Outside the Walls, the Spanish Steps, St. Peter’s Basilica, the Pantheon, Naples,  Isle of Capri, Pompeii, Mt. Vesuvius, Sorrento, Vietri Sul Mare, Florence, Academy Gallery, Piazza Del Duomo, Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, Church of Santa Croce, Palazzo Vecchio, Signoria Square, the Baptistery of St. John, Pisa, Padua, St. Anthony’s Basilica, Venice, Murano Island, glass-blowing demonstration, St. Mark’s Square, Clock Tower, St. Mark’s Basilica, the Doge’s Palance, Bridge of Sighs, Verona, Stresa, Lugano Switzerland.

Other Europe

Discover the French Riviera

3/25/2009
8 Days – March 25-April 1, 2009
$2,199 pp Twin, $2,599 Single
10 Meals: 6 Breakfasts, 4 Dinners
 Highlights: Nice, Ventimiglia, San Remo, Grasse, St. Paul de Vence, Villefranche-sur-Mer, St. Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Rothschild Villa and Gardens, St. Tropez,, Cannes, Monaco, Casino of Monte Carlo, Palace des Armes, Prince’s Palace, Avenue des Beaux Artes, Oceanograpic Museum, and the Cathedral of Monaco where Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace are buried.

Discover Croatia

featuring the Dalmatian Coast, Italy & Slovenia
3/19/2009                  from $1,499
11 Days – 15 Meals
Highlights: Zagreb, Bled, Pletna Boat Ride, St. Mary’s Church & the “wishing bell,” Opatija, Lipicia Stud Farm, Trieste, Plitvice Lakes National Park, Split, Diocletian Palace, Dubrovnik, birthplace of Marco Polo, Korcula Island.

Imperial Cities

Featuring Prague, Vienna & Budapest
4/20/2009                  from $1,649pp
11 Days –16 Meals: 9 Breakfasts, 1 Lunch, 6 Dinners
Highlights: Prague, Hradcany Castle, Golden Lane, St. Vitus Cathedral, Charles Bridge, Jewish Quarter, Jewish Cemetery founded in 1478, Vienna, Schoenbrunn Palace, St. Stephan’s Cathedral, Grinzing, Danube River Cruise, Melk Abbey, Budapest, Horse Show, Mathias Church, Fisherman’s Bastion, Old Buda, Gellert Hill, Parliament, Millenium Monument, Szentendre, Visegrad, Borzsony Mountains, Renaissance-Style Dinner.

Heart of Europe by Rail

featuring London, Paris, Amsterdam & Bruges
11/3/2009                  from $2,399
10 Days – 12 Meals: 8 Breakfasts, 4 Dinners
Highlights: Two rail Experiences – Eurostar Train (London to Paris) & Thalys Train (Paris to Amsterdam). London City Tour, Buckingham Palace, Changing of the Guard, Pris City Tour, Amsterdam Canal Cruise, Bruges Canal Cruise & City tour, Windmills & Wooden Shoes Visit, Battle of the Bulge Area, Bastogne Historical Center, Castle Dinner, Three Country Tour – Netherlands, Belgium & Germany – Henri Chappelle US Cemetery.