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How to Travel by Tour and See the WorldFrom the beaches of Samoa to the palaces of India these excursions include all thearrangements and offer as much handshyholding as you want

By Miriam Cross From Kiplingers Personal Finance September 2016 Follow miriamscross

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Educational tours balancelearning with handsshyon activitiesso your day in Paris could startwith a lecture aboutImpressionism and continue witha stroll through the MuseacuteedrsquoOrsay to view paintings ldquoYouget a behindshytheshyscenesperspective on the place yoursquorevisitingrdquo says Jim Mosespresident of Road Scholar whichfocuses on experiential learning

Besides tour operators such asRoad Scholar and Perillorsquos Learning Journeys look into academic trips offered by a museum orart gallery Members of the Art Institute of Chicago can learn about the murals and architectureof Mexico City with an expert from the museumrsquos education department Or take in the templesand pyramids of Egypt with a curator of Egyptian art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Smithsonian Journeys offers more than 350 departures a year For example its 16shydayldquoDiscovering Vietnamrdquo starts at $4357 for fall 2016 departures including airfare Yoursquoll spend aday boating among the limestone islands of Ha Long Bay and dine at the home of a localhistorian For animal and nature encounters look for programs backed by zoos aquariums andenvironmental organizations For instance an expert in reef life from the Shedd Aquarium inChicago will lead 14 guests on a sixshyday diving expedition in Palau a tiny archipelago in thePacific Ocean in February The price starts at $3780

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College alumni associations also host travelprograms and many allow nongraduates toparticipate if they join the associationSometimes the tour is led by an academicFor example an astronomy professor fromthe University of California Berkeley willlead a 10shyday trip to Chilean Patagonia toglimpse the solar eclipse in February (from$5855)

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A tour is the easiestmdashand sometimes theonlymdashway to delve into remote orinaccessible parts of the world including theAndes and Machu Picchu the GalaacutepagosIslands and polar regions

Sure you can fly to Winnipeg Canadayourself and book a regional flight or train tothe northern town of Churchill a prime spotfor polar bear and beluga whale sightingsBut viewing the wintry wildlife is hard toarrange on your own On Natural HabitatAdventuresrsquo sevenshyday ldquoUltimate ChurchillAdventurerdquo ($7595 for fall departures in2016 including charter flights between

Winnipeg and Churchill) yoursquoll traverse the Canadian tundra in a heated ldquoPolar Roverrdquo to watchpolar bears tussle and descend into a (vacant) den by helicopter Intrepid Travelrsquos expeditionsrange from reindeer herding with a nomadic tribe in the far north of Russia to joining a tribal NewYear festival in a remote region of Myanmar the country also known as Burma

Lion World Travel goes beyond its name with safaris that showcase giraffes rhinos zebras andmore Its 10shyday ldquoLuxury Kenyardquo safari includes drives to observe game as well as breakfast by ahippo pool and evening cocktails overlooking Lake Nakuru flecked pink with flamingos Thepackage starts at $3399 for November departures including flights from Washington DC

If adventure means immersing yourself in a foreign culture consider Cuba where ldquopeople topeoplerdquo tours are one popular way to visit the country (The US still restricts travel to Cuba tocertain authorized tours) For example National Geographic Expeditionsrsquo nineshyday ldquoCubaDiscovering Its People and Culturerdquo starts at $6295 for fall 2016 departures (plus charterairfare) Cross Cultural Journeys offers some themed trips such as ldquowriters and artistsrdquo andldquoCuban boxingrdquo accompanied by an expert in that field (2017 departures for the former start at$4995 including charter airfare from Miami)

Another country that is slowly opening up to US visitors is Iran Alexander+Robertsrsquo new 14shydayldquoPersian Momentsrdquo trip (from $7199 for 2017 departures including airfare from Dubai) leads youthrough palaces bazaars and inhabited caves

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