289 luxury experiences found
Kenya ; Land of the Maasai
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Kenya ; Land of the Maasai
Jomo Kenyatta AIrport, Nairobi, Kenya
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10 Days • from £7,100* per room
Provider: Ker & Downey (1 testimonial) Kenya is the homeland of the Maasai, a semi-nomadic African tribe. The tall and slender Maasai wear bright cloth dyed in vivid shades of red and blue, letting them stand out nobly against the stark landscape. This itinerary will help you to explore the Maasai culture while experiencing amazing game viewing on foot or by vehicle.Stay for two nights on the edge of the Amboseli National Park in the shadow of Mt. Kilimanjaro at Tortilis Camp. Discover large matriarchal elephant… more |
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Classic India: Culture, Architecture & People
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Classic India: Culture, Architecture & People
International Airport Authority of India, Delhi
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15 Days • from $7,595* per person
Provider: Myths and Mountains India is a country with many cultural and architectural treasures – the Taj Mahal, the caves of Ajanta and Ellora, the Hindu temples of Khajuraho, Varanasi, South Asia’s richest collection of prehistoric paintings, the Buddhist temples of Sanchi, and the beautiful Islamic provincial architecture of Mandu. This trip does it all, traveling from Delhi, through Jaipur and Agra, down to Varanasi and over to Bhopal, before finishing in Mumbai. Not only will you visit some of the most spectacular treasures… more |
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Tribal People of Myanmar
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Tribal People of Myanmar
Yangon International Airport, Burma
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19 Days • from $4,995* per person
Provider: Myths and Mountains Travel not only to classic Myanmar - Bagan, Inle, Yangon, Mandalay - but to the hill tribe villages around them, villages that are not part of the typical tourist route, and that are engaging in their warmth and simplicity. Spend time at markets and with the locals in Mindat, Kengtung and Kalaw. Take a boat ride on Inle Lake, join in as Buddha gets his morning bath in Mandalay, learn Burmese mythology through its puppet shows, and learn how to… more |
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Antarctica Classic - Discovering the Antarctic Peninsula
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Antarctica Classic - Discovering the Antarctic Peninsula
Ushuaia Airport - Aeropuerto Malvinas Argentinas, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
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12 Days • from $4,795* per person
Provider: ElderTreks (3 testimonials) THE CLASSIC ANTARCTICA TOUR OFFERS 2 ANTARCTICA ITINERARIES, AN ACTIVE EXPEDITION AND A CLASSIC RELAXED ADVENTURE. ALL DEPARTURES FOLLOW THE SAME ITINERARY, BUT THE ACTIVE TRIPS OFFER MORE THRILLS!ACTIVE ADVENTURES Aboard the Akademik Shokalskiy, The Akademik Sergey Vavilov and the M/S Ocean Nova: Active exploring on the Antarctic Peninsula aboard nimble, ice-strengthened ships with frequent Zodiac landings; specialist presentations and interaction within a close-knit group of adventurers; polar camping, sea kayaking, mountaineering and cross-country skiing options (on selected departures).CLASSIC relaxed… more |
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Treasures of Turkey - Exploring Asia Minor
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Treasures of Turkey - Exploring Asia Minor
Ankara Airport, Turkey
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17 Days • Contact provider for price
Provider: Asia Adventures and Study Tours Straddling two continents, Europe and Asia, and bordering the Middle East, Turkey has a unique history dating back thousands of years. From the ancient Hittites to the Ottomans, countless civilisations have made Turkey their home, leaving behind them an impressive historical and archeological heritage.Despite its ancient roots, Turkey is a rapidly developing modern state. Created as the modern successor to the 600-year old Ottoman Empire in 1923, the country was transformed by its first leader Kemal Ataturk. His ambitious goals… more |
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Ethiopia: The Island of Africa
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Ethiopia: The Island of Africa
Addis Ababa Airport, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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16 Days • from $6,800* per person
Provider: Geographic Expeditions In Travels in Ethiopia, David Buxton wrote that the country “rises up from the wastes of equatorial Africa like an island from the sea.” A particularly beautiful and unexpected island, in time as well as geography. Ethiopia’s history is immense and unique, spanning religions as diverse as Islam, Christianity, and a host of philosophies we used to blithely call paganism (not to mention Marxism, a grim secular faith Ethiopia wrestled with for years and finally discarded). This trip takes us… more |
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Mali: From Dogon to Timbuktu
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Mali: From Dogon to Timbuktu
Bamako International Airport, Bamako, Mali
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9 Days • from $5,250* per person
Provider: Geographic Expeditions Timbuktu, long the very synonym of farfetchedness, may be the highpoint of this short but jauntily exotic journey (“That impracticable place Timbuctoo,” Lord Byron called it in Don Juan, “where Geography finds no one to oblige her / with such a chart as may be safely stuck to”). There’s much more to relish, though, than the faded glories of this fabled city, once a dazzling center of scholarship and trade perched on the edge of the Sahara (and now mining… more |
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Mayan Kingdoms
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Mayan Kingdoms
San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico
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9 Days • from $3,255* per person
Provider: Geographic Expeditions As Charles C. Mann points out in his game-changing 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, in 1000 ce the Mayans of what is now southern Mexico and Guatemala were civilizationally right on a par with the Incas, with the Moors of Spain, with just about every human society (outside of China, it must be said).Since most of us are New Worlders with Old World–centric attitudes about history, this fact often comes as a surprise. But after our well-guided… more |
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The Epic of Central Asia
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The Epic of Central Asia
Ashgabat, Ahal, Turkmenistan
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21 Days • from $7,475* per person
Provider: Geographic Expeditions Before the Bolsheviks dragooned them into the Soviet Union in the 1920s, the khanates of Central Asia were some of the most despotic, hidden, and utterly fascinating parts of the planet. People were driven half mad with desire to see places like Samarkand and Bukhara, which still reverberate to the harsh but compelling music of their history, and visiting their gorgeous mosques, madrasas, and tombs (not to mention their folk) should rank high on any traveler’s life list. The Epic… more |
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Libya
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Libya
Tripoli International Airport, Tarabulus, Libya
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17 Days • Contact provider for price
Provider: Geographic Expeditions While travel to Libya isn't in the cards for the immediate future, we continue to monitor events and remain hopeful that we will be able to return to this worthy country again very soon.Libya is a heart- and eye-ful of a country. Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Ottomans, Arabs and nature itself all did their bit for posterity, gracing this happily reopened land with five UNESCO World Heritage Sites, all of which we visit on our 17-day trip. Beginning in the… more |
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Guatemala
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Guatemala
Guatemala airport, Guatemala City
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9 Days • from $3,995* per person
Provider: Geographic Expeditions Guatemala is an often overlooked country, rich with tremendous scenery, Mayan glories, colonial grandeur, and cheery, heart-involving folks. As our Brady Binstadt says, “These are some of my favorite places in all of the Americas for a full-on cultural experience.”We begin in Antigua, as lovely a town as any of us will likely ever see, then head, via the colorful local Mayan market at Chichicastenango, to volcano-encircled Lake Atitlán, where we boat about in good fettle. Then we explore the… more |
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Kyoto: The Soul of Japan
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Kyoto: The Soul of Japan
Kyoto Airport, Japan
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7 Days • from $6,850* per person
Provider: Geographic Expeditions Kyoto, Jan Morris has written, “remains to the Japanese something special . . . the supreme repository of their ancient traditions, their religion, and their high-flown patriotism, their golden heritage and their resilient pride.”In this expertly choreographed, highly phenomenal trip, we’ll delve deeply and thoughtfully into the grand city and its environs (including a foray to I.M. Pei’s masterpiece Miho Museum). From its famed temples and gardens (“more than hymns to tranquility,” Kanto Shigemori has written, “they contain a world… more |
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Rwanda: Gorillas of the Virunga Volcanoes
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Rwanda: Gorillas of the Virunga Volcanoes
Kigali Airport, Kigali, Rwanda
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7 Days • from $6,000* per person
Provider: Geographic Expeditions Just a few inches from here, in Mountain Gorillas of Uganda, we quote one of our rapturous travelers on the almost shocking joy that many people feel when they make contact with Gorilla beringei beringei, our very sweet, very large relatives.In this week-long trip (a stellar extension to any of our Kenya or Tanzania journeys), we gently track the world’s largest primate in Rwanda’s Parc National des Volcans, the volcans in this instance being the personable Virunga Volcanoes, a chain… more |
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Hiking in the Mountains of Lebanon
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Hiking in the Mountains of Lebanon
Beirut Airport, Lebanon
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8 Days • from $4,125* per person
Provider: Geographic Expeditions As befits a country named for its resident mountains, Lebanon welcomes hikers with a series of unexpected and deeply lovely trails. We begin in Beirut—captivating, edgy, and on the rocky road to reclaiming its historic glamour—then set off for a look at Beiteddine (House of Faith) and the Phoenician city of Sidon, followed by a couple of World Heritage Sites: Baalbek, one of the most impressive Roman ruins anywhere, and the Umayyad ruins of Anjar. Now into some of Lebanon’s… more |
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Turkey: Private Charters for Family & Friends
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Turkey: Private Charters for Family & Friends
Istanbul Airport, Turkey
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10 Days • from $6,410* per person
Provider: Geographic Expeditions As you’ve probably noticed, travel is a great bonder of friends and families. How many times have we seen a gathering’s joy level kick up a few notches with the words “Remember the time we went to . . .”?This private sail aboard one of our sweet gulets is the kind of unforgettable experience that makes travel such a canny investment. We think our Turkish sails—grandly restful, beautiful, comfortable and fun—are eminently worthy of your attention and personal investment. Our… more |
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Romantic Kenya Safari
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Romantic Kenya Safari
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya
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11 Days • from $7,073* per person
Provider: Adventures In Africa There’s no better way to celebrate each other than with a romantic Kenya photo safari and beach trip. On this luxury holiday, you’ll visit three exclusive camps/resorts in three wonderful destinations: Meru National Park (home of Born Free’s Elsa the lioness); the world-famous Masai Mara; and Kiwayu Lodge, a secluded Indian Ocean retreat. This safari is perfect for a honeymoon safari in Kenya or a romantic getaway! more |
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Safari in Style
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Safari in Style
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya
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11 Days • Contact provider for price
Provider: Uncharted Outposts This itinerary has you starting in the famous Masai Mara area with plains teeming with wildlife! Indisputably the greatest wildlife spectacle on earth and the ultimate in "Out of Africa" experiences at Cottar's 1920's Camp. The journey keeps getting better as you head north to Mount Kenya to end this incredible trip at Borana. Then to the stunning views of Ol Lentille where you will have your own safari chic luxury private house! more |
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Mountain Chic hike in the Dolomites
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Mountain Chic hike in the Dolomites
Venice, Italy
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6 Days • Contact provider for price
Provider: Dolomite Mountains s.r.l. (2 testimonials) Crowning Italy's northern border, the Dolomites are a pristine alpine playground, where vivid green meadows nestle against enormous limestone peaks and charming rifugi (mountain huts) welcome hikers with satisfying strudel and local specialties. During these days you will see the best that the Alta Badia has to offer, including the majestic Sella massif and the marvellous spires of the Puez-Odle group. In the evenings experience a delightful mixture of Italian and Austrian cultures, dine on distinctive culinary specialties and… more |
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Honeymoon in the Dolomites
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Honeymoon in the Dolomites
Venice, Italy
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6 Days • Contact provider for price
Provider: Dolomite Mountains s.r.l. (2 testimonials) There are some places that just ooze romance and seem to have been custom-made for honeymoons. The romantic and chic chalet of the Hotel & Spa Rosa Alpina is one such place.Combining the history and tradition of the Ladin culture with classic luxurious materials used in the decoration, the hotel epitomises stylish comfort with a hip and oh-so-sophisticated twist; lounge by the infinity pool with a fresh fruit cocktail, retreat to your palatial suite, and dine at the St.Hubertus where… more |
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South Africa In Style
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South Africa In Style
Tambo
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11 Days • from $6,270* per person
Provider: African Portfolio Often referred to as “a world in one country”, South Africa is one of the most cosmopolitan and sophisticated countries in all of Africa. Your tour incorporates the very best that South Africa has to offer, taking you from the wilderness of Kruger National Park to the beautiful Cape. Your adventure begins with five glorious days on safari in Sabi Sands and Timbavati, two of South Africa’s finest private game reserves. Game viewing in this area promises to be an… more |
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