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Tour Calendar
2012



We are currently working on the 2012 Departure Dates. If you cannot find dates for a tour you are interested in joining, please call for assistance. 1.800.663.0844 or +1.604.264.7378

EAST ASIA	Days	Jan '12	Feb '12	Mar '12	Apr '12	May '12	Jun '12	Jul '12	Aug '12	Sep '12	Oct '12	Nov '12	Dec '12
MYSTICAL HILL TRIBE ADVENTURE	10	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
TREASURES OF ANCIENT SIAM	09	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
GEMS OF THE ORIENT	16	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
GREAT JAVA RAIL JOURNEY	08	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	till 12		daily	daily	daily	daily
THE ISLES OF TIMOR-LESTE, KOMODO,IRIAN...	17	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
PHILIPPINES: ISLAND OF PARADISE	14	16	6	19	9	14	4	16	6	24	22	15	17
THE ISLES OF INDONESIA:SUMATRA...	15		19		29		24		5	30
THE JUNGLES OF BORNEO	12	Every Monday
BRUNEI & BORNEO ESCAPADE	11	Every Sunday
NAADAM FESTIVAL IN MONGOLIA	15						30
BEST OF MONGOLIA	14						2,13 30	9,18	1,8 29
LEGENDARY ROUTES OF SECRET HISTORY	08						9,30	28	18
SILK ROUTE TO BUKHARA	25					10				6
THE SILK ROAD BY PRVT. TRAIN (Eastbound)	21			20						21	14
SILK RD. BY PRVT TRAIN (Westbound)	21			24						25
THE SILK ROAD BY PRVT. TRAIN (Moscow-Almaty)	13			20						21	14
THE SILK ROAD BY PRVT. TRAIN (Urumchi-Beijing)	09				1						3,26
MOSTLY MALAYSIA	13	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
OVERLAND SINGAPORE MALAYSIA THAILAND	13	Every Monday
TRANS SIB TRAIN EXP CLASSIC (Eastbound)	15					9		30	25
TRANS SIB TRAIN EXP CLASSIC (Westbound)	15					21			11	6
TRANS SIB RWY & NADAAM..(Eastbound)	13							1
TRANS SIB RWY & NADAAM..(Westbound)	13							10
TIBET ENCOUNTER	08				daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
CHINA: YANGTZE SPECTACULAR	15
CHINA: FOREVER YANGTZE	13
OVERLAND JAKARTA TO BALI	13	Every Monday

INDOCHINA	Days	Jan '12	Feb '12	Mar '12	Apr '12	May '12	Jun '12	Jul '12	Aug '12	Sep '12	Oct '12	Nov '12	Dec '12
INDOCHINA CLASSIC	18	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
FOOTPRINTS IN CAMBODIA	05	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
FASCINATING MYANMAR	11	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
HIGHLIGHTS OF VIETNAM	14	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
FROM ANGKOR WAT TO HA LONG BAY	18	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
AN EXPLORATION OF VIETNAM & BURMA	24	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
VISIONS OF MYANMAR & LAOS	15	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
FROM PHNOM PENH TO MANDALAY	28	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily

SOUTH ASIA	Days	Jan '12	Feb '12	Mar '12	Apr '12	May '12	Jun '12	Jul '12	Aug '12	Sep '12	Oct '12	Nov '12	Dec '12
INDIA FORTS & PALACES TOUR	18		5	4	4			29	29		26	23	26
DISCOVER INDIA	30	9	13	12	9	15	12	9	20	3
DELHI TO DARJEELING	18
ROYAL RAJASTHAN	16	12	15	15	12	18	15	12	23	6	11	22	13
GEMS OF KERALA	08	23	27	26	23	29	26	23		3,17
BEST OF SOUTH INDIA	18	21	25	24	21	27	24	21		1,15	20		1,22
BEST OF NORTH INDIA	13	9	13	12	9	15	12	9	20	3
JOURNEY TO BANGLADESH	07	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
BHUTAN- LAND OF THUNDER DRAGON	07
VALLEY OF FLOWERS	16
INDIA'S NORTHERN HERITAGE	15	9	6	5	9	7	4	9	6	3	8	5	3
THE MAHARAJA - DELHI TO GOA	11
INDIA: FROM NORTH TO SOUTH	29	16	6	5	2			23		10	8	5	3
INDIA: ASSAM CRUISE EXPERIENCE	12	3		27
INDIA: FROM KOLKATA TO DARJEELING	12	23	19	18	15						28	25	23
HIMALAYAN SANCTUARIES	15	17	14	12	10	8	12	10	12	10	15	12	4
EASTERN HERITAGE OF INDIA	15	9	6	5	9	7	4	9	6	3	1	5	3
INDIA: TIGER TRAILS	16	15	12	11	8					30	14	11	2,23
EXOTIC INDIA & NEPAL	14	23	20	19	16	21	18	16	20	17	15	19	3
INDIA: PALACE ON WHEELS	11
SOUTHERN SPICES OF INDIA	16	8	5	4	1	6	3	1	5	2	7	4	2
GOLDEN TRIANGLE	07
INDIA:THE MOGHUL RAJ	15	16	7	5	9	7	11	9	6	10	8	12	3
INDIA:THE SOUTHERN RAJ	11	15	19	18	15	13	17	15	12	16	14	18	9
WORLD HERITAGE SITES OF SRI LANKA	12	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
SRI LANKA - JEWEL OF THE INDIAN OCEAN	07	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
PAKISTAN - INDUS VALLEY,GANDHARA & WHT	12				8	6	24			16	7	11
PAKISTAN: SHANGRI-LA HUNZA	10				8	6	24			16	7	11
INDIA: FROM MUMBAI TO KANYAKUMARI	17	26	24	23	20	25	21	20	17	21	19	16	6
JOURNEY TO THE GANGES	16	16	20	19	16	14	11	9	20	10	8	12	10
SILK ROAD: FROM HUNZA TO SAMARKAND	23					5				8

CENTRAL ASIA	Days	Jan '12	Feb '12	Mar '12	Apr '12	May '12	Jun '12	Jul '12	Aug '12	Sep '12	Oct '12	Nov '12	Dec '12
AFGHANISTAN TOUR	09				14
SILK RD. BY PRVT TRAIN (Eastbound)	21			20						21	14
SILK RD. BY PRVT TRAIN (Westbound)	21			24						25
SILK ROAD: FROM HUNZA TO SAMARKAND	23					5				8
SPLENDOURS OF UZBEKISTAN /W FERG...	14				16	14		16		10	8
SILK ROUTE TO BUKHARA	25					10				6
ROUTE OF THE CARAVANS W/ FERGHANA & NUKUS	17				14	12		14		8	6
JOURNEY FROM IRAN TO CENTRAL ASIA	25				6			6		14
SILK ROAD: KHIVA TO KASHGAR	17					3				6
THE SUNDAY BAZAARS: KASHGAR TO ASHGABAT	18				13	11		13		7	5
FROM TASHKENT TO ASHGABAT	15				16	14		16		10	8

MIDDLE EAST	Days	Jan '12	Feb '12	Mar '12	Apr '12	May '12	Jun '12	Jul '12	Aug '12	Sep '12	Oct '12	Nov '12	Dec '12
THE HOLYLAND TOUR	08	Every Sunday. Except Apr 01 & 08, Sep 16, 23 & 30
CLASSICAL TURKEY	10	13,27	10,24	9,23	6,17	4,11 18,25	1,8 15,22	6,13 27	10 17,31	7,14 21,28	5,12 19,26	2,16	21
MARVELOUS TURKEY	14	14	18	17	7,28	5,12 19,26	2,9 16,23 30	7,14 21,28	4,11 18,25	1,8 15,22 29	6,13 20,27	10	8
BEST OF TURKEY & EGYPT	17	Mar 04 & Nov 18, Every Sunday between Mar 11 – Jun 03, Jun 10 – Aug 19 & Aug 26 – Nov 04,
PYRAMIDS & ST. CATHERINE TO PETRA	15	11	22	7	11	16	27	4	29	12	10	7	12
JEWELS OF JORDAN & SYRIA	13	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
EGYPT JORDAN & THE HOLY LAND	13	Every Tuesday. Except Mar 27, Apr 03, Sep 11, 18, 25 & Oct 02
THE WONDERS OF SYRIA	08	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
JORDAN -WHERE IT ALL BEGAN	07	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
FROM PETRA TO BAALBECK	14	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
FROM PALMYRA TO BAALBECK	09	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
LEBANON: PRE-BIBLICAL TO MODERN	08	8,22	5,19	4,18	8,22	6,20	3,17	8,22	5,19	9,23	7,21	4,18	9,23
PERSIAN ROUTE	17	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
PASSAGE TO PERSIA & SYRIA	18					3				20
PASSAGE TO PERSIA	11					4				21
SOJOURN IN IRAN	09				6	11	22	6		14	5
WORLD HERITAGE SITES OF IRAN	12				5			19		27
TURKISH DELIGHT	13	Every Sunday
EASTERN TURKEY	15					5,26			4	1,15
HERITAGE TOUR OF TURKEY	23					12		28		8	6
YEMEN WITH SOCOTRA ISLAND	14
YEMEN: A LIVING MUSEUM	11
FRANKINCENSE TRAIL	14
FRANKINCENSE TRAIL & SOCOTRA ISLAND	21
SOCOTRA ISLAND	12
ARAB SHEIKDOMS	14	6		16		18				14	19	23	14
SAUDI ARABIA: BEHIND THE VEIL	08		26								7
JOURNEY IN DIVERSITY	19	24	21	20	24	22	19	24		18	16	20
AFRICAN SAFARI WITH MUSCAT & DUBAI	14
SPECIAL TOUR OF IRAN	17	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
THE CASPIAN: FROM BAKU TO TEHRAN	26					15	26			4
JOURNEY FROM IRAN TO CENRAL ASIA	25				6			6		14
PALESTINE & ISRAEL - JOURNEY INTO REALITY	10	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
EXPLORATORY TOUR OF IRAQI KURDISTAN	08	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily

EUROPE	Days	Jan '12	Feb '12	Mar '12	Apr '12	May '12	Jun '12	Jul '12	Aug '12	Sep '12	Oct '12	Nov '12	Dec '12
HIGHLIGHTS OF GREECE & TURKEY	14					5,12 19,26	2,9 16,23 30	7,14 21,28	4,11 18,25	1,8 15,22 29	6
INSIGHT INTO MOLDOVA	05	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
HERITAGE OF POLAND	08					19		7,14 28	4,11 18,25	8
BALKAN MOSAIC	20					26				15
HIGHLIGHTS OF SLOVENIA	07
ADRIATIC CRUISE ABOARD M/V ARION	08
AMAZING ROMANIA	09
IMPERIAL: PRAGUE, VIENNA & BUDAPEST	10				27	11,25	8,22	6,20	3,17	7,14 21	12,26
THE CASPIAN: FROM BAKU TO TEHRAN	26					15	26			4
CAUCASUS	15					15	26			4
RUSSIA, THE BALTIC STATES & EAST EUROPE	19				28	12,26	23	7,28	25	8,22	6
RUSSIA, THE BALTIC STATES, POLAND & CZECH	17				28	12,26	23	7,28	25	8,22	6
RUSSIA, THE BALTIC STATES & WARSAW	13				28	12,26	23	7,28	25	8,22	6
JOURNEY OF CLASSICAL EAST EUROPE	13
ESSENTIALS TURKEY & GREECE	15	Every Sunday starting from Apr 01 until Oct 14
WONDERS OF GREECE	10
CYPRUS: ONE ISLAND TWO CIVILISATIONS	08
MAJESTY THAT IS DALMATIAN	09				28	5,12 19,26	2,9 16,23 30	7,14	11,18 25	1,8 15,22 29
JOURNEY FROM SARAJEVO TO BELD	11				26	10,24	7,21	5	9,23	6,20	4,18
BEST OF ROMANIA & BULGARIA	11	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
HERITAGE TOUR OF TURKEY	23					12		28		8	6

AFRICA	Days	Jan '12	Feb '12	Mar '12	Apr '12	May '12	Jun '12	Jul '12	Aug '12	Sep '12	Oct '12	Nov '12	Dec '12
NATURAL HERITAGE SAF. OF UGANDA & RWANDA	09		3	2,30		4	1,29		3	28	26	30
SOUTH SUDAN - NIMULE NATIONAL PARK	05					19	2,16 30	7,14 21,28	4,11 18,25	8,29
SOUTH SUDAN - BOMA NATIONAL PARK....	11		18	3,17 31								20	4,17
WINGS OVERS BOTSWANA	05	Every Fridays, Sundays & Tuesdays
WINGS OVERS KENYA	08	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
KENYAN AMBOSELI - NAKURU -MASAI MARA...	07
HIGHLIGHTS OF WEST AFRICA	16
JOURNEY IN DIVERSITY	19	24	21	20	24	22	19	24		18	16	20
KENYA'S LION SAFARI	08	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
VICTORIA FALLS - SERENGETI - CAIRO	21	28				12			4			3	8
ANCIENT EGYPT WITH TANZANIAN SAFARI	18	22			8			29		23	28
EAST AFRICAN SAFARI	20	13	3,17	2,16 30	13	4,18	1,15 22,29	13	3,17 31	14,28	12,26	16,30	7
ANCIENT EGYPT WITH EAST AFRICAN SAFARI	24		29			2		11			24	28
AN IN-DEPTH JOURNEY INTO ABYSSINIA	27	11	29	28	18	9	27	18	8	19	10	7	19
CAPE TOWN TO CAIRO	24
BOTSWANA UNTOUCHED SAFARI	13	11	15	11	4	4	1,24	31	25	8	4,16 31	30	15
GREEN DESERT SAFARI: THE OKAVANGO DELTA	05	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
GREEN DESERT SAFARI: OKAVANGO & CHOBE	07	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
GREEN DESERT SAFARI: OKA'VNGO,CHOBE.....	08	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
BOTSWANA MOBILE SAFARI	09	15	19	15	8	8	5,28		4,29	12	8,20	4	4,19
VICTORIA FALLS WITH KENYA TANZANIA SAF.	15	11,18	22	7,21	4,18	9,23	6,20 27	4,18	8,22	5,19	3,17 31	5,12 19,21
KENYA TANZANIA SAFARI	10
TRIPOLITANIA,CYRENAICA & GHADAMES	09
KENYA TANZANIA SAFARI WITH ZANZIBAR	13
DISCOVERY OF MOROCCO	11	21	18	10	14	12	16	7	25	15	13
MOROCCO - IMPERIAL ODYSSEY	08	Every Saturday
BOTSWANA: VICT. FALLS, CHOBE & THE OKAVANGO	08
TANZANIAN WILDLIFE SAFARI W/ANC. EGYPT	18
CULTURAL HERITAGE TOUR OF EGYPT	19	16		5		7		2		3		5
EGYPT: CRADLE OF THE NILE	09	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
SOUTH AFRICAN EXPLORER	15	Every Sunday
TANZANIA: SOUTHERN SAFARI	10
ETHIOPIA - THE OMO VALLEY	15	25		14	11	23			1,22		3,24	21
HIGHLIGHTS OF ALGERIA	11	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
HISTORIC ROUTE & TIMKET FESTIVAL	15	11	29	28	18	9	27	18	8	19	10	7	19
PASSAGE TO TIMBUKTU	13	7,21	4,18	3,17	7,21	5,19	2,16	7,21	4,18	1,15	6,20	3,17	1,15
BERBERS OF TUNISIA	08	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
LIBYA - SIWA TO GHADAMES	16	Please call for details - 1-800-663-0844 / 1-604-264-7378
WONDERS OF LIBYA WITH GHADAMES	11	Please call for details - 1-800-663-0844 / 1-604-264-7378
HIGHTLIGHTS OF ERITREA	09	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
GREAT TRANS AFRICAN SAFARI	21			16	15	15	1,22	6,16 29	13,28	21	15,29	6
VICTORIA FALLS & CHOBE SAFARI	05	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
ZANZIBAR - THE SPICE ISLAND	04
VICTORIA FALLS FLY-IN SAFARI	03	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
EGYPT: BAHAREYA OASIS	11	Every Saturday & Monday until 5th of September
EGYPT: LAKE NASSER CRUISE	15	Every Tuesday until 6th of September
TANZANIAN NORTHERN SAFARI	07	19	2,16 23	8,22	5,19	3,17 26	7,21	5,19 26	9,23	6,20	4,18	8,15 22	6,13 25
KENYA SAF. -TREETOPS TO MASAI MARA	09
WILD KINGDOM SAFARI	12	14,21	25	10,24	7,21	12,26	9,23 30	7,21	11,25	8,22	6,20	3,24	8,15 22
KILIMANJARO CLIMB	08
AFRICAN SAFARI WITH MUSCAT & DUBAI	14
MADAGASCAR - JOURNEY INTO CULTURE & NATURE	12	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily

AMERICAS	Days	Jan '12	Feb '12	Mar '12	Apr '12	May '12	Jun '12	Jul '12	Aug '12	Sep '12	Oct '12	Nov '12	Dec '12
BRAZIL: LAND OF CONTRASTS	14	12,26	2	8,22		3,17	21	5,19	2,23	13,27	11	22
HIGHLIGHTS OF BRAZIL	08	12,26	2	8,22		3,17	21	5,19	2,23	13,27	11	22
HONDURAS, GUATEMALA & BELIZE	15	Every Friday or Tuesday
HIGHLIGHTS OF GUATEMALA W/COPAN	12	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
AUTHENTIC BOLIVIA	10	Every Monday
LEGENDARY PERU	09	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
WORLD HERITAGE OF SOUTH AMERICA	10	11,25	8,22	21	18	2,30		11	8	5	3,31	14,28
ECUADOR - COLORFUL VARIETY	10	11,25	8,22	21	18	2,30		11	8	5	3,31	14,28
PERU & BOLIVA- FROM LIMA TO LAPAZ	10	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
COLOMBIAN EXPERIENCE	14	Every Saturday
CHILE - SPIRIT OF EASTER ISLAND	04	Daily Except Monday & Thursday
HIGHLIGHTS OF SOUTH AMERICA	15	9,23 30	20,27	5,12 19	16,23	7,21	4,25	16	6,20	3,17	1,15 29	5,19
TOUR OF ARGENTINA & BRAZIL	08	14,28	25	17,24	14,21 28	19				15,29	13,20	10,24
ARGENTINA: MORE THAN A TANGO	11	20	3,17	2,16 30	13					7,21	5,19	2,16 23
PATAGONIAN DISCOVERY	14	20	3,17	2,16 30	13					7,21	5,19	2,16 23
CHILE -LAND OF EXTREME	11	9,30	13,27	19	2					24	8,22	5,19

AUSTRALIA	Days	Jan '12	Feb '12	Mar '12	Apr '12	May '12	Jun '12	Jul '12	Aug '12	Sep '12	Oct '12	Nov '12	Dec '12
RASC ECLIPSE TOUR TO AUSTRALIA	15											2

ISLANDS	Days	Jan '12	Feb '12	Mar '12	Apr '12	May '12	Jun '12	Jul '12	Aug '12	Sep '12	Oct '12	Nov '12	Dec '12
INDONESIA: SUMATRA, JAVA, KALIMANTAN & ...	15		19		29		24		5	30
ISLES OF TIMOR-LESTE, KOMODO & IRIAN JAYA	17	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily	daily
INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS	19					5						3

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