Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Tauck Tours



Exotics 2016

TANZANIA: SERENGETI TO ZANZIBAR – 12 days

Safari groups of 24 guests; private game drives, open-top safari vehicles & expert guides; hot air ballooning over the Serengeti; two-nights in Zanzibar, a spice walking tour & Indian Ocean dhow-cruise; Ngorongoro Crater picnic; Oldupai Gorge docent-led tour; stays in tented camps & safari lodges.

BOTSWANA, SOUTH AFRICA & ZAMBIA – 12 days

Safari groups of 20 guests; game drives with expert guides in 6-passenger vehicles; walking safari with San Bushmen; motorboat safari on Zambezi River; rhino sanctuary walk; safari by traditional canoe; meerkat colony visit; 4-wheel drive Salt Pan adventure; Cape Town highlights & Cape Point seascapes.

KENYA & TANZANIA: A CLASSIC SAFARI – 13 days

Safari groups of 30 guests; private game drives & multi-nights in Serengeti National Park, Masai Mara National Game Reserve & Amboseli National Park; hot air balloon ride over Masai Mara; visits to a chimpanzee sanctuary, animal orphanage & with an elephant researcher; Maasai cultural performance.

Small Ship Cruising 2016

TREASURES OF THE AEGEAN – 14 days

7-night Wind Star yacht cruise; 3 nights each in Istanbul & Athens; Greek dinner in Ancient Rhodes; archaeological sites in Mycenae, Epidaurus & Ephesus; National Archaeological Museum of Athens; Mykonos or Delos island visits; Bodrum antiquities; Istanbul's Blue Mosque & historic Hagia Sophia.

CRUISING DOWN UNDER – 19 days

NEW! 9-night cruise aboard Le Soléal and land stays in Sydney, Cairns, Melbourne, Queenstown and Auckland; Sydney Opera House tour; snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef; a rainforest gondola ride in Cairns; jet-boating in Queenstown; cruising Milford Sound; a taste of Marlborough wine country.

ST. PETERSBURG & THE BALTIC SEA – 12 days

7-night cruise aboard L'Austral accompanied by Tauck's private lecturer; 2 nights each in Copenhagen & Stockholm; walking tours of Helsinki & Tallinn; St. Petersburg's The State Hermitage Museum; Catherine Palace; Viking town of Roskilde; Drottningholm Palace & exclusive dinner at Stockholm's Vasa Museum.

River Cruising 2016

THE RHINE AND MOSELLE – 13 days

Amsterdam canal cruise & Rijksmuseum visit; Heidelberg Schloss & Old Town; Moselle Valley wine tasting; Aldstadt Strasbourg; Kröller-Müller Museum; WWII history in Remagen; Old Town Luxembourg; choice of Basel walking tour or Lucerne excursion; sparkling evening in a castle overlooking the Rhine.

FRENCH WATERWAYS – 10 days

Dinner at Fouquet's & Illuminations tour in Paris; choice of Paris orientation or Marais walking tour; first-class train to Lyon; Beaujolais & Châteauneuf-du-Pape wine tastings; gourmet Rhône cooking school presentation; van Gogh's Arles; Roussillon walking tour; Les Halles de Lyon tastings & walled Viviers.

AMSTERDAM TO BUDAPEST BY RIVERBOAT – 15 days

Luncheon cruise & Rijksmuseum visit in Amsterdam; guided capital-sightseeing in Bratislava & Budapest; Cologne's Gothic Cathedral; scenic Lorelei Valley cruise; choice of medieval Rothenburg walking tour or Residenz palace visit; Bavarian Bamberg; historic Nürnberg; Baroque Passau & Viennese palace dinner.

2016 Events

RUN FOR THE ROSES: THE KENTUCKY DERBY – THOROUGHBRED WORLD, May 4 – 8, 2016

4 nights at Griffin Gate Marriott Resort and Spa in Kentucky's Bluegrass country; welcome dinner with entertainment; in-depth looks at Thoroughbred horse raising & racing at private farms and the honored art of Kentucky Bourbon distilling; VIP experiences of "Oaks Day" & "Derby Day" at Churchill Downs.

THE TAUCK CHICAGO EVENT, September 19 – 23, 2016

Crafted by Tauck and filmmaker Ken Burns; four nights at InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile; expert presentations on Chicago history and culture; private event at Chicago History Museum; keynote address by Ken Burns & an open-house opportunity to meet Ken in person at the 1921 Chicago Theatre.

A CELEBRATION OF ROSES EVENT,
December 30, 2016 – January 3, 2017 

4 nights at the iconic Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills; welcome cocktails, dinner & a comedy show; Rose Parade floats behind-the-scenes; Huntington Botanical Gardens; black-tie gala New Year's Eve party; backstage at Warner Bros. Studios; Hollywood sights & Grandstand Seats at 128th Rose Parade.




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