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Pura Aventura boosts Patagonia options with nine new itineraries


The Blue Train, South Africa


Railbookers rolls out 15 luxury itineraries in South Africa


Railbookers has added South Africa to its portfolio with 15 luxury itineraries featuring journeys aboard luxury operators The Blue Train and Rovos Rail. The trips range from nine to


20 days. Activities include safari trips to see the big five in Kruger National Park, wine tastings, excursions to gem mines and visits to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. A nine-day Johannesburg to


Cape Town trip on The Blue Train costs from £3,599 and includes day trips to Franschhoek and Cape Peninsula, plus a visit to the Railway Museum and Open Mine Museum in Kimberley. The price includes two nights


in Johannesburg, including a city tour; two nights on the Blue Train from Pretoria to Cape Town; and four nights in a hotel in Cape Town, including a city tour. railbookers.co.uk


Inntravel steps it up


with Mont Blanc tour Walking holidays specialist Inntravel has a new Tour of Mont Blanc trip for 2024. The 11-night trip begins in the French village of St Gervais les Bains, followed by three days’ hiking to Courmayeur. Guests then ascend Grand Col Ferret, before passing into Switzerland for the final stretch to Chamonix. It costs from £2,195 based on two sharing. inntravel.co.uk


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TTC expands range of Make Travel Matter Experiences


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TC Tour Brands – the parent of Trafalgar, Insight Vacations, Costsaver and Luxury Gold – has expanded its range of Make Travel Mater Experiences across the US and Canada. New excursions focus on culinary and active


adventures and mean there is at least one Make Travel Matter Experience on all North American itineraries. The company has also unveiled a new Insight


Vacations itinerary for 2024: Yellowstone Discovery. It explores Montana’s Yellowstone and Grand


Teton National Parks over the course of seven days and includes a Make Travel Matter Experience with local artist John Potter. It costs from £3,587, excluding flights. Kelly Jackson, TTC Tour Brands’ EMEA managing


director, said: “With these new experiences, agents can demonstrate to their clients the ways in which TTC Tour Brands is constantly updating itineraries to meet guests’ needs and interests.” Insight Vacations also has new Make Travel Matter


“TTC Tour Brands is constantly updating itineraries to meet guests’ needs and interests”


Experiences on its Wonders of the American West tour. They offer the chance to explore Monument


Valley with a Navajo guide and visit Desert Viewpoint Intertribal Cultural Heritage Site at Grand Canyon. On Insight Vacations’ Spectacular Rockies and Glaciers


of Alberta itinerary, travellers can now stay at the Glacier View Lodge, Canada’s first and only glacier-view resort. Meanwhile, the Hawaii with Oahu & Maui tour has


a new Make Travel Matter Experience in the Hawaiian Legacy Forest in Oahu. Other TTC Tour Brands experiences have been


added by Trafalgar, Luxury Gold and Costsaver. They include a foodie experience in California;


a storytelling experience in Canada; and a visit to Farmstead Cider in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. agents.ttc.com/login


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Pura Aventura has added nine trips to Patagonia, ranging from 10-day tours to month-long “extravaganzas”. Argentine Patagonia: Lakes, Wine & Welsh Culture is 10-day tour spanning Buenos Aires, the Argentine Lake District, national parks and the Andean foothills. It costs from £3,800, including nine nights’ B&B accommodation, some meals, private transfers, two internal flights, guiding and activities. pura-aventura.com


Jet2holidays adds two resorts


in Dalaman, Turkey, for 2024 Jet2holidays has added the Turkish resorts of Kas and Kalkan in Dalaman to its 2024 range, with accommodation in 13 hotels. The resorts had only previously been available through Jet2’s villa programme, Jet2Villas. New hotels on sale include the Pirat Hotel, Kalkan Saray Suites and Peninsula Gardens Hotel & Beach. Flights to Dalaman are available from Jet2.com’s 11 UK bases next summer. trade.jet2holidays.com


Monument Valley


Hawaiian Legacy Forest, Oahu


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