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Cosmos creates range of 25 ‘exotic’ escorted tours
Ben Ireland
ben.ireland@
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Escorted touring operator Cosmos has launched 25 ‘exotic’ itineraries for 2019-20.
The new tours span South and
Central America, Asia, Africa and the South Pacific. In Central America, an eight-day
Gateway to Costa Rica itinerary, with a treetop walk through the Arenal Hanging Bridges, starts from £1,607.
Its South America tours include
a 13-day Legacy of the Incas itinerary, featuring Machu Picchu and Lake Titicaca, from £3,877. It is operated by new ‘premium’ brand Globus.
In Africa, a 10-day On Safari in
Kenya tour includes game drives in the Masai Mara National Reserve and Lake Nakuru National Park, and visits to the Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage and Giraffe Centre in Nairobi, from £2,413. Globus’s 14-day Splendours of South Africa and Victoria Falls itinerary, including Cape Town, Johannesburg and the Cape of Good Hope, starts from £4,492. In Asia, Cosmos’s 15-day Spirit
of China & the Yangtze River tour is priced from £2,968 and includes the Great Wall of China,
KENYA: New itinerary features game drives and visit to Giraffe Centre £8,809
Great Adventure Down Under tour cost
Tiananmen Square, the Terracotta Army and a Yangtze River cruise through the Three Gorges Dam, with optional extensions to Hong Kong and Mongolia. Globus’s 10-day Icons of India:
The Taj, Tigers & Beyond is priced from £2,175 and includes three game drives in Ranthambore National Park, dinner with an Indian noble family in Jaipur,
seeing the Taj Mahal at sunrise and a rickshaw ride through Chandni Chowk bazaar in Delhi. A 14-day Highlights of New Zealand tour takes in Auckland, Rotorua, Napier, Wellington and Christchurch, and starts at £2,850. It can be combined with a 15-day Highlights of Australia itinerary. A new 30-day Great Adventure
Down Under, by Globus, includes a visit to Hobart’s Tasmanian Devil Conservation Park, Kangaroo Island, Uluru, cruises on the Great Barrier Reef and Milford Sound, and stays in Auckland, Sydney and Melbourne. Prices start from £8,809. Deposits of £99 are available on
bookings made by October 31.
cosmos.co.uk
Explore adds Italy, Croatia and four new family holidays
Four new family holiday options including long-haul adventures to Sri Lanka and Brazil have been added by Explore. Italy and Croatia have also
been introduced for 2019. A £100 per person discount
off any family trip and £100 per family deposit is being offered on bookings made before October 1. The itineraries are designed so children can carry on learning through the school holidays. A 15-day Brazil family
adventure includes a stay in the Amazonian jungle. Guests will meet an indigenous community and learn about how they survive in the world’s largest tropical rainforest. A nine-day Sri Lanka itinerary
features a day in Wilpattu National Park in search of Asian elephants, leopards, sloth bears, spotted deers, buffalos and mongooses. Other activities include white-water rafting in Kitulgala, surfing lessons and an afternoon cycling around the ancient monuments at Polonnaruwa. A Lake Garda active adventure
includes kayaking, while a Dubrovnik package features water-based activities such as snorkelling and stand-up paddleboarding.
explore.co.uk
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