2015 Gutsy Women Travel Brochure

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Hello Ladies,

Gutsy Women Travel’s 2015 guided vacations are operated on behalf of GWT by award-winning Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT). Our trips enables women to enjoy a travel experience tailored for women offering value and attractive price points in the comfort of a small group atmosphere. Tour size will range on average for most guided land vacations and safaris from 10-16 participants.

Gutsy Women Travel has also blocked cabins on select 2015 Grand Circle Cruise Line (GCCL) river and small ship cruises, extending single supplement discounts that are inventory controlled so book early. For the past two years, Condé Nast Traveler readers have rated Grand Circle the #1 “world’s best river cruise line”!

Simply select your preference on our 2015 calendar to turn your dream vacation into a memorable travel journey that surpasses your expectations!

Sit back, grab a cup of coffee or a glass of wine and discover the vacation possibilities that await you with Gutsy Women Travel. Remember our motto, It’s Your Life... Live IT! TM

What is Gutsy Women Travel all about?

Stay Gutsy,

AprilApril Merenda, President & Co-Founder

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Join me on our inaugural trip to Cuba on February 10th, 2015,

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What our travelers say about us:

I am getting ready for my third trip with Gutsy Women Travel and am having a ball checking off my bucket list. Their trips are well planned with a variety of activities. I went to South Africa two years ago and my dream of seeing a leopard as well as the important sites and local people was a life-changing experience. Last year I went to Peru and I hiked the trail to Machu Picchu and survived to tell about it! This year, India, and the gutsy women on the trip are already emailing each other as we prepare for what I know will be a fabulous adventure!-Becky JT., New Orleans, LA

I loved my trip to Kenya! The itinerary rocked as did the accommodations. It fulfilled my expectations beyond my wildest dreams. Can’t wait to celebrate Gutsy Women’s 13th Anniversary in Costa Rica in November 2014 and returning to Africa in 2015 on Ultimate Africa with three of the gutsy women I met on my tour last year!-Alice M., Brooklyn, NY

“The Travel Directors made the difference between a good trip and a great one. Gutsy is the perfect company for me, I have new friends from all around the country!”- Jody A., Longmont, CO

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For more information contact [email protected].

*You will save a minimum of $50 when you pay in full by check.

Please note: To receive your eligible savings, you have up to 14 days after you make your reservation to pay in full by cash, check, or electronic check. This plan is not applicable to payments received after your final payment due date. Your entire remaining balance after your initial deposit must be paid in full by cash, check, or electronic check only to qualify; any reservations with additional payments by credit card are ineligible for the this Plan. Vouchers, credits, and certificates are non-cash payments and can be combined with cash or check payments. These vouchers, credits, and certificates are applied to your main trip price prior to calculating the Plan savings.

The earlier you reserve and pay in full by check or electronic funds transfer, the more you’ll save. Plus, you’ll protect your investment from fuel surcharge increases, currency increases, or other unexpected costs. It’s guaranteed savings—and peace of mind.

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“Remember the fun of a pajama party when you were a kid? Well, we find we are still those young girls on a Gutsy Women trip.”

- Gail Golden, Founder, Gutsy Women Travel

November 2014 marked GWT’s 13th Anniversary of offering memorable Journey’s for women!

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1) Safe and Secure - For 2015 and beyond, Gutsy Women Travel (GWT) has formed an alliance with award-winning Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT), Grand Circle Travel (GCT) and Grand Circle Cruise Lines (GCCL) for an assured peace of mind, whether traveling near or far, with an international network of on the ground team partners, confirmed departures, travel itineraries, incomparable destination choices and super enticing price offerings.

2) Open Vistas - From untamed Iceland to the Mayan trail, the land of the Kiwi’s and the Ruins of the Gods, the rivers of Europe, the Safari Plains and those far-flung isles - we offer new and uncharted destinations to revive your body, mind and soul and help check off your bucket list. 3) Niche Numbers - With our strong, secure business partners, you have our promise of our tried and true - with a signature small group travel. Maximum group size for the majority of our trips of 10-16 participants.

4) Worldly Travel Directors - Nothing is better than traveling with someone who has been there and done that and knows how to negotiate the terrain. All trips are accompanied by a licensed, professional Expert Trip Leader fluent in English and the local language.

5) Full Boat - Our early payment plan for guided vacations and safaris enables up to 10% savings. Click here for more information

6) Loyal Lady - Returning GWT travelers receive a 5% loyalty discount on any 2015 trip selections if you have traveled on a GWT designed trip over the past 5 years. Click here for more information

7) Gift of Gab - Do you talk about us? Share the good word to a friend or family member who books a GWT trip for the first time and receive a $100 referral discount coupon to use on your next booking. 8) Easy Pay - GWT clients are offered an extra savings by our operator when you pay for your trip with an EFT using your checking account routing number plus, we never charge an extra fee for credit card payments.

9) Dedicated Reservation Specialist - You will always reach an experienced travel specialist who knows our trips and can answer your phone inquiries during business hours.

10) Live Access Seven Days a Week - Have questions about your upcoming trip? Get your travel inquiries answered seven days a week! For reservations, call 866-464-8879 (press 2) from 9am-8pm EST Monday-Friday and 9am-7pm EST Sat-Sun.

11) One-Stop-Shop - GWT operator provides pre/post trip extensions, airfare quotes and travel insurance when you are making your travel reservations.

12) Online Booking Inquires 24/7 - click on www.gutsywomentravel.com to process our “Request a Quote” booking inquiry form located on each trip’s landing page.

13) Waivers - Inventory controlled single supplement waivers/discounts are available on river cruises, guided land vacations and safaris, so deposit soon!

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FebruaryAncient Kingdoms: Thailand, Laos, Vietnam & Cambodia 8Morocco Sahara Odyssey 10

MarchReal Affordable Costa Rica 12

AprilHolland and Belgium River Cruise 14

MayEastern Europe to the Black Sea River Cruise 16Japan’s Cultural Treasures 18Essence of the Elbe: Berlin to Prague 20

JuneTurkey’s Magical Hideaways 22Tuscany & Umbria: Rustic Beauty in the Italian Heartland 24

JulyCruising Burgundy & Provence to the Cote d’Azur 26Untamed Iceland 28Turkish Coastal Voyage: Greek Islands, Istanbul & Athens 30The Seine: Paris to Normandy 32

AugustThe Rivieras: France, Italy & the Isles 34Safari Serengeti: Tanzania Lodge & Tented Safari 36

SeptemberUltimate Africa: Botswana, Zambia & Zimbabwe Safari 38Morocco Sahara Odyssey 10Hidden Gems of the Dalmatian Coast & Greece 40The Great Rivers of Europe Cruise 42

OctoberTuscany & the Amalfi Coast 44Route of the Maya 46Bhutan: The Hidden Kingdom 48Tuscany & Umbria: Rustic Beauty in the Italian Heartland 24Old World Prague & the Blue Danube 50Heart of India 52

NovemberAncient Kingdoms: Thailand, Laos, Vietnam & Cambodia 8Real Affordable Costa Rica 12Real Affordable Peru 54Burma: Land of Golden Temples & Floating Gardens 56Pure New Zealand 58

DecemberHoliday Markets River Cruise 60Ultimate Africa: Botswana, Zambia & Zimbabwe Safari 38Antarctica’s White Wilderness 62

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Ancient Kingdoms: Thailand, Laos, Vietnam & Cambodia

Departs: February 8th, 2015 - Sold OutNovember 7th, 2015 - $3,795 per personDuration: 18 Days / 17 NightsSingle Room Supplement: waived

Highlights & Inclusions

• Transfers are included to and from international airports when purchasing our international airfare.

• All land transportation and 4 internal flights• Accommodations for 17 nights• 37 meals, including 1 Home-Hosted Lunch• 20 small group activities• Services of a resident, English-speaking Trip Leader

provided by our trip operator• Gratuities for local guides, drivers, and luggage

porters• 5% Frequent Traveler discount on land package• Porterage for 1 bag per traveler

“There are so many doors to be opened and im not afraid to look behind them”

– Elizabeth Taylor, Actress

*Price reflected is based on land only/double occupancy. Air can be arranged upon request.

Please note: This departure date is sold out but GWTravelers can contact our reservation specialist at 866.464.8879 and press 1 to verify if space is available on another departure date. GWT promotions and past traveler savings will apply!!

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• DAY 1: Depart U.S.• DAY 2: Arrive Bangkok, Thailand• DAY 3: Explore Bangkok• DAY 4: Explore Bangkok • Optional Ayutthaya & Ancient Siam tour

OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 5: Bangkok • Fly to Luang Prabang, Laos• DAY 6: Cruise the Mekong • Explore Pak Ou Cave FOUNDATION VISIT• DAY 7: Alms-giving ceremony • A Day in the Life of Tin Keo Village •

Home-Hosted Lunch • Visit Kuang Si Waterfall FOUNDATION VISIT• DAY 8: Fly to Vientiane, Laos• DAY 9: Explore Vientiane • Tour Haw Phra Kaew & Wat Sisaket• DAY 10: Vientiane • Fly to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam• DAY 11: Ho Chi Minh City • Visit Cu Chi Tunnels & Vietnam History

Museum • Optional cyclo-rickshaw ride, traditional puppet show & cooking demonstration OPTIONAL TOUR

• DAY 12: Ho Chi Minh City • Travel overland to Chau Doc, Vietnam • Visit Cao Dai Temple

• DAY 13: Chau Doc • Visit floating fish farm • Speedboat ride to Phnom Penh, Cambodia • Tour Royal Palace

• DAY 14: Phnom Penh • Visit Tuol Sleng Prison Museum & Killing Fields of Choeung Ek • Explore National Museum

• DAY 15: Phnom Penh • Travel overland to Siem Reap, Cambodia• DAY 16: Siem Reap • Optional Banteay Srei tour • Visit a floating village on

Tonle Sap Lake OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 17: Siem Reap • Explore Angkor Wat temples• DAY 18: Siem Reap • Fly to Bangkok, Thailand • Farewell Dinner on

a rice barge• DAY 19: Bangkok • Return to U.S.

As you travel through Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia, you’ll encounter temples and shrines devoted to Buddhist, Hindu, and animist worship; romantic remnants of French Colonial architecture; and gilded palaces where royals still reside. From the grandeur of Angkor Wat’s temples to the simplicity of life along the Mekong River, it’s an Asian adventure like none other.

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Morocco Sahara Odyssey

Departs: February 14th, 2015 - Sold OutSeptember 19th, 2015 - $2,595Duration: 14 Days / 13 NightsSingle Room Supp.: Feb - sold out Sep - waived

Highlights & Inclusions• Transfers are included to and from international

airports when purchasing our international airfare.• Accommodations for 13 nights• 35 meals—daily breakfast, 10 lunches, and 12

dinners (including 2 Home-Hosted meals)• 21 small group activities• Services of a resident, English-speaking Trip Leader

provided by our trip operator• Gratuities for local guides, drivers, camp staff, and

luggage porters• 5% Frequent Traveler Credit• All land transportation on tour

“Anybody can be an explorer if they want to be. Figure out what you want

to do, and then go do it.”–Helen Thayer, the first woman to walk across the Sahara



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• DAY 1: Depart U.S. • DAY 2: Arrive Casablanca, Morocco • Overland to Rabat• DAY 3: Explore Rabat • DAY 4: Discover Volubilis • Visit Meknes • Travel to Fez• DAY 5: Explore Fez • Home-Hosted Dinner• DAY 6: Cross the Middle Atlas Mountains • Travel to Erfoud• DAY 7: Discover Rissani • Off-road Sahara adventure • Travel to

Sahara Desert camp• DAY 8: Sahara Desert walk • Visit nomadic families• DAY 9: Visit Berber cemetery • Travel to Tineghir• DAY 10: A Day in the Life of Tineghir FOUNDATION VISIT• DAY 11: View Dadès Valley • Visit Berber family •

Home-Hosted Lunch • Overland to Ouarzazate• DAY 12: Cross High Atlas Mountains • Discover Aït Benhaddou •

Overland to Marrakesh• DAY 13: Explore Marrakesh• DAY 14: At leisure in Marrakesh • Optional Marrakesh Museums tour• DAY 15: Marrakesh • Return to U.S. or begin post-trip extension

In the intimacy of our GWT small group, we’ll meet the Moroccan people, experience their traditions, and taste the secrets of their flavorful cuisine. We’ll discover the beauty of mosques and sample regional specialties during Home-Hosted meals. To get a true feel for the mighty Sahara that has so decisively shaped this culture, we’ll camp amidst its dunes for two unforgettable nights—and even explore by camel.

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Real Affordable Costa Rica



• All land transportation• Accommodations for 12 nights• 29 meals—daily breakfast, 8 lunches, 9 dinner

(including 1 Home-Hosted Lunch)• 13 small group activities• Services of a resident, English-speaking Trip Leader

provided by our trip operator• Gratuities for local guides, drivers, and

luggage porters• Porterage for 1 bag per traveler

“Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on Earth will be filled with glory.”

Betty Smith, Author


Departs: March 12th, 2015 - Sold OutNovember 8th, 2015 - $2,295 per personDuration: 13 Days / 12 NightsSingle Room Supplement: waived


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• DAY 1: Depart U.S. • Arrive San José, Costa Rica• DAY 2: San José • City excursion • Travel to Sarapiquí • Visit coffee finca• DAY 3: Sarapiquí • River rafting • Optional Pineapple Farm tour •

Discover Tirimbina’s bats OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 4: Sarapiquí • Tirimbina nature walk • Travel to Chachagua• DAY 5: Chachagua • A Day in the Life of a Costa Rican village •

Home-Hosted Lunch • Cooking lesson FOUNDATION VISIT• DAY 6: Chachagua • Visit organic farm • Overland to La Fortuna •

Optional The Source of Chocolate tour OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 7: Nature walk • Cruise the Río Frío• DAY 8: Chachagua • Travel to Guanacaste• DAY 9: Guanacaste • Horseback ride to thermal mud baths • Optional

Forest Canopy Ride OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 10: Guanacaste • Overland to Pacific Coast • Optional Ocean

Outrigger Canoe excursion OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 11: Pacific Coast • Manuel Antonio National Park nature walk• DAY 12: Pacific Coast • Cruise for crocodiles on Río Tárcoles •

Overland to San José• DAY 13: San José • Return to U.S. or begin your post-trip extension

More than one-quarter of Costa Rica is protected land, and swirling white-water rivers thrill...thermal mud baths soothe...tropical forests enthrall...and colonial cities charm, making Costa Rica an adventure-seeker’s paradise. From the rapids of the Río Sarapiquí to the colorful canopy of Tirimbina, from the mountains of Guanacaste to the sun-drenched Pacific Coast, Costa Rica beckons us with countless wonders, all summed up by a popular saying among Costa Ricans: “pura vida”—this is the life.

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Holland and Belgium River Cruise

Departs: April 19th, 2015Duration: 11 Days / 10 NightsPrice From: Sold OutSingle Room Supplement: Sold Out


airports when purchasing our international airfare.• Accommodations: for 10 nights aboard a private

river ship in an outside cabin.• ALL meals: 10 breakfasts, 10 lunches, and 10

dinners (with complimentary beverages during lunch and dinner on-board)

• 9 exclusive, included tours: Antwerp • Ghent • Veere • Kinderdijk Windmills • Aalsmeer Flower Auction (open on weekdays only) • Exclusive Amsterdam Canal Cruise • Keukenhof Flower Park • Hoorn • Enkhuizen

• Exclusive Discovery Series events: Kinderdijk Windmills • Tulip farm visit • Home-Hosted Op de Koffie

• Personal headset on all included and optional tours• Program Director: We are the only cruise line to

provide the exclusive services of a resident Program Director (assigned to no more than 47 travelers).

• Captain’s Welcome and Farewell Receptions and Dinners

• Baggage handling for 1 piece of luggage per person, including tips

• Complimentary beer, wine and soft drinks with lunch and dinner in your ships dining room

• All port charges—value of $145 per person• Gratuities for local guides and motor-coach drivers

on your main trip

“Hard work keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit.”

Helena Rubenstein, Polish cosmetics industrialist

In order to bring you the greatest selection of destinations and itineraries, Gutsy Women Travel has worked with our partner GCCL to reserve space on this 2015 guided vacation. This trip is open to men and women, and will operate with a larger group size than our traditional Gutsy Women departures.



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• DAY 1: Depart U.S. • DAY 2: Brussels, Belgium • Antwerp• DAY 3: Antwerp• DAY 4: Brussels, Belgium • Antwerp• DAY 5: Veere • Optional Delta Works tour OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 6: Cruise toward Rotterdam this evening and enjoy dinner

on-board the ship. DAY 6 Rotterdam • Optional Delft tour• DAY 7: Kinderdijk • Optional Gouda & Cheese Farm tour •

Amsterdam OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 8: Amsterdam • Canal Cruise • Keukenhof Flower Park

& Tulip Farm• DAY 9: Aalsmeer flower auction • Amsterdam • Enkhuizen• DAY 10: Enkhuizen • Home-Hosted Op de Koffie• DAY 11: Hoorn• DAY 12: Amsterdam • Return to U.S.

Beautiful countryside, quaint historic cities, and warm hospitality are all yours to discover year-round in the Netherlands, but spring is an especially lovely time to experience the waterways of Holland and Belgium. Now you can in 2015, a perennial favorite of our travelers. An array of delights—await you on this 10-night Holland river cruise, which includes ALL meals and wine with dinner.. Settle in, enjoy the camaraderie of fellow travelers, and watch Holland and Belgium come alive!

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Eastern Europe to the Black Sea River Cruise

Departs: May 2nd, 2015Duration: 12 Days / 11 NightsPrice From: Sold OutSingle Room Supplement: Sold Out


airports when purchasing our international airfare.• Accommodations: for 1 night in Bucharest at the

Superior First-Class Ramada Plaza Bucharest or similar and 10 nights aboard a private river ship in an outside cabin

• 32 meals: 11 breakfasts, 10 lunches, and 11 dinners (with complimentary beverages during lunch and dinner on-board)

• 6 exclusive, included tours: Budapest • Osijek • Belgrade • Vidin & Baba Vida Fortress • Constanta • Bucharest

• Exclusive Discovery Series events: Home-Hosted Lunch • Discussion with Serbian locals • Discussion about life under communist rule

• Personal headset on all included and optional tours during the cruise portion of your trip

• Program Director: We are the only cruise line to provide the exclusive services of a resident Program Director (assigned to no more than 47 travelers)




• All port charges—a value of $145 per person• Gratuities for local guides and motor-coach drivers

on your main trip

“If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we are

not really living.”Gail Sheehy, American journalist



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• DAY 1: Depart U.S. • DAY 2: Budapest• DAY 3: Budapest • DAY 4: Budapest • Optional Hungarian Jewish Heritage tour • Optional

Hungary’s Dark Past tour OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 5: Kalocsa • Optional Kalocsa Visit with Horse Show

OPTIONAL TOUR • DAY 6: Vukovar, Croatia • Osijek • Home-Hosted Lunch

FOUNDATION VISIT• DAY 7: Belgrade • Discussion with Serbian locals• DAY 8: Cruise the Iron Gates • Life Under Communism discussion• DAY 9: Vidin, Bulgaria • Vidin & Baba Vida Fortress tour• DAY 10: Ruse • Optional Veliko Tarnovo & Arbanassi tour with lunch

OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 11: Cruise the Danube-Black Sea Canal • Constanta, Romania •

Captain’s Farewell Dinner• DAY 12: Constanta • Bucharest• DAY 13: Bucharest • Return to U.S.

Our Eastern Europe to the Black Sea River Cruise Tour sails continuously from the Danube River to the Black Sea—which means less time on motorcoaches and more time aboard Grand Circle Cruise Line’s river ships. You’ll step ashore in five Eastern European nations—Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Romania—to visit both Old World villages and rejuvenated world capitals. Discover what life is really like here during discussions with the locals, and much more.

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Japan’s Cultural Treasures

Departs: May 20th, 2015Duration: 13 Days / 12 NightsDouble Room: Sold OutSingle Room Supplement: Sold Out



• All land transportation, including 3 rail transfers on bullet and local trains

• Accommodations for 12 nights• 23 meals—daily breakfast, 5 lunches, and 6 dinners• 13 small group activities• Services of a resident, English-speaking Trip Leader


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“I don’t have dreams. How can I say it? I myself am a dream.”

Ayumi Hamasaki, Singer



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• DAY 1: Depart U.S.• DAY 2: Arrive in Tokyo, Japan• DAY 3: Tokyo • Afternoon at leisure• DAY 4: Travel overland to Hakone • Japanese language lesson• DAY 5: Owakudani Thermal Springs • Cruise Ashinoko Lake• DAY 6: Bullet train to Nagoya • Express train to Kanazawa• DAY 7: Kanazawa • Visit Omicho Market• DAY 8: Day at leisure • Optional Shirakawa-go & Gokayama tour

OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 9: Tea with local family • Train to Kyoto• DAY 10: Kyoto • Zen meditation & tea ceremony• DAY 11: Day at leisure • Optional Nara & Fushimi tour OPTIONAL

TOUR• DAY 12: Discover Kinkakuji • Visit Kameoka village • Optional Japanese

Traditional Music tour OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 13: Kyoto • Day at leisure • Optional Arashiyama tour OPTIONAL

TOUR• DAY 14: Return to U.S. or begin post-trip extension

Join us as we explore more than 2,000 years of Japanese history and culture, from ultra-modern Tokyo through the former imperial capital of Kyoto, and all the way back to Kanazawa’s unique samurai architecture. Along the way, we’ll stay in a Japanese-style ryokan inn, visit local markets and craft workshops, partake in a traditional tea ceremony, and travel by rail just as the Japanese do. Welcome to Japan—GWT style.

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Essence of the Elbe: Berlin to Prague

Departs: May 31st, 2015Duration: 12 Days / 11 NightsPrice From: Sold OutSingle Room Supplement: Sold Out


airports when purchasing our international airfare.• Accommodations: for 2 nights in Berlin at the

First-Class Park Inn Berlin Alexanderplatz or similar, 7 nights aboard the private Grand Circle river ship the M/S River Allegro in an outside cabin, and 2 nights in Prague at the Superior First-Class Park Inn Prague


• 10 exclusive, included tours: Berlin • Potsdam & Cecilienhof Palace • Tangermunde • Wittenberg • Torgau • Meissen • Dresden • Dresden’s Historic Green Vault • Litomerice • Prague

• Exclusive Discovery Series events: Home-Hosted Kaffeeklatsch • Meeting of U.S. and Soviet Troops in Torgau lecture • Meissen Porcelain Factory visit • Bastei visit




• 5% Frequent Traveler Discount• Baggage handling for 1 piece of luggage per person,

including tips• Complimentary beer, wine and soft drinks with lunch

and dinner in your ships dining room• All port charges—a value of $125 per person• Gratuities for local guides and motor-coach drivers

on your main trip

“I have a lot of things to prove myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.”

Oprah Winfrey, T.V. Personality and Actress




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• DAY 1: Depart U.S. • DAY 2: Arrive in Berlin, Germany • DAY 3: Berlin • DAY 4: Berlin • Potsdam & Cecilienhof Palace tour • Tangermunde •

Embark ship• DAY 5: Tangermunde • Walking tour• DAY 6: Wittenberg • Home-Hosted Kaffeeklatsch• DAY 7: Wittenberg • Torgau • Walking tour• DAY 8: Meissen • Walking tour • Porcelain Factory Visit • Optional VW

Transparent Factory tour • Dresden OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 9: Dresden • Walking tour • Historic Green Vault• DAY 10: Bad Schandau • Bastei excursion • Swiss Saxony• DAY 11: Dresden • Litomerice • Overland to Prague, Czech Republic• DAY 12: Prague • Optional Jewish Prague tour OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 13: Return to U.S. or Begin Post-Trip Extension

Bookended by stays in Berlin, Germany’s capital and the second-largest urban area in Europe, and Prague, the capital of Czech Republic, our Essence of the Elbe River Cruise Tour is punctuated by memorable stays in Western Europe’s riverside gems. Spend two nights in Berlin, with time to explore this historic city on your own and on an included tour. Along the Elbe, you’ll witness one of the largest treasure collections in Europe at the Royal Palace’s Historic Green Vault in Dresden.

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Turkey’s Magical Hideaways

Departs: June 6th, 2015Duration: 16 Days / 15 NightsDouble Room: $2,595Single Room Supplement: waived



• All land transportation and internal flights• Accommodations for 15 nights, comprising 10

nights in hotels, 1 night in a private village home, and 4 nights aboard an intimate gulet-style yacht

• 35 meals—daily breakfast, 8 lunches, and 12 dinners (including 1 Home-Hosted Lunch)

• 22 small group activities and all admission fees for included sightseeing

• Services of a resident, English–speaking Trip Leader provided by our trip operator

• Gratuities for local guides, drivers, ship-crew, and luggage porters

“An adventure may be worn as a muddy spot or it may be worn as a proud insignia. It is the woman

wearing it who makes it the one thing or the other.” Norma Shearer, Actress


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• DAY 1: Depart U.S. • DAY 2: Arrive in Istanbul, Turkey• DAY 3: Istanbul • Walking tour • Cruise the Bosporus• DAY 4: Discover Istanbul • Visit Hagia Sophia• DAY 5: Istanbul • Fly to Cappadocia • Göreme open-air museum • Hike

in Göreme and Üchisar• DAY 6: Cappadocia • A Day in the Life of a Cappadocian village •

Home-Hosted Lunch FOUNDATION VISIT• DAY 7: Cappadocia • Optional Ballooning Over Cappadocia tour •

Hiking in Üchisar • Discover underground city • Optional Whirling Dervishes tour OPTIONAL TOUR

• DAY 8: Konya • Whirling Dervish monastery • Overland to Lake Beysehir • Village homestay

• DAY 9: Lake Beysehir • Overland to Antalya• DAY 10: Antalya • Optional Magic of the Mediterranean tour

OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 11: Antalya • Travel overland to Fethiye • Visit Myra & Church of

St. Nicholas • Embark gullet• DAY 12: Visit Kayakoy • Hike to Soguk Su • Cruise to Gemiler Island• DAY 13: Cruise to Friendship Cove • Hike to Lydea • Visit Cleopatra’s

Baths• DAY 14: Cruise to Ekincik Cove • Dalyan River boat ride • Explore

Lycian ruins• DAY 15: Disembark gulet • Visit Basilica of St. John • Overland to

Kusadasi• DAY 16: Kusadasi • Discover Ephesus• DAY 17: Kusadasi • Return to the U.S.

Travel to Turkey with GWT—from the glittering Turquoise Coast to Istanbul’s legendary Bosporus Strait. Experience the raw material of legend up close—from the dazzling Blue Mosque of Istanbul to the cave churches of Göreme and the vast Konya Plateau, where Sufi dervishes whirl—and immerse yourself in discovery as we descend into elaborate Cappadocian cave cities and stay overnight with a village family in the Taurus Mountains.

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Tuscany & Umbria: Rustic Beauty in the Italian Heartland

Departs: June 22nd, 2015 - $3,995October 21, 2015 - $3,995Duration: 14 Days / 13 NightsSingle Room Supplement: waived



• Accommodations for 13 nights• 31 meals—daily breakfasts, 10 lunches, and 8

dinners (including 1 Community-Hosted Lunch)• 23 small group activities• Services of our own resident Trip Leader

(provided by our trip operator) who speaks English and a native language

• All internal transportation• Gratuities for local guides, drivers, and luggage

porters

“Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and

inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” Ella Fitzgerald, Jazz Vocalist

In order to bring you the greatest selection of destinations and itineraries, Gutsy Women Travel has worked with our partner GCT to reserve space on this 2015 guided vacation. This trip is open to men and women, and will operate with a larger group size than our traditional Gutsy Women departures.


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• DAY 1: Depart U.S. • DAY 2: Arrive in Lucca, Italy • DAY 3: Explore Lucca • DAY 4: Lucca • Excursion to Florence• DAY 5: Lucca • Chianti region• DAY 6: Chianti region • Explore San Galgano and Colle di Val d’Elsa •

Italian cooking lesson• DAY 7: Discover the Chianti countryside • Winery and vineyard visit •

Farmhouse Lunch• DAY 8: Chianti region • Siena • Pienza• DAY 9: Montepulciano • Winery visit • Hike in the Val d’Orcia • World

War II discussion • DAY 10: Explore Tuscany • Excursion to Pitigliano • DAY 11: Pienza • Lake Trasimeno • Assisi • Arrive Trevi area • DAY 12: Trevi • Truffle hunting experience • DAY 13: Explore Norcia Valley • Rafting on the Nera River • DAY 14: Umbria • Transfer to Roman countryside • DAY 15: Return to U.S. or begin post-trip extension

From the grape-laden vines of Chianti to the thick olive groves blanketing the hills of Trevi, Italy’s Tuscany and Umbria regions are ripe for discovery. Wander through fields of wildflowers to explore an abandoned abbey. Stand atop the walls of an ancient city, and gaze upon the marble churches and piazzas below. Immerse yourself in this romantic part of Italy, and enjoy a rich legacy of art, proud traditions in food and wine, and a way of life as timeless as the vineyards warming under the Tuscan sun.

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Cruising Burgundy & Provence to the Cote d’Azur

Departs: July 6th, 2015Duration: 12 Days / 11 NightsPrice From: $3,295Single Room Supplement: please call


airports when purchasing our international airfare.• Accommodations: for 7 nights aboard M/S

Provence or M/S Chardonnay in an outside cabin, 3 nights in Paris at the First-Class Novotel Paris Eiffel Tower or similar, and 1 night in Nice at the First-Class Grand Hotel Aston Nice or similar


• 8 exclusive, included tours: Paris • Beaune • Macon • Lyon • Beaujolais • Viviers • Avignon • Arles

• Exclusive Discovery Series events: Market visit • Silk scarf-painting demonstration • French bread lesson & tasting • World War II lecture • Gourmet tasting • French language lesson • Home-Hosted Dinner • Herbs of Provence • Cooking lesson • American Cemetery visit


provide the exclusive services of a resident Program Director (assigned to no more than 46 travelers)




• All port charges—a value of $165 per couple• Gratuities for local guides and motor-coach drivers

on your main trip

“The soul should always stand ajar. Ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.”

Emily Dickinson, Poet



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• DAY 1: Depart U.S.• DAY 2: Arrive in Paris, France• DAY 3: Paris • Optional Versailles tour OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 4: Paris • Optional Giverny tour OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 5: Paris • Walking tour of Beaune • Burgundy’s Route Des Vins •

Macon • Embark ship• DAY 6: Macon • Lyon • Lyon city tour and silk scarf-painting

demonstration• DAY 7: Market visit • French bread lesson & tasting • Beaujolais tour &

wine tasting• DAY 8: Lyon • French Resistance discussion • Gourmet tasting • French

language lesson • Tournon • Home-Hosted Dinner• DAY 9: Viviers • Walking tour of Viviers • Cooking lesson • Herbs of

Provence presentation• DAY 10: Avignon • Optional An Afternoon in Provence tour

OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 11: Walking tour of Arles • Optional Camargue & Bull Farm tour

OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 12: Arles • Disembark ship • Visit Rhone American Cemetery• DAY 13: Nice • Return to U.S.

Come marvel at the lights of Paris, the capital of romance ... then explore France by River Cruise Tour, where you’ll sail throughout the French countryside aboard one of Grand Circle’s private French river cruisers—which offer a more intimate cruising experience, with a maximum of just 46 American travelers. Along the way, you’ll discover the lovely landscapes and enchanting villages that inspired the great artists of the 19th and 20th centuries.

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Untamed Iceland

Departs: July 7th, 2015Duration: 11 Days / 10 NightsDouble Room: $3,595Single Room Supplement: waived



• All land transportation and 1 internal flight• Accommodations for 10 nights, plus 1 night in the

U. S. on trips that return in September and October

• 22 meals—daily breakfasts, 5 lunches, and 6 dinners (including 1 Home-Hosted Dinner)

• 24 small group activities• Services of a resident, English-speaking Trip Leader


porters

“I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I

want to have lived the width of it as well.” Diane Ackerman, Poet


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• DAY 1: Depart U.S. • DAY 2: Arrive in Reykjavik, Iceland• DAY 3: Explore Borgarfjordur • Travel overland to Stykkisholmur • Hike

Mount Helgafell• DAY 4: Discover Snaefellsnes Peninsula • Visit Arnarstapi lava field •

Optional Beautiful Breidarfjordur tour OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 5: Explore Eiriksstadir Museum • Horse farm visit • Travel overland

to Akureyri• DAY 6: Dalvik • Whale-watching • Home-Hosted Dinner• DAY 7: Explore Godafoss Waterfall & Lake Myvatn• DAY 8: Fly to Reykjavik • Explore the Golden Circle• DAY 9: Explore South Iceland • Glacier Walk • Super Jeep tour •

Seljalandsfoss Waterfall• DAY 10: Glacial river-rafting expedition • Visit geothermal plant • Travel

overland to Reykjavik• DAY 11: Blue Lagoon• DAY 12: Explore National Museum • Return to U.S.

Travel to Iceland, a world away yet tantalizingly close. This GWT travel adventure showcases Iceland’s natural beauty and Viking heritage from a truly Icelandic perspective—through its inhabitants. Meet hardy locals who carve a living from both the land and sea in farming communities and fishing villages. In the beautiful capital city of Reykjavik, witness the creativity of a city that harnessed the power of nature to provide sustainable heat and electricity to its inhabitants.

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Turkish Coastal Voyage: Greek Islands, Istanbul & Athens

Departs: July 10th, 2015Duration: 14 Days / 13 NightsPrice From: $4,195Single Room Supplement: please call



• Accommodations: for 3 nights in Istanbul at the unrated Titanic City Hotel, Crowne Plaza Old City Hotel, or similar; 1 night in Cannakale at the Kolin Hotel or similar; 2 nights in Athens at the Superior First-Class St. George Lycabettus, Hera Hotel, or similar; and 7 nights aboard a private Grand Circle small ship


• 12 exclusive, included tours: Istanbul • Troy • Pergamum • Mytilini • Mesta • Chios • Ephesus • Patmos • Bodrum • Kos • Rhodes • Athens

• Exclusive Discovery Series events: Home-Hosted Lunch • Greek folk dance show • Carpet-weaving demonstration







on your main trip

“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.”

Beverly Sills, former American opera soprano



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• DAY 1: Depart U.S. Fly from the U.S. to Istanbul, Turkey• DAY 2: Arrive in Istanbul, Turkey• DAY 3: Istanbul• DAY 4: Istanbul • Optional Sailing Between Continents tour

OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 5: Istanbul • Ancient Troy • Canakkale• DAY 6: Pergamum • Embark ship• DAY 7: Greek island of Lesbos• DAY 8: Greek island of Chios • Tour of medieval village of Mesta• DAY 9: Kusadasi • Ephesus FOUNDATION VISIT• DAY 10: Greek island of Patmos• DAY 11: Bodrum, Turkey • Kos, Greece• DAY 12: Greek island of Symi • Rhodes• DAY 13: Greek island of Rhodes • Fly to Athens• DAY 14: Athens• DAY 15: Athens • Return to U.S.

Join us on a unique Turkish coast and Greek Island cruise that sails the legendary waters of the Aegean—Homer’s “wine-dark sea”—and captures all the glory of mythic heroes of the past. Discover the scenic beauty of the Greek Islands dotting Turkey’s breathtaking Aegean coastline on a week-long cruise aboard a private Grand Circle Small Ship. Along the way, you will explore classical ruins, delve into ancient legends, and immerse yourselves in the charm and traditions of life in the Greek Islands.

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The Seine: Paris to Normandy

Departs: July 15th, 2015Duration: 12 Days / 11 NightsPrice From: $3,495Single Room Supplement: $298


airports when purchasing our international airfare.• Accommodations: for 10 nights aboard M/S Bizet

in an outside cabin and 1 night at the Novotel Convention & Wellness Roissy CDG or similar

• 30 meals: 11 breakfasts, 9 lunches, and 10 dinners• 6 exclusive, included tours: Paris • Auvers-Sur-Oise

(Van Gogh country) • Giverny • Rouen • Normandy Beaches • Honfleur

• Exclusive Discovery Series events: French language lesson • French cooking demonstration • Introduction to Impressionism presentation • Home-Hosted Visit • French gourmet tasting • Painting lesson • Cheese tasting • Caen Peace Memorial Museum

• Personal headset on all included and optional tours during the base trip






on your main trip

“I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning to sail my ship.”

Louisa May Alcott, author



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• DAY 1: Depart U.S.• DAY 2: Arrive Paris, France • Embark ship• DAY 3: Paris • Optional Highlights of the Louvre tour • Paris cruise

OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 4: Paris • Optional Versailles tour • French language lesson •

Conflans OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 5: Conflans • Auvers-Sur-Oise tour • French cooking

demonstration • Impressionists discussion • Vernon• DAY 6: Vernon • Giverny • Home-Hosted Visit• DAY 7: Vernon • Les Andelys • French gourmet tasting & painting class •

Rouen• DAY 8: Rouen • Optional Abbey St. Wandrille tour OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 9: Rouen • Optional Cliffs of Etretat & Fecamp tour • French

cheese tasting • Honfleur OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 10: Honfleur • Normandy beaches• DAY 11: Honfleur • Optional Bayeux tour OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 12: Disembark ship • Honfleur • Peace Memorial Museum •

Roissy-Charles De Gaulle Airport Area• DAY 13: Return to U.S.

Join us aboard this voyage from cosmopolitan Paris to the beaches of Normandy, and delve into a region rich in history and culture. You’ll start by exploring Paris, the “City of Light,” witnessing monuments, cathedrals, and elegant avenues. Disembark to visit Conflans, or “Van Gogh Country,” meet with a local family in Vernon during a Home-Hosted Visit, take a tour of Rouen, visit the World War II Peace Memorial Museum, pause at the somber field, the American Military Cemetery, and more!

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The Rivieras: France, Italy & the Isles

Departs: August 13th, 2015Duration: 15 Days / 14 NightsPrice From: $4,295Single Room Supplement: please call



• Accommodations: for 3 nights at the Superior First-Class Montaigne Hotel & Spa or similar in Cannes, France, 7 nights aboard a private Grand Circle small ship, and 4 nights at the Superior First-Class Hotel Albani Firenze or similar in Florence, Italy

• 31 meals: 14 breakfasts, 8 lunches, and 9 dinners• 10 exclusive, included tours: Cannes • St. Paul de

Vence • Nice • Portofino • Porto Venere • Cinque Terre • Bastia, Corsica • Portoferraio, Elba Island • Lucca • Florence

• Exclusive Discovery Series events: Home-Hosted Visit • Pesto-making lesson • Carrara marble quarries







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“If you want the rainbow, you’ve got to put up with the rain.”

Dolly Parton, singer



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• DAY 1: Depart U.S.• DAY 2: Arrive Cannes, France• DAY 3: Cannes tour• DAY 4: Cannes • Optional Monaco & Monte Carlo tour OPTIONAL

TOUR• DAY 5: Cannes • St. Paul de Vence • Nice • Embark Ship• DAY 6: Nice • Cruise to Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy• DAY 7: Santa Margherita Ligure • Portofino• DAY 8: Porto Venere • Cinque Terre tour• DAY 9: Porto Venere • Marina di Carrara • Carrara marble quarries• DAY 10: Bastia, Corsica • Cruise to Elba Island, Italy• DAY 11: Elba Island • Portoferraio • Home-Hosted Visit • Cruise

to Livorno• DAY 12: Livorno • Disembark ship • Lucca tour • Florence• DAY 13: Florence • Walking tour• DAY 14: Florence • Optional Chianti tour OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 15: Florence • Optional Fiesole tour OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 16: Florence • Return to U.S.

Brightly hued harbors, winding medieval paths, and inviting fishing villages beckon you to The Rivieras: France, Italy, & the Isles. On this Small Ship Cruise Tour—newly enhanced for 2015 with walking tours of Porto Venere and Portofino, and a minature-train tour in Cannes—enjoy additional free time for independent discoveries in several ports. You’ll also enjoy exclusive Discovery Series events - including a new pesto-making lesson!—and feel the warmth during a Home-Hosted Visit in Elba.

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Safari Serengeti: Tanzania Lodge & Tented Safari

Departs: August 26th, 2015Duration: 12 Days / 11 NightsDouble Room: $3,795Single Room Supplement: waived



• All land transportation• Accommodations for 12 nights• 33 meals—daily breakfast, 11 lunches, and 11

dinners• 16 small group activities, including up to 8

game-viewing drives• Services of a resident, English-speaking Trip Leader

provided by our trip operator• Gratuities for local guides, drivers, lodge and camp

staff, driver-guides, and luggage porters

“It’s where we go, and what we do when we get there, that tells us who

we are.” Joyce Carol Oates, Author


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• DAY 1: Depart U.S.• DAY 2: Arrive in Arusha, Tanzania via Amsterdam• DAY 3: Discover Tanzanian food, coffee, and crafts• DAY 4: Overland to Tarangire National Park• DAY 5: Game-viewing in Tarangire National Park• DAY 6: A Day in the Life of a Maasai village • Arrive Ngorongoro

Highlands FOUNDATION VISIT• DAY 7: Discover Oldupai Gorge • Travel to Serengeti camp• DAY 8: Explore Serengeti National Park• DAY 9: Optional Serengeti Sunrise Balloon Ride • Explore Serengeti

National Park OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 10: Enjoy Serengeti Game-viewing drives• DAY 11: Discover Ngorongoro Highlands• DAY 12: Discover Ngorongoro Highlands • A Day in the Life of a Iraq

village FOUNDATION VISIT• DAY 13: Overland to Arusha • Return to U.S. or begin optional trip

extension

The legendary plains of the Serengeti teem with one of the densest concentrations of wildlife on Earth. Thomson’s gazelle, buffalo, and elephant vie for survival here amidst grand backdrops. Travel to Tanzania and explore it all, with our expert Trip Leaders and driver-guides. At night, we retire to unique and varied lodgings, including Tanzanian lodges and a four-night stay at our OAT private tented safari camp in the Serengeti, where delicious cuisine and first-rate service close out each day of discovery.

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Ultimate Africa: Botswana, Zambia & Zimbabwe Safari

Departs: September 4th, 2015 - $6,195December 6th, 2015 - $4,095Duration: 16 Days / 15 NightsSingle Room Supp.: Sep - please call Dec - waived



• Accommodations for 15 nights• 42 meals—daily breakfast, 13 lunches, and 14

dinners• 31 small group activities, including up to 24

game-viewing drives, boat cruises, and walks, plus park fees

• Services of a resident, English-speaking Trip Leader provided by our trip operator and driver-guides

• Gratuities for local guides, drivers, lodge and camp staff, driver-guides, and luggage porters

• Unlimited filtered water at camps• OAT safari duffle and laundry service at tented

camps

“I have lived my life according to this principle: if I’m afraid of it,

then I must do it.” Erica Jong, Author and Teacher


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• DAY 1: Depart U.S.• DAY 2: Arrive Johannesburg, South Africa• DAY 3: Fly from Johannesburg to Victoria Falls • Transfer to Chobe

National Park• DAY 4: Wildlife viewing at Chobe National Park• DAY 5: Explore Chobe National Park• DAY 6: Fly to Okavango Delta via Kasane• DAY 7: Explore Okavango Delta • Moremi area• DAY 8: Explore Okavango Delta• DAY 9: Fly to Kasane • Transfer to Kafue, Zambia• DAY 10: Explore Kafue National Park• DAY 11: Explore Kafue National Park• DAY 12: Kafue National Park • Transfer to Hwange, Zimbabwe• DAY 13: Wildlife-viewing in Hwange National Park• DAY 14: A Day in the Life of a Hwange Community • Game-viewing

FOUNDATION VISIT• DAY 15: Transfer to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe• DAY 16: Explore Victoria Falls • Optional tours OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 17: Fly to Johannesburg • Return to U.S. or begin trip extension

On this African safari, you’ll observe elephants in Chobe National Park...enjoy a warm welcome when your small group visits a village near Hwange National Park...feel the rumble of Victoria Falls roaring in the distance...and exchange stories with your travel companions around a fire under a star-filled African sky. From world-famous Chobe National Park to the lush Okavango Delta, from Africa’s spectacular big game to its colorful local cultures—this is the ultimate African safari.

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Hidden Gems of the Dalmatian Coast & Greece

Departs: September 29th, 2015Duration: 15 Days / 14 NightsPrice From: $5,395Single Room Supplement: please call



• Accommodations: for 3 nights in Zagreb at the Superior First-Class Best Western Astoria Hotel or the First-Class Palace Hotel, and 11 nights aboard one of our private small ships

• 37 meals: 14 breakfasts, 11 lunches, and 12 dinners• 13 exclusive, included tours: Zagreb • Plitvice Lakes

• Split • Hvar • Korcula • Dubrovnik • Gromaca village • Kotor • “Our Lady of the Rocks” • Butrint • Corfu • Ancient Delphi • Athens

• Exclusive Discovery Series events: Croatia Today discussion • Home-Hosted Dinner

• Personal headset on all included and optional tours throughout your main trip






on your main trip

“Did you ever notice that the first piece of luggage on the carousel

never belongs to anyone?”Erma Bombeck, Author



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• DAY 1: Depart U.S.• DAY 2: Arrive Zagreb, Croatia• DAY 3: Zagreb• DAY 4: Zagreb • Optional Baroque City of Varazdin tour

OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 5: Plitvice Lakes • Overland to Split • Embark ship• DAY 6: Split • Optional Omis & River Cetina tour • Cruise to Hvar

OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 7: Hvar • Island tour • Cruise to Korcula• DAY 8: Korcula • Cruise to Dubrovnik• DAY 9: Dubrovnik • Gromaca village • Home-Hosted Dinner

FOUNDATION VISIT• DAY 10: Kotor, Montenegro• DAY 11: Optional Cetinje tour • “Our Lady of the Rocks” visit • Cruise

to Saranda, Albania OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 12: Saranda • Overland to Butrint • Cruise to Corfu, Greece• DAY 13: Corfu • Cruise to Itea• DAY 14: Itea • Delphi tour • Archaeological Museum • Cruise to Athens

via Corinth Canal• DAY 15: Athens• DAY 16: Athens • Depart for U.S.

Visit Croatia, and witness turquoise lakes linked by soaring waterfalls...islands covered in lavender and myrtle...whitewashed villages perched on sun-baked cliffs. Soak up the medieval beauty of Dubrovnik. Journey to the island that gave Marco Polo his wanderlust. Savor a warm welcome from locals who extend to us a taste of legendary Croatian hospitality. A visit to ancient Delphi and Athens rounds out your discovery on this singular journey of epic beauty.

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The Great Rivers of Europe Cruise

Departs: September 30th, 2015Duration: 15 Days / 14 NightsPrice From: $4,295Single Room Supplement: $373



• Accommodations: for 14 nights aboard a private river ship in an outside cabin

• ALL meals: 14 breakfasts, 14 lunches, and 14 dinners

• 11 exclusive, included tours: Amsterdam Canal Cruise • Cologne • Koblenz • Heidelberg • Wertheim • Wurzburg • Bamberg • Nuremberg with Room 600 visit • Regensburg • Passau • Vienna

• Exclusive Discovery Series events: Glassblowing demonstration • Home-Hosted Kaffeeklatsch • Main-Danube Canal discussion and transit • Germany Today discussion • Apfelstrudel baking lesson


provide the exclusive services of a resident Program Director (assigned to no more than 47 travelers).





on your main trip

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”

Anais Nin, Author



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• DAY 1: Depart U.S.• DAY 2: Amsterdam, the Netherlands • Embark ship• DAY 3: Amsterdam • Canal boat tour• DAY 4: Cologne • Walking tour• DAY 5: Koblenz • Walking tour • Rudesheim • Included dinner off ship• DAY 6: Rudesheim • Frankfurt • Heidelberg city & castle tour• DAY 7: Glassblowing demonstration • Walking tour • Home-Hosted

Kaffeeklatsch• DAY 8: Wurzburg • Walking tour• DAY 9: Schweinfurt • Optional Rothenburg tour OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 10: Bamberg • Walking tour • Main-Danube Canal discussion

and transit• DAY 11: Nuremberg • City tour • Visit to Room 600• DAY 12: Kelheim • Optional Bavaria: Baroque & Beer tour • Regensburg

• Walking tour • Germany Today discussion OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 13: Passau • Walking tour• DAY 14: Melk, Austria • Optional Melk Abbey tour • Apfelstrudel

baking lesson • Vienna • Optional Musical Vienna performance OPTIONAL TOUR

• DAY 15: Vienna • City tour• DAY 16: Vienna • Return to U.S.

Cruise through history along the scenic Rhine, Main, and Danube rivers, where medieval architecture beckons from every riverbank...time-honored wine-making traditions abound at hillside vineyards...and landscapes seem to spring from the canvases of centuries-old masterworks. You’ll also get a taste of local culture both on-board and off—like during an Apfelstrudel baking lesson in the ship’s kitchen, and while savoring a Home-Hosted Kaffeeklatsch in Wertheim, Germany.

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Tuscany & the Amalfi Coast

Departs: October 6th, 2015Duration: 17 Days / 16 NightsDouble Room: $3,395Single Room Supplement: please call



• Accommodations for 16 nights in comfortable rooms with private baths

• 32 meals: 16 breakfasts, 5 lunches, and 11 dinners• 11 included tours: Chianciano & Radicofani •

Florence • Pienza & the Orcia Valley • Assisi • Etruscan Museum • Cortona • Sorrento • Amalfi Coast • Pompeii • Montecassino Abbey • Rome

• Gratuities on your main trip are now included for local guides and motor-coach drivers

• Exclusive Discovery Series events: Italian With & Without Words language lesson • Cheese maker visit • The Art of the Renaissance discussion • Taste of Tuscany discussion • Home-Hosted Lunch • My Home Away from Home discussion

• Personal headsets on all included and optional tours• Exclusive services of a resident Program Director

(assigned to no more than 42 travelers)• Private motor-coach land travel• Baggage handling for 1 piece of luggage per person,

including tips

In order to bring you the greatest selection of destinations and itineraries, Gutsy Women Travel has worked with our partner GCT to reserve space on this 2015 guided vacation. This trip is open to men and women, and will operate with a larger group size than our traditional Gutsy Women departures.

“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations..”

Louisa May Alcott, Author


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• DAY 1: Depart U.S.• DAY 2: Arrive Rome, Italy• DAY 3: Rome • Chianciano • Italian With & Without Words Language

Lesson• DAY 4: Chianciano • Radicofani • Local cheese maker visit • The Art of

the Renaissance discussion• DAY 5: Chianciano • Florence• DAY 6: Chianciano • Pienza & Orcia Valley • Taste of Tuscany discussion• DAY 7: Chianciano • Optional Siena tour OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 8: Chianciano • Assisi• DAY 9: Chianciano • Etruscan Museum • Cortona FOUNDATION VISIT• DAY 10: Chianciano • Orvieto • Sorrento• DAY 11: Sorrento • walking tour • School visit • Optional Sorrentine

Farm Experience tour OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 12: Sorrento • Optional Herculaneum & Archaeological Museum

tour OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 13: Sorrento • Amalfi Coast • Festa Della Pasta• DAY 14: Sorrento • Pompeii • Home-Hosted Lunch • My Home Away

From Home discussion FOUNDATION VISIT• DAY 15: Sorrento • Optional Isle of Capri tour • Optional Tarantella

Folk Show OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 16: Sorrento• DAY 17: Sorrento • Transfer to Rome • Montecassino Abbey •

Panoramic tour of Rome

When you travel to Italy, you’ll explore a destination that combines history, romance, and architectural splendor with unparalleled serenity and grace. No other travel company offers you as many in-depth discoveries at such a leisurely pace and tremendous value. Experience Tuscany and Amalfi from your base at these two legendary locales—spending seven nights in the Tuscan spa town of Chianciano and seven nights in Sorrento on the Amalfi Coast—and enjoy a host of events, such as an included Countryside Dinner in Tuscany, an excursion to Pompeii, and a guided tour of Rome.

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Route of the Maya

Departs: October 7th, 2015Duration: 14 Days / 13 NightsDouble Room: $2,895Single Room Supplement: waived



• All land transportation and 1 internal flight• Accommodations for 13 nights• 27 meals—daily breakfast, 8 lunches, and 16

dinners (including 1 Home-Hosted Lunch)• 20 small group activities• Services of a resident, English-speaking Trip Leader

provided by our trip operator• Gratuities for local guides, drivers, and

luggage porters

“Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line”

Lucille Ball , Comedienne


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• DAY 1: Depart U.S. • Arrive San Salvador, El Salvador• DAY 2: San Salvador • Discover Joya de Cerén • Overland to Copán,

Honduras• DAY 3: Copán • Explore Copán ruins • Optional La Pintada Village

Horseback Ride OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 4: Copán • Overland to Guatemala City, Guatemala • Paleontology

Museum• DAY 5: Explore Guatemala City • Transfer to Lake Atitlán• DAY 6: Lake Atitlán • Boat cruise • Mayan weaving demonstration •

Optional Canopy & Hanging Bridges tour OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 7: Lake Atitlán • Overland to Antigua • Visit jade factory &

macadamia farm• DAY 8: Antigua • A Day in the Life of Santa Catarina Barahona •

Home-Hosted Lunch FOUNDATION VISIT• DAY 9: Antigua • Walking tour • Optional Life in Guatemala’s

Mayan Villages tour OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 10: Antigua • Morning at leisure • Fly to Flores• DAY 11: Explore Tikal ruins• DAY 12: Explore Yaxhá ruins • Overland to Belize City, Belize• DAY 13: Explore Lamanai ruins • Discover Belize City• DAY 14: Belize City • Return to U.S. or begin post-trip extension

Travel to Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Belize to delve into the legacies of the ancient Mayan civilization. More than 3,000 years ago this sophisticated culture emerged from the humid rain forests, flourished for centuries, and then vanished. Today, their ghostly remnants are scattered across Central America in an ancient, long trade ring known as La Ruta Maya. From ruins to rituals to rural villages, we’ll trace the footsteps of the enigmatic Mayan culture as only GWT can—in our trademark small groups.

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Bhutan: The Hidden Kingdom

Departs: October 15th, 2015Duration: 9 Days / 8 NightsDouble Room: $2,695Single Room Supplement: waived


“Adventure is worthwhile.”

– Aristotle, philosopher


• Accommodations for 2 nights in Kolkata, 2 nights in Thimphu, 2 nights in Punakha, and 2 nights in Paro

• 20 meals—8 breakfasts, 6 lunches, and 6 dinners

• 11 small group activities• Services of our own resident OAT Trip

Leader, who speaks English and the native language

• NEW for 2015: Gratuities for local guides, drivers, and luggage porters

• All transfers

**Please note that this is a pre-trip for “Heart of India” and can only be booked in conjunction with that trip**


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• DAY 1: Depart U.S.• DAY 2: Arrive in Kolkata, India• DAY 3: Half-day tour of Kolkata • DAY 4: Fly to Paro, Bhutan • Transfer to Thimphu• DAY 5: Thimphu• DAY 6: Thimphu • Travel the Dochula Pass to Punakha • DAY 7: Wangdue Phodrang Dzong • Chhimi Lhakhang Monastery• DAY 8: Punakha • Paro Dzong • DAY 9: Paro • Tiger’s Nest Lookout • Kyichu Lhakhang • DAY 10: Paro • Delhi

Few travelers have ever heard of Bhutan—much less passed through its majestic (but remote) Himalayan borders. The Buddhist kingdom cautiously controls tourism to preserve its culture and protect its legacy as one of the world’s ten biodiversity hotspots. Here is a unique opportunity to experience a deeply spiritual world of elaborate temple-fortresses, ancient customs, and mind-boggling scenery—at a price as rare as Bhutan itself.

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Old World Prague & the Blue Danube

Departs: October 21st, 2015Duration: 12 Days / 11 NightsPrice From: $3,195Single Room Supplement: $298



• Accommodations: for 3 nights in Prague at the First-Class Dorint Hotel Don Giovanni or similar and 8 nights aboard a private Grand Circle river ship in an outside cabin


• 7 exclusive, included tours: Budapest • Bratislava • Vienna • Durnstein • Melk Abbey • Cesky Krumlov • Prague Old Town

• Exclusive Discovery Series events: Kindergarten visit • Home-Hosted Visit in Bratislava • Discussion with Slovakian students • Apfelstrudel baking demonstration







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“Do you really want to look back on your life and see how wonderful it could have been had you not been afraid to live it?”

Caroline Myss, Author



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• DAY 1: Depart U.S. for Budapest, Hungary• DAY 2: Budapest• DAY 3: Budapest • Captain’s Welcome Dinner• DAY 4: Budapest • Danube Bend • Optional Hospital in the Rock tour •

Optional Hungarian Jewish Heritage tour OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 5: Bratislava, Slovakia • Kindergarten visit • Home-Hosted Visit •

Discussion with students FOUNDATION VISIT• DAY 6: Vienna, Austria • Optional Musical Vienna tour OPTIONAL

TOUR• DAY 7: Vienna • Optional Schoenbrunn Palace tour OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 8: Durnstein • Wachau Valley • Melk Abbey• DAY 9: Linz • Optional Salzburg tour • Captain’s Farewell Dinner

OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 10: Linz • Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic • Prague• DAY 11: Prague Old Town• DAY 12: Prague • Optional Prague Castle tour • Farewell Dinner

OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 13: Return to U.S.

This Danube River Cruise Tour follows in the footsteps of the Habsburgs, showcasing the historic European river port cities of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire—among central Europe’s most riveting destinations. Among this trip’s unique included features are a tour of Austria’s renowned Melk Abbey, charming Durnstein, dramatic Bratislava, Slovakia—a destination often missed by American travelers—and included tours of such scenic capitals as Prague, Vienna, and Budapest.

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Heart of India

Departs: October 23rd, 2015Duration: 16 Days / 15 NightsDouble Room: $3,395Single Room Supplement: waived


• Learn more about our pre-trip to Bhutan• Transfers are included to and from international

airports when purchasing our international airfare.• All land transportation and 2 internal flights• Accommodations for 14 nights in hotels and 1 night

at an OAT camp• 33 meals—daily breakfast, 9 lunches, and 10

dinners (including 1 Home-Hosted Dinner)• 25 small group activities• Services of a resident, English-speaking Trip Leader

provided by our trip operator• Gratuities for local guides, drivers, camp staff, and

luggage porters• Porterage for 1 bag per traveler

“There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them

with our eyes open.” Jawaharlal Nehru, Former India Prime Minister


Post-trip extension to The South of India: Kerala & Cochin available!

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• DAY 1: Depart U.S. • DAY 2: Arrive in Delhi, India• DAY 3: Explore Old Delhi • Raj Ghat • Jama Masjid Mosque • Rickshaw

ride through Chandni Chowk Bazaar• DAY 4: Qutab Minar • Explore New Delhi • India Gate• DAY 5: Overland to Jaipur• DAY 6: Palace of the Winds • Amber Fort • Home-Hosted Dinner• DAY 7: Optional balloon ride • Jantar Mantar • City Palace Museum

OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 8: Overland to Ranthambore National Park • Optional tour of

Ranthambore Fort OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 9: Game-viewing in Ranthambore National Park• DAY 10: A Day in the Life of a Ranthambore community • Overland to

OAT Camp • Camel ride FOUNDATION VISIT• DAY 11: Overland to Agra • Optional Taj from the Moonlight Garden

tour OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 12: Taj Mahal • Agra Fort• DAY 13: Train to Jhansi • Overland to Khajuraho• DAY 14: View erotic carvings of the Chandelas • Fly to Varanasi •

Ganges Evening Ceremony & Boat ride• DAY 15: Sunrise Ganges cruise • Visit to Bharat Mata temple • Sarnath• DAY 16: Yoga & meditation class • Fly to Delhi or fly to Kathmandu to

begin your post-trip extension

If you’re looking for adventure, explore India, where every moment brings new stimulation. The scent of roasted cumin seeds floating through a Delhi bazaar...a young girl’s bracelets jangling on her arm as she prepares for a festival...Hindu pilgrims descending ghats into the holy Ganges. From the excitement of the “Golden Triangle” cities of Delhi, Agra, and Jaipur to the tranquility of the unexpected retreats that lie between them, we explore it all on this tour of India.


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Real Affordable Peru



• All land transportation and 2 internal flights• Accommodations for 9 nights• 24 meals—10 breakfasts, 8 lunches, and 6 dinners

(including 1 Home-Hosted Lunch)• 16 small group activities• Services of a resident, English-speaking Trip Leader


porters• Porterage for 1 bag per traveler

“Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and

dance. Great dancers are not great because of their

technique; they are great because of their passion.” Martha Graham, Choreographer


Departs: November 8th, 2015Duration: 10 Days / 9 NightsPrice from: $2,195Single Room Supplement: waived

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• DAY 1: Depart U.S. • DAY 2: Arrive in Lima, Peru• DAY 3: Explore Lima • DAY 4: Fly to Cuzco • Explore Sacred Valley and Pisac• DAY 5: Raft the Urubamba River • Explore Ollantaytambo ruins •

Home-Hosted Lunch• DAY 6: Train ride through the Sacred Valley • Discover Machu Picchu• DAY 7: Explore Machu Picchu • Train ride to Sacred Valley • Cuzco• DAY 8: Explore Cuzco • At leisure• DAY 9: Discover Izcuchaca • A Day in the Life of Chinchero village

FOUNDATION VISIT• DAY 10: Cuzco • Discover Kenko and Sacsayhuaman • Curandero

ceremony• DAY 11: Fly to Lima • Panoramic tour • Return to U.S.

Travel to Peru to explore the handiwork of the Incas in depth. GWT brings you close to Peru’s diverse offerings on this comprehensive South American adventure: rafting on the Urubamba River, meeting today’s Peruvians in the Sacred Valley, and visiting the immense Sacsayhuaman ruins in Cuzco. Join us to experience a country whose long history blends Inca and Spanish colonial influences.

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Burma: Land of Golden Temples & Floating Gardens


• Airport transfers are included when you purchase our operator’s International air to coincide with trip’s day by day agenda.

• All land transportation and 6 internal flights• Accommodations for 14 nights• 31 meals—daily breakfast, 9 lunches, and 8 dinners

(including 1 Home-Hosted Dinner)• 32 small group activities• Services of a resident, English-speaking Trip Leader


porters• Porterage for 1 bag per traveler

“ My favorite thing is to go where I have never gone.” Martha Graham, Choreographer


Departs: November 8th, 2015Duration: 15 Days / 14 NightsPrice from: $4,195Single Room Supplement: waived

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• DAY 1: Depart U.S. to Bangkok, Thailand • DAY 2: Arrive Bangkok, Thailand• DAY 3: Fly to Rangoon, Burma • Explore Rangoon • DAY 4: Explore Rangoon• DAY 5: Fly to Bagan • Explore Temples of Bagan • Cruise the Irrawaddy

River • Home-Hosted Dinner• DAY 6: Bagan • Optional Hot-Air Balloon Ride • Optional Ancient Bagan

with Dinner and Show OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 7: Discover Bagan• DAY 8: Fly to Mandalay • Visit Myawaddy Nunnery and Mandalay

Royal Palace• DAY 9: Explore Mandalay • Optional Sagaing tour with dinner

OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 10: Explore Mingun • Discover Amarapura and the U-Bein bridge

ceremony• DAY 11: Fly to Heho • Pa-O village visit • Explore Kalaw• DAY 12: Kalaw • A Day in the Life of a Danu community

FOUNDATION VISIT• DAY 13: Explore Inle Lake • Visit local craft workshops• DAY 14: Inle Lake • Meet with Paduang “long-neck” hill tribe• DAY 15: Fly to Rangoon • Visit Bogyoke Aung San Market • Fly to

Bangkok, Thailand• DAY 16: Bangkok • Return to U.S.

When you visit Burma with GWT, you will watch the sun glinting off a 2,500-year-old temple clad in 60 tons of pure gold in Rangoon … witness “one-leg” rowers casting fishing nets and farmers tending to floating gardens on Inle Lake ... Join GWT and discover the most unspoiled corner of Asia—a place quite unlike anywhere else on Earth.

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Pure New Zealand

Departs: November 26th, 2015Duration: 14 Days / 13 NightsDouble Room: $4,095Single Room Supplement: waived



• All land transportation and 2 internal flights• Accommodations for 13 nights• 24 meals—daily breakfast, 5 lunches, and 6 dinners

(including 2 Home-Hosted Lunches)• 15 small group activities• Services of a resident, English-speaking Trip Leader


porters

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

Eleanor Roosevelt, Former First Lady of the USA


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• DAY 1: Depart U.S.• DAY 2: Cross International Date Line• DAY 3: Arrive in Auckland, New Zealand• DAY 4: Auckland• DAY 5: Overland to Rotorua • Home-Hosted Lunch• DAY 6: Explore Waimangu Volcanic Valley • A Day in the Life of a

Murupara community FOUNDATION VISIT• DAY 7: Rotorua • Fly to Queenstown• DAY 8: Travel to Milford Sound • Cruise Milford Sound• DAY 9: Day at leisure • Optional Dart River Jet-Boat Safari

OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 10: Traverse Haast Pass • Overland to Fox Glacier• DAY 11: Explore Franz Josef Glacier • Optional Helicopter Flight Over

Mount Cook Region • Depart for Greymouth OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 12: Visit Punakaiki Blowholes and Pancake Rocks • Explore Reefton• DAY 13: Discover Flock Hill Sheep Station • Visit Antarctic Centre •

Fly to Wellington• DAY 14: Explore Wellington• DAY 15: Wellington • Visit National Museum of New Zealand• DAY 16: Return to U.S. or begin your trip extension to the

Great Barrier Reef & Sydney

Travel to New Zealand, where hot springs contrast with icy glaciers and snowcapped peaks pierce the sky. There’s no better way to experience this beauty than in the pure open air—GWT’s New Zealand adventure helps you do just that. We’ll immerse ourselves in this magnificent setting from North Island to South, as we discover treasures as distinct as they are unforgettable. Along the way, we’ll experience firsthand the Kiwi spirit of adventure as only small group travel allows.



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Holiday Markets River Cruise

Departs: December 1, 2015Duration: 8 Days / 7 NightsDouble Room: please callSingle Room Supplement: please call

“Done is better than perfect”Sheryl Sandberg, Author


• Airport transfers are included when you purchase our operator’s International air to coincide with trip’s day by day agenda.

• Accommodations: for 7 nights aboard a private Grand Circle river ship in an outside cabin

• 21 meals: 7 breakfasts, 7 lunches, and 7 dinners (with complimentary wine at dinner)

• 4 exclusive, included tours: Nuremberg • Regensburg • Passau • Melk Abbey

• 7 exclusive Discovery Series events: Watershed lecture • German language lesson • Regensburg choral concert • Glassblowing demonstration • Stollen demonstration • German Christmas Traditions discussion • Melk Abbey organ concert

• Program Director: We are the only cruise line to provide the exclusive services of a resident Program Director (assigned to no more than 47 travelers).

• Personal headset on all included and optional tours• Captain’s Welcome and Farewell Receptions

and Dinners• Baggage handling for 1 piece of luggage per

person, including tips

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You’ll explore the region’s craft-filled Christmas Markets exclusively in the company of like-minded American travelers, and view storybook medieval towns in all their holiday finery. Along with spending convivial moments with others who share the Christmas spirit, you will enjoy ALL meals onboard, including wine, beer, and soft drinks with dinner.

• DAY 1: Depart U.S. • DAY 2: Nuremberg, Germany• DAY 3: Nuremberg • Optional Documentation Center tour

OPTIONAL TOUR • DAY 4: Regensburg • Choral concert• DAY 5: Regensburg • Passau• DAY 6: Passau • Linz, Austria• DAY 7: Linz • Optional Salzburg tour OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 8: Melk • Organ Concert • Optional Musical Vienna excursion

OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 9: Return to U.S.


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Antarctica’s White Wilderness

Departs: December 6th, 2015Duration: 13 Days / 12 NightsPrice From: $8,995Single Room Supplement: $1,198



• Accommodations: for 2 nights in Buenos Aires at the Superior First-Class Amerian Buenos Aires Park Hotel or similar, 1 night in Ushuaia at the unrated Cilene del Faro Hotel or similar, and 9 nights aboard our privately owned small ship, the all-suite Corinthian

• 31 meals: 12 breakfasts, 9 lunches, and 10 dinners, plus complimentary beer, wine, and soft drinks with lunch and dinner on-board ship

• 3 exclusive, included tours: Buenos Aires • Ushuaia • Tierra del Fuego National Park • Plus daily Zodiac landings during the cruise portion of the trip (weather permitting)


• Use of rubber boots for the duration of your Antarctic cruise

• A parka for you to keep after your voyage• Baggage handling for 1 piece of luggage per person,


and dinner in your ships dining room• All port charges• Gratuities for local guides, motor-coach drivers,

and Expedition Team on your main trip

“Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one

you know you have for sure.” Oprah Winfrey, TV Personality and Actress



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• DAY 1: Depart U.S. for Buenos Aires, Argentina• DAY 2: Arrive Buenos Aires • Neighborhood walk • Welcome Dinner• DAY 3: Buenos Aires tour • Optional Tango Show & Dinner

OPTIONAL TOUR• DAY 4: Flight to Ushuaia • Tour of Ushuaia • Prison Museum visit• DAY 5: Ushuaia • Visit Tierra del Fuego National Park • Embark ship• DAY 6: Cruise Drake Passage• DAY 7: Cruise the Drake Passage • Wildlife viewing• DAY 8: Cruise the Antarctic Peninsula & South Shetland Islands• DAY 9: Cruise the Antarctic Peninsula & South Shetland Islands• DAY 10: Cruise the Antarctic Peninsula & South Shetland Islands• DAY 11: Cruise the Antarctic Peninsula & South Shetland Islands• DAY 12: Cruise the Drake Passage• DAY 13: Cruise the Drake Passage• DAY 14: Return to Ushuaia • Fly to Buenos Aires and return to U.S. •

Or begin post-trip extension to Iguassu Falls, Argentina & Brazil

Journey to the pristine wilds of Antarctica and you’ll discover icebergs in a fantastic array of shapes, a pink-hued polar sun that never sets in summer, and a surprising abundance of marine wildlife. You’ll travel to a realm once known only to explorers like Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton and witness the rugged, glacier-clad shores they saw. Antarctica will change you—the extraordinary plenitude, profound stillness, and sure knowledge that you are visiting one of the last pure places on Earth.

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