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SCENIC SCOTLAND, GARDENS & ARCHAEOLOGY 2022 VACATIONS 1st Edition EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT Save & PAY IN FULL AND up to $280 SAVE $100s MORE! British Travel Awards Winners In November 2020, we were absolutely delighted to learn that Brightwater Holidays had once again picked up an award at the prestigious British Travel Awards, bringing home a Bronze prize in the Best Small Coach Vacation Company category. This is the third year running we’ve enjoyed success at the BTAs, winning Gold in the same category as well as Silver for Best Small Special Interest Company in 2019. We’d like to say thank you to everybody who took the time to vote for us – we can’t wait to make more of your vacation dreams come DIG OUT THAT true in the future. SUITCASE! inally, the world is getting back on its feet and what was a distant dream of enjoying F a vacation can once again become a reality. As 2022 dawns, hopefully we will be able to travel freely not just to places closer to home, but further afield also – and that wonderful world of colorful gardens, scenic splendors and historic marvels will be opened up once more. Of course, we hope that the freedoms we once took for granted will be largely restored, but at the same time we recognise certain restrictions may still apply and rest assured we will implement whatever measures are necessary to keep you safe. With this in mind, we are delighted to unveil our first brochure for 2022, packed full of old favorites as well as a host of brand-new tours and destinations. We have a collection of Grand Tours that we hope will make up for the vacations you’ve missed recently by giving you the opportunity to enjoy an immersive tour in a range of countries. We have some exciting new far-flung destinations to choose from, including Borneo, Mauritius and Sri Lanka. We have two once-in-a-decade events to enjoy, the rescheduled Oberammergau Passion Play and the seventh iteration of Floriade in The Netherlands, to which we will be offering a wide range of tours to suit all budgets and tastes. Add to that some new rail-based tours, new arts and gardens tours, and an extended range of vacations with no Full financial single room supplement and you have one of our most exciting portfolios of tours to date. protection 2022 will mark our 30th year as a tour operator, which means that when you choose Brightwater you choose experience, professionalism and skill, all of which has been All our vacations are fully bonded and recognized in the awards we have received in recent years. With our team of personable protected. The air vacation packages in this and knowledgeable tour managers, backed by expert support from our office, you’re brochure are ATOL Protected, since we hold always in safe hands and your happiness is our number one priority. an Air Travel Organiser’s License granted by the Civil Aviation Authority. Our ATOL To help get you started, we have two fantastic special offers available, an early booking number is ATOL 4498. ATOL protection does offer that could see you save up to $280pp and a chance to enjoy a further discount if not apply to all vacation and travel services you pay for your vacation in full at the time of booking. in this brochure. Vacations without flights are protected by ABTOT. This means that I do hope there will be something to tempt you in the following pages and we are so in the unlikely event of our insolvency, your looking forward to you joining us again – it’s been far too long! vacation would be completed or refunded. Best wishes, Alison Wilson Managing Director 1-888-556-9910 | [email protected] | www.brightwaterholidays.com 3 TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR FANTASTIC EARLY BIRD OFFERS Places are limited so it pays to book early! EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT Save $70 under $1400pp $140 from $1401 to $2800pp up to $280 $280 from $2801 and up & PAY IN FULL AND SAVE $100s MORE!‡ Pay in full at the time you book and you could save up to $350 per person in addition to your early bird discount. 2022 departures only. Your Travel Advisor will confirm the amount you could save by paying in full. Terms and conditions apply: ‡Pay in full offer – Pay in full discounts range from $35 to $350 per person and relate to the amount payable after any Refund Credit Notes, Customer Vacation Vouchers and early booking discounts have been applied. Tours departing in 2022 only. If you have already booked your 2022 tour, you can still save by paying in full – please speak to a travel advisor for details. Offer expires on 30th June 2021 but may be withdrawn at any time. Keeping you safe on tour As the world begins to open back up and What does this mean exactly? Well, to start The steps include free ‘travel safe’ kits we prepare for that first tour after what with we have sourced travel insurance that with daily face masks and hand sanitisers feels like a lifetime of being at home, you’re includes specific cover for COVID-19 for that will be sent out to you ahead of your probably wondering how to stay safe on your peace of mind, which can be added tour, new hygiene protocols for all of our your travels. to your booking for an extra fee should you accommodation, and opportunities for require it. Call our friendly travel advisors for social distancing wherever possible. We want to reassure you that while the more information on this. situation continues to improve, we will No tour operator is doing more to preserve strive to do everything we can to put your Then, we also want to remind you that your peace of mind and enable you to health and wellbeing first while you’re in our our departures all operate under our book and travel with confidence, and you company, no matter how far you travel. industry-leading 11-step action plan. can find out more about our initiative here: brightwaterholidays.com/keeping-you-safe/ Insurance with specific cover for COVID-19 To keep you as protected as possible while on our expert-led tours, we have sourced travel insurance that includes specific cover for COVID-19 should you require it. This insurance is available to add to your booking for an extra fee and to find out more, please just get in touch with our friendly Travel Advisors or visit brightwaterholidays.com/travel-insurance today. 4 Brightwater Holidays | 2022 1st Edition - Scenic Scotland, Gardens & Archaeology 32 contents Scenic Scottish Tours A GRAND TOUR OF THE ARRAN: ‘SCOTLAND IN HISTORIC HOUSES OF THE 18 WESTERN & NORTHERN ISLES 27 MINIATURE’ 38 SCOTTISH BORDERS A GRAND TOUR OF THE OUTER 27 AUTUMN TINTS OF ARRAN SCENIC JOURNEYS OF THE 20 HEBRIDES 39 HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS 28 LORD OF THE GLENS - 6 DAYS STORNOWAY AND THE 40 HIGHLAND WILDLIFE SAFARI 21 SUMMER ISLES 29 LORD OF THE GLENS - 8 DAYS HIGHLAND EXPLORER HIGHLIGHTS OF ORKNEY & INDEPENDENT AND 40 22 SHETLAND 30 SELF-DRIVE VACATIONS A CLASSIC SCOTTISH STEAM 41 BREAK SHETLAND AND ITS OUTER GARDENS OF DUMFRIES AND 23 ISLES 32 GALLOWAY 42 SCENIC SCOTTISH RAILWAYS 23 UNDISCOVERED ORKNEY 34 ORKNEY’S GARDEN TRAIL 42 CALEDONIAN DAYS 24 UP HELLY AA 34 GARDENS OF THE FAR NORTH WALKING IN THE OUTER 43 HEBRIDES 24 ISLAY AND JURA PRIVATE GARDENS OF 35 CAITHNESS & SUTHERLAND WALKING IN SPEYSIDE AUTUMN TINTS OF 43 25 PERTHSHIRE 35 BEST OF ANGUS GARDENS A GRAND TOUR OF THE 44 GARDENS OF SCOTLAND 25 KNITTING IN THE SHETLAND 36 BEST OF AYRSHIRE GARDENS ISLES SPRING AND AUTUMN IN THE 26 SCOTLAND’S NORTHERN EDGE 36 WEST HIGHLANDS SCOTLAND’S EXTREME IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE 26 NORTH-WEST 37 PICTS 1-888-556-9910 | [email protected] | www.brightwaterholidays.com 5 62 77 46 UK and Irish gardens 46 GARDENS OF NORTH WALES GARDENS OF SOMERSET AND 52 DORSET GARDENS OF 46 NORTHUMBERLAND 53 THE IRISH ROVER RHS GARDEN BRIDGEWATER THE RHS CHELSEA FLOWER 47 AND GARDENS OF THE NORTH 54 SHOW AND CLASSIC ENGLISH WEST GARDENS HIGHGROVE AND THE 55 GARDENS OF JERSEY 48 COTSWOLDS WALMER CASTLE AND THE 28 COLORS OF THE LAKE 55 CINQUE PORTS 49 DISTRICT LITERARY TRAILS OF THE PRIVATE GARDENS OF 56 SOUTH COAST 49 HEREFORDSHIRE LITERARY TRAILS OF THE 58 THRIPLOW DAFFODIL 56 WEST COUNTRY 50 FESTIVAL CASTLES & HOUSES OF PRIVATE GARDENS OF 57 NORTHUMBERLAND 50 CORNWALL CASTLES & HOUSES OF PRIVATE GARDENS OF EAST 57 LINCOLNSHIRE 51 ANGLIA ARTS AND GARDENS OF THE THE GARDENS OF KENT & 58 NORTH WEST 51 SUSSEX DURHAM ARTS AND GARDENS QUEEN VICTORIA AND THE 59 52 ISLE OF WIGHT A GRAND TOUR OF THE 60 GARDENS OF ENGLAND 6 Brightwater Holidays | 2022 1st Edition - Scenic Scotland, Gardens & Archaeology Europe 62 FLORIADE & KEUKENHOF ARTS AND GARDENS OF 63 HOLLAND 64 TREASURES OF HOLLAND FLORIADE AND GARDENS OF 65 HOLLAND FLORIADE AND A DUTCH 66 BULBFIELDS CRUISE ARTS AND GARDENS OF THE 98 67 FRENCH RIVIERA 67 SPRING FLOWERS OF CRETE Archaeology Long Haul GARDENS AND ARCHITECTURE 68 OF ANDALUCIA AN ARCHAEOLOGIST’S VIEW FLORA AND FAUNA OF 84 OF ORKNEY AND SHETLAND 90 MADAGASCAR 68 GARDENS OF MALLORCA ANCIENT STONES OF THE 91 GARDENS OF MAURITIUS GARDENS OF THE FRENCH 85 OUTER HEBRIDES 69 NEW ZEALAND RIVIERA ARCHAEOLOGY OF DENMARK 92 70 PICARDY GARDENS CRUISE 86 AND SWEDEN SOUTH AFRICA’S GARDEN 93 ROUTE 71 THE GENIUS OF MONET 87 ALBANIAN ARCHAEOLOGY 94 BHUTAN AND NEPAL GARDENS AND VILLAS OF ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE 71 SICILY 87 PELOPONNESE SEASONAL GARDENS OF 95 JAPAN VILLAS AND GARDENS OF THE 88 BULGARIAN ARCHAEOLOGY 72 ITALIAN LAKES GRENADA GARDENS OF THE 88 CRETE ARCHAEOLOGY 96 SPICE ISLAND ROME, NINFA AND CASTEL 72 GANDOLFO MALTA’S ARCHAEOLOGICAL 97 GARDENS OF COSTA RICA 89 HERITAGE CASTLES AND GARDENS OF 98 SOUTHERN COSTA RICA 73 PORTUGUESE ARCHAEOLOGY THE LOIRE 89 LANDSCAPES AND FLORA OF GARDENS AND ARCHAEOLOGY 99 PATAGONIA 74 OF TURKEY 100 RIVERS AND RAINFORESTS OF 74 GARDENS OF MARRAKECH BORNEO 75 ICELAND NORTHERN LIGHTS 102 SRI LANKA 75 THE FAROE ISLANDS 76 ALPINE FLOWERS OF WENGEN How to book 76 A CULTURAL TOUR OF MALTA Once you’ve finished browsing these pages at your leisure and you’re ready to treat yourself to a place on one of our vacations, just get in touch and we’ll do the rest! 77 THE AZORES Give our friendly sales team a call from Monday to Friday between 9am and 6pm, on A GRAND TOUR OF ITALIAN 1-888-556-9910.
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    Hiking Scotland's Orkney & Shetland Islands , July 13-23, 2018 (11 days) with Carleton Professor Clint Cowan 83 “Wonderful hikes with fantastic scenery and the guides were top notch. The trip was planned in an incredibly professional, expert way that was seamless.” - Peter, New York © AAWH Dear Carleton College Alumni and Friends, I invite you to join Carleton College geologist Clint Cowan ’83 on this unique hiking tour in Scotland’s little-visited Orkney and Shetland Islands! This is the perfect opportunity toexplore on foot Scotland’s Northern Isles’ amazing wealth of geological and archaeological sites. Their rocks tell the whole story, spanning almost three billion years. On Shetland you will walk on an ancient ocean floor, explore an extinct volcano, and stroll across shift- ing sands, all in the space of a day. In contrast, Orkney is made up largely of sedimentary rocks, one of the best collections of these sediments to be seen anywhere in the world. Both archipelagoes also have an amazing wealth of archaeological sites dating back 5,000 years. This geological and archaeolog- ical saga is worth the telling, and nowhere else can the evidence be seen in © AAWH more glorious a setting. This active land tour features daily hikes that are easy to moderate in diffi- Above, the archaeological site of Jarlshof, dating back to culty, so to fully enjoy and visit all the sites on this itinerary one should be 2500 B.C. Below, a view of the Atlantic from the northern in good walking condition Shetland island of Unst. Bottom, Old Red Sandstone, the (and, obviously, enjoy hiking!).