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Spring 2018 Newsletter Saudi Arabia Horizons Spring 2018 Newsletter Hornbill Festival, Kohima, Nagaland India Last October Caucasus Horizons explored Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia. In November our scouting trip through India’s North East encouraged us to revisit the highlights of this scenic, tribally rich and less-seen region of India. And in January Myanmar Horizons visited Yangon, Mandalay and Bagan with week-long cruises on the Irawaddy River and through the Mergui Archipelago. As you read this, our Central America Horizons group of eight is on the road somewhere between Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala or Belize... Visiting Saudi Arabia Horizons Dammam 1 night 19 days departing 8 February 2019 Al Hofuf 1 night Jabal Qarah caves Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, Riyadh 2 nights keen on moving the nation’s economy Dariyyah away from a dependence on oil, is the Masmak fort driving force behind Saudi Arabia’s new- Buraydah 1 night found commitment to its tourism and Ushaiger leisure industry. The prince is supported Hail 1 night by members of the House of Saud, Qishla and Oraif forts including Prince Sultan bin Salman, head Jubbah rock carvings of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Al Nafud desert National Heritage (SCTH). Sakaka 2 nights Rajajil standing stones The growing emphasis on tourism Qasr Zaabal and Domat al Jandal happens at a time when Saudi Arabia Al Ula 2 nights is changing. February 2018 marked the Madain Saleh, Elephant Rock one-year anniversary of the conservative Lion tombs, Hejaz railway Far Horizons first visited Saudi Arabia in country allowing female-only gyms. Jeddah 1 night 2005. Since then several tours have been Taif 1 night offered - with mixed success. In all cases Since June 2018 women have been Al Bahah 1 night the difficulty has been in obtaining a visa to permitted to drive cars, female gyms Zee Ain enter this reclusive Islamic nation. have opened, and the government has Abha 2 nights announced plans to end a 35-year ban Al Sawda Usually we try to give as much advance notice on cinemas. Bin Hemsan as possible but for this particular destination Jazan 1 night it’s more a matter of ‘strike while the iron is From Dammam we journey around the Farasan Island hot’ (and before it cools down again!)… fringes of the Al Nafud desert to the 1 night petroglyphs of Jubbah, the ‘standing Jeddah Earlier this year a new visa scheme was stones’ of Rajajil, fortress of Qasr Zaabal, introduced that provides a streamlined and the remarkable stone tombs of the process to obtain tourist visas for foreigners ancient Nabataeans at Madain Saleh. travelling in designated groups. We then travel south along the Red Sea coast to the stone villages of Al Bahah and finish with a boat cruise to Farasan Island. Limited vacancies remain on this tour and visa processing will take longer than usual, so act now to avoid disappointment. From $23,655 pp [share twin] ex Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide or Perth. For further details request our descriptive brochure. Descriptive tour brochures, Newsletters, and important information can be found on our website. See https://farhorizons.com.au/ Visiting Morocco to Gibraltar Casablanca 2 nights 16+ days departing 3 May 2019 Marrakesh 4 nights Atlas Mountains are often struck by the odd Asni, Imlil sensation of having not quite Kasbah Ait Benhaddou reached Africa. In the north, Essaouira its lush highland valleys, Ouarzazate 1 night and evocative old cities Road of a Thousand Kasbahs reinforce this impression. Roses Valley Yet, as one moves south El Kelaa M’Gouna and east, into and over Tinghir the starkly beautiful ranges Tinejdad of the Atlases, Morocco’s Merzouga 1 night Mediterranean character Erfoud melts away like a mirage. Fes 2 nights The Sahara stretches out Meknes Morocco is in many ways a country apart. to the horizon, and forbidding kasbahs Volubilis It nestles on the northwestern tip of Africa, overlook the landscape. Chefchaouen 1 night separated from the rest of the continent by the Tetouan Highlights include exploring the gardens, Atlas Mountains and the Sahara Desert. Its Tangier 2 nights souks and history of Marrakesh, the history, climate and geography are more closely Tangier to Algeciras Ferry ‘pearl of the south’; the Roman ruins of related to the Mediterranean than to the rest of Gibraltar 2 nights Essaouira and Volubilis; Berber villages Africa, and for this reason visitors to Morocco in the high Atlas and Saharan hinterland; wishing to join the Deacocks on our the Moorish legacy of various impressive journey from Casablanca to Gibraltar. We souks (markets), kasbahs (forts) and are happy to assist with flights and any mosques; and the enduring history of a extension arrangements desired from region controlled for centuries variously Gibraltar (from 19th May) on request. by the Carthaginians, Romans, Moors, Spanish and French until independence. From $11,020 per person [share twin] ex Casablanca to Gibraltar Initially planned as a family holiday, we (excluding airfare, lunches & dinners). have received numerous expressions Further details available on request. of interest from friends and past clients Kamchatka to Alaska 37 days departing 18 August 2019 Someone once said they could see Russia Visiting from their kitchen... South Korea Seoul 1 night From Vladivostok we fly to Petropavlovsk Russian Far East on the remote Kamchatka Peninsula and Vladivostok 2 nights stay five nights at the comfortable Belkamtur Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky 5 nights Hotel, from where we undertake excursions Valley of the Geysers helitours to a community of indigenous Itelman natives, Uzon Caldera, Itelman camp take two full day helicopter tours to the Valley Alaska USA of the Geysers, Uzon Cladera and Kurilskoye From Denali we take the Alaska Railroad Anchorage 2 nights Lake to enjoy the scenic beauty of this less to Anchorage and fly to Juneau to board Knik Glacier 1 night visited region of the Russian Far East American Constellation for a 15-day cruise through the Inside Passage to Seattle. Glenallen We then fly from Petropavlovsk to Anchorage, Fairbanks 2 nights travel by road to Knik and Fairbanks, by The three elements of this tour (Kamchatka, Barrow (Utqiagvik) light aircraft north of the Arctic Circle to Alaska tour and Alaska cruise) can be Deadhorse 1 night Utqiaġvik (commonly known as Barrow) booked separately if desired - we already Brooks Mountain Range and Deadhorse, drive south via Coldfoot to have several passengers booked. Cabins Coldfoot Fairbanks and visit Denali National Park. sell quickly and can only be secured on Fairbanks 1 night payment of a deposit. Denali NP 2 nights Alaska Railroad From $61,925 per person [share Anchorage 1 night twin] ex Sydney for the complete Inside Passage Cruise 14 nights 37-day Kamchatka to Alaska tour/ Juneau, Skagway, Haines, cruise. Shorter options including the Glacier Bay, Tracy Arm, Kamchatka and Alaska tour only from Petersburg, Wrangell, $36,865, Alaska tour and cruise only Ketchikan, Inside Passage, from $48,999, or Alaska cruise only Misty Fjords, Friday Harbour, from $28,760. For further details request Anacortes, Seattle our descriptive brochure. Page 3 Temples, Tribes and Tigers of Eastern India Visiting Delhi 2 nights 24 days departing 25 September 2019 Bhubaneshwar 2 nights Mukteswar The Bastar were the earliest people to work Khandagiri with metal and have expertise in making Udaigiri caves beautiful figurines of tribal Gods, votive Pipli animals, oil lamps, carts and animals. Konark Sun temple They are also known for their arts & crafts Puri 1 night and colorful festivals, with the ten-day Raghurajpur Jagadalpur Dussehra festival being the Olasingh weaving village most important. Chilka Lake Gobalpur 1 night We journey from the temples of Tatoo-faced Kondh tribal village Bhubaneswar and Konark through the Baliguda 1 night state of Odisha to Chattisgarh and its many Dongaria Kondh tribal village tribal villages and markets, spending two Chandoori Sai 4 nights full days at the colorful Dussehra festival. Each year the festival of Dussehra celebrates Bondh tribal village Kunduli tribal village the Hindu god Rama’s victory over the demon We then take several jeep safaris in Kanha Laxmipur tribal village king Ravana and the triumph of good over evil. National Park in search of Royal Bengal Kotpad Tiger before returning to Delhi. Primarily a Hindu festival, in the tribal regions Jagadalpur 4 nights of Chattisgarh in Eastern India however, Bison Horn tribal village the various tribes of the Bastar people Tokapal tribal market celebrate Dussehra in memory of their Jagadalpur Dussehra festival goddess ‘Danteshwari Mai’ Kanker 2 nights The Bastar include Gond, Bhatra, Muria, Muria tribal village Abhuj Maria, Bison Horn Maria, Halbaa and Kanha National Park 3 nights Dhurvaa tribes and sub-tribes. Each tribe has Jabalpur developed its own dialect and differs from each Delhi 2 nights other in their costume, eating habits, customs, traditions and even worship different forms From $19,850 per person [share of their Gods and Goddesses. Many tribals twin] ex Sydney. For further details still live in deep forests and avoid mixing with request our descriptive brochure. outsiders to protect their own unique culture. Visiting North East India Horizons Kolkata 1 night 26 days departing 15 November 2019 Gauhati (Assam) 2 nights Shillong (Meghalaya) 2 nights Tezpur (Assam) 1 night Dirang (Arunachal Pradesh) 2 nights Thembang fortified village Sela Pass (4170m) Tawang 2 nights Bomdila 1 night Itanagar 1 night Ziro 2 nights Majuli Island (Assam) 2 nights Sivsagar Jorhat 1 night Kohima (Nagaland) 3 nights Hornbill Festival Kaziranga National Park 2 nights Less travelled, still developing and requiring Our journey starts in Gauhati (Assam) and in Gauhati 1 night special permits, Indias remote north east is rich neighboring Meghalaya visits Mawlynnong, Kolkata 1 night in tribal culture and of historical significance “Asia’s Cleanest Village” (2003) and a rare due to its proximity to the Chinese, Bhutanese.
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