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REJSER Med PENGUIN RUNDREJSER rundrejser aktiverejser adventure REJSER med PENGUIN RUNDREJSER Balkan og Rusland Bulgarien .......................................4 Rumænien .....................................5 Makedonien / Albanien ..................6 Skt. Petersborg ..............................7 Rundt om Ararat ............................8 Mongoliet og Bajkal .......................9 Tilmelding til Med tog og skib Den Transsibiriske Jernbane .......10 vores nyhedsbrev Den Transtibetanske Jernbane ....12 Ukraine ........................................13 og spændende De russiske floder ........................14 Kiev-Istanbul ................................15 rejseforedrag på Krydstogt Kroatien .......................16 www.penguin.dk Latinamerika ► ...........................17 Centralasien Turkmenistan / Usbekistan ..........19 Kirgisien .......................................20 Iran ..............................................21 Armenien .....................................22 Georgien ......................................23 AKTIVREJSER Vandreferie med guide Fugl og fi sk Bulgarien ► ................................24 Fugleture ► ................................44 Rumænien ...................................30 Fisketure ► ................................47 Albanien .......................................31 Brunbjørne ..................................43 Bosnien / Hercegovina ................31 Rusland ► ..................................32 Cykelferie Tyrkiet ..........................................34 Bulgarien ► ................................48 Peru .............................................35 Rumænien ..................................49 Tyrkiet ..........................................50 Vandreferie på Kroatien .......................................51 egen hånd Rideferie Italien ► ......................................36 Bulgarien ► ................................52 Madeira ........................................38 Rusland (Altaj) .............................55 Slovakiet ......................................39 Mongoliet .....................................56 Tjekkiet ........................................39 Jordan ..........................................56 Spanien ► ..................................40 Costa Rica ...................................41 Adventure Mt. Blanc ......................................41 Bjergbestigning ► ......................57 Bulgarien .....................................42 Nordpolen ► ...............................58 Slovenien .....................................43 Heliskiing i Usbekistan .................59 Rejser med Penguin er rejseoplevelser, der stikker lidt dybere… Siden 1989 har vi arrangeret der endnu ikke er overrendte af eller mindre grad og ture, der rejser, der har aktiv som turister, og hvor befolkningen ikke inkorporerer kultur, arkitektur og fortegn. Det er en ægte og er så vant til at håndtere turister, er historie, har vi garanteret den personlig lidenskab for vores dansktalende guide sammen rejse, der passer på netop den friluftslivet, der ligger til grund med lokale guider med til at sikre, udfordring, du søger. for Penguins rejser, og den at du får maximalt udbytte og lidenskab har gennem årene tryghed på rejsen. Og vi har grund Klosterturen på cykel er mere funderet sig i solid viden om, til at være stolte af vores guider, populær end nogensinde. På hvad vores kunder gerne vil når mappen med de positive ruten gør vi holdt ved særdeles have. Vi har specialiseret os tilbagemeldinger fra vores kunder stemningsfulde ortodokse klostre i skræddersyede rejser til er bugnende fuld. Vores guider har af markant historisk betydning for Bulgarien, Rusland, Mongoliet overblik, er energiske og oprigtigt Bulgarien. Cyklingen i den skønne og Centralasien, og igen i år har opsatte på at gøre din rejse til en natur omkring klostrene virker vi udbygget programmet med helt særlig oplevelse. De er ikke næsten meditativt. Som noget nyt en masse nye destinationer. Vi omvandrende leksika. Derimod har i år kan cykelentusiaster og andre arrangerer rejser for folk med de ofte en personlig indgangsvinkel forenes i kombineret krydstogt og fysisk overskud, som kan lide til området og vigtigst af alt: De har cykelferie i det kroatiske øhav og at se og opleve noget, udforske glæden ved at rejse i behold! nyde fem forskellige dalmatiske verden, udfordres og have et øer fra cykelsadlen såvel som fra Må vi præsentere…aktive rejser aktivt liv – også i ferierne. liggestolen på skibets soldæk. Elsker du det aktive frie liv, så Rundrejser med dansktalende Om at rejse på egen hånd … kast et blik på vores aktive rejser. guide Programmet er en blanding af Foretrækker du at rejse på egen På vores rundrejser kommer vi tæt gamle kendinge og helt nye hånd, kan du alligevel roligt læse på landenes forskellige særpræg ture. Hold øje med den lille videre. I år har vi udvidet kataloget og identitet ved at kombinere nyhedspingvin inde i kataloget! af vandreferier på egen hånd med besøg ved seværdigheder ture bl.a. Sicilien og Dolomitterne, Som altid arrangerer vi fugle- og og arrangementer med mere Slovakiet og de Julianske Alper i fi sketure til Bulgarien og Rusland. lokalkolorit. Vi rejser i mindre Slovenien. Stigende efterspørgsel Derudover kan vi som noget nyt grupper og kan på den måde på vandreture i Latinamerika præsentere en tur dedikeret til komme længere ud i hjørnerne og inspirerede os til at arrangere iagttagelse af brunbjørne i den fri tættere på lokalbefolkningen. Den rejser ad de gamle inkastier og natur. lille bus kan ganske enkelt komme introducere et nyt koncept med kør-selv ferier i Costa Rica. De højere op ad bjerget, og der er Vi introducerer også fl ere nye fl este af vores rundrejser kan plads til os på det lille pensionat rideferier. En ferie på Riding base vi også arrangere, hvis du ikke med det personlige engagement. Balkan er et rigtigt godt valg for har lyst til at rejse med guide. Og så gør det jo ikke noget, at hesteelskere i alle aldre, der På penguin.dk kan du fi nde de vi støtter lokalsamfundet, hvor vi selv vil bestemme, hvor lidt eller seneste opdateringer på turene kommer frem. meget af ferien skal tilbringes på og også enkelte ture, der kun hesteryg. Vi har fl ere varianter af Flere og fl ere ser fordelene i at lanceres på nettet. treks eller trails i Bulgarien med rejse ud med en gruppe og dele stor fl eksibilitet i ridningen. Og vi oplevelserne med andre. Vi, der Prisen inkluderer tilbyder naturligvis også rideture har lyst til at opleve nye steder, har for mere øvede ryttere f.eks. til I vores prisliste vil du fi nde priser ofte også en glæde ved at møde Mongoliet eller i den jordanske på landarrangement med eller nye mennesker. På en rejse med ørken. uden fl y. Vi synes, der skal være Penguin kan du møde folk, der plads til, at du kan sammensætte deler dine interesser, hvad enten De ekstremt eventyrlystne må din rejse på kryds og tværs og det er armensk kirkearkitektur, anbefales at nærlæse vores f.eks. vælge at støde til vores tur i jordansk ørkenridning, laksefi skeri Adventure afsnit bagerst i en ankomstlufthavn. Priserne inkl. eller den costaricanske fauna. Vær kataloget. Her præsenterer vi fl y er orienterende priser. ikke bange for at tilmelde dig en f.eks. ekspeditioner og sviptur til rejse med Penguin selvom du ikke Nordpolen og bestigninger af den Rigtig god læselyst selv har nogen rejsefælle. Dem kirgisiske bjergtop Peak Lenin på Penguin Travel fi nder vi! over 7000 meter. I dette års program har endnu Hjørnestenen i Rejser med Penguin fl ere af vores rejser dansktalende er vandre- og cykelferierne. Med guide med. I de kroge af verden, lokalkendte guider tilknyttet i mere 2 www.penguin.dk Rundt om Mt. Blanc s. 41 I de fjernere kroge af Bulgarien s. 4 Costa Rica fra kyst til kyst s. 17 Rodopi ridetrek s. 55 De Russiske fl oder s. 14 Himmel Ekspressen - Den Transtibetanske Jernbane s. 12 Bestigning af Mt. Elbrus s. 57 Jordan - Ørkenridt i rosa s. 56 Cykelferie i Balkanbjergene s. 48 www.penguin.dk 3 RUNDREJSE Bulgarien I de fjernere kroge af Bulgarien Dansktalende guide Efter fem hundrede års osmannisk overherredømme og fem årtier bag jerntæppet børster Bulgarien i disse år støvet af sig, og oplever for alvor økonomisk og social fremgang. På denne rundrejse kommer vi længere ud i krogene af det bjergrige Bulgarien for at opleve befolkningen på nærmeste hold. Foruden ophold i Sofi a og den kulturelle hovedstad Plovdiv med den skønne gammle bydel, gør vi holdt i den tidligere kongeby Veliko Tarnovo og fl ere mindre landsbyer i de fjernere egne af landet: Tryavna, Troyan, Melnik, Bansko og Devin. Landsbylivet kommer rigtigt ind under huden, når vi bor på mindre familieejede hoteller. Vi besøger adskillige bulgarsk- ortodokse kirker og klostre, herunder landets stolthed, Rilaklostret, der ligger godt gemt i de grønne Rilabjerge og ikke mindst det bedårende Rozhenkloster. Oplev det nye Europa på nærmeste hold. Værd at vide ►Folkoreprogrammet er virkelig en oplevelse værd. Mere autentisk end man skulle tro. ►Tid på egen hånd i Sofi a og Plovdiv. ►Gruppestørrelse: 4-15 pers. Turen dag for dag farvestrålende ornamenteringer. Dag 1. Ankomst til Plovdiv. Dag 5. Rilaklosteret. Tyve meter høje grå Dag 2. Nordpå over Shipka passet, fæstningsmure skjuler den smukkeste kendt som åsted for et vigtigt slag i klostergård og det vigtigste vartegn i krigen mod tyrkerne i 1877. Besøg i den den bulgarsk-ortodokse kirke. Kirken og russiske kirke, og frilandsmuseet Etara kapellet prydes af enestående kalkmalerier. i udkanten af Gabrovo, hvor man kan Vi kører videre sydpå til Melnik, en lille se smukt restaurerede
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