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SPECIAL REDUCED ALUMNI RATES i ELEVENTH ANNUAL TOUR PROGRAM-1975 1975 marks the eleventh year of operation has been carefully preserved), together with PATMOS and SANTORINI. Total cost is $1795 for this unique program of tours. which visits excursions to historic NARA, the great from New York. Departures in April, May, some of the world's most fascinating areas and medieval shrine at NIKKO, and the giant July, August. September and October 1975 which is offered only to alumni of Harvard, Daibutsu at KAMAKURA. Also included are (extra air fare for departures in July and Yale. Princeton, M.I.T., Cornell. Univ. of Penn- BANGKOK, with its glittering temples and August). sylvania, Columbia, Dartmouth, and certain palaces; the thriving metropolis of other distinguished universities and to members SINGAPORE, known as the "cross-roads of the of their families. The tours are designed to take East"; the glittering beauty of HONG KONG, advantage of special reduced fare.; offered by with its stunning harbor and famous free-port leading scheduled airlines. fares which are shopping; and as a special highlight, the fabled usually available only to groups or in conjunc- island of BALI. Optional visits are also available tion with a qualified tour and which offer to the ancient temples of ancient Java at savings of as much as 9500 over normal air JOGJAKARTA and to the art treasures of the fares. In addition, special rates have been ob- Palace Museum at TAIPEI, on the island of tained from hotels and sightseeing companies. Taiwan. Tour dates include special seasonal attractions such as the spring cherrv blossoms The tour program is consciously designed and magnificent autumn' folsge in -~a~anand for persons who normally prefer to travel some of the greatest yearly festivals in the I:ar independently and covers areas where such East. Total cost is $2250 from California, with persons will find it advantageous to travel with special rates from other points. Departures in a group. The itineraries have been carefully con- March. April. May. June. Julv. September, structed to combine as much as possible the October and November, 1975 (extra air fare for freedom of individual travel with the con- departures June through October). venience and savings of group travel. There is an avoidance of regimentation and an emphasis on leisure time, while a comprehensive program of sightseeing ensures a visit to all major points of interest. Each tour uses the best hotel available in every city, and hotel reservations are made as much as two years in advance in order to ensure the finest in- accommodations. The hotels are listed by name in each tour brochure, together with a detailed day-byday description of the MOGHUL ADVENTURE I tour itinerary. - If/ 29 DAYS $2195 The unusual nature and background of the f participants, the nature of the tour planning, 1rfi '7; and the quality of the arrangements make this a , i, ,A\ An unusual opportunity to view the out- unique tour program which stands apart from k. standing attractions of India and the splendors the standard commercial tour offered to the - of ancient Persia, together with the once- general public. Inquiries for further details are forbidden mountain-kingdom of Nepal. Here is truly an exciting adventure: India's ancient invited. \ \ monuments in DELHI; the fabled beauty of ?. - *'?,%d KASHMIR amid the snowslad Himalayas; the holy city of BANARAS on the sacred River Ganges; the exotic temples of KHAJURAHO; renowned AGRA, with the Taj Mahal and other Fort; the unique and beautiful "lake city" of UDAIPUR; and a thrilling flight into the Himalayas to KATHMANDU, capital of AEGEAN ADVENTURE NEPAL, where ancient palaces and temples abound in a land still relatively untouched by 22 DAYS $1795 modern civilization. In PERSIA (Iran), the visit will include the great 5th century B.C. capital This original itinerary explores in depth the of ~~ri~~and xerxesat the magnificent scenic, cultural and historic attrac- fabled persian R~~~,~~~~~~of isFAHAN, tions of Greece, the Aegean, and Asia Minor- its palaces, gardens, bazaar and famous not only the major cities but also the less tiled mosques; and the modern capital of accessible sites of ancient cities which have TICHERAN. outstanding accommodations figured so prominently in histow of include hotels that once were palaces of western civilization, complemented by a cruise ~~h~~~j~~,Total cost is $2195 from New York. 1 to the beautiful islands of the Aegean Sea. D~~~~~~~~~ in J~~~~~~,rebruary, ~~~~h, Rarely has such an exciting collection of names A~~~~~,september, october and N~~~~~~~ 1 and places been assernbled in a single itinerary-the classical city of ATHENS; the 1975. Byzantine and Ottoman splendor of ISTANBUL; the site of the oracle at DELPHI; 1 the sanctuary and stadium at OLYMPIA, where SOUTH AMERICA I the Olympic Games were first begun; the p;.lace I I THE ORIENT of Agamemnon at MYCENAE; the ruirs of 32 DAYS $2275 1 ancient TROY; the citadel of PERGAMUM; the I I 29 DAYS $2250 marble city of EPHESUS: the ruins of SARDIS From the towering peaks of the Andes to 1 in Lydia, where the royal mint of the wealthy the vast interior reaches of the Amazon jungle. A magnificent tour which unfolds the Croesus has recently been unearthed; as well as this tour travels more than ten thousand miles splendor and fascination of the Far East at a CORINTH, EPIDAUROS, IZMIR (Smyma) the to explore the immense and fascinating conti- comfortable and realistic pace. Eleven days are BOSPORUS and DARDANELLES. The cruise nent of South America: a brilliant collection of devoted to the beauty of JAPAN, visiting the through the beautiful waters of the Aegean will preColombian gold and a vast underground modern capital of TOKYO and the lovely visit such famous islands as CRETE with the cathedral carved out of a centuries-old salt mine FUJI-HAKONE NATIONAL PARK and placing Palace of Knossos; RHODES, noted for its great in BOGOTA; magnificent 16th century special emphasis on the great "classical" city of Crusader castles; the windmills of picturesque churches and quaint Spanish colonial buildings KYOTO (where the splendor of ancient Japan MYKONOS; and the charming islands of in QUITO, with a drive past the snowcapped station and a thrilling jet-boat ride through the canyons of the Shotover River. Next, the EAST AFRICA haunting beauty of the fiords at MILFORD 23 DAYS $1995 SOUND and TE ANAU, followed by the English charm CHRISTCHURCH, garden An exciting. unforFettable luxury safari city of the southern hemisphere. Then it's on to which covers E~~~ Africa from the of Australia, the exciting and vibrant continent the inter,or to the tropics of coast on where the spirit of the "old west" combines Indian Ocean: game viewing in semi-desert of with skyscrapers of the 20th century. You'll see K~~~~'~~~~~h~~~ rrontierdistrict at sA~- the lovely capital of CANBERRA, seek out the BURU RESERVE: a night at wor~d-famous Victorian elegance of MELBOURNE, then fly TREETOPS in the. ABERDARE NATIONAL over the vast desert into the interior and the real OUTBACK country to ALICE SPRINGS, I where the ranches are so widely separated that r school classes are conducted by radio. then explore the undersea wonders of the GREAT BARRIER REEF at CAIRNS, followed by a visit to SYDNEY, magnificently set on one of the world's most beautiful harbors, to feel the dynamic forces which are pushing Australia ahead. Optional visits to Fiji and Tahiti are peaks of "Volcano Alley" to visit an Indian available. Total cost is $2575 from California. market; the great viceregal city of LIMA, Departures in January, February, March, April, founded by Pizarro, where one can still see June, July, September, October and November Pizarro's mummy and visit the dread Court of 1975. the Inquisition; the ancient city of CUZCO, high in the Andes, with an excursion to the fabulous "lost city" of MACHU PICCHU; I cosmopolitan BUENOS AIRES, with its wide streets and parks and its colorful waterfront district along the River Plate; the beautiful Argentine LAKE DISTRICT in the lower reaches of the Andes; the spectacular IGUASSU FALLS, on the mighty Parana River; the sun- drenched beaches, stunning mountains and - magnificent harbor of RIO DE JANEIRO (considered by many the most beautiful city in PARK; the spectacular masses of pink flamingos the world); the ultra-modern new city of at LAKE NAKURU; black-maned lions and BRASILIA; and the fascination of the vast multitudes of plains game in MASAI-MARA Amazon jungle, a thousand miles up river at RESERVE; the vast stretches of the SEREN- MANAUS. Total cost is 52275 from Miami, GET1 PLAINS, with leopard, cheetah and large with special rates from other cities. Optional prides of lions. as well as great herds of zebra, pre and post tour visits to Panama and wildebeest, and impala; the permanent concen- Venezuela are available at no additional air trations of wildlife on the floor of the NGORON- fare. Departures in January, February, April, GORO CRATER; tree-climbing lions and herds May, July, September, October and November of elephant along the shores of LAKE MAN- 1975. YARA; and the beaches and tropical splendor of ,:'% historic MOMBASA on the Indian Ocean, with ':&'- its colorful old Arab quarter and great 16th r_. century Portuguese fort, and with optional ex- L. cursions to LAMU or ZANZIBAR. The program also includes a visit to the famou~excavationsat OLDUVAI GORGE and special opportunities to see tribal dancing and the way of life of the Kikuyu and Masai tribes, as well as the great safari capital of NAIROBI. Optional post-tour MEDITERRANEAN extensions are also available to ETHIOPIA and the VICTORIA FALLS.

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