The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
01-11-2004
DEALS
ANAMARIA FLORES
Date: 01-11-2004, Sunday
Section: TRAVEL
Edtion: All Editions.=.Sunday
Column: DEALS
CULTURAL
Black heritage
Spector Travel of Boston is offering its annual African-American Roots and Culture Tour to Senegal and Gambia Feb. 15-22.
The eight-day tour includes two nights in Banjul, Gambia, and three nights in Dakar, Senegal. In Senegal the group will travel by ferryboat to Goree Island's famous slave house, and in Dakar will visit Independent Square, the Presidential Palace, the University of Dakar, the village of Soumbedioune, the Grande Mosquee, and the Sandaga and Kermel markets.
In Banjul travelers can go shopping at the Albert Market for woodcarvings, jewelry, and African artifacts, and there will be a visit to the Gambian Orphan Village, Health Center, and Nursery/Primary School, where participants will present the clothing, medical, and school supplies that they have brought from America.
The cost is $1,599 per person, based on double occupancy. The price includes round-trip airfare from New York, five nights' first-class hotel, breakfast daily, sightseeing, transfers, hotel tax, and service charges.
For more information, call (617) 351-0111 or visit spector travel.com.
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CRUISE
Poland river trip
Peter Deilmann Cruises is offering cruises on the Vistula River in Poland, March 27 through Oct. 30.
Highlights for The Best of Poland package include a visit to Wawel Castle and the Old Town in Krakow and a seven-night river cruise from Warsaw to Gdansk on the five-star MV Frederic Chopin.
The trip includes three nights' accommodations at a four-star hotel in Krakow, including taxes and breakfast daily, and the seven-night cruise, with accommodations in an outside cabin and shore excursions: city tours/walks in Warsaw, Torun, Chelmno, and Gdansk, and to Malbork Castle in Malbork.
Prices start at $2,620.
Weekly seven-night, cruise-only tours also are available. The cost is $1,655 to $2,495 per person in a queen or twin-bedded cabin. Optional shore excursion packages purchased in advance cost $145 and $169.
For more information, call (800) 348-8287 or visit deilmann- cruises.com.
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ROMANCE
Honeymoon deal
Playa Nicuesa Rainforest Lodge in the Golfo Dulce/Osa Peninsula region of Costa Rica is offering the Amor Y Aventura (Love and Adventure) Honeymoon package.
It includes six nights' accommodations in a one-bedroom cabin featuring a canopied bed, private terrace, private bath, open-air shower, three meals daily, and private candlelight dinner for two on the beach with a bottle of champagne.
It also includes aromatherapy massages for two, a private guided rain forest hike to a waterfall and swimming hole, and three days of adventure tours to choose from, including the Golfo Dulce Kayak tour, Jungle River Kayak tour, rain forest hiking, beach tour, fishing tour, and bird-watching.
The cost is $2,950 per couple.
For more information, call (866) 348-7610 or visit nicuesa lodge.com.
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FAMILY
For single parents
Beaches by Sandals Resorts is offering Single Parent Friendly Months, with no-single-supplement periods May 1-31 and Aug. 15 - Oct. 31.
Beaches Resorts will also provide activities for single parents, including a welcome reception, social cocktail reception, and kids movie nights. A variety of interactive games, contests, and tournaments will also be available.
This deal is available at Beaches Turks and Caicos Resort and Spa, and the Beaches Negril, Beaches Sandy Bay, and Beaches Boscobel Resort and Golf Club, all in Jamaica. This offer is also combinable with other promotions like the 'Beach is for Everyone' promotion, offering 35 percent off standard rates at select resorts.
Resort packages include all meals, snacks, water sports such as windsurfing, sailing, and scuba diving with professional instruction, land sports such as tennis and golf, special teen activities, and more. They also include accommodations, airport transfers, taxes, gratuities, and use of all amenities, including restaurants, pools, and video games.
A sample price: five nights and six days for three - one adult and two children - starts at $1,806 at Sandy Bays. All prices vary by location, type of accommodations, and length of stay.
For more information, call (800) SANDALS (726-3257) or visit beaches.com.
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PACKAGE
Vacation in Hawaii
Perillo Tours offers two all-inclusive tours to Hawaii year-round.
The first tour is the eight-day, seven-night Two Islander to Oahu and Maui, and the second is the 11-day, 10-night Three Islander to Oahu, Kauai, and Maui.
Sightseeing highlights in Honolulu include the Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor and the Punchbowl National Cemetery, Society of Seven cocktail show, and Polynesian Cultural Center, with a tropical buffet feast and evening show.
In Kauai, guests can enjoy a helicopter flight upriver to the Menehune Fishpond and Huliea Stream. Maui highlights include Lahaina, a former whaling town, a 'Drums of the Pacific' luau and Polynesian dance show, and a visit to Mt. Haleakala.
The trip includes round-trip airfare from New York, transfers, baggage handling, inter-island airfare, daily breakfast and dinner with complimentary wine, gratuities, and professional tour directors.
The cost of the Two Islander trip starts at $2,799 per person, and the Three Islander at $3,399. All prices are per person, based on double occupancy.
For more information, call (800) 431-1515 or visit perillo tours.com.
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SMALL GROUP
European gardens
Lucas and Randall European Tours is offering seven tours designed for the gardening enthusiast.
The tours are Holland in Springtime, The Villas and Gardens of Italy, The Gardens of England, England's Summer Gardens and the Hampton Court Flower Show, England's West Country Gardens, the Chateaux and Gardens of France, and The Treasures and Gardens of Spain.
These fully escorted, small-group tours vary from eight to 14 days in length and feature itineraries that combine visits to world-famous and little-known private gardens with sightseeing programs.
All tours include deluxe and first-class hotels, daily breakfast, most dinners, all sightseeing and entrance fees, and the services of a professional tour manager.
Prices start from $2,595 per person, based on double occupancy.
For more information, call (800) 505-2505 or visit lucasand randall.com.
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