Ebiner's GeoTours

Includes 5 flights within Southeast Asia; airfare from USA is additional, approximately $1200 from LAX, including taxes

Bangkok (Grand Palace, Wat Pho Temple, Boat trip on the Chao Praya River, New Yearâ€™s Eve celebrations); Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Sule and Shwedagon Pagodas, walking tour of Yangon); Bagan (ancient capital with 4000 abandoned Buddhist Temples); Burmese village workshops making lacquerware, silk, and cigars; Kalaw (old British colonial hill station with half-day hike to tribal villages); Inle Lake (unique one-leg rowers, traditional fishing methods, floating gardens, traditional markets); Nga Phe Chaung Buddhist Monastery (where the monks train â€œjumping catsâ€); Indein Temple (hilltop ruins); Shopping at markets in Bangkok and Yangon; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for one night

Includes flight from Kuala Lumpur to Cambodia; airfare from USA is additional, approximately $1200 from LAX, including taxes

Kuala Lumpur (Petronas Towers, 2^nd tallest buildings in the world; free time to see museums, markets, or bird park); Angkor, Cambodia (great ancient city with Angkor Wat, Bayon Temple, Ta Prohm and more, all ancient temples with intricate stone carvings and architecture); Apsara dance performance; Phnom Penh (sunset boat trip on Mekong River; Tuol Sleng Museum showing the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge; Choeung Ek memorial to the victims of the â€œkilling fieldsâ€; Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda; Psar Toul Tom Puong Market for silks and handicrafts); Ho Chim Minh City, Vietnam for one night

Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon, War Remnants Museum with exhibits from the Vietnam War, Reunification Hall); Cu Chi Tunnels (from the Vietnam War); Cao Dai Cathedral (unique Vietnamese religion, visit mid-day services); Flight from HCM City to Hanoi; 2 day/1 night cruise on Halong Bay (beautiful bay with thousands of limestone islands); Hanoi (Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Hoan Kiem Lake, water puppet show)

VIETNAM (Part 2): JANUARY 20 - 24 ($290)

This is designed as an extension to the Vietnam trip above; Overnight train into the mountains; Sapa (mountain town); Hiking amidst rice terraces to Black Hmong and Flower Hmong villages; Bac Ha Sunday market with various ethnic groups; Free day in Hanoi to see more of the city

Dublin (Hop-On, Hop-Off Bus; Kilmainham Jail; Dublin Castle; Trinity College); Powerscourt Estate (beautiful gardens), Glendalough (ancient monastic settlement; forest and lakes); Killarney National Park (Torc Waterfall, Gap of Dunloe walk); Ring of Kerry (scenic drive through the countryside and along the coast); Cliffs of Moher (spectacular coastal cliffs); Galway (great traditional music and nightlife); Aran Islands (dramatic landscapes); Kylemore Abbey, Croagh Patrick (St. Patrickâ€™s holy mountain; outstanding hike); Derry, Northern Ireland (fascinating political murals; walk the old city walls); Giantâ€™s Causeway (volcanic rock columns poking up from the sea); Dunluce Castle (impressive castle ruins); Carrick-a-Rede suspension bridge (over the ocean, connects to an offshore island); Bushmills Whiskey Distillery; Belfast (docks where Titanic was built; religious neighborhoods and murals); friendly people, mild weather, excellent music

Reykjavik (capital city; option to soak in the wonderfully warm waters of the Blue Lagoon); Strokkur Geyser; Gullfoss (two-tier waterfalls); Pingvellir National Park (rift zone where the American plate is pulling apart from the Eurasian plate); Skogafoss (fantastic waterfall); Skaftafell National Park (see volcanoes, glaciers, and waterfalls on a great day hike); Jokulsarlon (boat ride through a lagoon filled with icebergs); Jokulsargljufur National Park (impressive canyon with fine hikes amid cliffs and volcanic landforms); Dettifoss (Europeâ€™s largest waterfall in volume); Lake Myvatn area (Krafla volcano with beautiful crater lake; pseudocraters; hot springs for a swim; cinder cone, bubbling mud pits, lava towers and lava tube); Husavik (option to go whale-watching); Akureyri (Icelandâ€™s 2^nd largest city with 17,000 people; relaxed, pretty, with great botanical gardens); trip makes an entire circuit of Iceland; midnight sun!

($100 discount if signing up for Ireland + Iceland)

PERU: JULY 10 - 21 ($1090); airfare is additional, approximately $1200 from LAX, including taxes

Machu Picchu (the greatest archeological city of the Americas); Cusco (old Inca capital, beautiful colonial architecture); Colca Canyon (view condors soaring above the canyon, indigenous cultures); Vicunas in the Aguada Blanca Reserve; Arequipa (pleasant weather, attractive city below towering Misti Volcano); Santa Catalina Monastery (Peru's "forbidden city") in Arequipa; Lake Titicaca (boat ride to the floating Uros Islands; overnight home stay on Amantani Island with traditional indigenous culture); Fiesta of Virgin del Carmen in Pisac (great costumes and dances to watch); excellent shopping for handicrafts

Safari in Serengeti National Park (3 days), Africa's most famous game reserve; Olduvai Gorge (archeological site of the earliest humans); Safari to Ngorongoro Crater, one of the largest concentrations of big-game animals in the world; Cultural visit to Datoga tribe; Hunting with the Hadzabe bushmen, one of the world's last hunting/gathering groups; Cultural visit to the Maasai tribe, with a bustling, weekly cattle market; Safari in Lake Manyara National Park in a rift valley; Safari in Tarangire National Park, with great concentrations of migratory animals in August; Nairobi, Kenya (Langata Giraffe Centre to see these animals up close)

Stone Town (mix of Arab, African, Indian, and European influences, one of the most atmospheric towns in Africa; excellent food); Spice tour to see, smell, and taste Zanzibarâ€™s famous spices on a farm; Jozani Forest, with endangered red colobus monkeys; Bwejuu (beautiful white sand beach); option to go snorkeling or diving