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To celebrate its 107th anniversary, Collette, North America’s longest-running tour operator has launched a brand-new worldwide brochure featuring more than 170 tours.
The brochure highlights 13 new journeys to destinations in North America, South America, Europe, and Africa, designed and led by destination experts.
Debuted Journeys Include:
Namibia & South Africa: Epic Landscapes & Wildlife featuring Etosha and Kruger National Parks & Cape Town
The 16-day itinerary offers game drives in each country, a journey through the Namib Desert with the world’s largest sand dunes, a Skeleton Coast drive where shipwrecks are plentiful and a home-hosted Capetonian family dinner.
Portugal’s Old World Charms featuring Douro Valley, Alentejo & Lisbon
A 10-day itinerary featuring a scenic Douro River Valley cruise with a vineyard stop, a guided walking tour of Evora and visit to an Olive Grove in Alentejo for a farm to table lunch.
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks featuring San Diego & California’s Central Coast
This 10-day itinerary offers a walk-through the massive trees of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, a day exploring Hollywood and wine tasting followed by lunch at a Paso Robles vineyard.
Ana Rooney, vice president of product design at Collette said in a statement, “We have seen increased demand in tours to Southern and Eastern Africa,” said. “Collette has been designing inclusive African safari tours for more than three decades, immersing travelers in wildlife, nature, culture, and landscapes that make Africa a must on so many bucket lists. Our new ‘Namibia & South Africa: Epic Landscapes & Wildlife’ tour brings travelers to a less explored part of Africa for a more sustainable approach.”
Rooney added, “Travelers that love exploring Europe will enjoy our new ‘Portugal’s Old World Charms’ tour featuring the Douro Valley, Alentejo, and Lisbon as we tailored this experience specifically for travelers who want to explore all of these trending spots. Also, California is often at the top of North American destinations and in taking a more regional focus, we added our new ‘Sequioa & Kings Canyon National Parks’ tour to offer a new perspective of these national treasures, becoming immersed in the state’s natural beauty through these two parks. Every new tour is handcrafted by destination experts – like all of our tours. There’s no middleman between our brand promise and our travelers’ experience.”
2025 Tours Available for Booking Include:
- Gems of Greece: Athens, Naxos, Crete where travelers will experience two quieter islands: Crete and Naxos.
- The Balkans: from Coastal Croatia to Legendary Greece spans five different Balkan countries, including Albania.
- Europe: The Grand Tour is perfect for travelers interested in Eastern European culture, history and food.
- Essential South America featuring Chile, Mendoza Wine Region & Buenos Aires.
- Canadian Rockies and Alaska’s Inside Passage featuring Rocky Mountaineer and a 7-night Alaska Cruise with breathtaking views of the Western Canadian Rockies and beautiful landscapes of Alaska’s inside passage.
- Shades of The English Countryside featuring London, Cornwall, & Cotswolds, some of England’s prettiest quaint villages and vibrant market towns of the English Countryside.
- Utah’s Mighty Five and The Rockies with two days onboard Rocky Mountaineer from Denver to Moab taking in the sienna-colored canyons, towering spires and desert landscapes of Utah’s five national parks.
“Collette offers travelers an unparalleled experience,” said Jaclyn Leibl-Cote, president & CEO of Collette. “No two days are the same on our tours. From experiencing local modes of transportation and culturally reflective accommodation, to cooking with locals and dining in truly unique ways, travelers shatter the stereotypes of guided touring. Our team of expert tour designers and managers gets it because we are travelers, too.”
This article originally oppeared in TravelPulse.