Cultural and Lecture Operators

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	Smithsonian Study Tours
Ripley Center, Suite 3077, 1100 Jefferson Drive SW, Washington DC 20560-0701
tel: +1 202 357 3030

The Washington museum of history, science and more operates a museum-based travel programme with more than 350 tours a year. These include a Smithsonian Study leader, specialist in the relevant field and specialist itineraries.

Recommendations

The options include family tours such as Hopi and Navajo hands-on experience, Alaskan glaciers and wildlife on a cruise from Juneau to Glacier Bay, or outside the US trips to Kenya at Christmas,, China and the great Wall, Forbidden City, terra cotta warriors and more, or Costa Rica's national parks and private reserves.

Sample Price

The cost of the Costa Rica tour is US$3,470 per adult sharing, for a child 7-15 years sharing with two adults, US$2,555. This includes accommodation in three and four-star hotels, all on tour activities and transport, breakfast daily, eight lunches and nine dinners, plus all tips over 10 days.