Asia Transpacific Journeys Offers Spring 2008 Departures
Spring Options with Ideal Climate, Great Value
BOULDER, CO, January 2008 – This spring don’t just think Paris: open your mind to the possibilities of travel to Asia. While many people are aware that the dollar takes you much further in Asia than in Europe, few people realize that spring is the ideal time to explore many countries in the region. Asia Transpacific Journeys has set out to change that perception.
“Many people consider Asia a winter destination, when in fact Japan, China, Bhutan, Tibet, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia are superb from March to May,” says Marilyn Downing-Staff, CEO of Asia Transpacific Journeys, which has specialized in Asia and Pacific Rim destinations for 21 years. “The climate is ideal in these destinations in spring. It’s a perfect time to explore some of the world’s most intriguing cultures.”
The company designs both individually tailored Custom Journeys and signature Small Group Tips to spring destinations, and tends to incorporate extraordinary elements and unusual features.
Their Bhutan—Inside the Dragon Kingdom Small Group Trip "exemplifies the leave no stone unturned philosophy when it comes to exploring a country,” says Downing-Staff. Only 20 percent of visitors to Bhutan experience central Bhutan as her travelers do, and the journey features a remote spring festival. The 11-day journey to Bhutan departs April 15 and costs $4,595 (per person double).
Their Quintessential Japan Small Group Trip incorporates an untouristed local festival amidst spectacular cherry blossoms, an overnight in a ryokan, with traditional hot spring baths and Japanese banquet, a special performance of the sacred Kagura dance in the inner chamber of a Shinto shrine, Kabuki theatre and geisha dance performances, private tea ceremony, a gondola ride to view Mt. Fuji, the exclusive Saihoji Moss Garden, and in-depth explorations of Tokyo and Kyoto. The 13-day journey departs April 8 and costs $7,895.
Small Group Trips to Asia depart with a maximum of 18 participants (usually less). Price includes high end accommodations, nearly all meals, transfers, visa fees, tips, entrance fees, medical and emergency insurance, a comprehensive pre-departure packet and more. Custom Journeys may also be arranged to all destinations around an individual’s timeframe and interests.
Asia Transpacific Journeys has been crafting private Custom Journeys and Small Group Trips to the Asia/Pacific region since 1987. Their regional expertise makes them the operator of choice for dozens of America’s most notable universities and museums. On average the company’s destination specialists have nearly a decade of experience arranging the best possible programs for travelers. Some trips also support global conservation and cultural preservation. Asia Transpacific Journeys own non-profit Asia Transpacific Foundation, established in 1997, works with rural Asian communities to provide clean drinking water through locally made ceramic water filters.
About Asia Transpacific Journeys
Asia Transpacific Journeys is an award-winning, Boulder, Colorado-based tour operator specializing in Custom Journeys and Small Group Trips to Asia and the Pacific region since 1987. Outstanding service, long-standing connections in Asia and deeply insightful cultural interpretation make them the operator of choice for discerning individuals, their families and friends. Asia Transpacific Journeys is the recipient of three “Top Travel Specialists” awards for 2007 from Condé Nast Traveler magazine. In November 2007 Asia Transpacific Journeys was also honored as a “World’s Best Tour Operator” by National Geographic Adventure. For more information, visit http://www.asiatranspacific.com
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