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Did you know that that Tauck offers Gorilla trekking?? Anybody out there do one of these?

The Mountain Gorilla Safari: Kenya, Tanzania & Rwanda itinerary is 16 days ;Mountain Gorilla Safari: Tanzania, Zanzibar & Rwanda is 13 days. Both are small groups with up to 24 guests. Game drives in 6 passenger open top vehicles with window seats for everyone,

Here are some of the inclusions for the 16 day option:

A rigorous, challenging private Gorilla Trek in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park to interact with endangered Mountain Gorillas in their natural habitat more than 7,000 ft. (2,130 m.) above sea level;

Multiple-night stays in the legendary Serengeti National Park, Maasai Mara game reserve, and Amboseli National Park, with daily game drives

Hot air balloon ride at dawn over the Masai Mara game reserve, followed by a champagne breakfast in the bush

Private lecture by an elephant researcher in Amboseli National Park

Visits to Ol Pejeta Conservancy; the Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy and Animal Orphanage; the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund Museum; Kigali's Genocide Memorial Museum

Overnight in a lodge built into the rim of Ngorongoro Crater, called Africa's "Garden of Eden," for its great views of the wildlife-rich wilderness and one of the oldest sites of habitation by our human predecessors

Private barbecue dinner under the stars at the Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club  

Weaving demonstration in a Kenyan village

A two-night stay at the Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club within view of Mount Kenya

Wow...

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I'm booked in April 2027. Has anyone been this year? How was it? Any insight or tips would be appreciated.

The lodging for our Greece tour in October is mostly Marriott brands. Will presenting my Marriott card at the hotel earn me points or nights? I care more about the nights than the points.

If you've been thinking about the Canadian Rockies and assumed it was too late to plan for this summer, there are still spots on a few small group departures between June and September 2026.

The Fairmont properties in the Rockies, Banff Springs, Chateau Lake Louise, Jasper Park Lodge, are bucket list hotels for a lot of people, but getting rooms at peak season is genuinely difficult. Tour operators hold allotments that aren't available to the public, which means booking through Tauck is sometimes the only realistic way to actually stay there in summer. Tauck actually includes lake view rooms at Chateau Lake Louise for its guests.

The itinerary includes the Icefields Parkway, Moraine Lake, a helicopter flightseeing excursion over the Three Sisters peaks, time in both Banff and Jasper national parks, and a Parks Canada presentation on the history and folklore of the parks.

If you haven't traveled with Tauck before, this is a good trip to start with. The logistics are straightforward, the parks are extraordinary, and nobody has to drive.

Would love to hear from anyone who has done this itinerary!