TOURS, ETC. : FISH, SEE ADVENTURE IN ALASKA.Byline: Daily News Greater Alaska Fish Camp & Safaris, a 40-guest waterfront lodge at the confluence of Alaska's Kenai and Moose Rivers, offers resort stays combined with fishing and wilderness adventure. Groups are limited to six or 12 people. Vacationers can choose a two- to seven-day fishing trip or a seven- to 10-day safari through the wilderness, including bush plane flightseeing and glacier landings, tundra and alpine hiking, gold panning, river rafting, mountain biking mountain biking Sports medicine A sport in which participants use specialized bicycles to navigate rough, steep trails covered with unforgiving rocks Injury risk Concussions, fractures, death. See Extreme sport, Novelty seeking behavior. , sea kayaking, canoeing and touring on a private yacht into Kenai Fjords. Cost starts at $850 per person for fishing trips; safaris begin at $2,195 for seven days. Discounts are available in September. Information: (800) 544-2261. Autumn in the Ozarks: P.S. Tours & Travel offers a Sept. 9-13 trip to Branson, Mo., that includes round-trip air fare from Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , four nights' hotel stay, four breakfasts and dinners and seven shows. Cost is $1,026 per person, double occupancy. Information: (818) 831-8687. Asian jaunt: Esprit Travel Corp. offers a 14-day tour to Beijing, China, and Kyoto, Japan, focusing on Asian culture, architecture, gardens and history. The Sept. 2-16 trip, limited to 40 participants, includes round-trip air fare from Los Angeles, hotels, most meals, entrance fees and guides for walking and bus tours. Cost is $3,600 per person, double occupancy. Information: (310) 829-6060. Saddle up: Frontier Pack Train will lead an Aug. 14-18 horseback ride through Yosemite National Park Yosemite National Park (yōsĕm`ĭtē), 761,266 acres (308,205 hectares), E central Calif.; est. 1890 as a result of the efforts of conservationist John Muir. Located in the Sierra Nevada, it is a glacier-scoured area of great beauty; Mt. , including the Donohue Pass, Tuolumne Meadows, the Ansel Adams Wilderness The Ansel Adams Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Sierra Nevada of California,USA. The wilderness is part of the Inyo and Sierra National Forests. The wilderness was established as part of the original Wilderness Act in 1964 (originally named the Minarets Wilderness). and the John Muir Trail
The John Muir Trail (JMT) is a long-distance trail in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California, running 211 miles (340 km) from the . Cost is $675 per person and includes horses and tack, camping gear, meals and guides. Information: (619) 873-7971 through May, or (619) 648-7701 through August. Nature hunt: Russian Nature Reserve Expeditions will lead an Aug. 2-23 adventure to Sikhote Alin Biosphere biosphere, irregularly shaped envelope of the earth's air, water, and land encompassing the heights and depths at which living things exist. The biosphere is a closed and self-regulating system (see ecology), sustained by grand-scale cycles of energy and of Reserve, Kodrovaya Pad Nature Reserve, Laeovski Nature Reserve and Big Khekstrski Nature Reserve, facilities that are home to the Siberian tiger, Amur leopard, Ussuri black bear and other flora and fauna. Cost is $3,850 and includes roundtrip air fare, lodgings, meals, guides and entrance fees. Information: (800) 304-6369. Pigskin paradise: Pleasant Hawaiian Holidays offers a special travel package for next year's football's Pro Bowl, held in Waikiki. The Pro Bowl package is scheduled for Jan. 30 to Feb. 3, 1997. Land-only, four-night, per-person, double-occupancy prices start at $299 and include fresh round-trip hotel transfers, lodgings, Pro Bowl game tickets, NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga player autograph signings, and a pregame party at Aloha Stadium, where the all-stars of the American and National Football conferences match up; round-trip transfers from Waikiki to Aloha Stadium on game day, Feb. 2, and a Hard Rock Cafe Hard Rock Cafe is a chain of casual dining restaurants. It was founded in 1971 by Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton, and their first Hard Rock Cafe opened near Hyde Park Corner in London, in a former Rolls Royce car dealerships showroom close to Hyde Park, where in 1979 they began to dinner party. Additional nights and air fares are available at additional cost. Information: (800) 542-9244 and ask for CST CST abbr. 1. Central Standard Time 2. convulsive shock treatment CST Central Standard Time Noun 1. No. 1007939-20. With the grandkids: Irish Festival Tours offers a grandparents-and-grandchildren tour to Ireland July 11-21, including sightseeing in Dublin, Waterford, Killarney, Ring of Kerry, the Burren and Galway. Cost is $2,299 for each adult; $1,899 for children ages 12-16; and $1,699 for children younger than 12. Included are round-trip air fare from New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , motor coach transportation, hotels and most meals. Information: (800) 441-4277. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Salmon and other fish abound in Alaskan waters. |
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