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Post by mirabelleswalker on Jul 15, 2014 2:53:23 GMT
We are thinking of going on one of these tours. We're not typically "tour" people. We usually plan our own vacations. However, the tour we are looking at is one best left to the professionals.
Once I got on their web site, I realized that I would love to go on almost all of the tours they offer!
So I'm wondering if anyone has ever gone on one of the NGE tours, what you thought, whether it's worth the money, etc.
Also, did you go on one that was specifically a "photography" tour. The one we are looking at is in three different formats with little price variation so I think the photography one might be the better deal.
Thanks!
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Post by GiantsFan on Jul 15, 2014 2:58:32 GMT
I haven't. But marking my spot.
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Post by anonrefugee on Jul 15, 2014 3:02:09 GMT
I feel like I'm about to add something to the ol bucket list. Marking my spot too.
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Post by mirabelleswalker on Jul 15, 2014 3:07:25 GMT
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Post by Chips on Jul 15, 2014 3:38:50 GMT
I have not but dream of going on a tour with www.mtsobek.com/ Mountain Travel Sobek. |
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Post by GiantsFan on Jul 15, 2014 3:40:16 GMT
Yowee! I better start saving my money. I'd really like to go to Machu Picchu or Patagonia but at $5800 PP without air, I'd better start playing the lottery.
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Post by AussieMeg on Jul 15, 2014 3:40:23 GMT
Me too! Sounds fabulous.
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Post by powderhorngreen on Jul 15, 2014 4:27:34 GMT
We did the Galapagos trip. Worth every penny.
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Post by ntsf on Jul 15, 2014 4:29:50 GMT
we were on our way to south america anyway, but we went to machu picchu on our own...it was fun.. we took a train and a bus from cusco. had a travel agent help us set it up. spent one day there at our own pace.
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Post by ~summer~ on Jul 15, 2014 4:32:25 GMT
My parents did one from sf to Alaska. It was a small ship full of scientists - they LOVED it and still rave about it. I don't think it was a photography one though.
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Post by mirabelleswalker on Jul 15, 2014 5:34:43 GMT
We're thinking of doing Winter Wildlife in Yellowstone. linkI have been to Morocco before, and that's actually a place I wish I did in a tour group for many reasons. It is beautiful and exotic, but traveling as an American woman was a challenge. (Being there during Ramadan didn't make it any easier. Oh, and it was August/September and about 115 degrees.) I hope to go back again in milder weather and with a guide. |
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Post by pudgygroundhog on Jul 15, 2014 14:13:09 GMT
I've looked at their catalog before and thought their trips looked awesome. As much as I would love to do one, I don't think they will ever be in our budget.
I don't know if I would do one for Yellowstone though. I would personally choose one that is more "exotic" or I felt I really needed a tour.
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Post by nesser01 on Jul 15, 2014 14:34:55 GMT
Sounds really exciting! Adding another thing on my list of things to do &I places to go.
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Post by mirabelleswalker on Jul 15, 2014 14:38:07 GMT
I've looked at their catalog before and thought their trips looked awesome. As much as I would love to do one, I don't think they will ever be in our budget. I don't know if I would do one for Yellowstone though. I would personally choose one that is more "exotic" or I felt I really needed a tour. I watched a Ntl Geo special on the winter wildlife at Yellowstone and I would never plan it on my own. They have those special snow coaches that the animals come up to and the guides know the terrain. They know how to drive in the snow. Etc. I can plan most of our trips and I've traveled alone in Europe and Africa. For some reason, this one just seems like a nice trip to have "done" for me. |
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Post by pudgygroundhog on Jul 15, 2014 15:18:53 GMT
I would do a snow coach tour too. I would just book it on my own though. For me personally, I can't imagine spending $7200 + airfare for two adults for six days in Yellowstone.
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Post by birukitty on Jul 15, 2014 20:00:41 GMT
For some reason I get their nice thick catalogue in the mail that has all of these expeditions in gorgeous detail. I would LOVE to do on any one of them-but their prices are a bit out of my budget. At least right now. Maybe in the future. I dream of going on the one that goes to see the Mountain Gorillas in Rwanda, or an African Safari, or anything that is exotic and difficult to do on my own. Europe is easy to do on my own. Maybe one day. Yeah, it's on the bucket list.
Debbie in MD.
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Post by mirabelleswalker on Jul 15, 2014 20:07:37 GMT
Birukitty--I was looking at that last night. I would love to do the safari with the gorilla add-on. That looks like an incredible trip.
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Post by I-95 on Jul 15, 2014 20:53:23 GMT
I haven't but my mom did their trip to the Galapagos Islands and absolutely loved it. She also did one to Mt. Everest, which I'm pretty sure was a NatGeo trip too.
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