San Francisco-based gay tour operator VentureOut has been offering small guided gay group tours since 1998. This week they announced a price reduction. Yes you read that right. They’re passing along to you savings from a softening of the value of the euro. Here are details from the company:
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Gay and Armenia aren’t words you together often.
What does the average LGBT traveler even know about this former Soviet republic bounded by Turkey, Georgia, Iran and Azerbaijan? The good folks at LebTour have decided the time is right to visit this culturally rich country, the only country remaining in 3,000-year-old maps of Anatolia. The gay tour of Armenia is scheduled for April 21 through 26, 2012.
Homosexuality was made legal in December 2002 and sine then, an organized “out” gay scene has begun to emerge in the capital Yerevan.
To learn more about the tour, click here.
To learn more about other destinations (in the Middle East and vicinity) offered by LebTour, click here.
Don't mess with her calf!
Here are three alliterative tours offered by the fabulous folks at VentureOut in 2012. There’s even a deal on “Cats” (African safari, not the show!), so click away and start your joyful journey.
If you haven’t been on safari in Africa, you haven’t traveled. Just sayin’
Here’s your golden opportunity. There are only two rooms left on Venture Out’s Southern Africa Trifecta: Cape Town + Botswana Wildlife Safari + Victoria Falls
Dates: September 7 to 15, 2011
Check after the jump for more info.
“This fantastic tour that blends a splendid sampling of African culture, incredible wildlife, other outdoor activities, great food and wine, and gorgeous scenery — beginning in Cape Town, one of the world’s most beautiful cities. The itinerary will cover a vast, majestic land, and this is sure to be a trip of a lifetime! A luxury “camp” in Botswana’s famed Okavango Delta complements the wildlife safari activities. And you’ll witness the majesty of Victoria Falls — the greatest show of its kind on the planet! For those who have a little more time and want a more in-depth safari experience, there’s a wonderful extension to nearby Hwange National Park — the size of Connecticut and one of Africa’s premier game viewing regions!”
Information: http://www.venture-out.com/africa.htm
Check out this offer and act before July 15 to take advantage of this special by visiting their website Out Adventures Gay Travel.
Originally published in GPS.OutTraveler.com.
Source Events, the LGBT tour operator, is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a cruise September 3-10, 2011 that will feature some prominent celebrity guests (above). We’re especially excited about the handsome straight athlete, Ben Cohen, who’s devoted much of his energy to anti-bullying efforts.
Welcome to your lesbian fantasy, an island of women.
Join lesbian-ownend but everyone-friendly Sweet for a fun-filled week in Isla Mujeres (which means “Island of Women” in Spanish), September 24 through October 1, 2011.
It’s an all-inclusive and exclusive (meaning only for Sweet customers) week of fun, activities (or utter leisure or both).
That’s Suzanne Westenhoefer to the left, one of the entertainers you’ll enjoy.
More info: http://discoversweet.com/sweet-isla-mujeres-resort2/
Originally published in GPS.OutTraveler.com.
One of the things that makes Peru such a fantastic destination is that it constantly surprises people. (Above happy “Zoomers” in Peru.)
Zoom Vacations has for years been the main organizer of gay group tours to Peru. Last November, as in past years, Zoom Vacations started its trip in Lima, and especially after visiting its colonial center, Zoom Vacations’ owner, Joel Cabrera said that guests kept commenting that they couldn’t believe how beautiful Lima was.
But above all, the thing that one can always count on when they come to Peru is that Machu Picchu will be as incredible as they thought and hoped it would be. Mystical Machu Picchu, no matter rain or shine simply does not disappoint.
It is truly the trip of a lifetime that could quite possibly change your life!
Info: http://www.zoomvacations.com/peru.htm
Originally published in GPS.OutTraveler.com.
Some of you might have visited China’s classic destinations in the 1980s when the sheer majesty and newness (to foreigners) of this once-isolated giant were enthralling. T
hat newness just keeps on getting newer: China is perhaps the fastest-changing country in the world.
Even if you went when it first opened up to tourism, chances are a return visit here will be just as eye-popping. LGBT tour operator Venture Out’s Journey through China — which uses upscale accommodations throughout the program — begins with sojourns to the signature monuments of Beijing…
Originally published in GPS.OutTraveler.com.
For lesbian and gay men who love to dive (and we know who you are!), did you know there is a truly great tour operator that caters to your needs?
Undersea Expeditions has been leading groups of gay women and men to exotic locales and safely guided them to some of the world’s most envy-inducing dive spots.
A post-revolution tour of Egypt is not for everyone, but scuba divers are an adventurous bunch, and out of a sold-out tour of 25 gay and lesbian divers prior to 25 January only two participants canceled.
The others see this as an opportunity to visit the Pyramids and other amazing sights of Egypt such as the Temple of Karnak with only handfuls of tourists rather than throngs. Most American divers have waited their entire life to experience the wonders of the Red Sea and many regret post-9/11 fear keeping them away for so long and want to travel to Egypt if it’s safe to do so.
While the overall situation for local gay men was difficult under Mubarak and improvement remains a hope, the Egyptian men they’ve met on their last two tours don’t want American travelers to stay away; as foreign travelers they’ve experienced no harassment.
They’ve taken lots of precautions to ensure the comfort and safety of the group, and the State Department acknowledges the improving post-Revolution security situation as well as the continued calm along the Red Sea in their latest travel advisory: http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_5443.html
Underseas Expeditions doesn’t offer last-minute special pricing, only early-booking specials; however, as a thank-you to those travelers who braved it out through an uncertain situation, they’ve upgraded the group to Pyramid-view rooms at the fabulous Mena House hotel in Giza.
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