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A Nordic nation located in the North Atlantic, Iceland is a sparsely populated country famed for its abundance of epic landscapes. Known as the Land of Ice and Fire, thanks to its geothermal activity, the country’s isolated location has not affected its cultural wealth and in fact, has fostered a vibrant and unique cultural scene and a prosperous nation. Marvel at the amazing variety of landscapes on this rugged island haven: from volcanoes to glaciers to fjords to thundering waterfalls. Explore Iceland’s unique culture and geology, and the famous Ring Road of natural wonders including the Golden Circle, the Glacier Lagoon, Lake Myvatn and Dettifoss. Have a chance to see the magical natural light show of the aurora borealis. Iceland is one of the best places in the world to view the northern lights, and we will be visiting during peak season.
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Embrace the beauty of the Christmas season! Marvel at cities dressed in holiday splendour along the stunning Danube River. Nuremberg’s festive Christkindlesmarkt, the largest and oldest Christmas market in Germany; Regensburg’s Christmas market at Thurn and Taxis Castle, considered one of Bavaria’s most beautiful and romantic; Vienna with its impressive Christmas markets that seem to majestically appear around every corner; and Budapest’s Vörösmarty Square, where products sold in the market are traditionally handmade are yours to explore. Together with like-minded tour members, reflect on Christ’s birth as you visit historic cathedrals, sing carols, and admire nativity scenes, and pick out unique gifts and sample signature holiday treats along the way.
Sample the best of the windward islands of the Caribbean. Embark in Panama City and see the impressive Panama Canal, then on to Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire, St. Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago, and finally Barbados. In Panama, meet indigenous Embera people or take an aerial tram ride through the rainforest. In the coastal city of Santa Marta, Colombia, gaze at stunning mountain views and museums full of pre-Colombian gold and jewelry. Relax on some of the Caribbean’s best beaches in Aruba. Observe flamingos and parrots in Bonaire, browse shops in Soufriere, St. Lucia, and swim with sea turtles in Tobago Cays Marine Park.
Please note: this is an independent package, meaning no tour leader is assigned to this tour.
See intriguing animals such as kangaroos, koalas, and penguins plus many species of birds and reptiles. Enjoy dinner in the Outback and see more stars than you thought possible. Observe an incredible array of sea life as you tour the Great Barrier Reef in a glass-bottomed boat. Learn about the Australian Aboriginals and visit one of their most sacred and beautiful natural sights—the giant Uluru rock formation. Visit world-famous sites in the cities of Melbourne, Cairns, and Sydney. You won’t be disappointed by this action-packed trip of a lifetime!
After a two-day voyage from Australia, continue your relaxing cruise along the North and South Islands of New Zealand. Experience the rural and urban beauty all across this country without the tedium of long coach rides and changing hotels each night. Learn about the indigenous Maori people as well as the history of the Scottish, French, and British settlers. Daily excursions suit a variety of activity levels and interests—from nature, history, and wine to animals, architecture, and the local foodie scene. You can even explore a Lord of the Rings movie set or cruise through underground caves lit by thousands of tiny glow worms.
This fabulous tour combines interacting with locals and enjoying incredible natural sights in Tanzania. Visit with Christians who are helping Tanzanian children at the Che Che Community Library and St. Catharines Monastery. Learn about the Maasai way of life in a traditional village. Buy unique crafts at a local market and a social enterprise for people with disabilities. Also, see big game and other wildlife plus a large assortment of colourful birds on not one, but three game drives! Stay at beautiful new lodges built by our long-time in-country partners. This locally owned and operated company invests in their employees and their community. Plus they are game drive experts!
Morocco is home to spectacular landscapes, a vibrant cultural history, and welcoming people. On this unforgettable tour, you’ll experience firsthand why Morocco is so irresistible. See Africa’s largest mosque in Casablanca. Discover Morocco’s spiritual and intellectual history in Fes, including the world’s first university. Stay overnight in a luxurious camp in the Sahara Desert and take a sunrise camel ride through the sand dunes. Get a taste of local culture in marketplaces and city centres.
2024 Journey of Hope: Jordan, Israel, Palestine Biblical Tour Celebrate God’s faithfulness as you visit biblical sites with a worshiping band of pilgrims who seek the peacemaking way of Jesus. Follow the Israelites’ route to Canaan and see fabulous [...]
Enjoy a timeless voyage through the British Isles. Sail a loop around Great Britain to visit ports in England, Scotland, Ireland, and Northern Ireland. Learn about the RMS Titanic in Southampton. Visit haunts of The Beatles in Liverpool. Savour the finest fish and chips in Glasgow. Also, marvel at stunning Scottish castles and the verdant Irish landscape. While sailing between picturesque towns and vibrant cities, relax onboard your well-appointed ship.
On this classic Anabaptist heritage tour in Europe, visit significant sites that will bring to life the stories of Menno Simons, Jacob Hutter, Pilgram Marpeck, Dirk Willems, Jakob Amman, and other important Anabaptist leaders. See the historic Dutch village of Zaanse Schans, take a cable car up Stockhorn mountain, reflect in a cave where Anabaptists worshipped in secret, and stay in the homes of generous, hospitable locals in the town of Berlikum. Also explore art and culture in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Switzerland, and Austria. Experienced tour leader and former Hesston College Professor John Sharp will guide you on this journey of discovery and fellowship.
Enjoy six days immersed in the stunning landscape of Alaska’s wildernesss, followed by a seven-day cruise from Anchorage, Alaska through the Inside Passage to Vancouver, British Colombia. See Denali National Park—home to a variety of northern wildlife and of course Denali itself (also known as Mt McKinley). In the evenings, relax at your wilderness lodge and roast marshmallows at the fireside patio. Then, on your journey from Alaska to Vancouver, enjoy shore excursions in historic Skagway, Juneau, Ketchikan, and Vancouver. As you sail through Glacier Bay National Park, see unique northern wildlife on land and in the water, calving glaciers, and majestic mountains.
This delightful tour combines sight-seeing in Eastern Europe with investigating the history of Mennonites in Poland. During a few days in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, marvel at colourful baroque buildings, Gothic churches, and the city’s famous Old Town Square. Also visit important sites in Krakow and Warsaw in Poland. Guided by Mennonite historian, John Sharp, learn more about the country that sheltered Dutch and German Mennonites beginning as early as the 1530’s right up to the Second World War. Some families stayed in the Vistula Delta of Poland for generations, later migrating to South Russia, Ukraine, and the American Midwest.
Fill your lungs with fresh mountain air and see incredible views as you ascend peaks by cable car, hike mountain-top paths and wander valley trails. Explore the Swiss mountain village of Mürren and surrounding area for three days. See the nearby Lauterbrunnen Valley, with its subterranean, glacial Trümmelbach Falls. Then set up a basecamp in Grindelwald village in Switzerland’s Bernese Alps, from which you can enjoy Eiger Mountain and a glacial gorge featuring trails with interpretive signs, waterfalls and striated limestone walls. Also take a walking tour in Zurich, a city closely tied to Roman and Anabaptist history. We will spend our final night in Lucerne, considered by many to be the most beautiful medieval city in Switzerland with a fjord-like lake and surrounding mountains.
This European heritage tour traces the Anabaptist/Mennonite story through Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, and the Netherlands. Visits to significant sites will bring to life the stories of Jakob Amman, Martin Luther, Michael Sattler, Pilgram Marpeck, and many other Reformation and Anabaptist leaders. Other tour highlights include: an afternoon cruise on the Rhine River, a visit to the Rijksmuseum, standing in caves where Anabaptists worshipped in secret, visiting Trachselwald Castle, riding a cable-car up a mountain, and visiting the Weierhof, a semi-communal Mennonite village. Experienced tour storyteller Ayold Fanoy will share insights as you travel in these beautiful countries that were so important to our Anabaptist ancestors.
Explore the blossoming of Christian art from Medieval times to the Renaissance era as you visit churches and museums in Florence. Revel in treasures of art and architecture at significant sites, including the Baptistery, Duomo di Santa Maria del Fiore, Museo dell’ Opera del Duomo, Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Santa Trinità, Galleria dell’ Accademia, Museo di San Marco, and many more sites. Take a day trip from your home base in Florence to Siena and San Gimignano. Each day, reflect on Christian iconography during optional morning slide-illustrated devotion times. Several optional late afternoon lectures reflecting on the intersection between Christian art and church leadership from a family systems perspective will also be offered. Tour leader Richard Blackburn is an Art Historian specializing in Italian Renaissance art. He taught week-long classes in Florence for Southern Methodist University from 2006-2013. He is also an ordained Mennonite pastor and the former Lombard Mennonite Peace Center Executive Director. Enjoy all of this with a group of like-minded travellers and art enthusiasts!
Join a long history of pilgrimage as you complete the last 100 km of the ancient route to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. The Camino de Santiago, or the Way of St. James, is an ancient pilgrimage trail originating in medieval times. Made up of a vast network of roads and paths, pilgrims have travelled these roads for 12 centuries. On this eight-day trip, walk alongside like-minded travellers on a route filled with the beautiful countryside and rustic villages of Northern Spain. Receive a “compostela” when you reach your destination to prove your accomplishment. Refuel with tasty Spanish food and take the time to stop and smell the flowers on this moderately active, picturesque walking tour.
Join TourMagination cruise specialist Cheryl Gilmore for an unforgettable cruise along the Danube River, stopping in key cities of Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, and Bulgaria. Embark the ship in Giurgiu, Romania. Take city tours of Belgrade, Pécs, Vukovar, Novi Sad and the ancient capital of Bulgaria—Veliko Tarnovo. Mid-tour, enjoy a full day of cruising through one of Europe’s most awe-inspiring natural wonders, the Iron Gates. Here the Danube narrows as it winds through a series of magnificent gorges between Serbia and Romania. In Vidin, visit a beautifully restored castle from the Middle Ages and enjoy a historical re-enactment at a massive medieval castle. See historical sites, shop at street markets, and go on wine-tasting tours during daily excursions. You may also choose to extend your trip with 4 nights in Bucharest & Brasov or 3 nights in Istanbul pre-cruise, and 2 nights post-cruise in Vienna.
Before discovering the histories and cultures of Egypt, extend your journey with a stop to Jordan. Follow the route of Israelites all the way to Mount Nebo where Moses surveyed the land he could not enter. See Petra, the ancient Nabatean trading city carved in stone, and marvel at the astonishing desert landscape at Wadi Rum along the route of the Israelites. Celebrate the life of Ruth as we travel through her homeland of Moab, and hear the story of Balaam unexpectedly blessing the Israelites. Experience all this with a band of pilgrims who worship, eat, learn and travel together on a journey that will change how you read the Bible.
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Visit magnificent ancient sites that reveal why Egypt was such a significant Middle Eastern power in the Bible. Central themes of this tour include: escape from slavery in Egypt, sojourn in the wilderness, and movement into the Promised Land. Hear stories of Abraham and Sarah, Joseph, Moses and Miriam, and the Israelites in the lands where biblical events happened. Relish a five-day leisurely cruise up the ancient Nile, visiting unforgettable temples and palaces. Learn how Hebrew prophets viewed Egypt, and why Jewish and early Christian communities flourished and sometimes suffered there. Taste the vibrance of modern Egypt on a tour of Cairo that includes visits to Coptic Christian and Islamic sections of Egypt’s capital. Experience all this with a band of pilgrims who worship, eat, learn, and travel together on a journey that will change how you read the Bible. On the optional pre-tour extension in Jordan, follow the route of Israelites all the way to Mount Nebo where Moses surveyed the land he could not enter. See Petra, the ancient Nabatean trading city carved in stone, and marvel at the astonishing desert landscape at Wadi Rum along the route of the Israelites. Celebrate the life of Ruth as we travel through her homeland of Moab, and hear the story of Balaam unexpectedly blessing the Israelites.
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Visit magnificent ancient sites that reveal why Egypt was such a significant Middle Eastern power in the Bible. Central themes of this tour include: escape from slavery in Egypt, sojourn in the wilderness, and movement into the Promised Land. Hear stories of Abraham and Sarah, Joseph, Moses and Miriam, and the Israelites in the lands where biblical events happened. Relish a five-day leisurely cruise up the ancient Nile, visiting unforgettable temples and palaces. Learn how Hebrew prophets viewed Egypt, and why Jewish and early Christian communities flourished and sometimes suffered there. Taste the vibrance of modern Egypt on a tour of Cairo that includes visits to Coptic Christian and Islamic sections of Egypt’s capital. Experience all this with a band of pilgrims who worship, eat, learn, and travel together on a journey that will change how you read the Bible. On the optional tour extension in Jordan, follow the route of Israelites all the way to Mount Nebo where Moses surveyed the land he could not enter. See Petra, the ancient Nabatean trading city carved in stone, and marvel at the astonishing desert landscape at Wadi Rum along the route of the Israelites. Celebrate the life of Ruth as we travel through her homeland of Moab, and hear the story of Balaam unexpectedly blessing the Israelites.
After discovering the histories and cultures of Egypt, continue your journey to Jordan. Follow the route of Israelites all the way to Mount Nebo where Moses surveyed the land he could not enter. See Petra, the ancient Nabatean trading city carved in stone, and marvel at the astonishing desert landscape at Wadi Rum along the route of the Israelites. Celebrate the life of Ruth as we travel through her homeland of Moab, and hear the story of Balaam unexpectedly blessing the Israelites. Experience all this with a band of pilgrims who worship, eat, learn and travel together on a journey that will change how you read the Bible.
