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In the Themed Vacations Category, you'll find many vacation ideas, such as foreign language vacations, walking tours, trekking trips, garden tours, wellness vacations, ... etc. You'll also find a directory of Alumni Travel Associations.

Worldwide hiking trail directory

Austin-Lehman Adventures offers active vacations that includes activities such as biking, hiking, horseback riding, and canoeing. They also offer distinctive inns, lodges, spas, wine tasting, and gourmet cuisines. Some of the destinations include Alaska, Montana and Wyoming Rockies, Belize, Costa Rica, Oaxaca, Mexico, Peru and Machu Picchu, and Galapagos Islands.

Butterfield & Robinson offers biking and walking journeys that's meant to immerse the traveler in the local culture. Some of the destinations include Corsica and Budapest.

Country Walkers has walking and hiking tours worldwide. Some of the destinations include Ireland, Tuscany, Bhutan, Morocco, Peru, Vermont, and Nova Scotia

The site has a directory of Garden Tour companies.

Lists ski resorts worldwide. Has user reviews.

Luxury Link sells luxury travel as an auction or at a fixed priced.

Mountain Travel Sobek provides active adventure vacations. Some of the adventures include Provence: Hiking Village to Village and Hiking Hidden Croatia.

The Shaw Guides list various options for a learning vacation, such as Cultural Travel, Language Vacations, Photography Workshops, and Tennis Camps.

Smithsonian Journeys provides educational travel programs. In addition to destinations, the tours are organized by types: land based, ocean / river cruises, train, private jet, family programs, and value-priced.

Guide to tennis resorts and camps.

The site provides a directory of specialty travel vacations such as Eco Tourism, Farm Stay & Ranching, Railway Trips, Spa, Wildlife Viewing, ... etc.

Continuing Studies at University of Wiscon-Madison Educational Travel

Well-Traveled Tours specializes in wellness tours. On its website, WTT says that it "believes in balance, harmony, moderation and fun." They offer yoga and meditation but also fine food. Hikes and other activities are planned but so are lounging and shopping. There are also cultural activities. Here's a sample itinerary for one of its tours to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico: hike, spa treatments, and a boat ride to Yelapa where there are no cars.

Tours by Alumni Travel Associations provide an opportunity to travel with a fellow alumni. Many tours have a learning component, and some are guided by a faculty member. A list of Alumni Travel Associations are provided at the bottom of this page.