See people frozen in time

Cruise to the frozen North to see coastal fiords, glaciers, Arctic wildflowers, polar bears and whales on a 15-day Audubon Society voyage to the west coast of Greenland and Canada’s Baffin Island. The Aug. 24 journey begins with one night in Ottawa, Canada. After a chartered flight the next day, passengers embark on the 330-foot expedition ship the Clipper Adventurer in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland.

The ship will cruise the fiords and view the glaciers of Greenland, stopping when conditions permit so that passengers can travel by Zodiac landing craft to fishing and hunting villages along the coast.

“Greenland and Baffin Island hold many arctic birds and interesting wildlife,” said Kelly F. Connaughton of the Massachusetts Audubon Society. But the trip has elements of interest to more than bird lovers.

“We are going to visit the mummies discovered in 1972, so there’s an archeological piece to it,” she said, referring to the ice mummies found in the village of Qilakitsoq in Greenland. The 122-passenger ship will cruise the coast of Baffin Island, the Inuit nation of Nunavut and will visit local villages.

Passengers disembark in Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, and fly to Ottawa for the last night of the tour.

Cost: $7,960 ($3,205 single surcharge), including hotel and ship accommodations, meals, charter flights, sightseeing, guides, transfers, port charges and gratuities. Airfare from Los Angeles is not included.

Contact: The Massachusetts Audubon Society; (800) 289-9504; www.massaudubon.org/NH_Travel.

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WYOMING AND MONTANA

Take a bus to the bears

HIT the road for Yellowstone National Park and Jackson Hole, Wyo., on a 10-day bus tour that also stops in Las Vegas and Primm, Nev., and Provo and Salt Lake City, Utah.

The June 12 tour will include two nights in West Yellowstone where the group will visit Yellowstone Bear World, an enclosed habitat that is home to grizzly and black bears, elk, wolves and reindeer. They will also travel the loop around the park. The group tours the National Museum of Wildlife Art during its two-night stay in Jackson Hole and takes a scenic float trip on the Snake River in the shadow of the Teton mountain range.

Cost: $1,005 ($500 single surcharge), including ground transportation, accommodations, some meals, tour guides and admissions.

Contact: Main Street Tours, Torrance; (800) 300-6246; www.mainstreettours.com.

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ENGLAND

Flora, festivals and fine arts

WANDER the Cotswolds on a 10-day garden and sightseeing tour that begins July 22.

The tour will visit London museums, including the Tate Britain, the National Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum.

In the countryside, participants will visit many gardens, including Hidcote Manor and Kiftsgate Gardens, both near Chipping Campden and Sudeley Castle near Cheltenham.

The tour is timed to include a visit to the International Festival of Gardens at the Westonbirt Arboretum in Tetbury, the Gloucester Cathedral Flower Show in Gloucester and one evening at the Longborough Festival Opera in Longborough.

On the way back to London, the group will tour Blenheim Palace near Oxford and Waddesdon Manor in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. The travelers will spend their last day exploring the different neighborhoods of London.

Cost: $3,575 per person, double occupancy ($1,250 single surcharge), including accommodations, ground transportation, some meals, opera tickets and admissions. Airfare from Los Angeles is not included.

Contact: Celia’s Getaways, Westminster; (714) 901-3510.

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EAST COAST

Whole-family history tour

EXPERIENCE American history on an eight-day family bus tour of Washington, D.C., and points of interest from Mount Vernon, Va., to Philadelphia.

The guided trip, which begins July 16, tours the White House, the U.S. Capitol and the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials, among other highlights. The group will visit Mount Vernon and Williamsburg, Va., and follow Civil War Gen. Robert E. Lee’s route into Pennsylvania to the battlefield of Gettysburg, followed by a tour of the chocolate factory and amusement park in Hershey, Pa.

On the way to Philadelphia, the tour will stop in Amish country to view life on a farm. The tour ends in Washington, D.C.

Cost: $1,884 per adult, double occupancy ($590 single surcharge), children 5 to 12 are $1,232 ($1,668 with one adult), children 13 to 17 are $1,254 ($1,661 with one adult). The trip includes ground transportation, accommodations, most meals and a tour guide. Airfare from Los Angeles is not included.

Contact: AAA Travel; (888) 874-7222, www.aaa.com/family.

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