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Yes - CERN has an outreach program which does tours along with other activities. From their Visit CERN page:
CERN welcomes the general public to visit and tour its exhibitions,
experimental areas and other facilities. The admission is free. The
permanent exhibition “Universe of particles” and the Microcosm
exhibition can be visited from Monday to ...
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The answer depends on (at least) two things. Whether you want to do the 'proper' Inca trail or one of the alternatives and what time of the year you are going.
If you want to do the proper trail in high season you should book in advanced. Sometimes it is fully booked for 3 months.
I was there in October (not high season) and I stayed in Cusco for two weeks ...
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The main campus of Penn State University has an educational nuclear reactor facility, the Breazeale reactor, that offers tours to the public. As part of the tour, they take you through the reactor room where you can see the Cerenkov radiation from the uranium. The reactor itself is submerged under something like 15 feet of water, which is ample protection ...
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From the FAQ of that tour operator:
What trips may have a kitty and what is it?
On some of our Overland and Basix trips we operate a 'kitty' system
for our travellers. The kitty is a cash contribution to a central fund
and overseen by the travellers and the crew. It helps fund
accommodation, camp meals or activities for the entire group.
...
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Smugglers used to have trails across the Swiss/French border in the alps. I just checked, and indeed there is someone offering a tour:
Tour des Ruans -
On the smugglers' path between France and Switzerland
On the web, the tour organizer writes: We will explain how smugglers and customs officials played a cat and mouse game during many years, and how ...
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Here are 2 sample companies organizing these trips as a group tour:
Koridoor
Panmunjom
There are several different places to see, such as the DMZ with its fences, some tunnels and the border crossings of course. Because of the many different combination of locations that you can see in a half-day or full-day course, the prices also vary a lot, between ...
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Many "Aboriginal tours" and "Aboriginal experiences" exist but, while you will have Aborginal guides, in many cases these operations are not majority or even largely operated or owned by 'Aboriginal persons' - some care will be needed in discerning which are 'authentic' in this respect.
Mild warning: You are probably aware that the subject of the rights ...
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There's at least a couple of options, actually.
aplusnyc - they run art and architecture tours by design professionals - "a member of Guiding Architects, an international network for architectural guided tours by professionals."
Around Manhattan Official NYC Architecture Tour - "an educational around-Manhattan architecture tour, hosted by architects and ...
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GAP Adventures and Tucan Travel had a similar charge known as the "local payment," although both abolished it within the last few years.
Whether you call it a "kitty," "local payment," or some other term, the charge contributes to a petty cash fund for the staff, allowing them to make arrangements for tour expenses like accommodations or local transport. By ...
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The answer you get will depend entirely on who you ask...
If you ask the tour operator they will claim they use a Kitty system as it makes it easier to get the money to the tour operators and the passengers generally give it to them directly on day one, often in local currency or currency that can be used locally (such as US$). It also allows them to change ...
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Well a good way is to look for a site which specializes in independent reviews.
One such which specializes in accommodation and dining, is "tripadvisor".
I wasn't sure if they also covered reviews of tours but just in case I Googled for tripadvisor thedragontour and indeed they do cover it:
The Dragon Trip ... Ranked #15 of 39 tours in Shanghai
Now ...
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It's rare for tornadoes elsewhere, commercially at least.
From Wiki:
Some organized chasing efforts have also begun in the Top End of the
Northern Territory and in southeast Australia, with the
biggest successes in November and December. A handful of individuals
are also known to be chasing in other countries, including Israel,
Italy, Spain, ...
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The main Inca trail has a limit of 500 people starting on it each day. This sounds like a lot, until you realise 300 of those are porters! So it's quite hard to get it. My brother had to book months in advance.
However, there are several other trails. Salcantay is meant to be higher, less ruins but more scenic. I'm told the Lares trail goes along the ...
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I think that there are a multitude of organisations offering this. It is what old-fashioned travel agents do these days. With so many different travel resources, like travel.se, tripadvisor, airbnb, etc doing it all yourself is the adagium these days.
Just to survive city center based travel agents aim at individual package journeys.
I know at least two ...
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I've been unable to find anything that is definitively less than 20 people, but there are a few promising options.
Day trips between Boston and New York typically leave around 7 a.m. and bring you back to your starting city around anywhere between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. (that's scheduled only - do expect delays due to traffic and construction, as the entire ...
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Tasmanian Alkaloids offers (or at least used to, I can't find up to date information) a "Beyond Farm Gate Tour".
I'd suggest contacting them or the Northern Midlands Women in Agriculture Discussion Group who ran the tour, as they may have contacts for such a tour.
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The Kennedy Space Center is located just north of Cape Canaveral, and is definitely worth a visit.
The best time to visit is obviously when there is a launch occurring at Cape Canaveral. The Space Shuttles may no longer be flying, but there are still regular rocket launches (the next occurring in just over a day!), however it's still worth going at any ...
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A two-year tour of World Heritage sites (962 places) is now available, offered by a British luxury company. By the way, it costs about 1 million pounds. It claims to cover all the sites if they are safely accessible.
The Daily Mail lists some of the stops.
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Aｓ many companies have, there is rarely a possibility to see the inside of a plant, but only to see a kind of exhibition, but stocked only with marketing material made for school tours etc.
Currently, nuclear power is the most sensitive and emotional topic in Japan and there are many movements against it. You can actually find a lot of organized tours ...
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I would recommend Intrepid Travel. They do both urban and nature small group tours. While they don't focus 100% on under-30 travelers, that's their target group. I don't know of any company that does good singles-only group travel. There are a number of woman-only room sharing companies but that doesn't sound like what you were looking for.
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Choose Irkutsk as home base. Travel to Olkhon island and rent a boat from there (cheaper) and/or join some group for a day boat trip. Using a boat to go from the west to the east coast is more exciting and quicker, but not cheaper. Public hydrofoil goes on every Monday in July and August. Departure Olkhon (Khuzir village) at 5pm; arrives Ust-Barguzin three ...
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You can take the Seoul City Night Tour. This is a non expensive city tour that departs at 8pm all days except mondays and city holidays. The problem is that you won't see all main city sightseeing, but it will give you an idea of the city.
If you are looking for something more interesting (and expensive) a friend was very happy with the night tour of I love ...
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Yes, website that reference those codes do exist. CouponsHelper is an example.
Better than referring to a website, I suggest installing the CouponsHelper extension if you use Firefox as your web browser.
Basically, every time you come across a website that has coupon number entry, a prompt appears on the top of the browser with known working coupon numbers ...
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Expedia actually has tours on their site, occasionally.
In this instance, it appears as though they have one for Cologne.
However, it's only on Fridays, and the English one is at 4.30pm, and runs for 1.5 hours.
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When to go? Paris can be visited during the whole year. If you plan to go there on a school trip, you may have other constraints, such as e.g. the school calendar. Thus, go there whenever it suits you best. I remember when I was young, people in my school went to paris in Spring (March-April) on educational trips.
How to go? This heavily depends on where ...
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It's not a tour per se, but Open House NYC is an annual event during which tons of sites of architectural and historic interest all over NY open their doors for tours, events, lectures, or simple visits. They also hold other events on occasion throughout the year, such as an architectural boat tour around Manhattan.
This years Open House is scheduled for ...
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There are loads of tour companies that accommodate single travellers. I find it best to read up about the tour company before hand, some companies have a reputation for being all about partying and not about sight seeing and some, the opposite.
With any review make sure it's recent and for the same region as your going to. For example, a Contiki America ...
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What I found at Wadi Rum was that since it's a protected area where only the Bedouin can live, the only way in is to sign on to one of the tours. Most of these camps and tours are owned and organised by the Bedouins themselves. Prices are very standardised because it's regulated by the government, and since the only way in is a tour, you might as well book ...
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After a quick look at the Pentagon website (http://www.pfpa.mil/visit/access.html), it appears that non US citizens might need to obtain an alien registration card and a social security card, and will need to be escorted during the tour.
However, the language is rather vague and I am not sure what the exact requirements are in order to book a tour. I ...
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Yes, You will be able to find someone. You must contact the local authorities first for permission and they will be able to help you. If you are planning for any tour or traveling somewhere you can take idea from traveling site like koshertravelers site. It will give you good deals about traveling.
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