For more than a century Field Museum scientists have conducted field work around the world. Field Museum Tours continues this tradition by offering our members scientific study tours that visit exciting, exotic, and remote areas of the world. Share the thrill of discovery with distinguished Field Museum curators, educators, and special guest lecturers. Hundreds of proposals are reviewed every year in order to develop a handful of exceptional programs. We invite you to review our travel opportunities, compare Field Museum Tours quality and value, and then join us for an incredible journey! Field Museum Tours at a Glance: Egyptian Odyssey January 10-24, 2009 (15 days) Leader: Richard Lobban Explore the world of the ancient pharaohs by land and riverboat: the famed Pyramids of Giza, The Egyptian Museum, Valleys of the Kings and Queens, Karnak, Temples of Khnum, Horus, and Isis, and Abu Simbel's three colossi of Ramesses II. Enjoy 5-star accommodations throughout. Comments from past Egyptian Odyssey participants: "Our lectures and leaders were outstanding." "Meeting with different archaeologists at their excavations was terrific." "I wouldn't change a thing." More Information: Download and print a brochure with detailed information about this trip. Egyptian Odyssey file size=.7 mb *This is an Adobe Acrobat file, in order to view this file you will need the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader, available as a free download from adobe.com The Remote Capitals of the Ancient Maya January 16–31, 2009 (16 Days) Field Museum Leaders: Gary Feinman and Linda Nicholas Our itinerary includes what are arguably the seven greatest sites that the Maya ever developed in the lowland rainforest: Copán, Quiriguá, Tikal, Yaxchilán, Bonampak, Palenque, and Yaxha. These are some of the finest archaeological sites found anywhere and, indeed, four them have been designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The sites that have not yet been designated as World Heritage Sites may actually offer some of the greatest highlights: arriving at Yaxchilán by small riverboat; walking into Bonampak, which has the greatest Maya murals ever found; and seeing rarely visited Yaxha, which still lies under the jungle canopy. More Information: Download and print a brochure with detailed information about this trip (PDF format). The Remote Capitals of the Ancient Maya file size=0.4 mb *This is an Adobe Acrobat file, in order to view this file you will need the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader, available as a free download from adobe.com The Route to Distant Islands February 28-March 23, 2009 (24 Days) Field Museum Leader: Dave Willard Join Field Museum ornithologist David Willard for a southern hemisphere's summer journey aboard the luxurious ship Corinthian II on a route from Cape to Cape, continent to continent, the most southerly point in South America to the most southerly point in Africa. Occasionally, racing yachts try elements of this course, which was partially explored by James Cook in the 1770s. This voyage encompasses the sub-Antarctic islands of the Falklands, South Georgia and the most remote inhabited island on Earth, the fishing settlement of Tristan da Cunha. A night in Buenos Aires will be travelers' last experience of the urban world for 20 days, until disembarkation in Cape Town. Rugged, rocky, windswept islands, crowned by tussock grasses and ice-capped peaks, are the congregation points for thousands of penguins, albatross, shearwaters and prions, making them a bird-watcher's paradise, while whales surface from the deep all along our route. More Information: Download and print a brochure with detailed information about this trip (PDF format). The Route to Distant Islands file size=1.0 mb *This is an Adobe Acrobat file, in order to view this file you will need the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader, available as a free download from adobe.com South Africa by Sea March 19-April 3, 2009 (16 days) Field Museum Leader: Chapurukha (Chap) Kusimba, curator of African Anthropology South Africa is as wildly beautiful as anywhere in the world. At once extremely young and inconceivably old, the first species of Homo sapiens lived there around two million years ago, but it is merely fifteen years since the fall of apartheid and the beginning of the country’s exciting renaissance. It is our pleasure to invite you on a cruise aboard the luxurious 57-cabin Corinthian II along South Africa’s dramatic coast. The ever-changing coastal landscape is magnificent: desolate karoo grass flats, towering cliffs, lush forests, bright wild flowers, mountains, and river valleys. The wildlife exceeds the imagination, with leopards chasing jackals, herds of buffalo making their way across the plains, and giraffes chewing on the tops of acacia trees. The inhabitants are diverse, too. During the spice trade, various peoples settled along the coastal migration routes: Xhosa, Zulu, and Sotho tribes, European settlers, Indians, and others. Your voyage begins in South Africa’s oldest city, Cape Town, regarded as one of the most beautiful cities in the world owing to its stunning combination of mountains and coast. Explore Stellenbosch’s wine country, and bold Cape Peninsula, and then cruise east as far as Richards Bay. Visit several renowned wilderness parks, including the Addo Elephant National Park; the private Kariega Game Reserve, with its abundant wildlife and marvelous setting; and the expansive thorn tree woodland of Hluhluwe-Umfolozi National Park, home to rare black rhinos. Admire the renowned Garden Route, one of Africa’s most beautiful coastal landscapes, and explore the urban dimension of the country as well, including Port Elizabeth, East London, and the colorful, cosmopolitan, polyglot city of Durban. More Information: Download and print a brochure with detailed information about this trip (PDF format). South Africa by Sea file size=1.4 mb *This is an Adobe Acrobat file, in order to view this file you will need the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader, available as a free download from adobe.com Continue >>