Travel journal

Published Saturday October 4th, 2008

Sweepstakes

Win five wildlife trips with company

BOULDER, Colo. - A tour company is offering a sweepstakes to win a series of once-in-a-lifetime wildlife expeditions to Antarctica, the Falklands, Tanzania, the Galapagos, the Amazon and Machu Picchu and the polar-bear country of Manitoba. Natural Habitat Adventures' "Wild Wonders Sweepstakes" runs through Feb. 28. The winner gets five nature expeditions for two, including airfare, over a period of five years. Details on each trip included in the contest are at http://www.nathab.com. The company offers conservation travel to the World Wildlife Fund and has won honours for its ecotours from Travel and Leisure, National Geographic Adventure and Conde Nast Traveler.

Preservation society

Charleston's home, garden tours return

CHARLESTON, S.C. - One of the more popular tourist events in Charleston is back: the annual Fall Tours of Homes and Gardens sponsored by the Preservation Society of Charleston, continuing through Oct. 26. It's the 32nd year the tours have been showing off the interiors of Charleston's private homes, as well as gardens, churches and public buildings. Tours are held Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings as well as Sunday afternoons. Many tours sell out in advance. Tickets can be purchased through http://www.preservationsociety.org or at 843-722-4630. Tickets are $45 per person, per tour, but a $120 ticket includes Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening tours for the same weekend.

Halloween fun

Indiana mansion offers ghost tours

NEW ALBANY, Ind. - Staff members at the 19th-century Culbertson Mansion have found a spirited way to raise money for renovations - ghost tours and haunted sleepovers. Up to 13 visitors at a time can pay $100 (U.S.) each to spend the night at the mansion, a state historic site. The overnight experience - offered twice a year around Halloween - includes a candlelit dinner, tarot card readings and a scavenger hunt. Visitors also have time to explore the 1867 home and can move beyond roped-off areas typically off limits during public tours. The mansion also hosts scary storytelling, ghost tours, Christmas activities and Victorian teas as well as historical tours throughout the year. Details at http://www.in.gov/ism/StateHistoricSites/CulbertsonMansion/index.asp x

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