Caravan-Serai Tours Inc.

Press Release

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Tour one of National Geographic Traveler's Top 50 Tours!

Caravan-Serai Tours is again recognized by National Geographic Traveler Magazine for our tour to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Every year the magazine lists its favorite tours, and Caravan-Serai has previously been recognized for our tour to Yemen. This year our ground breaking tours to Saudi Arabia get the recognition. On May 5th the May/June issue of the National Geographic Traveler will hit the stands, and our tour will be highlighted.

The tours on this year's list are organized into three categories-active, classic, and cultural-and include 47 tour listings, plus in-depth features on an alternative route to Peru's iconic Machu Picchu, a tour of Old Bavaria, a self-guided ramble through Newfoundland. You won't find any $50,000 round-the-world by private jet tours on this year's list. On the other hand, many of our tours don't necessarily qualify as "cheap." But every tour, whatever its price tag, offers small-group, thoughtfully crafted experiences that are eco- and culturally sensitive, provide uncommon access, and foster interaction with the locals.

"Every year, the editorial team combs the world to find the most authentic, most innovative, most immersive, best-guided, and most sustainable tours," notes senior editor Norie Quintos. "This year, we wanted to make sure that the trips we picked were also a great value, given the economic climate. What we found is that there is no better time to go on a guided tour than now as the traditional savings offered by an outfitter being able to negotiate better rates on a trip's components is magnified by cheaper airfares, a strengthened dollar, and more discounts, freebies, and extras."

Caravan-Serai Tours is a Seattle based tour company that specializes in the Middle East and North Africa. Our staff have all lived, worked, and traveled extensively in the region, so we really know our destinations like no one else. In the years past, the owner of the company, Rita Zawaideh has been recognized by another leading travel magazine - Conde Nast traveler, as a Top Travel Specialist for the countries of Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Tunisia. We are very pleased to add the recognition from the National Geographic Traveler to our list of accolades. It means a great deal to have our work recognized for the quality of experiences our clients receive when they travel on one of our tours.

For more information on Caravan-Serai Tours, please contact us at 800-451-8097 or 206-545-7300, or by email at info@caravan-serai.com. Our website is www.caravan-serai.com.