McTavish Travel 905.827.1100 Hopedale Mall, 1515 Rebecca St., Oakville travel@mctavishtravel.com OR visit www.mctavishtravel.com Ont Reg No 143798 5 Discover your new favourite destination! FAMILY CRUISETOURS After a popular debut in 2010, Princess Cruises is once again offering special Alaska cruisetours just for families in 2011. These unique tours incorporate a variety of features not usually included in a cruisetour package, such as the opportunity to learn about dog mushing at the Iditarod Headquarters, pan for gold, take an interactive tour of Denali National Park and enjoy a fun campfire experience. The 12-night family cruisetours include a 7-night Voyage of the Glaciers cruise plus a 5-night land tour. The land segment also features such family friendly extras as daily breakfasts, a visit to the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Centre and a dinner theatre performance. At sea, families can also take advantage of Princess many onboard programs especially for children, including a special Junior Ranger program in Glacier Bay National Park. Passengers can choose to sail aboard Diamond Princess or Coral Princess and the cruisetour itinerary includes stays at three of Princess own wilderness lodges one night at Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge, two nights at Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge and two nights at Fairbanks Princess Riverside Lodge. The tours are offered on 34 departures with both northbound and southbound itinerary options. Call us for additional details and special Princess fares. www. princess.com COLLETTE EXPLORATIONS Collette Vacations has launched a new brand called Explorations by Collette geared towards travellers in the 50+ age bracket who find hands-on cultural immersion an appealing component of their vacation. The small group size of 16 to 28 passengers allows a more leisurely paced tour with freedom for participants to explore on their own, discover cultures through hands-on experiences, dine at smaller local restaurants and stay in unique hotels like a villa overlooking the Alps or an eco-friendly resort at the base of the Great Barrier Reef. The unique and exotic tours range from India and Jordan to Italy and Namibia. View the tours and itineraries, priced in USD at www.explorationstouring.com. Brochures will be arriving at our office in October. Give us a call for more information.Call us for reservations!Call us for reservations 25 Thursday , Septem ber 16, 2010 O A KVILLE BEA V ER w w w .o akvillebeaver .co mBEAVER TRAILS TO BERMUDA: Mina Kelsick (right) and her niece, Nicole Kucherenko took The Oakville Beaver to Bermuda.Take along a copy of The Oakville Beaver on your next vacation and send it in for publication to Beaver Trails, The Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, ON, L6K 3S4 or e-mail to editor@oakvillebeaver.com. BEAVER TRAILS TO SINGAPORE: Ramesh, Lyndsey, Noah and Maya Sahasranam took The Oakville Beaver to the Singapore Zoo. The Sahasranam family visit ed Ramsehs family and met his niece Nithya (not shown in picture), who was adopt- ed from an orphanage in Ethiopia. Take along a copy of The Oakville Beaver on your next vacation and send it in for publication to Beaver Trails, The Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, ON, L6K 3S4 or e- mail to editor@oakville- beaver.com. BEAVER TRAILS TO ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS: Logan Clark took The Oakville Beaver with him to work on board the Caribbean Princess where he was employed as youth staff with Princess Cruiselines. Take along a copy of The Oakville Beaver on your next vaca- tion and send it in for publication to Beaver Trails, The Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, ON, L6K 3S4 or e-mail to editor@oakvillebeaver.com. BEAVER TRAILS TO HAWAII: Travis McInnis took The Oakville Beaver to the Fairmont Orchid on the Big Island of Hawaii. Take along a copy of The Oakville Beaver on your next vacation and send it in for publication to Beaver Trails, The Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, ON, L6K 3S4 or e-mail to editor@oakvillebeaver.com. BEAVER TRAILS TO THE CARIBBEAN: To celebrate Manny Tavares second from the left) 50th birthday, he and his wife Lucy (left) and his parents Anna and Moises Tavares (right) took The Oakville Beaver on a 14-day Southern Caribbean cruise.