Road Scholar

Highlights

• Groom, saddle and feed your horse all week as you experience a special relationship with your new friend and develop your equine behavior knowledge
• Depending on your skill, learn the basics of Western Riding, from tack and groundwork and neck reining, to English riding style and bareback lessons
• Enjoy Cowboy life with Dutch oven meals, a barn dance and a farrier demonstration with your new horse and human friends

Highlights

• Enjoy daily hikes with a Hike Master on mountain trails in preparation for a full-day summit of Mount Monadnock
• Learn about the history of Mount Monadnock and its environs with a naturalist who unwraps the mountain to reveal its geological make-up
• Begin each day with yoga instruction to stretch the muscles for today's hike
• In the evening enjoy presentations about the folklore, stories music and art that the mountain has inspired

Highlights

• Join independent theater producer, director and award-winning playwright Giles Ramsay for unique insights into the Festival, and attend four performances with Giles at the Edinburgh International and Fringe Festivals.
• Hear "What's Hot and What's Not at the Festivals" by a leading Scottish arts critic and journalist.
• Enjoy a farewell tasting of Scottish food and whisky in a beautiful, traditional Scottish venue.

Highlights

• Explore some of the world’s finest art galleries over two continents, from New York City to London
• Voyage across the Atlantic aboard the elegant Queen Mary 2, enjoying a lecture series that illuminates the world of modern and contemporary art
• Learn about architecture as you float up the iconic River Thames to the Tate Britain by riverboat

Highlights

• Explore ancient ruins at Chaco Culture National Historical Park
• Visit historically significant sites across the southwest, from Hubbell Trading Post on the Navajo Nation, to Fred Harvey’s historic La Posada Hotel
• Learn about archaeology and ethnology at the School for Advanced Research (SAR), and visit the vaults of the Indian Arts Research Center — a Road Scholar exclusive experience

Highlights

• Hear real-life stories directly from those involved in covert operations, among them: the first CIA female officer in Moscow, a former jihadist and the CIA’s top-ranked female Arabist
• Discuss topics like recent terrorist attacks and counter-intelligence during daily lectures with experts and historians
• Enjoy a “spy-spotting” walk around Washington, D
• C
• with our resident experts providing insight

Highlights

• Hike the famed Inca Trail from Pisacucho to Machu Picchu
• Experience the “Lost City of the Incas” through an on-site lecture or an optional hike to the summit of Wayna Picchu
• Learn about the remarkable Incan agriculture system in the Sacred Valley

Highlights

• Journey by boat to Bird Shoal, the sandy, uninhabited barrier island and best place to see the rare species of plovers skirting the waves
• Explore the last remnants of rare maritime southern pine forests and the shrubby, bog-like pocosins habitats with birding forays with our ornithology experts
• Learn more about the birds of prey with a demonstration from a raptor rehabilitator