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6 days/5 nights from $2975 per person share twin. BONUS: Save up to $320 per person. Travel is from 1 April – 30 June 10.Package includes:

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Emirates has released special fares from NZ to the South Asian Subcontinent flying from Auckland / Wellington / Christchurch to Aahmedabad / Bangalore / Bombay / Kozhikode / Kolkata / Colombo / Kochi / Dhaka / Delhi / Shamshabad / Islamabad / Karachi / Lahore / Chennai / Male / Peshawar / Thiruvananthapuram. Travel from 1 February to 31 March 10.

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A tourism conference being held in Nepal next month will explore how to attract wealthy gay visitors as a boost to the country's fragile post-war economy. Nepal's new constitution will legalise homosexual marriage in May and Asia's only openly gay Member of Parliament, Sunil Babu Pant, who is a Communist legislator and leader of the country's gay rights movement, has launched Pink Mountain, a travel company, to offer luxury honeymoon and wedding packages. The Daily Telegraph reports that the company will offer elephant-back bridal processions, Everest base camp ceremonies and weddings in remote Tibetan enclaves in the Himalayan republic.

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Starting and ending at Kochi, this fantatic three-day tour takes in Kochi, Kumarakom and the Keralan backwaters, backwater village life, coastal Alleppey and of course, the partial eclipse over Kerala. Taking place on the second day of the tour, the sun will seem to peek out from behind the moon in a thin extended crescent shape, as if the moon had taken a big bite out of it! As the event unfolds the sky will change to a deep purple as the horizon falls into shades of orange and red.

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If the 3 day Kerala tour just doesn't sound enough, you can fit a whole holiday around the wonderful eclipse experience. In nine sun-filled days, see the eclipse and enjoy the wildlife and beauty of Kerala on this fantastic tour! In addition to the above, guests on the 9 Day Kerala tour can visit the Parsi Synagogue, Dutch Palace, St Francis Church and Fort Cochin at Kochi, the Munnar Hill Station, Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary and Kumarakom, expertly escorted by one of On the Go's excellent tour guides. From $2169 per person, departing 9th January 2010.

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 A great choice of land and flight options on offer! 3 nights from $2085 pp share twin. Prices are ex Auckland, Ex Wellington from $2058 Ex Christchurch from $2058. YOUR PACKAGE INCLUDES: 3 nights accommodation. Valid for sales to 30 Nov 09. Valid for travel commenced 1 Feb 10 & completed 31 Mar 10 (unless otherwise specified…)

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20% off the NZ$ cost of all Imaginative Traveller 'Adventurer' style group tours confirmed between 10 & 30 November 09 and departing before 31 March 2010. Top 10 Trips in this style Africa Encompassed From NZD 6846 for 60 days…

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Gecko's is offering 20% off its complete range of products during November 09, for any trip departures up to and including 31 March 10. There are new Latin America, Africa and Middle East brochures due out in the next month, so make sure you get the correct prices from the website; Gecko's Asia & China and India & Nepal prices in the brochure are correct. That will give a saving of NZ$520 on the popular 18-day Indochina Discoverer.

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Jet Airways has released updated fares to India. Fares start from NZD1750 retun ex Auckland/Wellington/Christchurch to Bombay/Delhi/Chennai/Madras. Routing options are available via Hong Kong/Kuala Lumper/Singapore.

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Active Asia has teamed up with 'Rock Your Life' to offer two Community Based Tours for 2010. Paula Watson, Active Asia's Product Manager, says the tours have been designed to allow people to do some grass roots travel, off the beaten track, and to make a difference by working amongst villages in need. Land-only Tours are as follows:

• Cambodia 8 days/7 nights, Siem Reap to Phnom Penh from NZ$2290pp twin share
• India 8 days/7 nights ex Mumbai from NZ$2850pp twin share

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