January 31, 2010
Dear
Travelers,
We
are
expanding! Many of you may know that Pima Community
College
of Tucson, Arizona, has drastically reduced
their
travel program. For many years, this
program has been a leading resource for those who have an interest in
learning
about the cultural and natural history of the southwest.
Fiesta Tours
has worked with the college since the inception of the travel program. We are disappointed to see their study tour
& hiking programs reduced. However, many people have asked us if we
would
combine some of the finest tours formerly offered by PCC into our
program. We think it is a great idea. These
tours fit
well with our existing program, and we will begin offering the best
tours of
John Dell, Helena Kummerli, and Tallia Cahoon during the 2010 season in
addition to our regular international program.
We are honored to be working with them.
These
individuals are experts on travel locally and in the region. John
Dell, a hiker and mountain climber throughout the west, and a
retired
ranger with the US Forest Service, focuses on educational hikes and
field trips
to National Parks and Monuments. Helena
Kummerli, a world traveler and experienced guide, shares her
extensive
knowledge of Southwest cultural history and archaeology.
Tallia
Cahoon, born and raised in the mining camp of Ruby, Arizona, will
conduct personalized tours
there, as well as to Kartchner Caverns and other local areas.
Day
trips
and hikes focus on local historical places, museums, arboretums, ghost
towns,
mining camps, and the many opportunities to learn about the rich
natural
environment of Southern Arizona with
its
unique desert and sky island ecology.
Extended overnight tours will provide the opportunity to explore
more
distant environs including ancient archaeological sites such as Chaco,
Canyon
de Chelly, and Mesa Verde, Southern Utah National Parks and Monuments,
Death
Valley, Lake Powell,
and the north rim of the Grand Canyon.
Fiesta Tours International, owned and operated by Cathy and Marshall Giesy of Tubac,
Arizona, has been
offering special small group tours with destinations in Mexico, Central and South America, providing participants with high
quality adventures and
very personal travel experiences since 1985, and will continue to offer
their
fine program of International Tours.
We
plan to
send out an “e-newsletter” about
every six weeks to provide an update of our tour listings and
activities.
Please send us an email if you would like to be included -
fiestatoursint@gmail.com ,
or give
us a call at 520 398 9705 for further information.
If
you know
of someone who might be interested in these travel opportunities,
please send
us their contact information.
We
look
forward to an exciting new year!
Cathy
and
Marshall Giesy