TC’s gorilla tactics

Thomas Cook Tours has launched eight new adventures to some of the most beautiful and diverse places on earth and to celebrate is offering £500 off per couple. The trips to America, Africa, Northern Italy, Canada, Australia and the exotic Latin America include a Uganda tour, offering once-in-a-lifetime encounters with gorillas, chimpanzees and tree lions.

Kathy Farahat, of  Thomas Cook Tours said: “Thomas Cook has been operating tours for over 160 years and we are always developing and adding to our already extensive programme. It’s important that we keep coming up with exciting, once in a lifetime trips, just as Mr Thomas Cook did all those years ago.”

The 11-day Gorillas of Uganda tour costs from £3,995 per person. An eight-day escorted tour of Lake Garda, The Dolomites and Venice costs from £645 per person.

A 15-day Wonder of the West Coast tour taking in San Diego, Los Angeles, Pismo Beach, San Francisco, Fresno, Las Vegas, Flagstaff and Scottsdale costs from £1,725 per person.

A 17-day Australia’s East Coast Splendours tour of Cairns, Airlie Beach, Rockhampton, Noosa, Brisbane and Sydney costs from £3,295 per person.

A 26-day Latin America: Cruising Antarctica and South America tour includes sailing from Santiago to Buenos Aires through the Chilean Fjords, the Straits of Magellan, Cape Horn and the Antarctic Sound. Price from £5,495 per person.

Other new tours include, Africa: The Magnificent Nile, Canada: Scenic Quebec by Coastal Train and Canada: Rockies and Coastal Delights. To book visit www.thomascooktours.com or call 0844 879 8018.