Tours

6-day/5-night tour, Oct. 28-Nov. 2, 2009, includes pre-1905-car event. Highlights: Royal Automobile Club events/Churchill’s war bunker, Cabinet Rooms/Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Oliver,” starring Rowan Atkinson. Land only, $2,725. Single supp., $750. Steve Austin’s Automobilia & Great Vacations (Colton, OR; 800/452-8434, www.steveaustinsgreatvacations.com).

9 days/8 nights, Sept. 4-12, 2009. Highlights: Embark MV Princesse de Provence in Lyon/wine tasting in Burgundy, Beaujolais and at Châteauneuf-du-Pape/six cycle excursions, including Arles, Avignon, Vienne. From $3,467. Bike & Cruise Tours (Naples, FL; 239/431-6219, www.bikeandcruise.com).

8-day/7-night women’s hiking and cooking tour of ITALY, Oct. 17-24, 2009. Highlights: Near Assisi, hike Mount Subasio Regional Park/medieval villages near Spoleto/ancient abbey of St. Eutizio/two cooking lessons. Land only, $2,650. Single supp., $450. Active Journeys (Toronto, ON, Canada; 800/597-5594, www.activejourneys.com).

18-day/16-night tour, Sept. 11-28, 2009. Booking deadline, July 11. Highlights: Austro-Hungarian architecture in Novi Sad, SERBIA/visit artists’ studios in Belgrade/in BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA, Sarajevo’s oriental bazaar/walled town of Kotor, MONTENEGRO/CROATIA’S Dubrovnik. From New York, $5,675. Single supp., $820.

Craft World Tours (Byron, NY; 585/548-2667, www.craftworldtours.com).

15 day/13-night tour, Oct. 17-31 & Oct. 24-Nov. 7, 2009, focuses on JAPAN’S folk architecture and regional cuisine. Highlights: From Tokyo, north to Japan Sea/manor houses on Niigata Plains/Nagano temples/Takayama sake breweries/visit an indigo dyer and a ceramic artisan/Moss Garden in Kyoto. Land only, $5,285. Single supp., $800.

Journeys East (Middletown, CA; 800/527-2612, www.journeyseast.com).

10- and 14-day tours of South Island. Highlights: Day cruise, trek Abel Tasman National Park/wine tasting in Blenheim/seals in Kai­koura/on 14-day tour, add Doubtful Sound, Mt. Cook, Christchurch. Land only for 10-day tour, NZ$4,200 (near US$2,366), or 14-day tour, NZ$5,400 (US$3,043). Single supp. for both, NZ$875 (US$493). New Zealand Travellers (169 Cable Bay Rd. RD-1, Nelson, New Zealand; phone 64 3 545 2546, www.nztravellers.co.nz).

13 days/9 nights, Aug. 11-23, 2009. Highlights: Feed giraffes at Giraffe Center near Nairobi/Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage/near Mt. Kenya, see chimpanzees, elephants, rhinos, buffaloes, antelopes/in Samburu, cheetahs, leopards, zebras, gazelles/flamingos at Lake Nakuru. From Los Angeles, $4,950. Single supp., $900. Hermes Travel & Tours (Rancho Palos Verdes, CA; 310/791-5556, www.hermestoursonline.com).

15 days/14 nights, departing Aug. 29 & Oct. 28, 2009. Highlights: Cape Town/Cape Winelands/game-viewing sunset cruise/in SWAZILAND, Mkhaya Game Reserve/Sabi Sands Game Reserve. Land plus internal air, August departure (local guides), $7,940; single supp., $2,240… October departure (tour leader), $10,860; single supp. $2,400. Africa Easy (Seattle, WA; 800/617-2319, www.africaeasy.com).