February 2011

14-day/13-night cruise-tour of CHILE and ARGENTINA. Highlights: Tour of Santiago/Magellanic penguins at Seno Otway (October-March)/Torres del Paine National Park/hike to Salto Grand waterfall/catamaran Lago Grey/look for Patagonian foxes, flamingos/embark ship in Punta Arenas/elephant seals in Ainsworth Bay/Pia Glacier/Cape Horn National Park/disembark in Ushuaia/hike Moreno Glacier/fly to Buenos Aires. Land and cruise, $6,595-$8,295. Single supp., from $2,000. Internal air, $1,100.

13 days/11 nights. Highlights: Fly to Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, then to Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve/game drives for the Big Five/in MOZAMBIQUE, stay in beach resorts in Pembo and on Matemo Island and Medjumbe Island. With air from New York or Washington DC, from $7,299. Single supp., from $1,640.

Lion World Tours (33 Kern Rd., Toronto, ON, M3B 1S9, Canada; 800/387-2706).

Ten days/seven nights includes four-night Nile cruise. Highlights: In Cairo, Sphinx, Pyramids at Giza, mummies at the Egyptian Museum/cruise the Nile and visit Luxor, Karnak, the Valley of the Kings, Kom Ombo. Land/cruise, from $2,395 (Deluxe) to $4,395 (Luxury). Single supp., $875-$1,895. Internal air, $225.

African Travel, Inc. (Glendale, CA; 800/421-8907).

11-day/10-night tour includes four-night Yangtze cruise. Highlights: In Beijing, Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City/Great Wall/hutong tour by rickshaw/embark cruise ship in Yichang/Three Gorges/sampan excursions to see hanging coffins, minority villages/in Shanghai, the Bund, Yu Yuan Gardens, Children’s Palace. Land plus cruise, $1,699-$2,099. Single supp., add 50%.

Value World Tours (Fountain Valley, CA; 800/795-1633).

13 days/12 nights, Oct. 9-21, 2011. Highlights: Mosaics, ancient sculpture, Berber jewelry in the Citadel in Tripoli/Roman city of Leptis Magna/caravan city of Ghadames/Hellenic Cyrenaica/50 Byzantine floor mosaics in Qasr Libya/Cyrene/Apollonia. Land, $4,980. Single supp., $1,210.

Distant Horizons (Long Beach, CA; 800/333-1240).

15-day/14-night tour of Umbria, ITALY, July 27-Aug. 10, includes 30 hours’ art instruction from Carol Duchamp in watercolor, fluid acrylic, image transfer and collage. Highlights: Paint in a former chapel of a monastery, now La Romita School of Art/visit Todi, Spoleto, San Gemini, Narni, Assisi. Land, $3,495. Single supp., $400.

Art Trek (Bolinas, CA; 415/868-9558).

12 days/12 nights, Sept. 18-30. Highlights: Champagne tasting, vineyard visits/Domrémy, where Joan of Arc was born/Nancy, center of Art Nouveau/Château Lunéville/Underground Citadelle and battlefield at Verdun/Château Chantilly. Land, $3,895. Single supp., $450.

Intimate France (Oakland, CA; 800/676-1247).

11 days/10 nights, July 3-13, 2011. Highlights: In SCOTLAND, Glasgow city tour/coastal Oban/Glencoe and Fort William in the Highlands/in Stirling, Bannockburn battlefield/Edinburgh Castle/fly to Dublin, IRELAND, for Dublin Trinity College, Book of Kells/Kilkenny/Blarney Woollen Mills/Dingle Peninsula/Cliffs of Moher. Land, $2,579. Single supp., $325.

David McGuffin’s Exploring Europe (Middleburg, FL; 800/570-1351).

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