August 2011

Nine-day/eight-night tour with stays in historic haciendas (working farms and ranches). Highlights: Quito city tour/artisan villages of Calderon and Cotocachi/visit a condor sanctuary/Otavalo market/Papallacta Hot Springs/Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve for dwarf red deer, foxes, tapirs, spectacled bears/Avenue of Volcanoes to Volcan Cotopaxi/Saquisilí market/Luna Runtun spa & resort at Volcan Tungurahua, where hiking, horseback riding, rafting and biking are included. Land, from $3,685. Single supp., $1,000.

15 days/14 nights, June 16-30, 2012. Highlights: In village of Kilomeni, join a project to construct goat pens, improve water systems and refurbish a primary school. In free time, visit Maasai village of Marwa, attend Same market day and view wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater and Tarangire Game Reserve. Land, $2,850; age 15 and under, $2,150.

Global Citizens Network (Minneapolis, MN; 800/644-9292).

Ten-day/nine-night South Island tour (hike two to six miles a day) departs Nov. 1 & 13, 2011, and Oct. 30 & Nov. 11, 2012. Highlights: Hike in Nelson Lakes National Park/market and craft shops at Golden Bay/gold-mining town of Westport/visit a cape fur seal colony/hike Fox River canyon to a limestone cave/Manuka Forest. Land, $1,995.

Wilderness Inquiry (Minneapolis, MN; 800/728-0719). 

Eight days/six nights. Highlights: In Beijing, Forbidden City, hutong tour/Ming Tombs/Great Wall/in Shanghai, 16th-century bazaar, optional Suzhou canals tour ($30). Land only, $699. $899 from L.A. or $1,229 from NY. Single supp., $199.

China Spree (Blaine, WA; 866/652-5656).

15-day/14-night tour of INDIA includes seven nights aboard RV Sukapha. Highlights: Sail from Calcutta to old Danish colonial Barrackpore/rickshaw tour in Kalna to terra-cotta temples/brass-working village of Matiari/silk weavers’ village near Jangipur/train to Delhi, fly to Agra/Taj Mahal/Jaipur. Land/cruise, $4,199. Cruise only, $2,499. Single supp., $2,499.

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

Eight-day/seven-night tour. Highlights: In Nice, FRANCE, flower market, Promenade des Anglais/in Grasse, Fragonard Parfumerie/Rothschild Villa and Gardens/in ITALY, Ventimiglia and San Remo/in MONACO, Monte Carlo Casino, Place des Armes, Oceanographic Museum. Land, from $1,399. Single supp., $500.

Collette Vacations (Pawtucket, RI; 800/340-5158).

14-day/13-night tour of WALES, April 24-May 7, 2012. Highlights: Medieval banquet in Cardiff Castle/Caerphilly Castle/Dylan Thomas’ home/St. David’s Cathedral/Snowdonia/White Lion Inn, a pub since AD 722/ride Llangollen Steam Railway/tea at Powis Castle/Tintern Abbey. Land, $4,695. Single supp., $795.

Scottish Dream Tours (Cle Elum, WA; 800/511-7803).  

Seven-day/six-night cruise on Caledonian Canal aboard eight-passenger barge Scottish Highlander. Highlights: Sail from Inverness to Banavie/play on four championship golf courses/whisky tasting at Glen Nevis. $3,590 (stateroom, low season) to $4,750 (suite, high season). Single supp., from $1,400. Golf supp. (nongolfers do not pay this), $800.

European Waterways (The Barn, Riding Court Rd., Datchet, Berkshire, SL3 9JT, U.K.; phone +44 [0] 1753 598555).

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