Tours
Stretch ‘N’ Stir (yoga and cooking)
Four-day/three-night, women-only trip in the Bobbie Burns Mountains, western CANADA, Aug. 23-26, 2012. Highlights: Daily yoga lesson/helicopter into mountains with guide for hiking/cooking class/lodge with spa. Land, $2,615. Single supp., $300.
Tuscany And Cinque Terre
Eight-day/seven- night culinary tour in ITALY. Departures through Oct. 20, 2012. Highlights: In Florence, dine on the Arno; visit the Uffizi, “David” and an art-restorer’s workshop/Carrara marble quarry/walk or take train through the Cinque Terre villages/in Lucca, pasta class; wine and olive oil tasting.
Dazzling Dubai & Bangkok
Nine days/eight nights. Departures through Nov. 8, 2012. Highlights: In Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, Bastakiya district; ski in the Mall of the Emirates/in Bangkok, THAILAND, 700-year-old Golden Buddha at Wat Trimitr/boat in the klongs (canals)/Damnoen Saduak floating market. From Los Angeles, from $2,389.
Precious Journeys Belize
Seven days/six nights. Departures July 1-Nov. 30, 2012. Highlights: Visit Mayan ruins with an archaeologist/swim into Actun Tunichil Muknal Cave/ride on horseback to Xunantunich/3,000 Mayan structures at Tikal/snorkel coral reef off St. George’s Caye/canoe in Barton Creek Cave. Land, from $5,840. Single supp., $2,160.
A Snapshot On Europe
12-day/11-night tour of seven countries, with advice from a professional photographer, Aug. 8-19, 2012.
Egypt Adventure
Eight days/eight nights. Departures through Sept. 30. Highlights: In Cairo, Egyptian Museum, Coptic Cairo/ride camels at the pyramids/in Aswan, Philae Temple/temples of Ramses II at Abu Simbel/Edfu/Kom Ombo/Valley of the Kings/Karnak/Luxor. Land, from $1,895. Single supp., $387.
Scotland, Orkneys & Highlands
Eight days/seven nights. Highlights: Edinburgh/Inverness/Dunrobin Castle/Caithness/Orkney/Neolithic Ring of Brodgar, Stones of Stenness/Tomb of Maeshowe/Skara Brae/Kirkwall/Scapa Flow. Land, from $2,886. Single supp., $1,295. Kensington Tours (Wilmington, DE; 888/903-2001, www.kensingtontours.com).
General Tours Discount Worldwide
$600-per-couple discount on any of 70 tours, if paid in full by Aug. 31, 2012. May be combined with other discounts. Examples (price is per person before discount) — “Across the Andes,” 10 days/nine nights, from $5,499. “From Japan’s Inland Sea to the Alps,” 11 days/10 nights, from $4,799.
Cascades & Carnivores
11 days/nine nights. Highlights: From Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, fly to Victoria Falls, ZIMBABWE/rainforest walk, sunset river cruise/game drives in Chobe National Park, BOTSWANA/in the Linyati Delta, view elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, antelopes, zebras. With air from New York or Washington DC, from $6,599.
Balkan Mosaic
14 days/13 nights or 20 days/19 nights, departing May 25 & Sept. 14, 2012.
Historic Quebec — La Belle Province
Seven-day/six-night cycling tour, easy to moderate pace (mostly flat; 25-45 miles per day), in CANADA, departing July 29 & Aug. 5, 2012. Highlights: Cycle along the Ile d’Orleans (Orleans River)/ferry on St. Lawrence River from Quebec City to Chaudiere-Appalaches/apple wine tasting at La Pomme St.
Ireland Hike & Bike Adventure
Eight days/seven nights. “Moderate” level (7½-10 miles’ walking on each of two days plus one day of cycling 12 miles). Highlights: Walk from Glenbeigh to Kerry Bog Village Museum/coastal Kerry Way/cycle in Killarney National Park/15th-century Muckross Abbey/boat trip on the three Lakes of Killarney/Ross Castle.
Japan Unmasked
14 days/13 nights. Highlights: Tokyo/snow monkeys at Yudanaka Onsen, Nagano/Zenko-ji temple/Ukiyo-e (woodblock) Museum in Matsumoto/Hida No Sato Folk Village/Hiroshima/art galleries in Kurashiki/Kyoto/Yokohama. Land, $2,800. No single accommodation available.
Mayan Triangle
Nine-day/eight-night tour of Mayan areas. Highlights: In GUATEMALA, colonial city of Antigua/Chichicastenango market/Lake Atitlán/Mayan ruins in Copan, HONDURAS/Mayan city of Joya de Cerén in EL SALVADOR/in San Salvador, Devil’s Door, National Palace, handcraft market/beaches on the Costa del Sol.
Slow Food: From Truffles To Tuscans
Eight-day/seven-night gastronomic tour in ITALY, Oct. 30-Nov. 6, 2012.
The Last Refuge
Eight-day/seven-night tour. Highlights: From Johannesburg, South Africa, fly to Maun, BOTSWANA/lions, leopards, hyenas and wild dogs in Okavango Delta/in Livingstone, ZAMBIA, tour Victoria Falls. Land, $6,795 (low season) to $9,795. Internal air, from $744. Single supp., $1,575-$3,275. African Travel, Inc.
Ecuador & Galápagos
Eight-day/seven-night women-only tour includes four nights aboard M/V Santa Cruz; departures June 16 & Sept. 22, 2012.
Follow The Path Of Paul The Apostle
Nine-day/eight-night cruise-tour aboard 110-passenger SeaDream II, June 30-July 8, 2012. Highlights: In Pergamum, TURKEY, Temple of Trajan/Ephesus, where Paul preached/Myra, where St. Nicholas lived/Rhodes, GREECE, home to Paul/Hydra.