11 days, 10 nights, Sept. 26-Oct. 6, 2021. Group limit, 14. Highlights: Transfer from Brasilia to Cuiabá, then to Porto Jofre/explore banks of Cuiabá River, home to jaguars, storks, toucans/near Alta Floresta, ecolodge provides base for finding spider monkeys, tapirs, peccaries, anteaters. $14,990 ppdo. Single supp., $4,000. Zegrahm Expeditions (Seattle, WA; 800/628-8747, www.zegrahm.com).
15 days, 14 nights, July 25-Aug. 8, 2021. Led by photographers Barry and Cathy Beck. Group limit, 12. Luxury tented lodging. Highlights: Transfer from Nairobi, KENYA, to camp in Masai Mara Nat’l Reserve, home to zebras, cheetahs, elephants/in TANZANIA, camp in Serengeti Nat’l Park for birds, crocodiles, Great Migration/tree-climbing lions in Lake Manyara Nat’l Park/Ngoron goro Crater. $22,735 ppdo. Single supp., $13,550. Frontiers Travel (Gibsonia, PA; 800/245-1950, www.frontierstravel.com).
17-day, 15-night photography tour, June 6-22, 2021. Luxury tented camps. Highlights: Near Nairobi, elephant sanctuary at Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Giraffe Centre, Karen Blixen Museum/21 game drives, 3 per vehicle, in Maasai Mara (renowned for big cats) and Samburu game reserves and Ol Pejeta Conservancy (host to the Big Five). From New York, $9,360 ppdo; from Los Angeles, $9,660 ppdo. Single supp., $1,500. In Focus with Michele Burgess (Huntington Beach, CA; 714/536-6104, www.infocustravel.com).
14-day, 13-night nature trek in the Caribbean. Departures ongoing in 2021 except January. Highlights: In ANTIGUA, walk through steep bush, forest to old plantation buildings, identify plants with guide, Wallings Nature Reserve/fly to ST. LUCIA, home to parrots, warblers/fly to MONTSERRAT for Montserrat Volcano Observatory, ghost town of Portsmouth. $3,995 ppdo. Hike Caribbean (London, England, UK; phone +44 333 987 4694, hikecaribbean.com).
