Tours

7-day/6-night cruise aboard the 8-passenger La Nouvelle Etoile, departing Sundays, March 23-May 4, 2014. Highlights: Amsterdam / in Zaanse Schans visit a working windmill / Aalsmeer flower auction / cheese farm in Gouda / Holland’s oldest vodka distillery/pottery works in Delft / Rotterdam / Keukenhof Gardens. Cruise, $6,540-$7,290. Single supp., $3,270-$3,645. Abercrombie & Kent (Downers Grove, IL; 888/611-4711).

 9-day / 8-night photography tour in ARGENTINA, April 5-13, 2014.  Highlights: Orca whales go to Punta Norte on Patagonia’s Atlantic coast, where, in their attempts to catch young sea lions, they actually beach themselves temporarily. Among other wildlife to see are armadillos, cavies, guanacos, grisons and Magellanic penguins. Land, $5,220. Single supp., $750. Cheesemans’ Ecology Safaris (Saratoga, CA; 800 / 527-5330).

7-day / 6-night journey on 24-passenger motor yacht Discovery. Departures 2013 and 2014. Highlights: Embark in Panama City / meet Emberá Indians in the Darien jungle / snorkel near Pearl Islands / kayak at San Telmo and Mogo Mogo / transit Panama Canal / Gatun Lake by Zodiac / monkeys, sloths, iguanas on Barro Colorado Island / Ft. San Lorenzo / Colón. $3,950 (category 1 cabin) or $3,950 (cat. 2). Single supp., $1,600 or $1,850. Mt. Travel Sobek (Emeryville, CA; 510 / 594-6000).

13 days / 12 nights, Jan. 18-28, 2014. Highlights: Little Brenthurst Garden in Johannesburg / Cape Town’s Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden with 8,000 species / chacma baboons in Cape Point Nature Reserve / Robben Island / Stellenbosch / rose garden, white garden at Vergelegen Estate / Big five in Pilanesberg National Park. From Atlanta, $5,795. Single supp., $995. Earthbound Expeditions (Bainbridge Island, WA; 800 / 723-8454).

14-day / 13-night tour of JAPAN. Highlights: In Tokyo, cruise on Sumida River / Hakone / Osaka / Todaiji Temple in Nara / tour Kyoto’s Gion and Geisha districts / craft shops, sake breweries on Takayama / Kamikochi National Park / Matsumoto Castle. Land, £1,800 (near $2,736). No single supp. InsideJapan Tours (US office in Boulder, CO; 303 / 952-0379).

7-day / 6-night tour of MALAYSIA and THAILAND aboard the Eastern & Oriental Express, Oct. 27-Nov. 2, 2013. Highlights: Embark train in Singapore, cross into Malaysia / Kuala Lumpur / tea tasting at Cameron Highlands Resort / island of Penang / in Thailand, Monkey Training Center at Surat Thani / cross the Bridge over the River Kwai / disembark in Bangkok. Land prices — state cabin, $9,200, with single supp., $4,600, or Presidential Suite, $11,800, single supp., $5,900.

19 days / 17 nights, Oct. 10-28, 2013 & April 17-May 5, 2014. Highlights: Peacock Throne, Crown Jewels in Tehran / copper-gilded, mirror-tiled tomb of Imam Reza in Mashhad / ruins of Persepolis, Pasargad / Kerman Bazaar / in Isfahan, Royal Square, Friday Mosque / Ramsar on the Caspian Sea. Land and internal air, $5,380. Single supp., $1,310. Distant Horizons (Long Beach, CA; 800 / 333-1240).

9 days / 8 nights, Oct. 8-16, 2013. Highlights: Five half-day cooking classes / Positano on the Amalfi Coast / winery tours / Chianti / Isle of Capri / Ravello / San Gimignano / Florence. Land, $3,425. Single supp., $1,120. Steve Austin’s Great Vacations (Colton, OR; 800 / 452-8434).

9 days / 8 nights. Highlights: In London, ENGLAND, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, Parliament / gardens at Hampton Court Palace / Stonehenge / Roman excavations at Bath / Stratford-upon-Avon / Llangollen, WALES / Lake District / in SCOTLAND, Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood Palace / back in England, medieval York / Cambridge. Land, from $1,329. Single supp., from $362. Sceptre Tours (Rockville Centre, NY; 800 / 221-0924).

7-day/6-night tour of KENYA. Highlights: On game drives in the Masai Mara National Reserve, view lions, hippos, wildebeests, zebras and antelopes/flamingos at Lake Nakuru/Amboseli National Park for elephants, buffaloes, cheetahs, giraffes. Land, from $2,225. Single supp., from $140. SITA World Tours (Encino, CA; 800/421-5643).