Tours

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).

10 days/9 nights, Nov. 2-11, 2013. Highlights: Daily yoga and meditation sessions/Pura Luhur Uluwatu temple/legong dance show at Ubud Palace/cycle through Ubud rice paddies/Don Antonio Blanco Museum/walk through rainforest and swim under Les Waterfall/West Bali National Park/snorkel at Menjangan Island/Ulun Danu Temple. Land, $1,995. Single supp., $650. Sacred Earth Journeys, Ltd. (Burnaby, BC, Canada; 877/874-7922).

9 days/8 nights. Highlights: Sunrise at Angkor Wat/Banteay Srei temple/Siem Reap/boat on Tonle Sap Lake/Mechrey ecotourism community/Angkor Thom/pre-Angkor-era temples/Phnom Penh/Toul Sleng prison museum/Killing Fields Museum/limestone caves at Kampong Trach/in Kep, jungle trek through Bokor National Park. Land, from $2,555. Horizon & Co. (Wilmington, DE; 800/387-2977).

14 days/13 nights, October 2013 through April 2014 (best time to go is February-April). Highlights: Mumbai/cave temples on Elephanta Island/wine tasting at Sula Vineyards/champagne at Chateau Indage/Bangalore, the Garden City/rickshaw tour of Old Delhi/Amber Fort in Jaipur/puja blessing by a Brahmin priest/in Agra, visit the Taj Mahal at sunrise. Land and internal air, $10,164. Geringer Global Travel (Westport, CT; 877/255-7438). 

20 days/19 nights, Aug. 20-Sept. 8, 2013. Highlights: Ankara, Turkey/Hittite site of Hattusa/carved rock reliefs in Yazilikaya/Greek Orthodox Monastery, Sümela/Mongol monuments in Erzurum/Batumi on Georgia’s coast/Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park/Gori, Stalin’s hometown. Land, $6,995. Single supp., $1,195. MIR Corporation (Seattle, WA; 800/424-7289).

8-day/7-night tour in ITALY, Oct. 5-12, 2013. Highlights: Cooking class in Ortigia (Syracuse)/Modicano Chocolate tasting/visit an herb farm/rock-cut tombs in the Necropolis Pantalica/taste olive oil, honey and preserves at Pantalica Ranch/Taormina/explore Mt. Etna with a volcanologist/wine tasting on Mt. Etna. Land, £2,495 (near $3,876). Single supp., £400 ($621). Peter Sommer Travel, Ltd. (Monmouth, UK; phone +44 [0] 1600 888 220 or, in the US & Canada, 855/443-3027).

10 days/8 nights, Sept. 3-15, 2013. Highlights: Athlone/High Crosses at Clonmacnoise monastery/Galway/Connemara Marble Factory/Kylemore Abbey/Yeat’s grave at Drumcliffe/Sligo/hills of Donegal/Glencolmcille Folk Village/Glenveagh Castle/in Northern Ireland, Derry, 2013 City of Culture/Giant’s Causeway/Belfast/Titanic Visitor Center/back to Dublin. Land, $2,800. Single supp., $300. Martha’s Travel Corner (Yorkville, IL; 815/712-9048). 

7 days / 6 nights, departing September 2013 and June & September 2014. Highlights: London / Stonehenge / in Cornwall, Port Isaac, where “Doc Martin” is filmed / island of St. Michael’s Mount / Land’s End / see a show at the Minack Theatre, Penzance / Truro / The Eden Project / in Devon, Exeter. Land, $1,365. Single supp., $350. Dacey’s Tours LLC (St. Paul, MN; 651/484-4689).

11- or 15-day cruise aboard Tip Top IV. Highlights: From Quito, ECUADOR, fly to Baltra Island/North Seymour, home to blue-footed boobies, frigate birds/tide-pooling on Santiago/marine iguanas on Fernandina/green sea turtles on Floreana/on Santa Cruz, Charles Darwin Research Station/Española, home to albatross, boobies. 11-day land/cruise, $5,500, or 15 days, $6,300. Galápagos Travel (Aptos, CA; 800/969-9014).