Tours

18-day, 17-night, small-ship cruise in Southwest Pacific, Sept. 10-27, 2020. Highlights: In Port Moresby, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, National Museum & Art Gallery, board Island Sky/Bonarua Island for birding, fishing & weaving demos/Dobu & Fergusson islands for three active volcanoes/in Solomon Islands, Tetepare for lowland rainforest, Nicobar pigeons, and Utupua for Zodiac ride among mangroves/Santa Cruz Islands/musicians, dancers on Vanuatu. $14,480-$40,580 ppdo (per cabin category).

14 days, 13 nights. Departures Oct.-Nov. 2020 and Jan.-April 2021. Highlights: In Sandton, Liliesleaf heritage site/visit a shebeen (house tavern) in Soweto/in Johannesburg, Apartheid Museum/three nights in Kruger Nat’l Park, with game drives to see giraffes, the Big Five/nature walk near Knysna/wine tasting in Stellenbosch, Franschhoek/Cape Town. From Sacramento, San Francisco, Reno or Spokane, $4,999 ppdo. Single supp., $700.

8-day, 7-night food & wine tour in central ITALY. Departures June 14 & 21 & Aug. 2, 2020. Highlights: Transfer from Rome to medieval town of Sulmona for tour, visit to 11th-century Roccascalegna, cooking lessons/10-course fish feast on a trabocco (fishing pier)/wine tasting in Prezza/gelato in Raiano. $3,299 per person, double occupancy (ppdo). Italian Cooking Holiday (Providence, RI; 401/516-6158, italiancooking.holiday).

8-day, 7-night photo tour in southern ITALY. Departures Oct. 4 & Nov. 29, 2020 & Jan. 31, March 28 & Oct. 31, 2021. Highlights: In Catania, Piazza Duomo Catania/villages around Mt. Etna/island of Isola Bella/in Taormina, Teatro Greco, Riviera dei Limoni/in Siracusa province, Piazza Duomo, city of Noto/Baroque towns of Modica, Ragusa. €3,150 (near $3,469) ppdo. Single supp., €500 ($551). Focus on Sicilia (Sicily, Italy; info@focusonsicilia.com, www.focusonsicilia.com).

8-day, 7-night “easy active” trip with hiking, cycling, kayaking. (Must be able to swim.) Departures May-September 2020. Highlights: Old Town Dubrovnik/kayak near Zaton Bay/catamaran to Elaphiti Islands for paddle boarding, swimming/12th-century wall in Mali Ston/bike in Mljet Nat’l Park/ferry to Korcˇula for Old Town/wine tasting in Lumbarda/island of Hvar. $4,099 ppdo. Single supp., $899. REI Adventures (Kent, WA; 800/622-2236, www.rei.com).

8-day, 7-night luxury tour of two cities. Departures April-Sept. 2020. Highlights: In St. Petersburg, private “sunset” cruise, museum at 18th-century Peter and Paul Cathedral, Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, Fabergé museum, the Hermitage, Peterhof palace, Russian nesting doll workshop/high-speed train to Moscow for Red Square, St. Basil’s Cathedral, backstage tour of Bolshoi Theatre. $5,042-$5,725 ppdo. Single supp., $1,140-$1,170. Luxury Gold Vacations (Cypress, CA; 888/862-5952, www.luxurygold.com/us).

13-day, 12-night “strenuous”-level hiking trip in northern JAPAN. Six days of hiking 2-6 hours a day. Departures Aug. 21 & Sept. 11, 2020. Highlights: In Tokyo, Sensō-ji Buddhist temple/hike to Nikko Nat’l Park/cruise Sumida River to Hamarikyu Gardens/Oze Nat’l Park/Tochiomata Hot Spring/bullet train to Dewa Sanzan for 13th-century Gyokusenji Temple/feudal town of Kakunodate/bike through Tono valley. From $4,950 ppdo. Single supp., $390. Oku Japan (Kyoto, Japan; in US, 888/683-4929, www.okujapan.com).

11 days, 10 nights. Departures June-Oct. 2020. Highlights: Windhoek/drive to Namib Desert for Namib-Naukluft Nat’l Park, red dunes at Sossusvlei/near Swakopmund, Walvis Bay Waterfront, catamaran ride/nature drive along Damaraland’s Aba-Huab River/game drives in Etosha. From £4,297 ($5,591) ppdo. Single supp., £525 ($683). Reef & Rainforest (Totnes, Devon, England, UK; phone +44 1803 866 965, reefandrainforest.co.uk).