Tours

17-day, 16-night tour, fitness level “average.” Monthly departures. Group limit, 18. Highlights: In Cape Town, Table Mountain, Albert & Victoria Waterfront/Robben Island/Cango Caves or ostrich farm in Oudtshoorn/Tsitsikamma Nat’l Park/Addo Elephant Nat’l Park/hike Valley of Desolation/horseback riding or mountain biking in LESOTHO/Royal Natal Nat’l Park/Milwane Wildlife Sanctuary in ESWATINI (Swaziland)/Kruger Nat’l Park. $2,999-$3,199 ppdo. Single supp., from $499.

6-day, 5-night, “easy” culinary and cultural tour in Québec, CANADA, July 19-24, 2020. Group limit, 12. Highlights: In Montréal, Museum of Jewish Montréal, Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, Mile End neighborhoods, Montreal Holocaust Museum, 18th-century Shearith Israel synagogue, shared meze-style dinner in Saint-Henri, tour Habitat 67 residential complex, bagel-making workshop at Fletcher’s Espace Culinaire. From $2,280 ppdo. Single supp., $425. Atlas Obscura (Brooklyn, NY; 646/961-4857, www.atlasobscura.com/trips).

7-day, 6-night “easy” bike tour in SCOTLAND, Sept. 5-11, 2020. Bike 4-6 hours (25-40 miles) a day. Group limit, 8. Highlights: Choose bike in Aviemore/bike along River Spey, tour distillery/coastal town of Findhorn/Culloden battlefield/Loch Ness/Cawdor Castle/transfer to Inverness. £1,995 ($2,460) per person, double occupancy (ppdo). Single supp., £390 ($480). Wilderness Scotland (Aviemore, Highland, Scotland, UK; phone, in US/Can., 844/885-3615, www.wildernessscotland.com).

13 days, 12 nights. Departures April, May 2020. Highlights: In Rome, Vatican Museums, Circus Maximus/ruins of Pompeii/ferry to Capri/in Assisi, Basilica of St. Francis/in Venice, Bridge of Sighs, Doge’s Palace/visit island on Lake Maggiore/Pisa/Piazza della Signoria in Florence/medieval San Gimignano. From $3,050, ppdo. Single supp., $720. Trafalgar (London, England, UK; phone, in US, 866/513-1995, www.trafalgar.com).

7-day, 6-night rail tour from Istanbul to Budapest, July 1-7, 2020. Highlights: In Istanbul, TURKEY, Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, board private train/in BULGARIA, castle ruins at Tsarevets fortress, Veliko Tarnovo/in ROMANIA, Peles¸ and Bran castles, walking tour of Sighis¸oara/in HUNGARY, Puszta horse show in Lajosmizse, Budapest. From $5,995 ppdo or from $8,895, single. Great Dane Journeys (Milton, NY; 855/702-4986, www.greatdanejourneys.com).

17-day, 16-night coach tour, June 25-July 11, 2020. Advanced-level activity. Highlights: In Ulaanbaatar, Choijin Lama Temple complex, Winter Palace complex, Gandan Monastery/Chinggis Khaan statue at River Tuul/fly to Mörön for ethnographic museum, Bronze Age deer stone monoliths/hot springs at Jargalant, Ariin Huree Monastery, ger camp at Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake/ancient capital of Karakorum/Tövkhön Khiid Monastery/Uighar Har Buh Fortress ruins/Gobi Desert. From $9,995 ppdo. Single supp., $1,400.

CORRECTION — This 9-day, 8-night tour of THAILAND (Oct. ’19, pg. 41) is offered by Grasshopper Adventures (Bangkok, Thailand; www.grasshopperadventures.com), whose correct phone number in the US is 844/874-3720.

11 days, 10 nights on 198-passenger expedition ship Ocean Endeavour, June 26-July 6, 2020. “Taste of Place” program offers onboard and onshore culinary presentations and menus of locally sourced food. Highlights: In St. John’s, Signal Hill, the Battery/L’Anse aux Meadows archaeological site/Red Bay Basque Whaling Station/hiking in Gros Morne Nat’l Park/First Nations town of Miawpukek/French island of Saint-Pierre. From $4,595 ppdo. Limited single cabins, then 1.5 x berth cost.