Tours

15 days, 14 nights. Departures Dec. 2019-Aug. 2020. Highlights: From San José to Caribbean coast through Braulio Carrillo Nat’l Park/Tortuguero Nat’l Park, home to sloths, monkeys, crocodiles/chocolate tour at Tirimbina Rainforest Center/Bajos del Toro Cloudforest for orchids, birds/Manuel Antonio Nat’l Park for mangroves, iguanas/Isla de Caño, home to coral reefs, turtles. Ppdo, £3,065-£3,175 ($3,726-$3,860). Single, £3,880-£4,030 ($4,716-$4,899).

5-day, 4-night cruise in FRANCE on 202-passenger A-Rosa Viva. Through Dec. 2019. Highlights: Board in Saint-Denis/in Rouen, Christmas market, 14th-century astronomical clock/in Mantes-la-Jolie, Notre-Dame de Mantes/full day in Paris. From £579 (near $738) per person, double occupancy (ppdo). Single supp., £300. Newmarket Holidays (Cantium House, Railway Approach, Wallington, England, SM6 0BP, U.K.; phone +44 333 060 8846, www.newmarketholidays.co.uk).

8 days, 7 nights. Departures April, May, July, Sept., Oct. 2020. Highlights: Board vessel in Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS/Hoorn/in GERMANY, Old Town in Cologne/Cochem for wine tasting/Rüdesheim/12th-century cathedral in Speyer/Strasbourg, FRANCE/disembark in Basel, SWITZERLAND. $1,594-$4,500 ppdo (based on cabin, dates). $1,833-$9,000 single. Amadeus River Cruises (Burr Ridge, IL; 844/462-6727, www.amadeus-rivercruises.com).

11 days, 10 nights in CHINA. Departures through Nov. 2019. Highlights: In Beijing, Tiananmen Square, Palace Museum, Temple of Heaven/Sacred Way of the Ming Tombs/Great Wall/in Xi’an, Terracotta Army, Ancient City Wall/in Shanghai, the Bund, Shanghai Museum. From L.A., S.F., N.Y. or WA, DC, $1,679-$1,899 ppdo; land only, $1,399-$1,499 ppdo. Single supp., from $459. World Spree Travel (Bellevue, WA; 866/652-5656, www.worldspree.com).

14 days, 13 nights in MALAYSIA. Departures April, May, Aug., Oct. 2020. Group limit, 6. Highlights: From Sandakan to Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre/view wildlife from boat on Kinabatangan River/Gomantong Caves/Deramakot Forest Reserve, home to Sunda clouded leopard, varied bird species. From UK, from £3,495 (near $4,429) ppdo; land only (12 days), from £2,895 ($3,668) ppdo. Single supp., from £795 ($1,007).

18 days, 17 nights. Departures May-July, Sept., Oct. 2020. Highlights: Fly from Antananarivo to coastal town of Morondava/Tsingy de Bemaraha Nat’l Park/Kirindy Reserve, home to fossas, lemurs/“Avenue of the Baobabs”/rainforests in Ranomafana Nat’l Park/en route to Andasibe-Mantadia Nat’l Park, Peyrieras Reptile Reserve. $4,003 ppdo. Single supp., $647.

14-day, 13-night private guided tour. Highlights: Fly from Lima to Cuzco/Sacred Valley town of Urubamba/ruins of Pisac, Ollantaytambo/Machu Picchu/Sacsayhuaman/in Iquitos, La Casa de Fierro, Manatee Rescue Center/cruise Amazon on 124-foot M/V Amatista/Pacaya Samiria Nat’l Reserve, home to macaws, sloths, caimans. From $4,725 ppdo. Single supp., $2,250. Lost World Adventures (Decatur, GA; 800/999-0558, lostworld.com).

6 days, 5 nights in GERMANY, Aug. 5-10, 2020. Highlights: From Munich to Lake Chiemsee in Bavaria for Herrenchiemsee Castle/in the Alps, see Passion Play in Oberammergau/near Füssen, Neuschwanstein Castle/country manor house of Berg Castle on Lake Starnberg/King Ludwig II’s tomb at St. Michael’s Church in Berlin. $3,100 per person, double occupancy (ppdo). Single supp., $270. Historical Trips (The Clock Tower, 4 Oakridge Office Park, Whaddon, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, SP5 3HT, U.K.; in US & Canada, 888/591-0830, www.historicaltrips.com).

14-day, 13-night dance tour, May 7-20, 2020. Highlights: In Málaga, Málaga Cathedral, Picasso Museum, tapas tour, tango lesson/wine tasting in Ronda/in Cádiz, dance lesson at Peña Flamenca La Perla/Doñana National Park/in Seville, Museum of Flamenco Dance/in Córdoba, Mosque-Cathedral, flamenco workshop/olive oil tasting near Baeza/in Granada, the Alhambra, Albaicin Quarter souk, guitar workshop. $3,465 ppdo. Single supp., $795. Jim Gold International (Teaneck, NJ; 201/836-0362, www.jimgold.com).