Tours

11-day, 10-night rail trip with first-class Swiss Travel Pass, June 11-21 & Sept. 15-25. Group, 15-25. Highlights: Transfer from Zürich to Pontresina/Bernina Express to Poschiavo/Glacier Express to Matterhorn in Zermatt/10th-century Chillon Water Castle/Lavaux wine region for a day/Golden Pass train to Interlaken/International Museum of Watches/in Bern, Emmentaler Show Dairy/cogwheel train to Rigi Kulm/in Lucerne, Old Town and folklore show. $3,845 ppdo. Single supp., $599. Magic Switzerland (Kansas City, MO; 800/337-9477, www.magicswitzerland.com).

14-day, 13-night tour through SCOTLAND, Aug. 22-Sept. 4, 2018. “Easy hill walking.” Group limit, 12. Highlights: Food tour in Glasgow/Loch Lomond/The Jacobite steam train from Ben Nevis to Glenfinnan/ferry to Isle of Skye for Skye Museum of Island Life/Cairngorms National Park/Loch Ness/in Pitlochry, learn a Scottish dance/in Braemar, see clans compete at Games/Edinburgh. From $4,895 per person, double occupancy (ppdo). Single supp., $2,035.

6-day, 5-night “moderate-to-strenuous” trek in Patagonia. Departures Jan. 15 & Feb. 17, 2018.  Highlights: Fly from Punta Arenas to Puerto Williams, CHILE/Omora Ethnobotanical Park/on Dientes Circuit, Salto Lagoon, Ventarrón path, Guerrico Valley/climb Virginia Pass for view of Tierra del Fuego. From $1,677 ppdo. Customized trips too. Lost World Adventures (Decatur, GA; 800/999-0558, www.lostworld.com).

7 days, 6 nights. Highlights: Victoria Falls, ZIMBABWE/in Botswana, drive to Chobe National Park, home to zebras, lions/two nights at Chobe Elephant Camp/in Okavango Delta, mokoro trips, game and night drives, bush walks. £2,122-£3,102 (near $2,845-$4,160) ppdo per dates. Single supp., £125-£750 ($170-$1,005). Tribes Travel (The Old Dairy, Wood Farm, Ipswich Rd., Otley, Suffolk, England, IP6 9JW, U.K.; in US, 800/608-4651, www.tribes.co.uk).

8-day, 7-night commemorative tour, July 1-8, 2018. Highlights: In Sfax, Commonwealth war cemetery/battlefields of Faïd Pass/Kasserine Pass Memorial/Thepelete airfield, where 1936 Gold Medalist Capt. Foy Draper departed on his last flight/cross mountains to Djebel Sened, Maknassy battlefields/in Carthage, North Africa American Cemetery & Memorial. $2,950 ppdo. Single supp., $300. Valor Tours (Sausalito, CA; 800/842-4504, www.valortours.com).

15-day, 14-night trek, Feb. 10-24, 2018. Walks on 5 days. Highlights: Fly from Bangkok, THAILAND, to Luang Prabang for Royal Palace Museum, temples/14th-century Xieng Mene village/boat trip to Nong Khio/Pak Ou Caves/Khmu barbecue/Nam Ha National Protected Area/fly to Vientiane for temples. From London, from £3,075 (near $4,120) ppdo; land only, from £2,325 ($3,115). Single supp., £420 ($563). Mountain Kingdoms (20 Long St., Wotton-under-Edge, England, GL12 7BT, U.K.; phone +44 1453 844400, www.mountainkingdoms.com).

14 days, 13 nights in CHINA, April 12-25, 2018. Group minimum, 10. Highlights: In Beijing, Forbidden City and the Qianlong and Beijing Botanical gardens/Summer Palace imperial garden/Ming Tombs/in Xi’an, Terracotta Army/high-speed train to Luoyang for Longmen Grottoes, 35th Luoyang Peony Festival/in Suzhou, Tiger Hill garden, silk factory. $4,566 ppdo. Single supp., $1,800. Gardening Tours (Miami, FL; donna@icangarden.com, www.gardeningtours.com).

12-day, 11-night folk dance tour, March 11-22, 2018, with certified Israeli folk dance instructor. Highlights: In Tel Aviv, dance workshop/in Or Yehuda, Babylonian Jewry Heritage Museum/Dead Sea swim/Ein Gedi nature reserve/in Jerusalem, Holocaust History Museum, Yemenite dance workshop/in Haifa, street art in Wadi Nisnas/Safed/tasting at Golan Heights Winery. $3,995 ppdo. Single supp., $995. Jim Gold International (Teaneck, NJ; 201/836-0362, www.jimgold.com).

9-day, 8-night, “easy- to intermediate-level” coast-to-coast (Adriatic-Mediterranean) tour in ITALY, June 20-28 & Sept. 2-10, 2018. Highlights: Agriturismo near Ancona (Marche region)/from Portonovo, paddle along Conero Riviera to Sirolo/in Mondavio, 15th-century castle/hike in Appenines to Umbria for private tour of St. Francis’ birthplace/Tuscany wine cellars/Siena/kayak at Natural Park of Maremma and in Tyrrhenian Sea/Orbetello. $4,390 ppdo. Single supp., $850. Tofino Expeditions (Bend, OR; 800/677-0877, www.tofino.com).

CORRECTION — Prices of the 14-day tour offered by Tauck (Wilton, CT; 800/788-7885, www.tauck.com) are substantially lower than those printed in the October 2017 issue. 2018 prices are $7,190-$8,190 per person, double occupancy (ppdo).