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Tours

A selection of tours and cruise-tours

“GUYANA NATURE TOUR”

15 days, 14 nights. Departures Nov. 25 & Dec. 9, 2017. Group limit, 12. Highlights: In Georgetown, fly to 741-foot-tall Kaieteur Falls/fly to Annai for Iwokrama Rain Forest/at Kurupukari Falls, see petroglyphs/at Surama Eco-Lodge, evening wildlife walk/Burro Burro River for river otters/Panorama Trail, home to storks, toucans. From London, £5,360 (near $6,818) ppdo. Single supp., £450 ($572). Rainbow Tours (2 Waterhouse Sq., 138-140 Holborn, London, England, EC1N 2ST, U.K.; phone +44 20 7666 1266, www.rainbowtours.com).

“3,000 YEARS OF JEWISH INDIA”

14-day, 13-night luxury tour, Jan. 17-30, 2018. Highlights: Mumbai/Konkan villages site where Jewish emigrants shipwrecked 2,000 years ago/Knesset Eliyahoo synagogue/Hindu caves on Elephanta Island/fly to Cochin for walking tour of Jew Town, Paradesi Synagogue/private tour of Muziris archaeological site/houseboat ride in Kerala backwaters/in Jaipur, Amber Fort/Old Delhi/Taj Mahal in Agra. $7,995 ppdo. Single supp., $2,760. Burkat Global (Hastings on Hudson, NY; 914/231-9023, burkatglobal.com).

“EUROPE’S VOLCANIC OUTPOST”

14-day, 13-night walking tour of volcanoes on SPAIN’s Canary Islands. Departures Dec. 22, 2017, and Feb. 3 & 17 and March 10, 2018. Group limit, 6. Highlights: Fly from Tenerife to Lanzarote/Caldera Blanca volcano/La Corona volcano and lava tube, Tacoron, La Restinga/fly to Tenerife for Teide volcano, Masca village. 2,860 (near $3,399) ppdo. Single supp., 150 ($178). Nature Discovery Tours (Kronenstr, 2, D-53840, Troisdorf, Germany; phone +49 1794 761831, www.nature-discovery-tours.com).

“MUNICH, SALZBURG & VIENNA”

8-day, 7-night Christmas tour, Dec. 10-17, 2017.  Highlights: In Munich, GERMANY, 1972 Olympic stadium, Marienplatz, Gothic Frauenkirche/in Bavarian Alps, Neuschwanstein Castle/Innsbruck, AUSTRIA/in Salzburg, Mirabell Gardens, St. Peter’s Monastery, Residenzplatz/in Mondsee, Basilica St. Michael, seen in “Sound of Music”/in Vienna, Belvedere, Hofburg and Schön­brunn palaces. $1,949 ppdo. Single supp., $423. Triple-room reduction, $57 per person. Globus Journeys (Littleton, CO; 866/755-8581, www.globusjourneys.com).

“TROPICAL CHRISTMAS IN GERMANY”

8 days, 7 nights, Dec. 6-13, 2017. Highlights: In Munich, St. Peter’s Church, Opera House, lunch and music at 16th-century Hofbräuhaus am Platzl/in Nuremburg, medieval Old Town, 700-year-old Christmas market/Krausnick for Tropical Islands Resort under 4-sq.-mile glass dome/in Berlin, Reichstag, Brandenburg Gate, Berlin Wall Memorial, Christmas markets. $1,595 per person, double occupancy (ppdo), based on minimum group of 30. Single supp., $595. Adventures for Singles (Smyrna, GA; 877/813-9421, www.adventuresforsinglesinc.com).

“ANDEAN HACIENDAS TOUR”

9-day, 8-night “moderate”-level cultural tour of ECUADOR’s highlands, Oct. 28-Nov. 5, 2017. Overnights at haciendas and colonial mansion. Highlights: Arrive in Quito/hike in Pasochoa Wildlife Refuge/in Cotopaxi National Park, abundance of birds, rare flora/drive along Avenue of the Volcanoes/Cochasqui Pre-Inca Astronomic Observatory/in Otavalo, weekly market, hike by Lake Cuicocha, Condor Park rescue center/cultural interaction in San Clemente/rose farm. $4,915 ppdo (group of 2-3), $4,595 (4-6) or $4,345 (7-12). Single supp., $1,175.

“COLOMBIA IN STYLE”

9 days, 8 nights. Highlights: Arrive at Armenia El Edén International Airport/visit boutique coffee planation, Cocora Valley/fly to Bogotá for La Candelaria, Museo del Oro/fly to Cartagena for private yacht trip to Rosario Islands for a salsa dancing or cooking class. $4,995 ppdo. Single supp., 60% of ppdo. Internal flights, $550. Latin Excursions (Aventura, FL; 866/626-3750, www.latin
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“CUBA MOTORCYCLE TOUR”

8-day, 7-night tour led by moto-journalist Christopher Baker, Dec. 3-10, 2017. Support van provided. Highlights: In Havana, colonial quarter and ride in classic convertibles/mountain community of Las Terrazas/Parque Nacional Viñales/in Pinar San Luís, meet tobacco farmer Hirochi Robaina/Museo de Playa Girón (Bay of Pigs Museum). $5,989 ppdo. RTW Moto Tours (Phoenix, AZ; 480/326-3039, rtwmototours.com).

“HIGHLIGHTS OF MADAGASCAR”

14 days, 13 nights. October-November 2017 & March-November 2018. Highlights: Travel from Antananarivo to Andasibe-Perinet National Park, home to lemurs and Indri Special Reserve/colonial city of Antsirabe/Lake Andraikiba/in village of Fiadanana, listen to ghost talker, dine with family/Anja Community Reserve/in Isalo National Park, swimming and waterfalls/Mahafaly tombs, baobab trees. $2,039-$2,399 (per dates). G Adventures (60 Bastwick St., London, England, EC1V 3AT, U.K.; in US, 855/667-9501, www.gadventures.com).