Tours

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).

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).

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).

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).

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.

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
excursions.com).

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).

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).

12-day, 11-night “moderate”-level hike in JAPAN. Departures Nov. 5 & 12, 2017 & March-November 2018. Highlights: In Tokyo, Ueno, Meiji shrine/Nakasendo Trail/Torii Pass/train to Kiso-Fukushima/overnight in ryokan (traditional inn)/bullet train from Magome to Kyoto/in Nara Park, temples, Isuien Garden/train from Yoshino to Mt. Koya for Okunoin Cemetery/in Kyoto, rock garden of Ryo¯an-ji. $6,450 ppdo. Single supp., $625. Transfers, Tokyo hotels not included. Active Journeys (4891 Dundas St.

8-day, 7-night wine cruise on Dordogne and Garonne rivers in FRANCE. Departures April, June-August, November 2018. Highlights: In Bordeaux, embark 144-passenger riverboat/in Cadillac, Castle of Roquetaillade/Sauternes wine region/visit wine estates in Médoc region/medieval Bourg/near Libourne, Château de Vayres, wine tastings/disembark in Bordeaux. $2,349-$2,949 ppdo (per dates). Single supp., 50% of ppdo price (cruise). Port charges, $168 pp. AmaWaterways (Calabasas, CA; 866/626-0110, www.amawaterways.com).