Tours

21 days, 20 nights; departures in April-May and August-October 2017. Group limit, 16. Highlights: In Almaty, KAZAKHSTAN, Zenkov Cathedral in Panfilov Park/in KYRGYZSTAN, Lake Issyk-Kul, Burana Tower, Bishkek/in Khujand, TAJIKISTAN, Muslihiddin Madrassah/in Fergana Valley, UZBEKISTAN, silk and ceramics villages/oasis towns of Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva/in TURKMENISTAN, Merv and Ashgabat. $7,895 ppdo. Single supp., $1,295. Internal air, about $330. MIR Corporation (Seattle, WA; 800/424-7289, www.mircorp.com).

13-day, 12-night folk dance tour, Aug. 5-17, 2017. Meet with local folk dance groups. Highlights: In Bucharest, Romanian Athenaeum, National Museum of the Romanian Peasant/next to River Olt, 14th-century Cozia Monastery/in medieval town of Sibiu, Transylvania, folk-dance lessons/in Cluj, Turda Salt Mine/in Maramures¸ region, Merry Cemetery, dance lessons/in Bukovina, Wooden Spoons Museum/in Bras¸ov, Black Church, Bran Castle. Land only, $3,395 ppdo; land & air (from Newark, NJ), $4,495. Single supp., $695.

7-day, 6-night tour in SWITZERLAND, May 7-13 and Oct. 22-28, 2017. Highlights: Transfer from Zürich to Lucerne for cogwheel excursion to Mt. Pilatus/lake cruise to Ibach for tasting at Felchlin Chocolate/Goldenpass Scenic Railway to Montreux for hands-on chocolate workshop/truffle hunting in Jura Mountains/in medieval walled city of Gruyères, castle, cheesemaking tour/wine tasting in Lavaux vineyards. $3,595 ppdo. Single supp., $299. Alpenwild (Provo, UT; 801/226-9026, www.alpenwild.com).

6 days, 5 nights in northwest SCOTLAND; monthly departures May-August 2017. Highlights: Transfer from Inverness to Torridon for sea kayaking lesson/kayak on Loch Shieldaig, Loch Kishorn, home to sea eagles, otters/village of Gairloch/kayak along Applecross Peninsula/hike above Loch Maree. From £1,195 (near $1,493) per person double-occupancy (ppdo). Single supp., £275 ($336). Wilderness Scotland (Inverdruie House, Aviemore, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, PH22 1QH, U.K.; in US, 866/740-3890, www.wildernessscotland.com).

16-day, 15-night cultural expedition in PERU, Sept. 20-Oct. 5, 2017. Led by anthropologist Manuel Arboleda G. Group limit, 20. Highlights: In Lima, architectural tour/boat trip to Ballestas Islands for thousands of birds/pachamanca (earth oven) lunch in Sacred Valley/Cusco/PeruRail’s Vistadome train to Machu Picchu/navigate Amazon Basin’s Yanayacu River for macaws, monkeys, dolphins, caimans/visit Taquile island on Lake Titicaca. $2,855-$3,175 ppdo. Single supp., $790. Nawpaq Expeditions (Los Pinos 156, Apt. 702, Lima 18, Peru; phone +51 1 65 432 65, www.nawpaq

9 days, 8 nights. Highlights: Fly from Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, to Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana/watch for leopards and lions on game drives/fly to Okavango Delta for mokoro (dugout canoe) rides to see raptors, water birds/hike at Victoria Falls/cruise on Zambezi River. $5,595-$7,995 ppdo (per departure date). Single supp., $95-$295; $2,085 July-October (peak season). African Travel, Inc. (Glendale, CA; 800/421-8907, africantravelinc.com).

9 days, 9 nights, May 26-June 3, 2017. Highlights: In Siem Reap, market and street food tours, cooking classes/temple tours, including Angkor Wat/tuk-tuk to villages for families producing rice noodles, rice paper and prahok (fermented fish)/in Battambang, dine at Jaan Bai restaurant, where local youth learn culinary skills. $2,210 ppdo. Grantourismo (Street 20, Wat Bo, Siem Reap, Cambodia; phone +855 81 780 556, www.gran tourismotravels.com).

8 days, 7 nights in BANGLADESH, March 24-31, Nov. 3-10 & Dec. 1-8, 2017. Highlights: In Sundarbans, 3 days in one of world’s largest mangrove forests/overnight on century-old Rocket paddle steamer/hike from Kochikhali to Jamtola Beach/Kotka forest station for views of animal feeding grounds/15th-century Mosque City of Bagerhat. $760 ppdo. $815 single. Nijhoom Tours (House 06, Road 17, Nikunja 02, Khilkhet, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh; phone +88 01758 897959, nijhoom.com).

5 days, 4 nights on Cyclades island in south Aegean Sea, GREECE. May 27-31 and Oct. 1-5, 2017. Group limit, 8. Highlights: Hike from Fira to Oia/in port of Ammoudi, Cyclades cooking class, wine tasting/Museum of Prehistoric Thera/boat ride to center of caldera for swimming/on island of Thirasia, hike up steep stairs to villages. €2,400 (near $2,544) ppdo. Single supp., €640 ($678). Aegean Adventures (New York, NY; 800/867-1753, www.aegeanadventures.com).

8-day, 7-night slow-paced photo and art tour through FRANCE, June 5-12, 2017. Highlights: Arrive in Rennes by train from Paris/take van to Morbihan in Brittany for Carnac alignments, Locmariaquer megaliths and sunset and morning shoots/burial cairn on island of Gavrinis/in Paris, Eiffel Tower, Louvre. $2,499 per person, double occupancy (ppdo). $2,999 single. La Belle France Tours (Fresno, CA; 559/960-7347, www.labelle francetours.com).