Tours

9 days, 8 nights without camera or cell phone, Jan. 10-18, 2017. Highlights: From Casablanca, take train to Rabat to tour Old Quarter, walk to Kasbah des Oudaias/3-hour train to Meknes to visit pilgrimage village of Moulay/homestay with a family/in Fes, medina labyrinth/“Blue City” of Chefchaouen/Tangier/Marrakech. From $810 ppdo. Single supp., $165. Intrepid Travel (Petaluma, CA; 800/970-7299, www.intrepidtravel.com).

9-day, 8-night flightseeing adventure, Nov. 3-11, 2016 (Melbourne departure, 8-day itinerary). Highlights: Private-charter Fokker 50  from Melbourne to Kangaroo Island/in Flinders Chase National Park, Remarkable Rocks/in Coober Pedy, gem-cutting demo at opal mine/fly to Uluru for outdoor dinner/in Alice Springs, Kangaroo Sanctuary/cruise Whitsunday Islands/fly along Great Barrier Reef to Cairns. AUD9,695 (near $7,258) ppdo. Single supp., AUD897 ($672).

7-day, 6-night ecotour in INDONESIA led by primatologist Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas, Oct.31-Nov. 6 & Nov. 9-15, 2016. Highlights: From Jakarta, fly to Pangkalan Bun, Borneo/klotok (riverboat) up Kumai River/Tanjung Puting National Park/Camp Leakey/see wild orangutans, visit orphans at Orangutan Care Center & Quarantine. Learn about rehab, reforestation program. $5,150 ppdo. Single supp., $875. Orangutan.travel (San Diego, CA; 619/574-1371, www.orangutan.travel).

11 days, 9 nights, Dec. 17-27, 2016. Highlights: In Madrid, Prado Museum/in Toledo, Church of Santo Tomé, Santa Maria la Blanca Synagogue/La Mancha region/Mezquita (Mosque) de Córdoba/Cathedral of Seville/in Granada, 13th-century Alhambra Palace/Valencia tour/drive Catalunya coastline/in Barcelona, Montjuïc Hill. $1,479, land only, or $2,469 per person, double occupancy (ppdo), from New York. Single supp., $521. Virgin Vacations (Fort Washington, PA; 888/937-8474, www.virgin-vacations.com).

8 days, 7 nights, Nov. 27-Dec. 4, 2016. Highlights: Travel from Munich, Germany, to Salzburg, AUSTRIA, for walking tour, Christmas markets/Innsbruck/hike near village of Schwangau/Neuschwanstein Castle/village of Rothenburg ob der Taüber/Nürnberg Christkindlmarkt. $2,689 ppdo. Single supp., $400. David McGuffin’s Exploring Europe (Middleburg, FL; 800/570-1351, www.davidmcguffin.com).

12 days, 11 nights in PERU. Highlights: Lima city tour/fly to Arequipa/Pampa Cañahuas National Reserve, home to vicuñas, alpacas/see condors from Cruz del Condor point/from Puno, visit floating islands of the Uros in Lake Titicaca/Cusco/Sacred Valley/Vistadome train to Aguas Calientes/Machu Picchu. From £1,330 (near $1,917) ppdo, incl. internal flights. Single supp., £399 ($575). Peruvian Secrets (Penycwm, Tyn-y-Gongl, Wales, LL74 8RG, U.K.; sales@peruvian
secrets.co.uk, www.peruviansecrets. co.uk).

6-day, 5-night women’s tour in Québec, CANADA, Dec. 21-26, 2016. (Group limit, 10.) Highlights: Old Québec/Notre-Dame Basilica/Basilica of Ste. Anne de Beaupré/Montmorency Falls/food walking tour/at Château Frontenac, private tour and dinner in Grand Ballroom. CAD1,480 (near $1,130) ppdo. Single supp., CAD400 ($305). Today’s Woman Traveller (1049 Sydenham Rd., Kingston, Ontario, K7M 3L8, Canada; 888/830-5324,  https://todayswomantraveller.com).

6 days, 5 nights in Manitoba, CANADA, Oct. 23-28, 2016. (Group limit, 18.) Highlights: Fly from Winnipeg to Churchill for Eskimo Museum/Cape Merry for wildlife/near Hudson Bay, two days in Tundra Buggies to see polar bears, Arctic hares, foxes. $5,195 ppdo. Single supp., $685. Victor Emanuel Nature Tours (Austin, TX; 512/328-5221, www.ventbird.com).

12 days, 9 nights (includes 2 days’ transit) to learn about East Africa conservation issues, Nov. 2-13, 2016, and March 23-April 3, 2017. Highlights: From Kilimanjaro, transfer to Arusha/in Tarangire National Park, up close with elephants/Lake Manyara National Park, home to flamingos, tree-climbing lions/in Serengeti National Park, Leakey digs at Olduvai Gorge/Ngorongoro Crater. $5,799 ppdo (2-6 people). Custom departures, $5,599-$6,699, based on group size. Single supp., $549; custom, $799. Deeper Africa (Boulder, CO; 888/658-7102, www.deeperafrica.com).

8-day, 7-night luxury safari in INDIA. Departures to Dec. 15, 2016. Luxury tents. Highlights: From Delhi, fly to Raipur/travel with chauffeur to tiger sanctuary Kanha National Park/Pench National Park, home to tigers, leopards, chitals. Visit potters’ village. $4,999 ppdo. Single supp., $1,895. andBeyond (164 Katherine St., Pin Mill Farm Block F, Sandown, Johannesburg, 2010, South Africa; in US, 888/882-3742, www.andbeyond.com).