Tours

13-day, 12-night tour in southern Siberia, RUSSIA, July 31-Aug. 12, 2016. Max. group, 12. Highlights: Transfer from Irkutsk to Listvyanka village at Lake Baikal/in Irkutsk, concert in Decembrist Museum, concert of chimes at Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross/fly to Kyzyl, Tuva/in Tuva, visit nomadic steppe family, private throat-singing lesson/Arzhan 2 excavations in Turan/folk performance in Abakan, Khakassia. $6,495 ppdo. Partial single supp., $695 (may need to share in some locations). Internal air, $700.

8-day, 7-night photography tour, Oct. 22-29, 2016. Nature photographer Gilbert Vancell shares techniques. Highlights: In Gozo, Citadel, Mgarr ix-Xini Fjord, ancient salt pans/Mdina/Rabat/shoot the Milky Way/private visit to 16th-century St. John’s Co-Cathedral. €2,875 (near $3,260) ppdo. Single supp., €490 ($555). Corinthia Hotel St. George’s Bay (St. Julians, STJ 3301, Malta; phone +356 2137 4114, www.corinthia.com).

8 days, 7 nights, Sept. 24-Oct. 1, 2016. Led by Sicily specialist Marcello Baglioni. Highlights: In Syracuse, food market, cooking lesson in restaurant/Neapolis Archaeological Park/Baroque town of Noto/tasting session and lunch at olive farm/in Ragusa, participate in cooking-demonstration dinner/in Scicli, herb farm/in Modica, chocolate making, tasting/Taormina/Mt. Etna walk with vulcanologist. £2,495 (near $3,585) ppdo. Single supp., £325 ($467).

7-day, 6-night hotel barge cruise on Caledonian Canal, Scottish lochs. Through October 2016. Highlights: Embark in Muirtown/Glen Ord whisky distillery/Culloden Moor, site of 1746 battle/cruise Loch Dochfour/Urquhart Castle overlooking Loch Ness/Eilean Donan Castle/battlefield of Glencoe/disembark at Banavie/minibus to Inverness. Stateroom, $4,090-$4,750, or suite, $4,690-$5,450, ppdo. Single supp., $1,500-$1,750.

8-day, 7-night coach tour. Through October 2016. Highlights: In London, Westminster Abbey, Tower of London/Stonehenge/Brecon Beacons National Park/Oxford/Stratford-upon-Avon/Windsor Castle/in Wales, take narrow-gauge train in Snowdonia National Park/13th-century Caernarfon Castle/Llangollen. $1,993-$2,168 per person, double occupancy (ppdo). CIE Tours International (Morristown, NJ; 800/243-8687, www.cietours.com).

7-day, 6-night “enthusiast”-level bike tour (average, 22 miles per day), Oct. 23-29 & Nov. 18-24, 2016. Highlights: From Santiago, ride west into Casablanca Valley/wine tastings/horse-handling demonstration/asado (barbecue-style) lunch/beach resort of Santo Domingo/interactive cooking demo with chef Pilar Rodriguez/colonial Santa Cruz/wine-making region of Apalta Valley. $7,495 ppdo, including bike and helmet. Single supp., $1,000. Butterfield & Robinson (70 Bond St., 3rd Floor, Toronto, ON, M5B 1X3, Canada; in No.

15 days, 14 nights (includes 2 nights’ transit time), June-September 2016. Highlights: From Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, fly to Harare, ZIMBABWE/in Mana Pools National Park, canoe on Zambezi River/game drives, walking safaris in Hwange National Park, home to elephants, buffaloes, giraffes/Matobo Hills National Park, home to eagles and rhinos as well as ancient bushmen paintings. $10,995 ppdo. Single supp., $1,450. Internal air, approx. $425. The Africa Adventure Company (Fort Lauderdale, FL; 800/882-9453, www.africa-adventure.com).

16 days, 15 nights. Max. group, 16. Highlights: In THAILAND’s Golden Triangle, cruise two days on upper Mekong River/around Luang Prabang, Laos, jungle elephant trek, Pak Ou Caves, cooking class, picnic at Kuang Si Falls/fly to Vientiane/visit Patuxai Victory Monument, COPE Visitor Centre for UXO survivors/fly to Pakse/Wat Phou/in Cambodia, take boat from Kratié to seek Irrawaddy dolphins/in Phnom Penh, Silver Pagoda, Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Killing Fields/fly to Siem Reap for Angkor Wat, Apsara dance show. $3,790-$4,195 ppdo. Single supp., $665-$935.

8-day, 7-night, moderate-level biking-and-hiking tour. May-September 2016 and 2017. Highlights: In resort town of Bled, city tour/cable car to top of Mt. Vogel for hiking/mountain biking along Radovna River in Triglav National Park/soak in thermal pools at Ziva Wellness Centre/seaside town of Piran/raft trip on Sava Dolinka River. From $1,360 ppdo. Single supp., $310. Intrepid Travel (Petaluma, CA; 800/970-7299, www.intrepidtravel.com).

9-day, 8-night pilgrimage tour in ITALY, Aug. 29-Sept. 6, 2016. Ends with attendance at canonization of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Min. group size, 25. Highlights: From Rome, transfer to Assisi to see basilicas of San Francisco and St. Clare/Mass at nearby San Damiano/in Rome, Colosseum, Mamertine Prison, San Pietro in Vincoli church/in Vatican City, St. Peter’s Cathedral; see works by Michelangelo, Raphael/on Sept. 4, canonization event. $2,399 ppdo. Single supp., $500. Ed-Ventures, Inc. (Rochester, MN; 800/658-7128, www.ed-ventures.com).