Tours

8 days, 7 nights in Lectoure, FRANCE, Aug. 22-29, 2016. Group members sing pop, light opera and show songs in 4-part harmony. Highlights: Sing in hotel most mornings/afternoons in Condom-en-Armagnac and Fleurance/Domaine d’Arton winery. £1,599 (near $2,265) ppdo. Single supp., £210 ($298). Nonactivity discount, £250 ($354). Authentic Adventures (Bonds Mill, Bristol Rd., Stonehouse, England, GL10 3RF, U.K.; phone +44
[0] 1453 823 328, www.authenticadventures.co.uk).

13-day, 12-night river cruise on Rhine and Moselle rivers. Through October 2016. Highlights: In Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS, tour Van Gogh Museum or Rijksmuseum/in GERMANY, Cologne’s Old Town, tours of Trier and village of Boppard/in LUXEMBOURG, WWII cemetery, Grand Ducal Palace/Strasbourg, FRANCE. Cabins, from (category 5) $5,389-$6,299 to (suite) $8,894-$9,394 ppdo. Uniworld (Los Angeles, CA; 800/355-7078, http://uniworld.com).

15 days, 14 nights, Aug. 19-Sept. 2, 2016. 6-12 people. Highlights: Lima city tours/speedboat to lodge on Amazon River/Monkey Island, bird-watching/visit Yaguas community/fly to Cusco for Golden Temple, Plaza de Armas/Machu Picchu/PeruRail’s Andean Explorer to Lake Titicaca/in Copacabana, mud igloos, Altiplano Museum/in La Paz, Temple of Kalasasaya/in Valley of the Moon, pottery workshop. $5,290 ppdo. Single supp., $1,290. Wangulen Odyssey (Puerto Rosales 46, Casilla 404, Puerto Varas, Patagonia, Chile; phone +56 97 519 3259, www.wangulen.com).

10 days, 9 nights in GUATEMALA, July 24-Aug. 2, 2016. Group, 10 max. Led by weaver and author Karen Searle. Highlights: Visit Antigua family for weaving demonstration/in Quetzaltenango and Salcajá, learn about ikat weavers, dyers and Mayan weaving/hands-on weaving opportunities/visit small towns in Almolonga Valley. $2,075 ppdo. Single supp., $250. Art Workshops in Guatemala (Minneapolis, MN; 612/825-0747, www.artguat.org)

14 days, 13 nights. Highlights: Transfer from Windhoek to N/a’an ku sê Lodge & Wildlife Sanctuary/watch guides feed lions, leopards, baboons, cheetahs/San Bushmen share stories by evening fire/Namib Naukluft National Park/on catamaran in Walvis Bay, look for dolphins, seals, flamingos/4x4 ride in Aba Huab River valley, home to elephants, giraffes/near Grootberg, visit Himba village/in Okonjima, AfriCat Foundation wildlife sanctuary. $7,000 adult, $5,000 child (12 and under) ppdo. Elevate Destinations (Cambridge, MA; 800/605-0671, www.elevatedestinations.com).

8 days, 7 nights with cook and TV host Maggie Beer on Kangaroo Island, off South AUSTRALIA, Aug. 20-27, 2016. Based at lodge, visit farms and have chef-prepared dinners. Highlights: At sheep dairy, hands-on ricotta making/oak-barrel-wine tasting/lunch with family who coordinates farmers’ market/at Flinders Chase National Park, Remarkable Rocks/tea at Island Beehive/abalone farm. AUD7,700-AUD14,700 (near $5,455-$10,415) ppdo. Single, from AUD13,300 ($9,423). Southern Ocean Lodge (Kangaroo Island, South Australia; phone +61 2 9918 4355, http://southernoceanlodge.com.au).

15 days, 14 nights in the footsteps of Genghis Khan, Sept. 5-19, 2016. Led by author and Central Asia specialist John Man. Highlights: Beijing city tour/Great Wall/near Xanadu, Yuan Shangdu Ruins Park/in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Museum, 4-story Jokhang Temple/in Ordos, Mausoleum of Genghis Khan/in Etuoke, Arzhai Cave Painting of Genghis funeral ceremony/near Zhongwei, Gaomiao Temple/Liupanshan national forest park. From £4,795 (near $6,890) ppdo. Single supp., £675 ($969). Steppes Travel (51 Castle St., Cirencester, England, GL7 1QD, U.K.; in US, 855/203-7885, www.steppestravel.co.uk).

Escorted coach and individual small-group tours plus, in Croatia, moderate-level hiking trips. (Max. group size, 6 or 16.) Also, small-ship (17-cabin) cruises in the Adriatic Sea and small-ship island-hopping cruises off the Dalmatian Coast. Croatia Travel Experts (Folsom, CA; 888/995-1016 or 916/983-8651, www.croatiatravel experts.com).

8-day, 7-night walking tour in northern ITALY, Sept. 17-24, 2016. (“Moderate” level; 8-9 miles per day over 6 days.) Highlights: Transfer from Pisa to Volterra for Guarnacci Etruscan Museum, tombs/in San Gimignano, medieval tower houses/walled castle of Monteriggioni/in Siena, 12th- to 13th-century fresco-filled Palazzo Pubblico. £2,895 (near $4,160) per person, double occupancy (ppdo). Single, £5,790 ($8,320). ATG Oxford (274 Banbury Rd., Oxford, England, OX2 7DY, U.K.; phone +44 [0] 1865 315 678, www.atg-oxford.co.uk).

On 13-day, 12-night cruise, Aug. 12-24, 2016, learn effects of plastics on wildlife from marine scientists on 92-passenger Akademik Sergey Vavilov. Highlights: Fly Ottawa, Ontario, to Kangerlussuaq, GREENLAND, and sail for Ilulissat/Devon Island, CANADA, home to musk ox/Beechey Island grave markers of “lost” 1845 expedition/bird cliffs on Prince Leopold Island/at PEI, Conningham Bay, home to polar bears, beluga whales/fly Nunavut-Edmonton. $8,895-$15,795 ppdo. Single, 1.5 times ppdo rate for twin cabin or twice ppdo for suite. Charter air package, $1,200. Expedition fee, $500.