Tours

15-day, 14-night voyage aboard 100-passenger Caledonian Sky, April 30-May 14, 2016. Highlights: Tokyo city tour/bullet train to Niigata to board ship/in medieval samurai town of Hagi, Tokoji Temple/Karato Fish Market/Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima/in Takamatsu on Shikoku, Shikoku Mura Village, Noguchi Garden Museum/disembark in Kobe/overland to Kyoto, Heian-jingu Shrine, Kiyomizu-dera Temple. Cabin, $13,980-$19,880 ppdo. Single (limited), $20,780. Zegrahm Expeditions (Seattle, WA; 800/628-8747, www.zegrahm.com).

13 days, 12 nights with British cook specializing in Chinese cuisine, May 15-27, 2016. Highlights: In Beijing, outdoor market, noodle-making demonstration, picnic on Great Wall/in Chengdu, Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, spice market/in Shanghai, taste xiaolongbao (soup-filled dumplings)/Sichuan and Hangzhou culinary museums. From $7,390 ppdo. Single supp., $1,520. WildChina (803 Oriental Place, 9 East Dongfang Rd., Chao­yang District, Beijing 100027, P.R. China; in US, 888/902-8808, www.wildchina.com).

8 days, 7 nights, March 20-27, 2016. Highlights: In Ashgabat, city tour includes Ertug˘rul Gazi mosque/ruins of Nisa/at Nawruz festival village, music and crafts/Akhal-Teke horses at private farm/warm sulfur lake in Kov-Ata cave/overnight with Nokhur village family/Yangykala Canyon. Land, £699 ($1,080) ppdo. Single supp., £99 ($153). Lupine Travel (12 Warnford St., Wigan, Lancashire, England, WN1 2EQ, U.K.; phone +44 [0] 1942 704525, www.lupinetravel.co.uk).

10-day, 9-night tour in western UKRAINE, April 25-May 4, 2016. (Eastern Orthodox Easter is May 1.) Highlights: In Lviv, St. George’s Cathedral, Lychakiv Cemetery, walking tour of 15th-century Rynok Square/Easter fairs with crafts, dancing/see eggs decorated at open-air museum of eggs. $1,090 ppdo. Single supp., $400. Scope Travel (Elkins Park, PA; 201/463-4656, www.scopetravel.com).

14 days, 13 nights, May 8-21, 2016, by minibus in ITALY. Highlights: Transfer from Catania/in Pantalica, Bronze Age necropolis/in Siracusa, Paolo Orsi Archaeological Museum, Castello Eurialo/in Modica, chocolate from Aztec recipe/in Agrigento, Valley of the Temples/Temple of Segesta/mosaics at Villa Romana del Casale/guided hike on Mt. Etna/Taormina. £3,995 (near $6,175) ppdo. Single supp., £665 ($1,030).

10-day, 9-night cruise-tour on 184-passenger M/S Alemannia. April-October 2016. Highlights: In Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS, Zaanse Schans windmills, Anne Frank house, board ship/in Cologne, GERMANY, Haymarket, Cathedral/in Strasbourg, FRANCE, Cathédrale Notre-Dame, EU Parliament/in Basel, SWITZERLAND, city hall, Antonius Church/in Lucerne, disembark, city tour/Zürich Old Town. Twin cabin, land + cruise, $2,299-$2,599 per person, double occupancy (ppdo), or cruise only, $1,699-$2,099. $500 discount for ITN readers. Single supp., 50% of ppdo.

10 days, 9 nights, hiking, kayaking, bicycling in ECUADOR, May 7-16 & Nov. 5-14, 2016. Highlights: From Guayaquil, fly to San Cristobal/learn how to make ceviche/on Isabela Island, Giant Tortoise Breeding Center, active volcanoes, dine with farmer’s family/hike through lava fields and mangroves to Puerto Chino for swimming, snorkeling/kayak past Lobos Island to see birds, iguanas. Land, $5,195 ppdo (group of 4) or $7,295 (group of 2). Single supp., $575. Myths and Mountains (Incline Village, NV; 800/670-6984, www.mythsandmountains.com).

9-day, 8-night tour in Sabah area of northeastern Borneo, MALAYSIA. Highlights: Kota Kinabalu/mountain bike between jungle hamlets/Sepilok Orangutan Sanctuary/boat on Pitas Lake/in Abai village, participate in tree-planting project/rainforest treks/Tabin Wildlife Reserve/Lipad waterfalls. Land, $1,650 ppdo. Single supp., $550. Backyard Travel (Level 18, Park Ventures Ecoplex, 57 Wireless Rd., Lumpini, Pathumwan, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand; phone +66 2 633 9074, www.backyardtravel.com).

23-day, 22-night tour of ethnic villages in northwestern INDIA, Feb. 11-March 4 & Nov. 4-25, 2016. (Group of 6-8 in minibus.) Highlights: Transfer from Delhi to Alwar/Sayla, famous for mirror work embroidery/Nagaur Cattle Fair/Kishangarh, home to “miniature painting” school/in Dungarpur, Baneshwar Festival/Pushkar Camel Fair/at Modhera, Sun Temple/near Bhuj, Kala Raksha Trust, preserving traditional arts. Land, $4,690 ppdo. Single supp., $1,310. Spirit of India (San Rafael, CA; 888/367-6147, www.spirit-of-india.com).

13 days, 12 nights, March 12-24, 2016. Highlights: In Muscat, Grand Mosque, Muttrah Souq, Bait Al Zubair Museum/Seeb Fish Souk/Nakhal Fort/Wadi Nakher, Wadi Ghul/17th-century Nizwa Fort/300-foot-high dunes at Wahiba Sands, home to Bedouins/Ras Al Jinz Turtle Reserve/in Salalah, Prophet Job’s tomb/in Dhofar, tomb of Bin Ali. From New York City, $4,995 ppdo. Single supp., $995. Spiekermann Travel (Eastpointe, MI; 800/645-3233, www.mideasttrvl.com).