Tours

8 days, 7 nights in CROATIA. Moderate-level, 3- to 5-mile hike daily. Highlights: Transfer from Pula to Buje, site of Momjan, a medieval castle/begin walk from Grožnjan along former rail route/in Livade, taste truffles/karst cave below 11th-century castle in Pazin/medieval town of Buzet/town of Hum. Land, €1,090 (near $1,350) ppdo. Single supp., €150-€250 ($186-$310), based on group size. Fiore Tours (Ulica Mate Vlašic´a, 52440, Porec´, Croatia; phone +385 52 431 397, http://fiore.hr).

12-day, 11-night lecture tour led by British historian Prof. Leland Bellot, April 27-May 8, 2015. Deluxe accommodations. Highlights: In West Berkshire, Victorian-style Highclere Castle/in Yorkshire, Castle Howard/in Derbyshire, Chatsworth House/in Oxfordshire, Blenheim Palace and Gardens/in Kent, Sissinghurst Castle Garden/in Buckinghamshire, Stowe Gardens/in Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens. Land, $5,090 ppdo. Single supp., $1,200. East-West International Tours (Laguna Beach, CA; 800/359-6719, www.eastwest-tours.com).

13 days, 12 nights, July 3-15, 2015. Led by pro photographers. Moderate-level hiking. Farmstays, guest houses, hotel. Highlights: Reykjavik/lava fields on Reykjanes Peninsula/Golden Circle sites of Geysir, Gullfoss waterfall, Þingvellir National Park/in Landmannalaugar region, hot springs, green hills in black lava sand deserts/Askja volcanic crater lake. Land, $5,950 per person, double occupancy (ppdo). Single supp., $700. Arctic Photo (Laugarvegur 64, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland; phone +354 6174550, www.arcticphoto.is).

 19-day, 18-night voyage from ARGENTINA to ANTARCTICA aboard expedition ship MS Fram, Oct. 30-Nov. 17, 2015, and Feb. 25-March 15, 2016. Hikes on uneven terrain require moderate fitness level. Highlights: Sail from Buenos Aires to Falkland Islands, home to cara­cara, penguins/South Georgia, home to albatross, Grytviken whaling station/Antarctic Peninsula/through Drake Passage to Ushuaia, Argentina. In 2015, $8,622-$16,459 ppdo or $9,148-$17,475 single. In 2016, $14,582-$25,471 ppdo or $18,475-$27,040 single. Hurtigruten, Inc.

Learn new photo techniques on a 5-day, 4-night photo tour aboard the 70-foot schooner Passing Cloud in British Columbia, CANADA, April 21-25, 2015. Highlights: Starts and ends in Ucluelet/Barkley Sound/Broken Group Islands, home to black bears, otters, whales, tide pools, towering trees. Max. group size, six. Land, CAD2,600 (near $2,315) ppdo plus 5% GST. Outer Shores Expeditions (360 B Harbour Rd., Victoria, B.C., V9A 3S1, Canada; toll free in US/Canada, 855/714-7233, www.outershores.ca).

10 days, 9 nights. Tented camp pitched at each location. Full mobile kitchen with chef. Highlights: Hotel night in Entebbe/drive to Budongo Forest to walk in chimpanzee sanctuary/boat trip in Murchison Falls National Park/game drives in Kidepo Valley National Park home to zebras, giraffes, lions, elephants/Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. Land, $3,640. Bahr El Jebel Safaris (Calle Benito Juarez 35, Alamos, Sonora 85760, Mexico; phone +52 647 428 1493, www.bahr-el-jebel-safaris.com).

18 days, 17 nights. Highlights: In Bangkok, THAILAND, Grand Palace, Emerald Buddha/cooking class at coconut farm village/in Luang Prabang, LAOS, Wat Xieng Thong temple/Pak Ou Caves/in Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA, Killing Fields/near Siem Reap, Angkor Wat temples/in Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM, Bê´n Thành Market, Cu Chi Tunnels. Land/internal air, $2,695-$3,795 ppdo. (Extra cost for international air.) No single supp. Overseas Adventure Travel (Cambridge, MA; 800/955-1925, www.oattravel.com).

 9-day, 8-night cruise on Yangtze River to Chongqing, CHINA. Highlights: Board Victoria Sophia in Shanghai/in Nanjing, Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum/in Chizhou, Mountain of Nine Lotuses/in Wuhan, the commercial, pedestrian-only Han Street/Three Gorges Dam/in Fengdu, Ghost City on Mingshan Hill or village of families relocated due to dam. $1,040 ppdo or $1,820 single, Superior Suite, or $2,360 ppdo or $4,719 single, Executive Suite. Travel Indochina (Westminster, CO; 800/342-1957, www.travelindochina.com).

 12 days, 11 nights on GREECE’s largest island, April 24-May 6, 2015. Highlights: In Heraklion, Minoan Palace of Knossos/in Phaistos, view Mt. Ida/Roman ruins of Gortyn/on Akrotiri Peninsula, monastery of Gouvemeto/in Venetian city of Rethymno, stay in 16th-century palazzo/wine tastings. Land, £3,295 (near $5,302) ppdo. Single supp., £475 ($764). Peter Sommer Travels (Chippenham House, 102 Monnow St., Monmouth, NP25 3EQ, U.K.; phone +44 [0] 1600 888 220 or, in US/Canada, 855/443-3027, www.petersommer.com).

 9-day, 8-night private luxury train trip, May 4-12, 2015. Highlights: Depart Venice, ITALY/tours of Ljubljana, SLOVENIA, and Zagreb, CROATIA/in SERBIA, Tito’s Memorial/in BULGARIA, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, fourth-century Thracian tomb/in ROMANIA, 14th-century Bran Castle/in Budapest, HUNGARY, Royal Palace, St. Matthias Church. Land, $9,795 per person, double occupancy (ppdo) or $15,295 single, Heritage Class, or $15,395 ppdo or $23,995 single, Deluxe Class. Society of International Railway Travelers (Louisville, KY; 800/478-4881, www.irtsociety.com)