Tours

9-day/8-night ecotour of COSTA RICA.

Highlights: From San José, visit La Paz Waterfall Gardens en route to lodge on Rio Sarapiquí/white-water rafting/canopy walks in Arenal Volcano National Park/Ecotermales Hot Springs/boat across Arenal Lake, horseback ride in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve/search for resplendent quetzals, hummingbirds, howler monkeys; optional zipline/Villa Caletas on the Pacific/optional visit to Carrara National Park.

Land only, from $2,999. Single supplement, $750.

15-day/14-night tour departs Sept. 6 & Oct. 18, 2008.

17 days/14 nights.

Highlights: In Jakarta, National Museum, Bogor Botanical Gardens/Tangkuban Perahu Volcano near Bandung/train ride to Yogyakarta for Borobudur temple, horse carriage ride to visit elementary school, Sultan’s Palace, Ngasam bird market/fly to Sulawesi, drive along coast to Pare Pare/Toraja Highlands, ancestral sculptures in Lemo/on Bali, Pura Taman Ayun and Tanah Lot temples/visit a farm and school in Tunjuk village/Batur Volcano.

Land only, from $3,095. Single supplement, $695.

15-day/14-night gulet cruise of TURKEY.

Highlights: From Bodrum, transfer to the gulet Almira, sail to Bargylia to visit temple of Artemis/Roman ruins in Milas/Herakleia on shores of Lake Bafa/Ionian site of Miletus with Greek theater, baths/museum and ruins of Ephesus/Temple of Apollo at Didyma/shrine to Zeus/archaeological excavations near ancient Iasos/return to Bodrum.

Land only, $4,280. Single supplement, $975.

7-day/6-night cycling tour (level A/B, flat terrain and some hills, 4-12 miles per day).

Highlights: Transfer from Shannon airport to Cong, cycle to 12th-century Cong Abbey/ride along Lough Nafooey, Maam Turk Mountains and a fjord to Leenane/cycle Sky Road to Clifden, capital of Connemara/ferry to Aran Islands, bike and hike on Inishmore/in Galway, music in pubs.

Land only, $3,980. Single supplement, $800.

Bike Riders (Boston, MA; 800/473-7040, www.bikeriderstours.com).

Reduced single supplements are offered on selected 2008 departures of tours and cruises with Tauck.

For example, on the 12-day/11-night “Istanbul & the Black Sea” small-ship cruise (excluding airfare, $6,390 per person, double occupancy, with a single supplement of $4,235), the single supplement for the Aug. 12 and Sept. 24 departures is $1,235.

On five departures of “A Week in Paris and Provence” (land-priced $2,990, with a single supplement of $1,001), the single supplement is reduced to $551.

10-day/9-night tour.

Highlights: From San José, drive through rainforests to Tortuguero National Park/cruise the canals through the park to view monkeys, toucans, egrets, sloths, crocodiles, birds/Sarapiqui village/pre-Columbian ruins in Alma Ata Archaeological Park/active Arenal Volcano and thermal pools at Tabacon Hot Springs/take the SkyWalk beneath the canopy of Monteverde Cloud Forest/Guanacaste beach.

From $2,309 from New York or $2,369 from Los Angeles. Single supplement, from $520. Land only, from $1,599.

12-day/11-night tour of SRI LANKA, through October 2008.

Highlights: From Negombo, drive to Dambulla Cave Complex, visiting the Elephant Orphanage en route/bicycle tour of medieval capital, Polonnaruwa/en route to Kandy, visit spice garden, enjoy a cultural performance/city tour of Kandy, visit a tea plantation, watch dancers, fire walkers, drummers/Horton Plains, World’s End/Rawana Ella Waterfalls/Jeep safari in Ula Walawe National Park/in coastal Bentota, boat ride, water sports, white-sand beaches/Negombo.

Land only, $1,200. Single supplement, $235.

15-day/13-night tour, July 18-Aug. 2, 2008. 

Highlights: Fly from Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, to Windhoek, NAMIBIA/world’s largest sand dunes (1,000 ft.) in Sossusvlei/the Moon Landscape along the Swakop River/flamingos at Walvis Bay/fur seals at Cape Cross/jackals, hyenas roam the beaches of Skeleton Coast National Park/San rock art dating back to 3,300 B.C./the Etosha Pan, home to 114 mammal species/Cheetah Conservation Center/end tour in colonial Windhoek. 

$7,025 from New York. Single supplement, $910.

15-day/13-night tour of five of the Azores islands of PORTUGAL, June 22-July 6, 2008.