Tours

15-day/13-night tour of BURMA, Oct. 10-24, 2008.

14 days/13 nights in MOROCCO, June 1-15, 2008.

Highlights: Casablanca to Fes by train/any of 19 concerts of music inspired by the world’s great faiths by artists from Ireland, Russia, Afghanistan, USA, Portugal, more/attend classes to learn zikr, the Sufi chant/experience a hammam (steam bath)/Roman city of Volubilis/Palace at Meknes/Moulay Idris, cradle of Moroccan Sufism/Marrakech/fortified city of Essaouira/in Casablanca, Hassam II mosque.

Land only, $2,475. Single supplement, $320.

9-day/8-night tour of the architect’s works in FRANCE and SWITZERLAND, May 8-19, 2008.

Highlights: London to Paris by train; in Paris, Fondation Le Corbusier, Maison Cook/Cubist villa Stein/in Besançon, Cité du Refuge (the Salavation Army hostel), Cité Universitaire hall of residence/Nôtre-Dame-du-Haunt chapel at Ronchamp/Corbusier’s birthplace, La Chaux-de-Fonds, SWITZERLAND/his first commission, Villa Fallet/Corbusier archive/in Lyon, France, La Saline Royale, Lyon opera house/Firminy-Vert l’Arbresale, a town designed by Corbusier/Unité d’Habitation in Marseille.

12 days/11 nights, April 7-19 & April 24-May 5, 2008. Payment due Feb. 2.

Highlights: From London, drive through Berkshire, visit Manor House at Upton Grey/Bowood House & Garden/Salisbury Cathedral/in Cornwall, visit gardens at Endsleigh, Trebah, Glendurgan, Trevarno, Pine Lodge/ Eden Project/optional day trip to Scilly Isles and Tresco Abbey gardens/in Devonshire, fishing villages, Docton Mill Garden, Italian fantasy garden at Tapeley Park/Forde Abbey/Cerne Abbas Giant/Sir Harold Hillier Arboretum & Gardens.

9-day/8-night tour of Peru, May 28-June 5, 2010, includes volunteer project in a Sacred Valley village. Highlights: visit ruins, markets in Sacred Valley/camp at Aruraycocha Lake/weaving demonstrations/hot springs/train to Machu Picchu. Land only, $2,640. PLAY it Forward Adventures (St. Paul, MN; 651/493-8817, www.pifadventures.com). 

10-day/9-night NAMIBIA tent safari. Highlights: black rhino in Torra Conservancy/at Hoanib River, elephants, lions, giraffes, oryx/meet Himba herders/in Hartmann’s Valley, Fairy Circles/crocodiles in Kunene River. Land only, $6,412. Single supp., $330. Kunene Conservancy Safaris (Box 8255, Swakopmund, Namibia; phone +264 [0] 81 149 0399, fax +264 [0] 64 40 6136, www.kcs-namibia.com.na).

14 days/13 nights, March 16-31, 2010. Highlights: swim with dolphins in Christchurch/hike and kayak in Abel Tasman park/horseback ride in Palaroa National Park/helicopter to Fox Glacier/nature cruise on Milford Sound. Land only, $5,595. Adventure Women (Bozman, MT; 800/804-8686, www.adventurewomen.com).

15-day/14-night cruise-tour of VIETNAM and CAMBODIA. Highlights: Hanoi/two-night Ha Long Bay junk cruise/Angkor Wat, Banteay Srei/at Tonle Sap Lake, embark on seven-night river cruise/sail to Phnom Penh/Cai Be floating market/Ho Chi Minh City.  Land-cruise, from $3,048. Single supp., from $1,549. Amawaterways (Chatsworth, CA; 800/626-0126, www.amawaterways.com).

13 days/12 nights. Highlights: in Beijing, Temple of Heaven, Forbidden City, hutong tour by pedicab/Great Wall/Xi’an Terra Cotta Warriors/Guilin limestone caves/bamboo raft ride on Li River/Shanghai. Land only, $9,580. Single supp., $2,920. Internal air, from $1,065. Imperial Tours (San Francisco, CA; 888/888-1970, www.imperialtours.net).

21 days/20 nights in OMAN and YEMEN. Highlights: four UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Oman’s Bahla Fort and Frankincense Trail plus Yemen’s old walled city of Shibam and Old City of Sana’a/desert tent camping/remote beaches on Socotra Island. Land only, from $7,690 (with four travelers). Single supp., $1,580. Bestway Tours & Safaris (Burnaby, BC, Canada; 800/663-0844, www.bestway.com).