A selection of tours and cruise-tours
17 days, 16 nights, Jan. 7-23, 2023. Highlights: In Buenos Aires, Teatro Colón opera house, Recoleta Cemetery, tango lessons/fly to Ushuaia for End of the World Museum/Tierra del Fuego Nat’l Park/Martillo Island in Beagle Channel, home to albatrosses/cruise to Perito Moreno Glacier/enter Chile in Torres del Paine Nat’l Park/in Santiago, tiered gardens on San Cristóbal Hill/in Valparaíso, Nat’l Maritime Museum/wine tasting in Maipo Valley.
10 days, 9 nights. “Moderately challenging.” Departures June-Aug. 2022. Age range for kids (9-17) varies by tour.
5-day, 4-night “introductory”-level active tour in Alberta, CANADA. Weekly departures Jan.-March 2022. Highlights: In Banff, ice walk in Johnston Canyon to “Cathedral of Ice” at Upper Falls/snowshoeing in Banff Nat’l Park/en route to Lake Louise, walk along Marble Canyon in Kootenay Nat’l Park. From $1,360 ppdo. Single supp., $280. Great Canadian Trails (Ottawa, ON, Canada; 866/305-2257, www.greatcanadiantrails.com).
17 days, 16 nights, Oct. 12-28, 2021.
8 days, 7 nights in FRANCE, June 4-11, 2022. Highlights: Drive from Paris to Normandy for Le Mémorial de Caen war museum, Merville Gun Battery/D-Day ceremony at Normandy American Cemetery/Airborne Museum in Sainte-Mère-Église/Battle of Normandy Museum/en route to Limoges, Coudehard-Montormel Memorial/preserved-village memorial of Oradour-sur-Glane. $2,995 ppdo. Single supp., $800.
15 days, 14 nights. Departures May 24 & Sept. 27, 2022. Min. group size, 4. Highlights: In Algiers, Place des Martyrs, 17th-century El Djedid Mosque, Bardo Museum, the Casbah/in Annaba, ruins of Hippone, Basilica of St. Augustine/in Constantine, Palace of Ahmed Bey, El-Kantara Bridge/Roman ruins at Timgad/Mozabite town of Ghardaia, walled villages/weavers’ workshops in Tlemcen/Le Jardin d’Essai botanical garden/Roman aqueduct in Cherchell.
11-day, 10-night “moderate”-level expedition on New Zealand’s South Island, April 4-14 & Nov. 7-17, 2022. Group limit, 12. Highlights: Christchurch/Kura Tawhiti Conservation Area, home to the kea (alpine parrot)/Pancake Rocks/Māori carvings at bone carver’s studio/in Mt.
5-day, 4-night “Grade 3” hike (up to 12½ miles a day) in Queensland, AUSTRALIA. Departures May 24, June 14 & 28, July 26, 2022. Group limit, 6-8. Highlights: Drive from Mt. Isa to start of Pinnacle Trail/morning tea at Big Bend Waterhole/swimming at Stockyard Gorge/en route to Dry Gorge, Tree Snake Spring/marine limestone formations at Lost City/in Camooweal, picnic lunch by Georgina River. $3,850 ppdo.
