Tours

15 days/14 nights, May 6-20, 2010. Highlights: 6,000-year-old pottery in Archaeological Museum, Tehran/Sa’ad-Abad Palace/Persepolis/pink-tiled Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque, Eram Garden, nomads’ market in Shiraz/Pasargadae, built by Cyrus the Great/Isfahan’s Ali-Qapu Palace. Land only, $3,525. Single supp., $650. Caravan-Serai (Seattle, WA; 800/451-8097, www.caravan-serai.com).

3 days/2 nights. Departs June 7 through Sept. 27, 2010. Highlights: From Munich, drive through Bavaria to Berchtesgaden, visit Hitler’s “Eagle’s Nest”/Oberammergau Museum, woodcarving shops/center orchestra seats for the Passion Play. Land only, $2,299. Single supp., $500. General Tours (Keene, NH; 800/221-2216, www.generaltours.com).

8-day/7-night tours in 2010 include six half-day art classes in mixed-media technique. Collioure: stay in this “Vermillion Coast” fishing village just north of Spanish border, June 21-28. Land only, from $2,895. Single supplement, $350. Languedoc-Roussillon: medieval Carcassonne, Cathar castles, cave art in Dordogne, June 28-July 5. Land only, from $3,250. Single supplement, $420. Art Trek (Bolinas, CA; 415/868-9558, www.arttreks.com).

12 days/11 nights includes eight nights on M/S Fram. Highlights: From Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA, fly to Ushuaia to embark Fram/Drake Passage/penguins on Half Moon Island/elephant seals in Neko Harbour/whales in Wilhelmina Bay. With air from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia, $5,919 (outside cabin). Adventures for Singles (Atlanta, GA; 877/813-9421, www.adventuresforsingles.com).

8 days/7 nights. Departs Dec. 20, 2009, Jan. 31 & March 14, 2010. Highlights: Monkeys, sloths, river otters in Tortuguero National Park/quetzals live in Monteverde Cloud Forest/boat across Lake Arenal/Ecotermales hot springs. Land only, $2,995. Single supp., $425. Boundless Journeys (Stowe, VT; 800/941-8010, www.boundless journeys.com).

13 days/10 nights. Highlights: From Nairobi, drive to Samburu Reserve for Grevy’s zebra, reticulated giraffe/Big Five in Sweetwaters Game Reserve/400 bird species in Lake Nakuru National Park. Land only, from $3,998. Single supp., from $598. Internal air, $200. International Expeditions (Helena, AL; 800/633-4734, www.ietravel.com).

9 days/8 nights in ETHIOPIA. Highlights: Addis Ababa’s Ethnological Museum houses 3.2-million-year-old Lucy skeleton/boat ride on Lake Tana to monasteries/Blue Nile Falls/rock-hewn churches in Lalibela/ruins of Queen of Sheba’s palace in Axum. With air from Washington Dulles, $3,497. Single supp., $645. Ethiopian Airlines Journeys (Annapolis, MD; 866/599-3797, www.seeyouinethiopia.com).

12 days/11 nights via small aircraft, March 3 & Nov. 17, 2010. Highlights: Wine tasting on Waiheke Island/day cruise Bay of Islands/Maori hangi in Rotorua/“Art trail” in Nelson/jetboat on Dart River. Land and air in NZ, AU$11,151 (near $9,286). Single supp. from AU$1,633 ($1,359). Asia Transpacific Journeys (Boulder, CO; 800/642-2742, www.asiatranspacific.com).

8 days/7 nights. Highlights: Roppongi Hills Observatory in Tokyo/ascend halfway up Mt. Fuji/hot springs in Hakone/bullet train to Kyoto; see Kinkaku-ji Temple, 1,001 statues of Buddha at Sanjusangendo Temple/Nara Deer Park. Land only, from $3,099. Single supp., $600. General Tours (Keene, NH; 800/221-2216, www.generaltours.com).

16-day/13-night tour, March 20-April 4, 2010. Highlights: From Delhi, INDIA, fly to Bagdogra, cross into BHUTAN/Thimphu’s Tashichhodzong/Paro Tsechu Festival/Tiger’s Nest Monastery/in Kathmandu, NEPAL, Swayambunath Stupa/in Lhasa, Tibet, CHINA, Potala Palace, Barkhor Market. Land price, $4,990. Single supp., $1,690. Internal airfare, $1,390. Worldview Tours (Newport Beach, CA; 800/373-0388, www.worldviewtours.com).