Tours

15 days/13 nights, June 11-25, 2011. Highlights: Walking tour of Antananarivo/in Mantadia National Park, lemurs, birds, reptiles/botanical garden at Fort Dauphin/baobab trees at Berenty Reserve/Isalo National Park. Land, $5,399. Single supp., $1,000.

Terra Incognita Ecotours (Tampa, FL; 877/463-9756).

19 days/17 nights. Highlights: In SOUTH AFRICA, Johannesburg, Pretoria and Soweto/Chobe National Park, BOTSWANA/Victoria Falls, ZIMBABWE/meet villagers and chief in NAMIBIA/game viewing in Kruger National Park, South Africa/wine tasting in Cape Winelands/Boulders Beach Penguin Reserve. With air from New York or Boston, from $5,599. Single supp., $799.

Vantage Deluxe World Travel (Boston, MA; 800/322-6677).

12-day, 11-night tour of JAPAN, Nov. 6-17, 2011. Highlights: Tokyo’s Tsukiji Fish Market/tea ceremony in Kanazawa/Ninja Temple/in Kyoto, learn to make soba noodles/dine with geisha and maiko entertainment/back in Tokyo, kaiseki dinner at Iron Chef winner Kimio Nonaga’s restaurant. Land, £5,000 (near $8,020). Single supp., £1,200 ($1,600).

Inside Japan Tours (Lewins House, Lewins Mead, Bristol, BS1 2NN, U.K.; phone, in US, 303/952-0184).

18-day, 17-night tour, April through November. Highlights: In Beijing, Forbidden City/Great Wall/Summer Palace/fly to Lhasa, Tibet/Potala and Norbulingka palaces, Jokhang Temple/Gyantse/Tashilhunpo Monastery in Xigatse/Everest Base Camp/finish in Beijing. Land and internal air, $3,095. Single supp., $550.

JMG Tibet Tours (Lauderhill, FL; 866/548-4238).

Nine-day, eight-night tour of SWEDEN, ESTONIA, RUSSIA and FINLAND, June-September. Highlights: Stockholm’s Old Town, City Hall (home to Nobel Banquet)/Tallink ferry to Tallinn, ESTONIA/Toompea Castle/artisans’ studios/ferry to Helsinki, FINLAND/Sibelius Monument/Rock Church/in St. Petersburg, RUSSIA, Peterhof/Hermitage. Land, from $2,740. Single supp., from $1,235.

Scantours (Los Angeles, CA; 800/223-7226).

Nine-day, eight-night women-only tour of POLAND, July 13-21, 2011. Highlights: In Kraków, Wawel Castle/Chopin recital/Kasimierz Jewish quarter/Wieliczka Salt Mine/Pieniny National Park/raft down the Dunajec River. Land, $2,795. Single supp., $650.

Sights & Soul Travels (Germantown, MD; 866/737-9602).

13 days/12 nights, June 2-15, 2011. Highlights: Rothschild estate tour in Nice, FRANCE/Fragonard Perfumery/day trip to MONACO/Portofino, ITALY/winery tour/Cinque Terre/cooking class in Saint-Paul de Vence/back in France, Cannes/Antibes. With air from New York or Boston, $6,299.

Olde Ipswich Tours (Ipswich, MA; 877/356-5163).

11 days/10 nights, Oct. 26-Nov. 5, 2011. Highlights: Edinburgh “Witchery Tour”/graves at Greyfriars Kirkyard/Glamis, “Britain’s most haunted castle”/Autumn Festival in Pitlochry/Edradour Distillery/Glasgow Necropolis/Clairvoyant Evening. Land, $3,795. Single supp., $695.

Scottish Dream Tours (Cle Elum, WA; 800/511-7803).

Eight-day/seven-night tour in MEXICO; departures December 2010-March 2011. Highlights: See millions of butterflies in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Morelia/Morelia candy museum/Tzintzuntzan archaeological site/mask-making workshop in Pátzcuaro/boat tour on Lake Pátzcuaro/crafts market. Land, from $1,575. Single supp., $550.

Reefs to Rockies (Denver, CO; 303/860-6045).

12 days/11 nights. Highlights: Game drive in Kruger National Park, SOUTH AFRICA/Shangaan village visit/rhino walk in Hlane Royal National Park, SWAZILAND/bushmen rock paintings in LESOTHO. Land, from $4,385. Single supp., $515.

Adventure Center (Emeryville, CA; 800/228-8747).