Tours

12 days/11 nights. Highlights: In SOUTH AFRICA, Cape Town/kayak Boulders Beach; see penguins/10,000-year-old rock paintings in Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve/in NAMIBIA, Sand Dune Sea/seals, seabirds at Walvis Bay/lions, cheetahs, giraffes, rhinos at Etosha National Park. Land price, from $4,590. Single supp., $2,657.

Culturious/Tauck World Discovery (Norwalk, CT; 888/840-1852).

27 days/24 nights, Sept. 19-Oct. 15, 2011. Led by ITN columnist Randy Keck. Highlights: Visit all Australian states and territories (including Tasmania), Kangaroo Island, all capital cities (including Perth), the Outback and the tropical north. Land and air from Los Angeles or San Francisco, $9,295. Single supp., $1,595.

ASI Tours (Jamestown, RI; 800/944-3021).

Nine-day/seven-night tour of CHINA. Highlights: Shop Cheng Huang old city in Shanghai/gondola ride in Tongli/Tai Lake in Wuxi/special snack dinner in Yangzhou. Land only, from $699. With air from San Francisco, from $1,199. Single supp., from $280.

China Travel Service (San Francisco, CA; 866/244-6287).

Ten days/nine nights. Age limits, 18 to 65. Highlights: In Muscat, OMAN, Grand Mosque/gold and silver handicrafts in Nizwa/seaside resort at Barka/in DUBAI, sand dune safari/Dubai city tour, sunset dhow cruise. Land price, $3,270. Single supp., $1,065.

Kumuka Worldwide (Brooklyn, NY; 800/517-0867).

Eight-day/seven-night gulet cruise of coast of TURKEY, Sept. 10-17, 2011. Highlights: Bay of Fethiye/ancient Lydae/Greek ruins in Kaunos/citadel of Phoenix/Halicarnassus. Cruise, £1,795 (near $2,761). Single supp., £485 ($746).

Peter Sommer Travel (Ste. 2, 96 Monnow St., Monmouth NP25 3EQ, U.K.; phone +44 [0] 1600 888 220).

Nine-day/seven-night cruise. Highlights: In NETHERLANDS, cruise canals in Amsterdam/WWII sites in Arnhem/Grote Markt in Antwerp, BELGIUM/back in Netherlands, blooming flowers in Keukenhof Gardens. Cruise, from $1,999. Cruise and air from New York, from $2,499. Single supp., 50% of twin price or 100% of twin price for junior suite.

AmaWaterways (Chatsworth, CA; 800/626-0126).

12 days/11 nights includes four days of hiking. Highlights: Arrive Lima/Cusco city tour/Sacsayhuamán Inca fortress/in Sacred Valley, Pisac and Ollantaytambo/ruins of Tarawasi/hike toward Mt. Salkantay to 15,000 feet/descend into cloud forest/Llactapata Inca Trail/Machu Picchu/return via train to Cusco. Land, $4,160.

Vaya Adventures (Berkeley, CA; 800/342-1796).

11-day/12-night tour of PAPUA NEW GUINEA, May 10-20, 2011. Highlights: National Museum in Port Moresby/spirit houses in Blackwater River region/board Sepik Spirit for three-night cruise/Huli wig men in the Tari highlands/Tumbuna Sing Sing at Mt. Hagen. Land, $7,400. Internal air, $1,650.

PNGTravel.com (Santa Barbara, CA; 805/569-2448).

16 days/14 nights; departs Nov. 1 & Nov. 29, 2011. Highlights: In Bangkok, THAILAND, Grand Palace, Emerald Buddha/Chiang Mai/Elephant Training Camp/Angkor Wat/in Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM, Cu Chi Tunnels/China Beach/Hoi An/Halong Bay. With air from LAX or SFO, $4,398. Single supp., $1,250.

ChinaPlus (Irving, TX; 888/868-8811).

22 days/21 nights; departs Nov. 23, 2010, and Jan. 9, Sept. 26 & Nov. 24, 2011.  Highlights: Ethnographic Museum in Addis Ababa/Blue Nile Falls/Gondar (City of Castles)/stelae and early Christian relics in Axum/rock-hewn churches in Lalibela/meet Dorze, Konso, Mursi and Hamar tribal peoples. Land, $4,487. Single supp., $707.

Adventures Abroad (Blaine, WA; 800/665-3998).