Tours

14 days, 13 nights, Jan. 17-Feb. 4, 2022. Group limit, 14. Highlights: Overnight in Tokyo/fly to Kyushu Island/Kirishima-Kinkowan Nat’l Park/Arasaki Crane Reserve/in Takayama, sake breweries, miso stores/at Kambayashi Onsen, thermal spring/in Jigokudani, photo ops with Japanese macaques soaking in a thermal pool/at Akan-Mashu Nat’l Park, steaming sulfuroles, whooper swans/Shiretoko Peninsula, home to Steller’s sea eagles. From $19,990 ppdo.

15 days, 14 nights in GREECE. Departures Oct. 14, 2021 & April 28, 2022. Highlights: From Athens to Isthmus of Corinth/Ancient Nemea for 4th-century-BC Doric Temple of Zeus, site of Nemean Games/medieval Monemvasia for 12th-century Agia Sophia Church, wine tasting/Sparta/Caves of Diros/Temple of Zeus at Olympia/in Arcadia, Temple of Apollo Epikourios at Bassai/Mycenaean citadel of Tiryns/Corinth/National Archaeological Museum in Athens.

6-day, 5-night “recreational-level” bicycle tour in northeastern FRANCE. Departures May 23, July 18, Aug. 1 & 8, 2022. Avg. 25-31 miles a day. Highlights: In Strasbourg, 8th-century St. Stephen’s Church/bike Canal de la Bruche to medieval Dachstein/near Bœrsch, Spindler Marquetry Workshop/Route des Vins wine tasting/Unterlinden Museum in Colmar/villages of Ribeauvillé, Riquewihr, Kayserberg. From $6,495 per person, double occupancy (ppdo).

9 days, 8 nights. Departures June 26, Sept. 25, Oct. 16, Nov. 6, 2021 & Jan.-March 2022. Group limit, 20. Highlights: Drive from San José to Caribbean for cruise to Tortuguero Canals, home to caimans, toucans, turtles/cruise, rainforest walk in Tortuguero Nat’l Park/Sarapiquí pineapple farm/Arenal Volcano Nat’l Park/soak in Tabacón Hot Springs/Monteverde Cloud Forest hanging bridges/cooking class at Ecological Sanctuary.

8 days, 7 nights in Southern Africa. Departures May-June, Aug.-Nov. 2021, March-June, Aug.-Nov. 2022. Group limit, 8. Highlights: First night at Victoria Falls, ZIMBABWE/in Botswana, game drives in Chobe Nat’l Park, home to lions, elephants, hippos/Okavango Delta for mokoro (dugout canoe) fishing or sunset boat cruise, game drives in Moremi Game Reserve/fly to Rra Dinare Camp for game drives, mokoro rides.

10-day, 9-night tour of JAPAN. Departures Nov. 6, 2021 & March 12, May 28, June 18, 2022. Includes 7-day Japan Rail Pass. Highlights: In Tokyo, 2 days of free time or optional tours/bullet train to Hakone for national park, open-air museum/in Hikone, 17th-century castle, Genkyuen Garden/visit island of Chikubu for Buddhist temple, Shinto shrine/in Kyoto, tour, free time/return to Tokyo. $3,107 ppdo (2021) or $2,665 ppdo (2022).

17 days, 16 nights, May 3-19 & Oct. 14-30, 2022. Led by local textile expert. Group limit, 12. Highlights: In Tashkent, visit woodblock printers, suzani embroiderers, Juma Mosque/in Margilan, classes in ikat weaving & dyeing, cooking/fast train to Samarkand/in Bukhara, Museum of Decorative Arts/in Khiva, handmade carpets. $4,750 ppdo. Single supp., $700.

14 days, 13 nights. Departures June 19 & Aug. 14, 2022. Average 1-3 miles of walking a day; some uneven surfaces. Highlights: In Athens, Temple of Zeus, Arch of Hadrian, Acropolis/visit monastery at Meteora/climb Sacred Way of Delphi at Mt. Parnassus/Lion Gate at Mycenae/free time in Santorini, Mykonos/return to Athens. $5,795 ppdo. Insight Vacations (Rye, NY; 888/680-1241, www.insightvacations.com).