Tours

14 days/13 nights. Highlights: Great Alabaster Sphinx in Memphis/pyramids, Sphinx in Giza/Nile cruise to Luxor, Karnak, Valley of the Kings/Salah el Din Citadel in Cairo/in JORDAN, Greco-Roman Jerash/Petra/12th-century Crusader fortresses of Shobak and Kerak. Land and cruise, from $3,325. From New York, from $4,530. Single supp., from $765.

Grand European Tours (800/552-5545).

11-day/10-night tour, “easy to moderate” (two to three hours’ walking per day). Highlights: Kyoto/Mt. Koya, home to 100 monasteries/soak in a hot spring in Akame/Edo-era Nakasendo Trail/visit lacquerware artisan in Hirasawa/in Tokyo, Ginza shopping district, Meiji Shrine. Land, $4,995. Single supp., $500.

Mountain Travel Sobek (Emeryville, CA; 888/831-7526).

12 days/11 nights in Ladakh region of INDIA, June-Sept. 2010. Highlights: Delhi tour/in Leh, gold and jewel thangkas in Stok Palace/11th-century Alchi gompa/visit the oracle/Shatabdi Express train to Agra, Taj Mahal. Land, $4,145. Internal air, $678. Single supp., $1,635.

Cox & Kings (Tampa, FL; 800/999-1758).

12 days/12 nights in FRANCE, Sept. 12-24, 2010. Highlights: Monet’s Giverny/Old City of Rouen/Honfleur/Belle Époque resorts Deauville and Trouville/Bayeux Tapestry/D-Day sites/Mont-St-Michel/Château Chambord/Château  Chenonceau/Chartres. Land, $3,795. Single supp., $450.

Intimate France (Oakland, CA; 800/676-1247).

11-day/10-night women’s tour, Sept. 21-29, 2010. Highlights: Learn ways of a seabhean (wisewoman)/Grange Stone Circle/Ring of Kerry/first-century Cahergall Ring Fort/Bronze Age Seven Sisters stone circle/Dingle Peninsula. Land, $2,420 plus $116 prepaid gratuity. Single supp., $462.

Body Mind Spirit Journeys (Las Vegas, NV; 800/365-1408).

11 days/10 nights, Oct. 25-Nov. 4, 2010. Highlights: Edinburgh Castle/Falkland Palace and St. Andrew’s Cathedral, where ghosts and phantoms are said to walk/“most-haunted” castle in Britain, Glamis Castle/Autumn Festival in Pitlochry/Glasgow/Paranormal Evening in Peebles. Land, $3,495. Single supp., $695.

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

21-day, five-country tour, Aug. 3-23, 2010. Highlights: In SOUTH AFRICA, Pretoria plus Soweto in Johannesburg/Victoria Falls from both the ZIMBABWE and ZAMBIA sides; helicopter flight/game drives in BOTSWANA/elephant orphanage and Giraffe Centre in KENYA/Masai Mara. Land and intra-Africa air, $10,950. Single supp., $2,500.

Catch the Wind Tours (Boulder City, NV; 702/294-4365).

12-day/11-night tour of JAPAN departs April 3, June 26 & July 3, 2010. Highlights: Toshiba Science Museum and Sumo Museum in Tokyo/Tokyo Disneyland/roller coasters at Fujikyu Highland Park/Matsumoto Castle/16th-century town of Takayama/Iga Uneo Ninja Park in Kyoto. Land, $4,650.

Journeys International (Ann Arbor, MI; 800/255-8735).

15 days/14 nights, Sept. 12-26, 2010 & Sept. 4-18, 2011. Highlights: Hutongs in Beijing/Simatai section of Great Wall/train to Xi’an for Terra Cotta Warriors/Sunrise over the karst hills of Yangshuo/photograph ethnic villages, rice terraces/Ghost Market in Shanghai. Land plus internal air, $4,100. Single supp., $800.

16-day/15-night tour of BHUTAN, Oct. 3-18, 2010. Highlights: Paro Dzong/Tiger’s Nest Monastery/Thimphu/spin prayer wheels at Paradise Temple/Trongsa Dzong/participate in archery match in Ugyen Choling/visit young monks in training in Shingkar Lhakhang/Trashiyangtse/Brokpa tribal cultural program. Land plus internal air, $6,995. Single supp., $1,125.

Rainbow Photo Tours (Tampa, FL; 800/685-9992).