Tours

12 days/11 nights, April 26-May 7 and Nov. 8-19, 2010. Note: participants should be able to walk five miles per day. Highlights: Xi’an Terra Cotta Warriors/in Foping Nature Reserve, track wild pandas/Beijing and Great Wall. Land only, $5,999. Single supp., $1,000.

Terra Incognita Ecotours (Tampa, FL; 866/463-9756).

19-day/18-night tour of RUSSIA and the BALTICS. Departs May 10 and Sept. 6, 2010. Highlights: in Kiev, UKRAINE, Chernobyl Museum/Kremlin diamonds, Fabergé eggs in Moscow, RUSSIA/Amber Room in St. Petersburg/in Vilnius, LITHUANIA, former KGB HQ/Riga, LATVIA’s, Opera House/torchlight monastery tour in Tallinn, ESTONIA. Land only, from $11,925. Single supp., $3,800.

Exeter International (Tampa, FL; 800/633-1008).

eight days/six nights, May 8-15, 2010, includes four-night cruise. Highlights: Mykonos/Ephesus, TURKEY/Patmos, Greece, where John wrote Book of Revelation/Byzantine/Turkish and Latin ruins on Rhodes/open-air market and Archaeological Museum on Crete/Santorini. $2,295 from Dallas. Single supp., $330.

Friendly Planet (Jenkintown, PA; 800/555-5765).

14 days/12 nights, June 21-July 4, 2010. Highlights: Berlin’s Pergamon Museum and Charlottenberg Castle plus Spree River day cruise/Prague/medieval Telc˘/Vienna’s Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna Woods/Baroque Salzburg/Melk Abbey/Oberammergau Passion Play/Neuschwanstein Castle/Zürich. Land, $9,495. Single supp., $1,200.

Horizon & Co. (Toronto, Ont., Canada; 800/387-2977).

Eight-day/seven-night tour of FRANCE. Highlights: hike Ile de Port Cros/swim at l’ Estagnol beach/Cap Lardier bird sanctuary for little eagle owls, falcons, hawks/market at Le Lavandou/day cruise on a yacht/Saint-Tropez. Land only, from $2,945. Single supp., from $728.

Breakaway Adventures (Mt. Pleasant, SC; 800/567-6286).

10 days/9 nights. Highlights: in Buenos Aires, city tour, La Boca, La Recoleta/Timbo Fishing Lodge in Santa Fe/four days of fishing the San Javierito River aboard skiffs; golden dorado of 10-15 pounds are typical. Land and internal air, $3,795.

iExplore (Chicago, IL; 800/439-7567).

19 days/18 nights, May 3-21, 2010. Highlights: Lima/La Punta/palace of Puruchuco/Tupac Amaru, site of mummy find/Inca ruins of Vilcashuamán/narrow-gauge train trip to Huancayo/dugout canoe up Amazon to Campa Indian territory/walk a section of the “Inca Road.” $3,700 from Los Angeles. Single supp., $500.

Lifebound Tours (Fallbrook, CA; 760/742-3455).

9-day/8-night textile and folk art tour in Oaxaca, MEXICO, Oct. 15-23, 2010. Highlights: hands-on workshop in all phases of creating and using dyes and preparing wool; take home all “recipes”/Zapotec ruins in Mitla/market day in Zaachila/craft villages. Land only, $1,895.

Tia Stephanie Tours (Ann Arbor, MI; 734/769-7839).

11-day/10-night tour includes participation in Gorongosa Park restoration. Highlights: snorkel off coast of Tofo; possible wildlife includes manta rays, whale sharks, humpback whales/La Veranda nature reserve in Nampula/UNESCO World Heritage Site of Mozambique Island. Land only, from $5,500.

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

18 days/17 nights. Highlights: New Delhi/“Putting the river to sleep” ceremony on the Ganges in Varanasi/Khajuraho monuments/Agra’s Taj Mahal/Jantar Mantar Observatory in Jaipur/Kerala houseboat cruise/Mumbai. Land and internal air, from $8,390. Single supp., from $2,074.

Tauck World Discovery (Norwalk, CT; 800/788-7885).