Tours

15-day/14-night tour of INDIA includes seven nights aboard RV Sukapha. Highlights: Sail from Calcutta to old Danish colonial Barrackpore/rickshaw tour in Kalna to terra-cotta temples/brass-working village of Matiari/silk weavers’ village near Jangipur/train to Delhi, fly to Agra/Taj Mahal/Jaipur. Land/cruise, $4,199. Cruise only, $2,499. Single supp., $2,499.

Value World Tours (Fountain Valley, CA; 800/795-1633).

Eight-day/seven-night tour. Highlights: In Nice, FRANCE, flower market, Promenade des Anglais/in Grasse, Fragonard Parfumerie/Rothschild Villa and Gardens/in ITALY, Ventimiglia and San Remo/in MONACO, Monte Carlo Casino, Place des Armes, Oceanographic Museum. Land, from $1,399. Single supp., $500.

Collette Vacations (Pawtucket, RI; 800/340-5158).

14-day/13-night tour of WALES, April 24-May 7, 2012. Highlights: Medieval banquet in Cardiff Castle/Caerphilly Castle/Dylan Thomas’ home/St. David’s Cathedral/Snowdonia/White Lion Inn, a pub since AD 722/ride Llangollen Steam Railway/tea at Powis Castle/Tintern Abbey. Land, $4,695. Single supp., $795.

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

Seven-day/six-night cruise on Caledonian Canal aboard eight-passenger barge Scottish Highlander. Highlights: Sail from Inverness to Banavie/play on four championship golf courses/whisky tasting at Glen Nevis. $3,590 (stateroom, low season) to $4,750 (suite, high season). Single supp., from $1,400. Golf supp. (nongolfers do not pay this), $800.

European Waterways (The Barn, Riding Court Rd., Datchet, Berkshire, SL3 9JT, U.K.; phone +44 [0] 1753 598555).

Eight-day/seven night tour of Patagonia, ARGENTINA, includes three nights camping; Oct. 3-10, Nov. 11-18, Dec. 3-10, 2011. Highlights: walking tour, Buenos Aires/fly to Puerto Piramides/whale watching cruise/Península Valdés Nature Reserve/kayak in San José Bay to see sea lions, right whales/million-year-old marine fossils at Punta Conos/Magellanic penguins/elephant seal rookery. Land and internal air, $2,295.

Sea Kayak Adventures (Coeur d’Alene, ID; 800/616-1943).

13-day/12-night tour includes hotel stays and four nights aboard the Canadian; Oct. 4-16, 2012. Highlights: From Toronto, cross Canadian Prairie/ascend the Rocky Mountains to Jasper/Maligne Lake, Spirit Island/ride a “Sno-Coach” on the Columbia Icefields/Banff Hot Springs/gondola ride up Sulphur Mountain/Yoho National Park/Vancouver. Land, Pullman berth, $4,695. Roomette, $4,995. Single accommodations, $6,995.

Uncommon Journeys (Oakland, CA; 800/323-5893).

14-day/13-night tour by private plane with photographer Ewen Bell; June 4-17, 2012. Highlights: Opal mining town of Coober Pedy/Kakadu National Park for crocs, Jabiru storks, Brolga cranes/On Bathurst Island, art and crafts of Tiwi tribesmen/Kimberley coast/Faraway Bay/rock art near King George Falls/Bungle Bungles/Uluru. Land and internal air, $15,990. Single supp., $1,000.

18 days/17 nights; Nov. 21-Dec. 8, 2011. Highlights: Visit tribal villages in Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh/tea estates in Assam/wildlife viewing near Burma boader/Nagaland Hornbill Festival. Land, $5, 483. Single supp., $1,266.

Cross Cultural Adventures (Arlington, VA; 703/237-0100).

11 days/10 nights; Oct. 13-23, 2011, March 29-April 8, 2012, May 10-20, Oct. 18-28, 2012. Highlights: In Tokyo, Imperial Palace, Asakusa Temple, Ginza/Nikko National Park/Toshuga Shrine/Great Buddha in Kamakura/day cruise on Lake Ashi/view Mt. Fuji from the Komagatake Ropeway/Zen meditation lesson in Kyoto/visit pottery studio/Miho Museum in Shigaraki. Land, $8,995. Single supp., $2,255.

Abercrombie & Kent (Downers Grove, IL; 800/554-7016).

Eight-day/seven-night river cruise aboard new S.S. Antoinette; departs March-Dec., 2012. Highlights: Basel, SWITZERLAND/Strasbourg, FRANCE/Speyer, GERMANY/Rüdesheim/Boppard/Cologne/Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS. Cruise from $2,199-$5,424. Single supp. from $1,599. No single supp. 3/25, 4/8, 6/3, 7/29, 9/9.

Uniworld (Los Angeles, CA; 800/733-7820).