Tours

Eight-day/seven-night garden tour of ENGLAND; May 22-29, 2012. Highlights: In Kent, 15th-century Great Dixter House and Garden/R.H.S. Wisley Garden glasshouse has three climate zones (tropical, temperate and dry)/Leeds Castle and garden/Sissinghurst, “England’s most beautiful garden”/in Sussex,14th-century Scotney Castle and garden/half-day in London/Chelsea Flower Show. Land, $2,999. Single supp., $998.

Lynott Tours, Inc. (Mineola, NY; 800/221-2474).

Nine days/eight nights; departures through Oct. 3, 2011. Highlights: Calgary/Waterton Lakes Park, Alberta/Glacier National Park, Montana/float trip on Bow River, Banff/Icefields Parkway, home to bears, moose, elks, caribou/ATV on the Athabasca Glacier. Land, from $1,095. Single supp., from $600.

Caravan Tours (Chicago, IL; 800/227-2826).

14-day/12-night tour of SOUTH AFRICA. Highlights: Cape Town/Cape of Good Hope for penguins, seals, fishing villages/Winelands route/shopping, Dutch architecture in Stellenbosch/southern right whales in Hermanus/Knysna on the Garden Route/Johannesburg/in Kruger National Park, hippos, lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos, giraffes, buffalos. Land, from $3,565. Single supp., from $865.

Great African Safaris (Glendale, CA; 800/409-7755.

27 days/24 nights, Sept. 17-Oct. 13, 2012. Highlights: Visits all Australian states and territories (including Tasmania, Perth, Kangaroo Island), all major cities, the Outback and the tropical Top End. Operated and led by longtime ITN columnist Randy Keck. From LAX or SFO, $9,495 per person, double. Single supp., $1,595.

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

17 days/16 nights, Oct. 24-Nov. 9, 2011; Register by July 1. Highlights: Cooking demos, regional feasts in all locations visited. Mumbai/in Cochin, see Kathakali dance, visit Spice Market/banana boat ride to see dolphins in Goa/sunset cruise, Goa/yoga class, Udaipur/Jagdish Temple/Delhi/Taj Mahal by sunrise in Agra. Land and internal air, $12,910 paid by check (single supp., $4,999) or $13,349 paid by credit card (single supp., $5,174).

16-day/15-night tour of western INDIA; departures through Dec. 31, 2011. Highlights: From Mumbai, fly to Bhuj, Gujarat, for craft markets/tribal villages/Great Rann (desert) of Kutch, home of foxes, deer, birds/in Gondal, visit an ayurvedic pharmacy and Bhuvaneshwari stud farm/Buddhist caves in Junagadh/lions in Gir National Park/Portuguese fort on island of Diu/Bhavnagarh/6,000-year-old site of Lothal/Little Rann of Kutch/Sun Temple of Modhera/Ahmedabad. Land, $4,995 (7-12 people), $5,495 (4-6 people) or $6,995 (2-3 people). Single supp., $810. Internal air, $545.

15 days/13 nights; departures through Oct. 30, 2011. Highlights: In Istanbul, Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace/Hittite Museum, Ankara/Cappadocia for rock churches, frescoes in open-air museum/Zelve/drive Turquoise Coast to Antalya/Whirling Dervish Museum in Konya/first-century Aphrodisias/Ephesus/Pergamum/Troy. From JFK, from $1,599. Single supp., from $450.

Troy Tours, Inc. (Los Angeles, CA; 800/748-6878).

14 days/13 nights. Highlights: Massage on arrival in Madrid/Roman aqueduct, medieval castle in Segovia/walled city of Avila/Salamanca/drive the Silver Route/Moorish architecture in Seville/Pueblos Blancos (Route of the White Villages) of Andalusia/Red Castle, Alhambra in Granada. Land, from $10,555. Single supp., from $3,694.

My Exclusive Journeys (Miami, FL; 888/334-6905).

Eight days/seven nights; departures through Oct. 8, 2011. Highlights: Walk the Kerry Way in Glenbeigh/Bog Village Museum/4,000-year-old rock art/Caragh River Valley/Killarney National Park/Muckross House/Black Valley. Land, $1,495. Single supp., $325.

Active Journeys (Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 800/597-5594).

22-day/21-night cruise of the CARIBBEAN and the Amazon River in BRAZIL, Dec. 22, 2011-Jan. 12, 2012. Highlights: From Ft. Lauderdale, cruise to Nassau, Bahamas; St. Kitts; Barbados, and St. George’s, Grenada, then explore Amazon River. Cruise price, $3,499-$6,199. $500 discount if booked by May 31.

Institute for Shipboard Education (Charlottes­ville, VA; 877/224-0797).