In northeastern Australia at the Fraser Coast Wildlife Sanctuary (79 Mungar Rd., Maryborough, Queensland, Australia; phone +61 07 4122 2080, http://frasercoastwildlifesanctuary.org.au), visitors can interact with dingoes, wallabies, kangaroos, kookaburras and more. Visits are guided, and animal interactions are supervised by staff. All fees to the nonprofit sanctuary go toward care of the animals. Open daily, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Entry, AUD10 (near $8) adult or AUD8 senior. Snake and dingo...

Cruise lines P&O Cruises (www.pocruises.com) and Cunard Line (www.cunard.com), both owned by Carnival Corporation, announced on Dec. 6, 2016, that they would be canceling all ports in Turkey during 2017 cruises. Canceled ports would be replaced by stops in Greece or Albania. A spokesperson for the cruise lines said that the decision was made after taking into consideration advice from the UK’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

At Tokyo’s As­a­k­usa Yabusame festival, the horseback archery skills of Japan’s samurai are exhibited as riders in Edo-era clothing and at full gallop fire arrows at targets. Any rider who hits three targets is rewarded in a ceremony. Held the third Saturday of each April (in 2017, April 22) near the Kototoi Bridge on the Taito¯ Ward  side of Sumida Park, the Yabusame begins at 2 p.m. English-speaking visitors can buy a seat at the event for JPY3,000 (...