Tours

10-day/8-night cruise-tour. Highlights: In Cairo, King Tut at the Egyptian Museum; Old Town/Pyramid of Giza/ Sphinx/Sakkara Step Pyramid/fly to Luxor/Valley of the Kings/Temple of Queen Hatshepsut/Colossi of Memnon/sail MS Nile Dolphin to Edfu for Temple of Horus/Kom Ombo/Aswan High Dam/sail a felucca to botanical gardens on Bustan island/return to Cairo. Land and cruise only, from $1,099. From New York, from $2,299. Single supplement, add 50% of land/cruise price. Value World Tours (Fountain Valley, CA; 800/795-1633, www.valuecruises.net).

 19-day, 18-night voyage from ARGENTINA to ANTARCTICA aboard expedition ship MS Fram, Oct. 30-Nov. 17, 2015, and Feb. 25-March 15, 2016. Hikes on uneven terrain require moderate fitness level. Highlights: Sail from Buenos Aires to Falkland Islands, home to cara­cara, penguins/South Georgia, home to albatross, Grytviken whaling station/Antarctic Peninsula/through Drake Passage to Ushuaia, Argentina. In 2015, $8,622-$16,459 ppdo or $9,148-$17,475 single. In 2016, $14,582-$25,471 ppdo or $18,475-$27,040 single. Hurtigruten, Inc. (Bellevue, WA; 844/227-8948, www.hurtigruten.com). 

 6-day, 5-night “easy” bike tour (averaging 31 miles a day on level terrain). Departures June 21, Aug. 2 and Sept. 6 & 13, 2016. Highlights: From Vienna, AUSTRIA, to Potzneusiedl for former residence of Batthyány nobility/ride along Leitha River/Esterházy Palace/in Bratislava, SLOVAKIA, Danubiana Meuleensteen Museum for Contemporary Art/private cruise on Danube to Budapest, HUNGARY. Land, from $5,295 per person, double occupancy (ppdo). Single supp., $600. Butterfield & Robinson (70 Bond St., 3rd Floor, Toronto, ON, M5B 1X3, Canada; in No. Am., 866/551-9090, www.butterfield.com)....