Tours

December 2011 issue

“Bordeaux 101”

Eight days/seven nights in FRANCE, May 15-22, 2012. Highlights: Explore wine regions of Médoc, St. Emilion, Graves, Sauternes/visit oystering town of Arcachon. Land, $3,289. Single supp., $530.

Wine Lovers Tours (New Haven, CT; 800/256-0141).

June 2010 issue

“Tanzania Safari”

12 days/11 nights, July 6-17, 2010, March 13-21, 20011 & July 3-11, 2011. Highlights: Lions, giraffes, elephants, baboons in Lake Manyara National Park/Big Five in Ngorongoro Crater/visit a Maasai village/fossils in Olduvai Gorge/Serengeti Plain game viewing/visit Hadzabe bushmen. Land, $3,650.

Wilderness Inquiry (Minneapolis, MN; 800/728-0719).

November 2010 issue

“Spectacular England”

15 days/15 nights, June 7-21, 2011. Visit Sussex, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, the Lake District, North & South Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire and Somerset. Land price, £2,345 (near $3,684). Single supplement, £550 ($864).

Midway Motor Travel (Southerwicks, Corsham, Wiltshire, UK; US phone, 800/214-8738).

March 2014 issue

“Indonesia — Lesser Sunda Endemics I”

18-day, 17-night, relaxed-pace, family adventure and birding tour on four volcanic islands, Sept. 1-18, 2014. Highlights: From Bali, fly to East Sumba, home to great-billed parrot and Sumba buttonquail/West Timor/Flores/Komodo, home to flame-breasted sunbird, elegant pitta and 10-foot Komodo dragons. Land, $4,975. Single supp., $675.

Rockjumper Birding Tours (P.O. Box 13972, Cascades, 3202, South Africa; from US/Can., 888/990-5552).

August 2011 issue

“China’s Two Great Cities”

Eight days/six nights. Highlights: In Beijing, Forbidden City, hutong tour/Ming Tombs/Great Wall/in Shanghai, 16th-century bazaar, optional Suzhou canals tour ($30). Land only, $699. $899 from L.A. or $1,229 from NY. Single supp., $199.

China Spree (Blaine, WA; 866/652-5656).

April 2010 issue

“Ladakh: The Last Shangri-La”

12 days/11 nights in Ladakh region of INDIA, June-Sept. 2010. Highlights: Delhi tour/in Leh, gold and jewel thangkas in Stok Palace/11th-century Alchi gompa/visit the oracle/Shatabdi Express train to Agra, Taj Mahal. Land, $4,145. Internal air, $678. Single supp., $1,635.

Cox & Kings (Tampa, FL; 800/999-1758).

July 2010 issue

“Sweet Life Culinary Tour”

10-day/10-night tour of SOUTH AFRICA (departures through Dec. 13). Highlights: Taste local wines, olives, chocolates/Cape Peninsula/Malay cooking class/game drives in Kruger National Park/interact with elephants in Timbavati. Land, from $7,295. Single supp., from $2,825. Air from New York, from $1,595.

African Travel (Glendale, CA; 877/493-2727).

January 2010 issue

“Grand Tour Of Persia”

22-day/19-night tour of IRAN, Sept. 18-Oct. 9, 2010. Highlights: museums, bazaar in Tehran/Sasanian Era stone reliefs at Tagh-e-Bostan/Persepolis/Pasargadae/Ali Qapu Palace in Isfahan//Lake Urmia. $5,995 from New York (JFK). Single supp., $900.

Spiekermann Travel (Eastpointe, MI; 800/645-3233).