Tours

October 2013 issue

“Amazing Vietnam”

10 days/8 nights. Highlights: In Hanoi, One Pillar Pagoda, Temple of Literature/overnight cruise on Halong Bay/Luon Cave/Hoi An/in Saigon, French-colonial Dong Khoi St., Ben Thanh market. From San Francisco, from $2,099. Single supp., $400. World Spree (Bellevue, WA; 855/556-6868).

June 2013 issue

“Masai Footsteps”

7-day/6-night tour of KENYA. Highlights: On game drives in the Masai Mara National Reserve, view lions, hippos, wildebeests, zebras and antelopes/flamingos at Lake Nakuru/Amboseli National Park for elephants, buffaloes, cheetahs, giraffes. Land, from $2,225. Single supp., from $140. SITA World Tours (Encino, CA; 800/421-5643).

November 2013 issue

“Provence Walking Tour”

11-day/10-night tour of FRANCE, April 8 & Sept. 23, 2014. Longest walking day, nine miles. Highlights: Nice/Grande Randonnée trails/explore sandstone caves in Beaumes-de-Venise pine forest/lavender fields at 12th-century Abbaye de Senanque/Village des Bories/TGV to Paris to visit Eiffel Tower, Champs-Élysées, Hades. Land, $4,290. Single supp., $1,490. Adventures Abroad (Blaine, WA; 800/665-3998).

April 2013 issue

“Secrets Of Japan”

15 days/14 nights. Highlights: Tokyo walking tour, Asakusa Temple, Tsukiji Fish Market/parade-float museum in Takayama/tea ceremony in Kanazawa/Hiroshima/Todaiji Temple in Nara/Geisha quarter in Gion, Kyoto. Land, from $6,665. Single supp., $935. Travel Indochina (Westminster, CO; 800/342-1957).

January 2013 issue

Insider’s Tanzania

13 days / 12 nights, July 6-18 and Oct. 3-15, 2013. Highlights: Arusha / 550 bird species in Tarangire National Park / game drives in Ngorongoro Conservation Area / Serengeti National Park / ZANZIBAR. Land, $7,295 (with four or more touring). Single supp., $850. Myths and Mountains (Incline Village, NV; 800/670-6984).

February 2013 issue

“Sea Of Okhotsk”

13-day/12-night cruise off the coast of RUSSIAN Siberia aboard the 50-passenger Spirit of Enderby, June 5-21, 2013. Highlights: Zodiac excursions around Utashud Island/whale-watching/birds, foxes, musk deer, moose and ribbon seals/town of Okhotsk/Talan Island/Russkaya fjord for sea otters, largha seals, brown bears. Cruise price: main-deck triple, $8,300, or mini-suite, $11,200. Heritage Expeditions (Antarctic House, 53B Montreal St., Christchurch, New Zealand; phone +64 3 365 3500 or, in the US, 866/285-7884).

September 2013 issue

Lombardy and Lake Country For Wine Lovers

7 days / 6 nights, Oct. 21-27, 2014. Highlights: Meet in Milan, ITALY / Lake Como / taste red wines in Alpine valley of Valtellina / try sparkling wines near Lake Iseo / try white wines by Lake Garda. Land, $3,389. Single supp., $364. Vin Marotolli’s Wine Lovers Tours (New Haven, CT; 800 / 256-0141).

December 2012 issue

Botswana In The Green Season

6 days / 6 nights, through March 20, 2013. Highlights: Three nights at Little Vumbura Camp in the Okavango forest / hippos, crocodiles, red lechwe, elephants, cheetahs, migrating birds / in Linyanti Reserve, view giraffes, baboons, hyenas, lions, leopards / night game drives for aardwolves, servals, pangolins. Land, $3,400. Extraordinary Journeys Africa (New York, NY; 800 / 403-6012).