TOURING - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included

Best of the West

* Collette Tours offers "Western Wonders," a 15-day tour from Los Angeles that includes the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, and Utah's Bryce Canyon and Zion national parks. California highlights include San Francisco, Monterey, and Disneyland. Twin rate is $1,549. Contact: Collette Tours (TravelAmerica Magazine), 162 Middle St., Pawtucket, RI 02860; (888) 2923150; www.collettetours.com.

High Adventure

* REI Adventures offers a variety of one-week hiking and backpacking treks in such locations as California's Death Valley and High Sierras, Washington's Mt. Rainier, southwestern Utah, and the Colorado Rockies. Also available are kayaking trips in Maine, British Columbia, and Washington's San Juan Islands. Contact: REI Adventures (TravelAmerica Magazine), P.O. Box 1938, Sumner, WA 98390; (800) 622-2236; www.rei.com/travel.

Western Biking

* Backroads, an active travel specialist, offers six-day biking trips in Idaho's Sawtooth Mountains, Montana's Glacier National Park, the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, and the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado. Some departures are targeted at families or singles. Prices start at $1,118. Contact: Backroads (TravelAmerica Magazine), 801 Cedar St., Berkeley, CA 94710; (800) GO-ACTIVE; www.back roads.com.

Best of Hawaii

* Cosmos offers the 10-day "Hawaiian Sunset." Included are Honolulu sightseeing, cruising the Wailua River in Kauai, and Maui's Haleakala Crater. Price from Los Angeles is $1,338 to $1,799. Contact: Cosmos (TravelAmerica Magazine), 5301 S. Federal Circle, Littleton, CO 80123; (877) 325-0656; www.globusand cosmos.com.

Confederate Hero

* History America Tours presents "Robert E. Lee in Virginia," an eight-day, historian-led tour (September 22-29) that starts at his boyhood home in Alexandria. Included are visits to Civil War battlefields and the Appomattox Courthouse, where the Confederate general surrendered to Grant. Twin rate is $1,595. Contact: HistoryAmerica Tours (TravelAmerica Magazine), P.O. Box 797687, Dallas, TX 75379; (800) 628-8542; www.historyamerica.com.

Aloha Land

* Collette Tours offers "Hawaiian Tropical Odyssey," a 12-day Neighbor Islands trip to Kauai, Lanai, Maui, and Hawaii. Guests on Lanai stay at the elegant, plantation-style Lodge at Koele. Twin rate is $2,649. Contact: Collette Tours (TravelAmerica Magazine), 162 Middle St., Pawtucket, RI 02860; (888) 344-5578; www.collette tours.com.

California Escape

Collette Tours offers a seven. day "California Getaway" featuring Gold Country, San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, and Napa Valley winery visits. Twin rate from Sacramento is $799. Contact: Collette, (888) 292-3150.

Arizona & Nevada

Collette Tours offers "Deserts, Canyons & Casinos," an eight-day tour from Tucson to Las Vegas. Included are Sabino Canyon, Coronado National Forest, Sedona, Grand Canyon, and the gaming resort of Laughlin. Twin rate is $579. Contact: Collette Tours (TravelAmerica Magazine), 162 Middle St., Pawtucket, RI 02860; (888) 2923150; www.collettetours.com.

Kentucky & Tennessee

Tauck Tours' "Kentucky Bluegrass and Tennessee Country" is an eight-day trip from Louisville to Nashville with visits to Lexington, Bardstown, Knoxville, and Asheville (North Carolina). Twin rate is $1,660. Contact: Tauck Tours (TravelAmerica Magazine), P.O. Box 5027, Westport, CT 06881-5027; (800) 214-5158; www.tauck. com.

Tombigbee River

The Delta Queen offers a new 10-day Tombigbee River cruise from St. Louis to Mobile, July 17-27, with fares from $1,495. Traveling through old cotton kingdoms and new timber empires, passengers visit such ports as Columbus, Mississippi, childhood home of Tennessee Williams. An 11-night cruise from Mobile to Nashville (July 27-August 7) has a Civil War theme. Contact: Delta Queen Steamboat Company (TravelAmerica Magazine), 1380 Port of New Orleans Place, New Orleans, LA 70130; (800) 543-1949; www.deltaqueen.com.

HAPPY TRAILS

Don Donnelly Horseback Vacations offers three- to seven-day riding trips in Arizona's most scenic areas, including Monument Valley, the Grand Canyon, White Mountains, Superstition Mountains, and Bisbee to Tombstone. Cost of this "five-star" camping experience ($690 to $1,920) includes deluxe tents, cots, sleeping bags lined with pads and fresh linens, hot showers, and fine food. Contact: Don Donnelly Horseback Vacations (TravelAmerica Magazine), 6010 S. Kings Ranch Rd., Gold Canyon, AZ 85219; (800) 346-4403; www.dondonnelly.com.

EXPLORING LITTLE ROCK

The Bill Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock has not yet broken ground, but there's plenty to see in Arkansas' capital city. Walking tour brochures, for example, spotlight three Little Rock historic districts--MacArthur Park, the Downtown Riverfront, and Governor's Mansion Area. The tours point out 20 to 40 sites and can be completed in less than an hour without any stops. Another brochure highlights Bill and Hillary Clinton-related sites, such as homes they owned and churches they attended.

Contact: Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau (TravelAmerica Magazine), P.O. Box 3232, Little Rock, AR 72203; (800) 844-4781; www.littlerock.com.