Europe
The Lake District: Four-night easy-walking break staying near Grasmere from September 25. Cost is £179pp with half-board plus packed lunches. Countrywide Holidays (01942 241432).
Gibraltar: Two nights for singles at the Rock Hotel between November 1 and December 10 is £280pp from Gatwick. Cadogan Holidays (023-8082 8303).
Cruise: Three-night European pre-Christmas cruise on board Fred Olsen's Black Prince departing Southampton December 20, visiting Antwerp and Le Havre. Prices start at £210pp. Fred Olsen (01473 292222)
Middle East
Jordan: Seven-night escorted trip visiting castles, Wadi Rum, Mount Nebo (where Moses glimpsed the Promised Land), and Petra. Prices is £738 departing September from Heathrow. The Imaginative Traveller (020-8742 8612).
Caribbean
Cruise : Festival Cruises (020-7734 0005) is running two alternative weekly cruises out of Guadeloupe from December 22 to April 2001 for £982pp. The first sails on December 22 and visits St Maarten, Tortola, Dominica, St Barthélemy, Antigua and Mayreau. A week later, the cruise calls in at Martinique, Trinidad, Barbados, Grenada, St Lucia and Mayreau.
Africa
Safari: Fourteen-night East African tour from Nairobi to Zanzibar taking in Lake Naivasha, Christmas dinner at Lake Nakura, and the Serengeti. First departure December 23. Price £445 per adult, £405 per child, plus international flights. Dragoman (01728 861133).
Ethiopia : Seventeen-day group trek across the Simien Highlands departs October 13. From £1,765pp from Heathrow. Worldwide Journeys and Expeditions (020-7386 4646).
Asia
Tibet : Mount Kailash is the holiest mountain in the Himalayas. Walk the route of pilgrims on the 31-day Mount Kailash Pilgrimage and Kingdom of Guge trek. Price is £3,495, departing September 10 from Himalayan Kingdoms (0117 923 7163).
Malaysia: A seven-day autumn break in the beautifully-restored Tanjon Jara resort on the east coast. Valid from September 1 to November 30, the price is £1,020pp. The resort has pool and a spa. Steppes East (01285 810267).
Australia
Tour : Fourteen nights for £942 flying into Sydney with an optional stop-over in Seoul. Includes four nights at Sullivans Hotel, Sydney plus 10 days' car hire and hotel vouchers. From September 17 - December 9 with Austravel (0870 0550206).
