CTS Vacations and Cruises, Englewood, has seven-day trips in July, August and early September to the Canadian Rockies focusing on golfing, hiking and mountain biking in Calgary, Kananaskis, Banff and Jasper, with rooms in historic lodges, most meals, guides and van shuttles. Denver Botanic Gardens will offer a tour to Italy Sept. 5-16, concentrating on the Lake District north of Milan and in Tuscany near Florence, featuring visits to gardens, villas, historic churches, castles, monasteries, Roman ruins, museums and galleries. Sept. 28-Oct. 4, featuring a hiking program, fitness classes, lectures and personal services. Included are six nights' lodging, round-trip airfare, orchestra seating for all four operas, private dinners at the Space Needle and Elliott's Restaurant on the Bay, and ground transportation. The tour is hosted by George Twombly, Opera Colorado's artistic administrator.
Airline tickets are limited to one ticket per room.
Ocean Journey, Denver, is hosting an Outback Adventure exhibit of Australian birdlife, reptiles and insects through Sept. 3. A special aviary tent next to the aquarium houses hundreds of birds, some of them endangered species. Admission is included with an aquarium ticket. The two-hour tours begin at the Daniels and Fisher Tower, 16th and Arapahoe streets. Reservations are not necessary.