You won't be wearing the green jacket, but you will be wearing the coveted Masters patron's badge on April 8, 2007, the final day of the famous tournament. Starting from $4,995, Horizon and Co. have put together a golfer's dream mini-tour. You will follow your favourite golfer on the course, indulge in a buffet at the clubhouse and have a seat at the 18th hole to watch the big names fight for the Masters' top prize. Participants will stay at the Ritz-Carlton Reynolds Plantatio

Rare in Nature: Diamonds of the Canadian Arctic (Value: $15,000): Includes airfare for two, luxurious hotel accommodations, professional diamond cutting and polishing lessons, a private tour of top-security facilities where diamonds are crafted and certified for quality and origin, a personally engraved government certified Canadian diamond mounted in a pendant designed by top Canadian designer Paul Hardy and crafted in New York by Moshe Namdar & Co., plus a luxurious shawl made of Qiviuk

CALGARY - This winter, the coolest ice won't be chilling your cocktail or coating the local hockey rink. The coolest ice will come from Canada's North, and it will sparkle from fingers and earlobes and necklines all over the world. In just a few short years, Canada has become not only one of the world's biggest diamond producers, but also one of the best in terms of human rights, job creation, security and, above all, diamond quality. (Joanne Sasvari)

Yellowknife doesn't normally top glam destination lists. But enter Horizon & Co.'s new six-night tour of the diamond capital, available November to March. For $3,600, this packa

LITERARY POLAND  - The lively cultural life of contemporary Poland is the focus of an Aug. 14-24 literary sojourn in Krakow that delves into the creations of the country's top writers, among them Nobel laureates Czeslaw Milosz and Wislawa Szymborska. Participants will take in Krakow's monuments and neighborhoods, its galleries and noisy coffeehouses. They will also travel to the former Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps for private visits and to the 13th Century Wieliczka salt mi

"PREDATORS OF THE SERENGETI"--14-day mobile camp safari in TANZANIA ("light" activity level). May 22-June 4 & Oct. 16-29, 2005.  Among highlights: Game drives in Ndarakwai Ranch on west slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro--zebras, eland, elephants, gerenuks/Ngorongoro Highlands--cheetahs, lions caracal and, May only, wildebeest migration/ Kirawira--crocodiles/Maasai village/ Olduvai Gorge to Ngorongoro Crater, home to 50,000-plus animals. $7,580 land. Single supplement, $690. Horiz

HAWAII   - Gone island hopping.Spend the holidays at sea on a 17-day cruise to the Hawaiian Islands, departing Dec. 20 from San Diego. After a four-day Pacific crossing, passengers aboard the Statendam will visit Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island, the Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor and Waimea Canyon on Kauai. They'll search for humpback whales and dolphins aboard a catamaran off Lahaina, Maui, and visit the Place of Refuge on the Kona Coast. Cost: $5,400 per person, double occupancy ($1,380 single surcharge), includes all accommodations, meals, local guides, Horizon guide, tours, events, transfers, tips. Transportation to San Diego is not included. Contact: Horizon & Co., Toronto, Ontario; (800) 387-2977, www.horizon-co.com.

The cover picture alone is worth any effort it might take to order Horizon & Co.'s 2004/2005 cruise calendar.  It's an amazing shot, taken at water level, of the bow of the Queen Mary knifing through the waves, with a brilliant background sun bronzing her starboard side. The photos inside the 36-page brochure are none too shabby either, depicting iceberg-dotted Antarctic seas, fog-shrouded Norwegian fiords, the orange rooftops of ancient Dubrovnik, all kinds