TOURS : TOUR INDIA BY ELEPHANTBACK, FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE VEHICLE.

Byline: Daily News

Maupintour offers 20-day September and October treks through India's Golden Triangle, with visits to Old and New Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Udaipur and Jodhpur. The tour includes a stop at the Taj Mahal, a four-wheel-drive vehicle excursion to the lands of the Bishnoi tribe and sightseeing from the backs of elephants.

Cost starts at $6,725 per person, double occupancy, and includes lodgings, most meals, sightseeing, entrance fees and luggage handling. Air fare is not included. Information: [phone].

See the bears: The Los Angeles Zoo offers a wildlife photography tour of Yellowstone National Park Sept. 9-14. Cost of the trip is $875 and includes round-trip air fare from Los Angeles, lodgings and van transportation. Information: [phone], Ext. 403.

Choo-choo: Uncommon Journeys offers a 15-day trip aboard train and ship to Glacier National Park and the Canadian Rockies departing Sept. 19. Participants ride the Glacier Express, an old-fashioned Pullman train, to the park; spend time in Vancouver; then board the Stendam for a coastal cruise back to California. Cost of the trip is $2,895 and includes hotels, sightseeing and transportation. Information: [phone].

For women only: Colorado's Winter Park Resort will host an Aug. 3-4 women's mountain bike weekend, featuring classes, seminars and rides along more than 45 miles of lift-accessible trails at the resort and 600 miles of Fraser Valley trails. Single-day packages begin at $40 per person. Two- and three-day lodging packages start at $96 per person per night, double occupancy. Information: [phone].

Disappearing gorge: Travis Pacific Corp. offers a 14-day journey to China, departing Oct. 3, to see the Three Gorges area of the Yangtze River before it disappears under lakes created a series of new dams and other structures. The tour includes stops in Beijing, Hong Kong, Xi'an and Guilin as well as a four-day Yangtze cruise. Cost is $3,995 per person, and includes round-trip air fare, the cruise, hotels, most meals and sightseeing. Information: [phone].

Reno visit: Corliss Tours offers a seven-night sightseeing tour in and around Reno, Nev., that begins Aug. 18. Participants will stay at one hotel in Reno and take escorted day trips to Lake Tahoe, the Ponderosa Ranch, Virginia City and Carson City. Cost is $749 per person, double occupancy, and includes hotels, motor coach sightseeing, most meals, airport transfers and guide services. Air fare to Reno is not included. Information: [phone].

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Photo: Sightsee atop an elephant on a trek through India.