Upcoming Travel Study Trips

Take an enriching adventure with alumni from August 2 – 11, 2019 and discover Canada’s provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.

Travel with alumni and friends from August 2 – 13, 2019, and experience the timeless pageantry and traditional folkways of Russia, on a cruise from St. Petersburg to Moscow.

Join alumni and friends from August 7 – 14, 2019, on a unique adventure to the Galapagos Islands.

Travel to the classical world, exploring the iconic jewels, legendary and mythical places of Ancient Greece from September 5 – 13, 2019. 

Explore dynamic crossroads of the Roman, Byzantine, Venetian and Slavic civilizations with alumni and friends from September 15 – 23, 2019.

Travel with alumni and friends from September 16 – 25, 2019, to the resplendent cultural centers that inspired classical music’s Great Masters.

With Sicilian wine and cuisine as your inspiration, and a private villa as your home base, join alumni and friends from October 11 - 19, 2019 and embrace the beauty of Sicily.

Travel with the Columbia Alumni Association (CAA) from October 11 – 23, 2019, on this unique itinerary, exploring four centers of the Byzantine Empire.

Discover the Coastal jewels of the Iberian Peninsula from October 13 – 21, 2019 on a special cruise from Barcelona to Lisbon. 

Join alumni and friends from October 16 - 25, 2019 on a 10-day journey to the national parks and monuments of the Southwest.

Travel with the Columbia Alumni Association from October 17 - November 4, 2019 on a special 19-day journey discovering the highlights of China, including the mysteries of Tibet and the grandeur of the Yangtze River.

Join alumni and friends from November 5 – 19, 2019, on a journey featuring the awe-inspiring natural beauty, sacred myths, and honored traditions in Vietnam and Cambodia, where centuries-old cultures flourished in jungle landscapes.

Witness one of the largest confluences of polar bears in the world won a six-day journey to remote Churchill, Manitoba, from November 7 - 12, 2019.

Travel with alumni and friends from November 15 - 28, 2019, on an extraordinary journey through Morocco. From the imperial cities of Rabat, Fez, and Marrakech, to the imposing High Atlas Mountains and the vast Sahara, explore Morocco’s unique history and culture.

Travel with the Columbia Alumni Association (CAA) from January 26-February 11, 2020, on a special 17-day small group tour to encounter Vietnam’s breathtaking natural beauty, abiding tradition, and profoundly hospitable people.

Explore the great white continent with alumni and friends from January 28 - February 10, 2020 on a five-star, small ship expedition.

Join alumni and friends for a special air, land, and cruise inclusive journey to the land of Egypt from February 3 - 17, 2020.

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Travel with the Columbia Alumni Association (CAA) from February 5 – 13, 2020, on a cruise from the Pacific to the Atlantic through the Panamá Canal, one of the greatest man‑made wonders of the world. A recently completed, monumental expansion in 2016 doubled its capacity; this 50‑mile passage through the narrow isthmus of Panamá continues to astonish even today’s most veteran traveler.

Travel with alumni and friends from February 9 – 15, 2020 on a seven-day wildlife expedition to Yellowstone—North America’s best wolf-watching habitat.

Journey to New Zealand with the Columbia Alumni Association (CAA) from February 11 – 20, 2020, on this 10-night itinerary featuring a circumnavigation cruise around the South Island to experience inimitable natural history that exists nowhere else on Earth.

Travel with the Columbia Alumni Association from February 27 - March 14, 2020, on a unique, small group tour of India.

Come celebrate the beauty of Holland and old-world Flanders in springtime and travel with alumni and friends from April 28 - May 6, 2020, on this comprehensive itinerary. Cruise the waterways of Europe and traverse the canals of this delightful polder land when the tulip fields are in bloom.

Join alumni and friends for a special air, land, and cruise inclusive journey to the land of Egypt from March 13 - 27, 2020.

Travel in the company of a small group of alumni and friends from May 2 - 10, 2020 on a nine-day journey to the culinary and cultural heart of Northern Italy—a region brimming with exquisite local wines, specialty ingredients, soul-satisfying signature dishes and the wonderful Italians who conjure them with time-honored techniques.

Travel with Columbia Alumni Association (CAA) from May 8 -17, 2020 to explore the riveting canvas of influential seaports along Europe’s Atlantic coastline from Lisbon to London.

From the Scotland to the coast of France, take a voyage to the Celtic Lands with the Columbia Alumni Association (CAA) from May 30 - June 8, 2020.

Explore the unspoiled Arctic wilderness with the Columbia Alumni Association (CAA) from June 9 - 19, 2020.

Experience the cultural rebirth of the Baltic States and imperial treasures of St. Petersburg, Russia, from July 7 - 16, 2020.

Join alumni and friends on a "Grand Tour" of Europe from July 18 - 28, 2020.

Explore cobalt-blue glaciers, towering mountains, and abundant wildlife on a cruise through Alaska’s Inside Passage from July 29 - August 5, 2020.

Discover a land steeped in history, from ancient biblical times to the creation of the modern-day State of Israel from October 24 - November 4, 2020.