Alumni Travel/Study

For one week become part of another community, another culture, addressing problems of hunger, health, and education, with an emphasis on children.  In Montana you will work on a Blackfeet reservation; in West Virginia you will be in a village of Appalachia.  There are other open weeks in the spring and summer.  Tuition of $995 can be tax-deductible.

Please ask travel director Bob Behr for further details: RBehr@williams.edu

Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca, Cusco, and other Peruvian highlights are explained by Professor Michael Brown, of the Anthropology Department.  A very reasonable all-inclusive price includes airfare.  An extension to the Upper Amazon is an option.  The trip sold out on September 19.  We have a waiting list.

Professor Sam Crane, a scholar of the Orient, will lead this trip to Beijing, Xian, Hangzhou, Tinxi, Huizhou Villages, Huang Mountains, and Shanghai.  The familiar sites are balanced by colorful, lesser known rural locales.  This specially designed family tour offers Chinese life and culture through hands-on experiences.  Adult couples will find the experience equally intriguing.  A paper brochure is available.

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The Douro Valley is so beautiful and unspoiled that it has received a UNESCO World Heritage designation.  You will be on the river for seven nights aboard the chic, 118-passenger Queen Isabel, pausing at quaint villages and imposing castles.  The tour begins with three nights in glorious Lisbon, historic capital of Portugal.  Interpreting the many sights is Leyla Rouhi, Professor of Romance Languages.  Madrid is an optional finale  The trip is now closed to further registrations.

Guided by John Child '77, a resident of the Himalayas, you will visit this exotic kingdom at the time of its major festivals -- one colorful event after another.  But just 20 people will have this special opportunity.    The trip is now full.

Our southeastern Atlantic coast offers many historic sites, echoing the colonial and Antebellum South.  The region's ports are conveniently accessible via the Intracoastal Waterway, thus avoiding the open ocean.  This cruise aboard the 130-passengerYorktown moves from Charleston to Beaufort to Savannah to St. Simon's Island to Jekyl Island to Cumberland Island to Jacksonville.  In addition to the natural and historical sites, there will be four opportunities to play golf at well-known courses with Rick Pohle, retired maestro of the Taconic. Click here for an e-brochure.  **There will be FREE AIRFARE included from 24 major airports.**

Explore Tanzania's famous parks and reserves to observe an amazing variety of of wild animals and birds.  Watch one of nature's finest spectacles, the Great Migration, as thousands of ungulates seek better food and water.  Travel in the company of Professor Henry Art, a veteran of prior Williams safaris, in a custom Land Rover with a roof hatch for photography.  Stay in deluxe lodges and comfortable tented camps.  Please request an electronic brochure.  In anticipation of a full group of 20, a second departure is scheduled for January 6-17.

Under the expert leadership of Prof. Magnus Bernhardsson, you will discover the many wonders of Morocco.  Here is an age-old culture with genuinely hospitable people, happy to show you their exotic architecture, their ancient ruins, sacred mosques, stunning Atlas mountains, fascinating markets, and the Sahara.  Storied towns await: Casablanca, Fez, Rabat, Erfoud, and Marrakech.  You will be part of one memorable scene after another.  The trip is SOLD OUT; we have begun a waiting list which will be used for a subsequent trip in late March of 2015.

Apulia is a fascinating region of Italy which shows its history with a blend of Greek, Byzantine, Norman, Venetian and Italian influences.  Join Professor Peter Low of the Art Department as you note architectural vestiges of these cultures of the past.  Stay at a four-star seaside hotel with breathtaking views.  Sample authentic regional specialties during select meals.  Reasonably priced at $2,300 plus air.

The nimble "Admiralty Dream" takes you through the watery byways of the Inside Passage, encoutering wildlife on land and in the sea plus magnificent peaks and fjords and tidewater glaciers of amazing proportions.  Just 66 passengers share your discoveries and the insights supplied by Prof. James Carlton and on-board naturalists.

From your elegant Hotel La Palma in Stresa on the shore of Lake Maggiore you will embark on a series of day trips to the nearby towns, villas, villages, and lakes that make the Lake District so unique.  The quaint islands add to the charm: Isola Madre, Isola dei Pescatori, Isola Bella, and the Borromean Isles.  Slip into Switzerland for a walk through Ascona.  Spend a day in Milan to see "The Last Supper" and La Scala. Enjoy the political insights of Prof. James McAlister.