All of our 53 tours in 2025 are now live on our website, and bookings are robust. Thank you to those who constantly check our website for trip updates and added tours! You are in the know way before any brochure mailing drops.
We’d like to bring three trips to your attention that sold out very quickly this year. Our Journey Through Vietnam sold out in 2023 and 2024, and we expect the same results for the trip next year. Especially since this trip features Professor George Dutton, an expert on Vietnam.
The Journey to Southern Africa tour, featuring the elegant Rovos Rail, is off to a good start. Add to an already fabulous tour Professor Patricia Turner, Department of African American Studies and World Arts and Cultures/Dance, and we should have another sold-out tour next March.
Last but not least, we will be offering two land trips to Japan again to meet the demand for this fascinating destination. This trip rates very high with past tour participants, so come see for yourself everything Japan has to offer.
The options are many, and we’re optimistic you’ll find a trip of your liking.
On our homepage you’ll find all of our upcoming tours. We’d love to hear from you, so contact us by phone at 310-206-0613 or email at travel@alumni.ucla.edu. We hope to see you on a UCLA Alumni Travel trip in 2024!
Regards from Westwood,
Christel Aragon
Director, Alumni Travel
In the company of Professor George Dutton, Department of Asian Languages & Cultures, discover Vietnam’s natural beauty and hospitable people on this 15-day small-group tour. From Hanoi in the north to vibrant Saigon in the south, this trip will leave you with a great understanding of Vietnam’s abiding history. A post-trip extension to Angkor Wat is also available.
Travel to South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana on this annual trip to Africa. This trip features Professor Patricia Turner, Department of African American Studies and World Arts and Cultures/Dance, an expert on racial dynamics as they arise in folklore and popular culture. From thundering Victoria Falls to historic Kliptown, Johannesburg to a sunset safari, every moment will touch your heart!
Japan continues to be one of the hottest destinations since they opened for tourism last spring. Begin in cosmopolitan Tokyo, followed by a stay in a traditional Ryokan Inn in Hakone. Travel to Takayama in the Japanese Alps, before continuing to culturally rich Kanazawa. The trip concludes with three full days in Japan’s Cultural capital, Kyoto. An extension to Hiroshima is also available.
FACULTY FOCUS
Join Professor Michael Shin on our Tuscany & Emilia-Romagna tour, Sept. 10–19. Professor Michael Shin is a faculty member in the UCLA Department of Geography who specializes in contemporary Italian society, politics and culture. Since joining UCLA in 2001, Shin has published several articles and two books on political change in Italy, the rise of populism in Italy, Europe and the U.S., and Italy's infamous leader, Silvio Berlusconi.
NOW BOARDING
Find yourself with a little extra time on your hands and nowhere to go? Space is still available on these tours. Check them out!
