Students will participate in a weekend excursion to a location on the Dalmatian coast.  Students visiting Split will have the opportunity to tour Diocletian’s palace, tour the old city of Split, and visit the local beaches.  Optional day-trip excursions (e.g. sailing, visits to local islands, and hiking in nature preserves) are also available.

This beautiful traditional village was the first indigenous community to be declared a national treasure for its living culture where they still speak their native language, Besiro. 

Urubicha is a town located directly North of the city of Santa Cruz on the banks of the Blanco River where the Jesuits built one of their missions. Its natural surroundings are spectacular and its lagoons are always full of life. The people here, of Guarayo origin have made it their mission to preserve the baroque music brought from Europe by the Jesuits

One of Bolivia’s best kept secrets, San Miguelito Jaguar Conservation Reserve is a working cattle ranch located just 3 hours drive from Santa Cruz boasting some of the highest densities of jaguars found anywhere on the planet.Click here to view the wildlife conservation tour!

See Ozti the Iceman, a glacier-preserved mummy from the Copper Age who was discovered accidentally by hikers in 1991.

Trek through historic peaks and passes including the Latemar, Tofazna di Rozes, and Passo Falzarego

This exhibit in Sigmundskron Castle explores the human-mountain encounter.

Private bus trip from London to Stratford, via Oxford where the group enjoys a private guided tour of the university with some time for lunch or a visit to the world-famous Ashmolean Museum.  In Stratford, the group is housed in B&Bs in walking distance to the town center and Royal Shakespeare Company’s theatres.  Each student receives a pass to all Shakespeare properties, including Shakespeare’s birthplace and trips to Mary Arden’s farm and Anne Hathaway’s house. Two-three plays at the RSC. One group fish and chips dinner at “The Dirty Duck” pub.

Tour the sites and monuments of Bath, including the Roman Baths, the Abbey Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, and the Georgian Bath.

Private bus trip from London (transport included in program tuition) to nearby beach towns like Brighton, Hastings, Dover or Margate, just for the sake of sun and ocean air and getting out of the city for a day.  If Brighton, the group will have a guided tour of the bizarre Royal Pavilion.  If Hastings, the group might stop at Hever Castle or the site of the battle of Hastings.  If Dover, the group might also visit Canterbury.  If Margate, the group will have prepaid admission to the new Turner Art Museum.