Featured Trips
OFFSET YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT
AAVC and Vassar College are committed to reducing the impact of our educational travel program, but we are also committed to a style of learning that embraces international travel for students and alumnae/i in order to better understand the world we live in. AAVC will make a donation to the Carbon Fund on behalf of our faculty/host participating in the trip and invites our travelers to do the same at www.carbonfund.org.
The Great Lakes: An Inland Voyage
August 1 - 8, 2009
Nearly 15,000 years ago, the last of the great glaciers retreated, leaving us with this magnificent chain of freshwater lakes along the U.S.-Canadian border, one of the great wonders of the world.
Despite the numerous ships that pass through their waters every year, the Great Lakes still boast mile upon mile of wild shoreline. Travelers since the 1900s have flocked to these shores to witness the magnificent natural beauty of the region.
Travel aboard a 100-guest vessel on a journey that revives the nineteenth-century grandeur and elegance of a classic Great Lakes cruise. Learn more...
The Civil Rights Trail: Celebrating and Remembering
October 2 - 6, 2009
Join us as we tour Birmingham to Selma and onto Montgomery and follow in the footsteps of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Sheriff Bull Connor. You will meet survivors of the Selma violence, and the family of one of the "little girls" killed in the Birmingham bombing.
The journey will allow you to see how Alabama and our country have changed in the 54 years since Rosa Parks refused to change seats on the bus. This very special tour will take you to the places that shaped our nation's collective conscience and along the way relive the history and meet the people who were part of the great Civil Rights story in Alabama. Learn more...
Trips Summary
2009 Trips
Great Lakes Voyage
August 1 – 8
Celtic Lands
August 22 – September 2
Dalmatian Coast Cancelled
September 1 – 9
The Civil Rights Trail
October 2– 6
Greece
October 16– 25
Guatemala Volunteer Trip
October 31 – November 14
Savannah & the Low Country
November 13 – 17
2010 Trips
India: Among Women
January 10 – 25
Oman & Dubai
January 10 – 23
Vietnam to Cambodia
February 16 – 27
Belize, Tikal, Guatemala
March 6– 13
Provence
April 6 – 14
Canary Islands, Madeira, Morocco & Gibraltar
April 16 – 26
Cotswolds- Gardens & Writers
Late May
Eastern Europe: Warsaw, Krakow, Budapest, Vienna & Prague
June 15 – July 1
Land of the Ice Bears
July 20 – 30
Galapagos & Ecuador
Early August
Alaska
August 15 – 22
Lake Como
September 28 – October 4
London Theatre Trip
Mid-October
Santa Fe Art & Culture
Mid-October
Russia - St. Petersburg
Late-October
South Africa
Early-November
New Orleans Service Trip
TBD