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Vassar Travel Programs

As we are planning our future trips, we always appreciate hearing from alums regarding destinations and trip themes you’d like to explore and faculty members with whom you’d like to travel. Please feel free to contact Susan Quade, Senior Associate Director for Advancement Events and Programs and the Vassar Travel Program at suquade@vassar.edu.

Upcoming 2024 trips at a glance:

Egypt and the Nile
September 21–October 4, 2024

The Art of Venice: Explore the Venice Biennale and the Veneto
October 13–23, 2024

Trips for 2025:

Namibia: Endless Horizons & Open Skies
June 20-July 1, 2025

Upcoming Trips

Fall 2024

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Egypt and the Nile

September 21–October 4, 2024

Faculty Host: April M. Beisaw, Professor of Anthropology

The incomparable Nile. Magnificent ancient monuments. Endless golden sands. This and more is Egypt—a cradle of civilization essential to our human story and the developments in government, religion, and agriculture. With its long past and welcoming people, Egypt beckons travelers to explore ruins of the past and wonders of today.

Highlights will include:

  • Traverse the Nile Valley to visit the Great Sphinx, the Temple of Horus and the tombs of El Kab
  • Expert Egyptologists as your guides
  • Four-night cruise on a private 14-guest sailing vessel
See the full Egypt itinerary and reserve your place.
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The Art of Venice: Explore the Venice Biennale and the Veneto

October 13–23, 2024

Faculty Hosts: Bart Thurber, The Anne Hendricks Bass Director and Lecturer in Art and Mary-Kay Lombino, Deputy Director and Curator of Vassar’s Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center

This customized trip will highlight Italy’s Veneto region, home of notable Renaissance masterworks, and the Venice Biennale, the world’s most prestigious contemporary art exhibition, through the eyes of two incredible art historians.

Highlights will include:

  • Rare behind-the-scenes tours: such as a private evening visit to the Palazzo Ducale filled with masterpieces of Renaissance art and a guided exploration of the Biennale’s highlights
  • Private reception and tour at the world-renowned Peggy Guggenheim Collection
  • Unique opportunity to sightsee, interact and learn with four current Vassar students who work at the Loeb
View the full Art of Venice itinerary and reserve your place.

Looking Ahead at 2025

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Endless Horizons & Open Skies

June 20-July 1, 2025

Faculty Host: Abby Baird ’91, Professor of Psychological Science on the Arnhold Family Chair

Venture to the South African country of Namibia, renowned for its captivating vistas, sculpted red canyons, some of the most spectacular sand dunes, and the home of the world’s oldest desert. Along the way, you’ll marvel at these geological wonders and admire the remarkable wildlife that call this vast and varied landscape home—leopards, giraffes, rhinos, zebras, antelopes, and desert elephants. You’ll also learn about the country’s extraordinary conservation programs.

Highlights will include:

  • Evening game drive and rhino tracking
  • Take a bush flight deep into the Namib desert
  • Visit the AfriCat Foundation to experience the work they are doing to protect leopards and cheetahs and reintroducing them into the wild

For more information, please contact Immersion Journeys at (917) 686-2620.

Travel Insurance

The Vassar Travel Program offers quality travel insurance through Meyer and Associates.

Upon receipt of your tour registration, Vassar will send insurance information to you directly. Please note that the purchase of insurance is time sensitive to the date that your trip deposit payment is received. Insurance information will be sent to you both by email and postal mail.

Of course, the choice of whether to purchase insurance is yours, but the Vassar Travel Program wants to make sure each Vassar traveler is offered quality insurance. We believe it is very important to protect your travel investment. Meyer and Associates offers a wide range of insurance options. We strongly urge travelers to purchase the package that offers trip cancellation coverage at the minimum.

For detailed information and to purchase travel insurance, contact Meyer and Associates or call (800) 635-7801.

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