2025 Adventures
If you see a trip you like, register now, as many trips fill several months to a year or more in advance. You can join our mailing list to receive monthly email updates. If you have questions after reviewing trip details, email UCRetireesTravel@gmail.com.
NOTICE OF PRICE INCREASES: Our 2025 Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT) and Grand Circle Travel (GCT) trips will increase in price by $100 to $500 beginning on August 30. Register by August 29 to pay the current prices. 2025 Trips affected: Galapagos, Japan, Danube River cruise, Northern Italy, Africa, France, Northern Spain and Portugal, and the Albania to Greece small ship voyage.
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Galapagos & Ecuador's Amazon Wilds
A: January 9-24, 2025 - FULL
B: January 16-February 2, 2025 - FULL
Quito, Amazon rain forest, six-day Galapagos cruise, and more
Activity level 3; 14 or fewer travelers - OAT
Both trips are full - Email UCRetireesTravel@gmail.com to join the waiting list.
Tropical Costa Rica
January 31-February 8, 2025
San Jose, Arenal Volcano, cloud forest, and more
Watch a 10-minute trip preview video.
Activity level 3; 44 or fewer travelers - Collette Travel
The Northern Lights of Finland
February 20-27, 2025
Helsinki, Lapland region, dogsled ride, glass igloos, and more
Trip is full - Join the waitlist: Call Collette, 800-581-8942; trip #1213555
Activity level 3; 24 or fewer travelers - Collette Travel
Italian Vistas
March 3-15, 2025
Rome, Pompeii, Sorrento, Florence, Venice, and more
Watch a 10-minute trip preview webinar.
Activity level 3; 44 or fewer travelers - Collette Travel
Japan’s Cultural Treasures
March 17-31
Tokyo, Hakone, Kanazawa, Kyoto, & more
Singles sold out; email UC Retirees Travel to join waitlist.
Activity level 3; 16 or fewer travelers - Overseas Adventure Travel (O.A.T.)
Northern Spain & Portugal: Pilgrimage to the Past
Departure A: March 30-April 15, 2025 - FULL
Scroll down for departure B, September 22-October 8
Bilbao, Pamplona, Leon, Douro Valley, Porto, and more
Activity level 3; 16 or fewer travelers - OAT
Danube: Prague-Budapest
April 19-May 3, 2025
Prague, Cesky Krumlov, Linz, Vienna, Budapest, and more
Activity level 2; privately owned 162-passenger boat - GCT
Northern Italy: The Alps, Dolomites & Lombardy
April 28-May 13, 2025
Milan, Lecco, Tirano, Lake Iseo, Trento, and more
Activity level 3; 16 or fewer travelers - OAT
America's Cowboy Country
May 22-29, 2025
,Crazy Horse Memorial, Mt. Rushmore, Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, and more
Activity level 2; 44 or fewer travelers - Collette Travel
Ultimate Africa: Botswana, Zambia & Zimbabwe Safari
A: June 19-July 6, 2025 - SINGLES SOLD OUT
B: June 22-July 9, 2025 - SINGLES SOLD OUT
Victoria Falls, Kafue and Chobe National Parks, and more
Email UC Retirees Travel to join the singles waiting list.
Activity level 3; 16 or fewer travelers - OAT
Canadian Maritimes
July 27-August 6, 2025
Peggy's Cove, the Cabot Trail, Anne of Green Gables Museum, and more
Watch a nine-minute trip preview video.
Activity level 2; 44 or fewer travelers - Collette Travel
Spectacular Scandinavia
August 3-17, 2025
Peggy's Cove, the Cabot Trail, Anne of Green Gables Museum, and more
Watch a nine-minute trip preview video.
Activity level 2; 44 or fewer travelers - Collette Travel
The Azores
August 14-26, 2025
Sao Miguel, Faial, and Terceira islands, Furnace Valley, and more.
Optional post-trip extension to Lisbon.
Activity level 3; 24 or fewer travelers - Collette Travel
Coasts & Countrysides of England
September 17-30, 2025
,Edinburgh, Lake District, Liverpool, Cotswolds, Bath, London, and more
Watch a 13-minute trip preview video.
Activity level 3; 24 or fewer travelers - Collette Travel
French Impressions: Loire Valley to Lyon & Paris
September 19-October 5, 2025
Angers, Limousin, Sarlat, Carcassonne, Lyon, Paris, and more
Activity level 3; 16 or fewer travelers - OAT
Northern Spain & Portugal: Pilgrimage to the Past
Departure B: September 22-October 8, 2025
Bilbao, Pamplona, Leon, Douro Valley, Porto, and more
Activity level 3; 16 or fewer travelers - OAT
Niagara Falls to NYC
October 15-22, 2025
Niagara Falls, National Baseball Hall of Fame, West Point, Times Square, and more
Activity level 3; 30 or fewer travelers - Collette Travel
Cuba Discovery
October 20-25, 2025
Old Havana, Museum of the Revolution, Vinales Valley, and more
Activity level 3; 24 or fewer travelers; Premier World Discovery
