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Duke Travels

Duke Travels is your destination for excellence in educational travel. Journey along with Duke alumni, parents and friends to fascinating places to learn and connect with Duke faculty and host leaders. Our learning adventures combine enriching itineraries, behind-the-scenes visits and stimulating lectures within the context of safety and sustainability.

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Upcoming Travels

All Alumni Travel

Seals on a sandy beach
Feb 18, 2025 to Mar 5, 2025
Price: From $9,193 per person including air
Trip Status: Taking Waitlist

Machu Picchu’s enigmatic ruins and the fascinating Galapagos Islands rank among South America’s greatest treasures, and a small group tour is the ideal way to experience both.  This outstanding 16-day adventure begins with Lima’s highlights.  Traverse the magnificent Sacred Valley, visiting impressive Incan sites and indigenous villages during a two-night stay.  After taking a scenic train ride to Machu Picchu, tour and absorb this astounding site on two separate days, overnighting nearby.

dining tables overlooking farm land
Mar 7, 2025 to Mar 14, 2025
Price: From $5,495 if booked by 6/25/2024
Duke Leaders: Dr. Shani B. Daily
Trip Status: Taking Reservations

Join us on this immersive program that reveals the profound influence of the African diaspora throughout Cuba. Stay for seven nights in a privately owned boutique hotel in Havana’s beautiful Vedado neighborhood. Daily excursions will broaden your perspective of Cuba while benefiting and supporting the local people. Enjoy Havana’s lively jazz and art scenes, ride in a vintage convertible along the Malecón seashore, visit rural Cuba, and discover the storied Afro-Cuban roots of Matanzas, Guanabacoa, and Regla. Tour the National Museum of Fine Arts focusing on Afro-Cuban artists.

Angkor Thom large statue of a face
Mar 8, 2025 to Mar 16, 2025
Price: From $8,795 if booked by 6/18/2024
Duke Leaders: Dr. Brian McAdoo
Trip Status: Taking Waitlist

Embark on a once-in-a-lifetime, 10-night adventure to Southeast Asia, a land of stunning diversity and allure. Discover multi-cultural Singapore, from Kampong Glam’s Malay enclave to exotic Little India and Chinatown’s shophouses. Encounter the legendary Supertrees and Cloud Forest at Gardens by the Bay. Then, experience the Golden Age of travel aboard the luxurious Eastern & Oriental Express through wild Malaysia en route to Singapore.

snow covered city with clear blue sky
Mar 8, 2025 to Mar 16, 2025
Price: From $4,795 if booked by 6/11/2024
Trip Status: Taking Waitlist

Embark on an exciting, seven-night adventure to the world’s happiest country! Start with a taste of Helsinki’s urban vibes and take in its stunning modern and historic architecture. Learn why the sauna experience is a cherished ritual for Finns and soak up some soothing steam yourself! Then fly north to Lapland and stay in a glass-domed cabin, perfect for watching the spectacular Northern Lights overhead. Look forward to invigorating outdoor activities amid snowy landscapes.

Egyptian pyramids in background with people on camels in foreground
Mar 8, 2025 to Mar 23, 2025
Price: From $6,097 per person including air
Duke Leaders: Dr. David Schanzer
Trip Status: Taking Reservations

The 16-day journey begins in Cairo where it includes a visit to the renowned Egyptian Museum and Old Cairo. After this we step into the Giza Plateau to see the three famed pyramids. In Abu Simbel we take in the four statues of Ramses and then embark on our Nile Cruise where we explore the ruins of the acclaimed Temples of Philae. We take a relaxing sail on small feluccas, replicas of ancient Nile sailboats.

Mar 9, 2025 to Mar 15, 2025
Price: From: $5,499 per person
Duke Leaders: Dr. Prasad Kasibhatla
Trip Status: Taking Reservations

Traveling to Cuba can be aptly described as life-changing. Join us for a six-night journey in Havana, where Cuba’s tropical beauty, lively energy, warm hospitality, sumptuous cuisine, and Old World charm await. Witness facets of modern Cuban life that most visitors don’t see. Engage with diverse, welcoming residents who will share their stories, culture, struggles, traditions, and artworks. Attend private receptions with local luminaries, go behind the scenes of a Viñales tobacco hacienda with farmers, and meet workers at privately owned businesses.

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