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About traveling with Cornell alumni, family, friends, and sometimes faculty

Cornell Alumni Travel and CAU Study Tours give you the chance to take truly extraordinary journeys in really good company. While CAU tours are about learning on location from leading Cornell faculty, Cornell Alumni Travel specializes in culturally immersive tours. Tours with and without faculty are always led by expert tour directors from award-winning travel partners, may be accompanied by a Cornell staff host, and always feature local guides. And of course, Big Red conviviality is a hallmark of every trip.

(Unless otherwise noted, our tours do not include faculty.)
Look for “CAU” (Cornell’s Adult University) to learn about tours that feature Cornell faculty.
Look for “CAU Select” for tours that feature faculty from peer institutions (not Cornell).

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March 2025

  • Travel with Cornell to New Mexico
    CAU Study Tour: New Mexico: Art & Culture in the Land of Enchantment

    March 25 - April 1, 2025
    Featuring Nancy Green, Gale & Ira Drukier Curator, Johnson Museum of Art (retired)
    In partnership with Distant Horizons
    More info coming soon!

April 2025

May 2025

June 2025

  • Journey through Britain

    June 2 - 15, 2025
    Odysseys Unlimited 888-370-6765
    Exclusive to Cornell.

  • Travel with Cornell to Derry, Ireland
    CAU Study Tour: Ireland with Kate McCullough

    June 6 - 17, 2025
    Featuring Kate McCullough, Associate Professor, Department of Literatures in English
    In partnership with Royal Adventures
    More info coming soon!

  • Travel with Cornell
    Essential France

    June 7 - 21, 2025
    Odysseys Unlimited 888-370-6765
    Exclusive to Cornell.
    More info coming soon!

  • Travel with Cornell to Costa Rica
    CAU Study Tour: Lens on Costa Rica: A Photographic Adventure

    June 12 - 19, 2025
    Featuring David Todd '06, Photographic Artist and eCornell course facilitator with Jennifer Gioffre Todd, Photographic Artist and Manager of Art Studios
    In partnership with Criterion Travel
    More info coming soon!

     

  • CAU Study Tour: An In-Depth Exploration of Arctic Svalbard

    June 17 - 26, 2025
    Featuring  Holger Klinck, The John W. Fitzpatrick Director of the K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
    In partnership with Lindblad Expeditions
    833-985-1261 |  groups@expeditions.com

     

  • Discover Southeast Alaska

    June 20 - 27, 2025
    Orbridge 866-639-0079
    Shared departure with peer universities.

July 2025

  • Travel with Cornell
    Norwegian Splendor

    July 21 - August 5, 2025
    Odysseys Unlimited 888-370-6765
    Exclusive to Cornell.
    More info coming soon!

August 2025

  • Toronto to Vancouver by Rail

    August 5 - 11, 2025
    Orbridge 866-639-0079
    Shared departure with peer institutions.

  • Travel with Cornell
    CAU Study Tour: Madagascar with Cole Gilbert & Linda Rayor

    August 2025
    Featuring Cole Gilbert, Professor of Entomology and Linda Rayor, Senior Lecturer and Senior Research Associate
    In partnership with Distant Horizons
    More info coming soon!

  • Africa Expedition by Private Train

    August 9 - 22, 2025
    Orbridge 866-639-0079
    Shared departure with peer institutions.

  • Travel with Cornell
    Alaska's Untamed Wilderness (by land)

    August 12 - 22, 2025
    Odysseys Unlimited 888-370-6765
    Exclusive to Cornell.
    More info coming soon!

  • Travel with Cornell
    The Canadian Maritimes

    August 27 - September 7, 2025
    Odysseys Unlimited 888-370-6765
    Exclusive to Cornell.
    More info coming soon!

  • CAU Study Tour: Greenland's Arctic Grandeur

    August 30 - September 9, 2025
    Featuring John Tobin-de la Puente, Professor of Practice, SC Johnson College of Business and Senior Faculty Fellow, Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability.
    Shared departure with peer universities also featuring faculty including Harvard, Columbia, and Dartmouth.
    To reserve your space, contact CAU partner Arrangements Abroad
    Phone: 800-221-1944  |  Email: trips@arrangementsabroad.com

  • Travel with Cornell
    Portrait of Italy

    August 31 - September 15, 2025
    Odysseys Unlimited 888-370-6765
    Exclusive to Cornell.
    More info coming soon!

September 2025

October 2025

  • Travel with Cornell to India
    CAU Select: India, Kolkata, & the Ganges River

    October 7 - 16, 2025
    Featuring faculty from peer institutions (not Cornell)
    Aboard the 18-cabin Ganga Villa
    In partnership with Criterion Travel
    More info coming soon!

  • Travel with Cornell
    Along Central Asia's Silk Road

    October 13 - 29, 2025
    Odysseys Unlimited 888-370-6765
    Exclusive to Cornell.
    More info coming soon!

  • Travel with Cornell
    Bulgaria & Romania

    October 16 - November 1, 2025
    Odysseys Unlimited 888-370-6765
    Exclusive to Cornell.
    More info coming soon!

  • Travel with Cornell
    Across Spain & Portugal

    October 17 - November 2, 2025
    Odysseys Unlimited 888-370-6765
    Exclusive to Cornell.
    More info coming soon!

  • Polar Bears of Churchill

    October 21 – 26, 2025
    Orbridge 866-639-0079
    Shared departure with peer institutions.

  • Travel with Cornell
    Southeast Asia Odyssey

    October 30 - November 7, 2025
    Odysseys Unlimited 888-370-6765
    Exclusive to Cornell.
    More info coming soon!

  • Travel with Cornell
    Exploring Australia & New Zealand

    October 31 - November 21, 2025
    Odysseys Unlimited 888-370-6765
    Exclusive to Cornell.
    More info coming soon!

November 2025

  • Travel with Cornell
    Mystical India

    November 8 - 24 2025
    Odysseys Unlimited 888-370-6765
    Exclusive to Cornell.
    More info coming soon!

December 2025

  • Travel with Cornell
    CAU Study Tour: Colombia's River of Dreams

    December 30, 2025 - January 7, 2026
    Featuring Charlie Green, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Literatures in English
    Aboard AMA Magdalena
    In partnership with Arrangements Abroad
    More info coming soon!

Can't make our dates?

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    While we’d love to travel with you, we understand if you need to go at a different time. Our partner travel companies are always traveling and can most likely accommodate your preferred timing. Just give them a call to book your tour directly and don’t forget to tell them Cornell sent you!

About scheduling

  • Alumni Affairs books multiple events and travel opportunities each year. Given the complexities of event management and booking, we are unable to avoid all national holidays and holy days as we plan. However, we make every effort to offer our events at different times throughout the year, and to schedule recurring events in different time frames year over year, to ensure the greatest opportunity for people of all backgrounds to attend at some time.

Travel and safety policy

  • View the policy

    We're so excited to travel with you! Make sure you read the travel and safety policy for important information about all Cornell Alumni Travel opportunities.

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