Travel Club
Continue Your Passion for Learning
Go beyond the bucket list for unique travel experiences
Travel and learn with expert UBC study leaders, access meaningful local experiences, and dig into thoughtful itineraries. Our small group, fully supported, trips are led by the alumni UBC Travel Club and open to all.
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TESTIMONIALS
Excellent lectures that were full of information and easy to follow. Inspired me to learn more on my own. Additional information on the walking tours was an extra benefit which added more insight on what we were seeing. Dr. Friedrichs was very professional and always receptive to answering any questions.
– Berlin and Dresden
Our tour was very well organized. Checking into hotels was quick and seamless. Our local guide Tomas was amazing, very knowledgeable, informative, and engaging. Lynn was awesome. I hope she will continue to do more of these trips.
– Bratislava to Prague Walking Tour
Our local guide Amy was terrific! Her knowledge of the history of France and the gardens we visited was outstanding. She was also very thoughtful and caring for some people who needed extra help. There were also guides in individual gardens, they too were good and passionate about their gardens.
– Gardens of France
Our Leader Bonnie was a fountain of knowledge about Polar Bears and the areas we travelled through. Our tundra buggy driver Marcus was also extremely knowledgeable.
– Polar Bears of Churchill
All three local guides Julius, George, and Edward, and group leader Cole Burton were very generous in sharing their extensive knowledge about the animals, their behaviour and their interactions with the environment. I learned a tremendous amount on this tour.
– Tanzania Safari
My wife and I have now been on 6 tours with Worldwide Quest, most of which were alumni UBC tours. We have enjoyed every one of those tours. One thing that has worked really well so far has been the tour participants. I think the alumni base brings out common interests and backgrounds that makes it easy to make friends.
– Iceland’s Story
UPCOMING TRAVEL CLUB WEBINARS
Cuban Resilience: Revolution, Evolution, and Dancing with Change with Wendy Holm
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
11:00 am – 12:00 pm PT
Join Wendy Holm, an award-winning Canadian Agrologist, columnist, author and speaker to gain special insight into the scope and nature of the radical changes Cuba has faced over the past six decades. Begin to unpack and understand how Fidel’s popular revolution in 1959 allowed the country to re-invent itself as a new socialist model, how the 1990’s collapse of the former Soviet Union and world sugar markets forced Cuba to pivot to tourism, why economic reforms at the beginning of this decade birthed an exciting new wave of cooperatives and small private enterprises, and how the punishment of Trump’s increased US sanctions (which remain in place under Biden), three long years of Covid and the unification of Cuba’s currency has created new challenges for this tiny and resilient island nation.
RECENT TRAVEL CLUB WEBINARS
Penguins: The Planet’s Perfect Predators
Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic: The Small Stuff
NEED TRAVEL INSURANCE?
For travellers residing outside of Ontario, Manulife Travel Insurance is now available through alumni UBC. Please click here for more information and to protect your travel investment. Alumni in Ontario can contact Worldwide Quest for a quote.
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TRAVEL CLUB?
Please contact Karen Kanigan at karen.kanigan@ubc.ca or (604) 822.9629.