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UPCOMING TRIPS

Just a few seats left on the wonderful Christmas Markets in Victoria and Vancouver this December! I will be your liaison on this holiday adventure, December 2 to 8. Featuring 3 nights at the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria and 3 nights at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver. cucra.ucsd.edu/travel/2025-trips.html

And it's not too soon to think about 2026 Travel . . . 

Dolores Dyer, Travel ChairEmail Dolores Dyer.


Message from Dolores

For more travel news see Dolores Talks TravelEmail Dolores Dyer. 

2025 Travel

2025 June/July: Ultimate Africa

June 22 - July 9. Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe Safari. Includes Victoria Falls, Okavango Delta. 

cucra.ucsd.edu/travel/2025-trips.html

2025 July/August: Canadian Maritimes 

July 27 - August 6. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Anne of Green Gables Museum.

gateway.gocollette.com/link/1254704

2025 August: Spectacular Scandinavia

August 3 - 17. Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo, Geirangerfjord Cruise, Bergen. 

gateway.gocollette.com/link/1265487

2025 August: The Azores

August 14 - 26. Sao Miguel, Faial, and Terceira Islands, Furnace Valley. Optional post-trip extension to Lisbon. 

gateway.gocollette.com/link/1254616


2025 September: Coasts and Countrysides of England

September 17 - 30. Edinburgh, Cotswolds, Cornwall, London.

gateway.gocollette.com/link/1272162


2025 September/October: French Impressions

September 19 - October 5. Loire Valley to Lyon & Paris. 

cucra.ucsd.edu/travel/2025-trips.html


2025 September/October: Northern Spain & Portugal, Pilgrimage to the Past

September 22 - October 8. Bilbao, Pamplona, Leon, Douro Valley, Porto. 

cucra.ucsd.edu/travel/2025-trips.html


2025 October: Niagara Falls to NYC

October 15 - 22. Niagara Falls, National Baseball Hall of Fame, West Point, Times Square, Greenwich Village.

gateway.gocollette.com/link/1262576


2025 October: Cuba Discovery

October 20-25. Museum of the Revolution, Old Havana, Cigar Factory, Rum Museum, Hemingway's Farm. 

cucra.ucsd.edu/travel/2025-trips.html


2025 November: Heart of India

November 3-19. Delhi, Jaipur, Ranthambore, Abhaneria Camp, Agra, Varanasi, and more. 

cucra.ucsd.edu/travel/2025-trips.html


2025 December: Christmas Season in Victoria & Vancouver

December 2-8. Empress Fairmont Victoria, Fairmont Vancouver, Xmas Markets, Butchart Gardens, and more.  

cucra.ucsd.edu/travel/2025-trips.html


2025 December: Athens & Ionian Sea

December 2 - 17. Voyage from Albania to Greece, 50-passenger ship. Includes Corfu.  

cucra.ucsd.edu/travel/2025-trips.html



2026 Travel

2026 January/February: Galapagos & Ecuador's Amazon Wilds 

Departure A January 18 - February 3; Departure B January 26 - February 11. Quito, Amazon rain forest, six-day Galapagos cruise, and more.

cucra.ucsd.edu/travel/2026-trips.html

2026 February/March: Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego & the Chilean Fjords

Feburary 17 - March 4. Buenos Aires, Torres del Paine, 4-night cruise, and more. 

cucra.ucsd.edu/travel/2026-trips.html

2026 March: Japan & South Korea, Tokyo to Seoul

March 7 - 22. Tokyo, Hiroshima, Ise-Shima, Kyoto, Seoul, and more. 

gateway.gocollette.com/link/1298845

2026 March/April: Old World Sicily & Malta

March 24 - April 4. Taormina, Siracusa, Mount Etna, Valletta, and more

https://gateway.gocollette.com/link/1316693

2026 April: Flavors of Portugal & Spain

April 7 - 22. Lisbon, Porto, Salamanca, San Sebastian, and more.

gateway.gocollette.com/link/1298835

2026 April/May: Impressions of Italy, Amalfi Coast & Tuscan

April 19 - May 4. Seven nights in Sorrento and seven nights on the Amalfi coast. 

cucra.ucsd.edu/travel/2026-trips.html

2026 April/May: Namibia & South Africa

April 24 - May 10. Sossusvlei dunes, five wildlife safaris, Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, and more.

gateway.gocollette.com/link/1289619

2026 May: Ireland, Countryside of the Emerald Isle

May 17 - 17. Dublin, Cork, Aran Islands, Cliffs of Moher, and more. 

gateway.gocollette.com/link/1298830



Any questions just email me ddyer44@verizon.net. Dolores Dyer


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