I am so grateful that the Club offers travel opportunities as part of its mission to educate and inform!
Nanette Stringer, Commonwealth Club Traveler

Upcoming Trips

Oct 8 - Oct 15, 2023
On the Road to Freedom

Walk across Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge and through the doors of Little Rock High School. Meet with 16th Street Baptist Church bomb survivor Carolyn McKinstry, Bloody Sunday foot soldier Annie Pearl Avery, and many others. Experience the Memorial for Peace and Social Justice in Montgomery and meet with staff at the Equal Justice Initiative.

$4,995 per person, double occupancy
Oct 12 - Oct 23, 2023

Explore the crossroads of the Mediterranean on this stellar 12-day small group journey.  Begin with Palermo’s impressive architecture and world-class street food.  Discover medieval Erice, Trapani’s salt pans, and stunning Monreale Cathedral.  Marvel at Agrigento’s remarkable Valley of the Temples and Villa Romana del Casale’s magnificent mosaics.  In Syracuse, explore Neapolis’ Archaeological Park and take a Sicilian cooking class.  After a Mount Etna excursion, enjoy lunch at a private farm.  The final destination is delightful Taormina.

$5,474 per person, double occupancy, including air from SFO
Oct 18 - Oct 30, 2023
From Tokyo to Kyoto

Experience Tokyo’s ancient Shinto Meiji Shrine and modern Ginza district. Visit Mt. Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, and spend the night at a ryokan, a traditional Japanese inn. Explore Takayama’s ancient streets and Kanazawa’s famed Kenrokuen Gardens. Attend a traditional Japanese tea ceremony and embark on a cycling tour through the grounds of Kyoto’s Imperial Palace. Optional Hiroshima post-tour extension.

$7,984 per person, double occupancy, including air from SFO
Oct 27 - Nov 7, 2023
With an extension to Nepal

Mystical and spiritual, chaotic and confounding, India overflows with riches.  Experience Old Delhi and New Delhi. Continue to Jaipur, the “pink city” and enjoy dinner in a Rajasthan family’s home.  At Ranthambore National Park search for the elusive Bengal tigers on game drives.  Marvel at the sublime Taj Mahal in Agra. In Varanasi, cruise along the Ganges and discover nearby Sarnath, one of Buddhism’s holiest sites.  Optional 6-day/4-night post-tour extension to Nepal.

$5,587 per person, double occupancy
Dec 5 - Dec 20, 2023
Islands of the Indian Ocean Aboard the Hebridean Sky

Experience Madagascar, a thousand-mile island boasting an impressive variety of spectacular landscapes from pristine coral reefs and coastal mangroves to virgin rain forests and native groves of Baobab trees. Geographically isolated for millions of years, nearly all of Madagascar’s animals and plants are found nowhere else on Earth, including nearly 100 varieties of lemurs. Visit Reunion Island, a paradisiacal French outpost, and discover its white-sand beaches and spectacular dormant volcanoes. Conclude on the island of Mauritius.

from $12,990 per person, double occupancy