This is the third holiday to different countries in the far east that we have taken through your agency and each has been a life enhancing experience. Not only are the countries fascinating but we have the added advantage of sharing our experiences with like-minded fellow alumni and making new friends. Peter & Jane
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Temple World is the UK’s leading alumni and special interest travel specialist, organising a curated selection of scholar-led small group tours for universities, museums and other prestigious institutions each year, to destinations in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and beyond.
Our small group tours are designed to be exciting, entertaining and above all educational, with learning at the heart of every trip.
Each journey is accompanied by an academic or expert who is able to introduce travellers to a deeper understanding of the places they are visiting. We find this attracts a discerning, like-minded clientele who enjoy each other’s company as much as the sites and lectures.
With an average of just 12-15 travellers per tour (and a maximum of 20), our most frequent guest feedback is how special it is to have so much access to our expert trip scholars, and how congenial they found the other group members.
Temple World is proud to be the largest and longest-serving operator of alumni tours to the University of Cambridge. 10% of the tour price on Cambridge University alumni tours goes to the fundraising team at the University of Cambridge per Cambridge alum, friend or family member who books on our tours.
Our current tours
Please find our 2024 and 2025 tours below. More of our 2025 tours will start to be added around July 2024.
Please contact us at info@templeworld.com if you’d like to be informed as soon as our 2025 tours are added to the website
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Oxford and Cambridge Alumni Travel
Eternal Egypt Uncovered 2024
Eternal Egypt Uncovered 2024Beyond the Pyramids
Full Details
3-14 October 2024
£3,275 -
Egypt Beyond the Pyramids
Egypt Beyond the PyramidsWith the Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Full Details
January 26 - February 5, 2025
$5845 -
Oxford and Cambridge Alumni & Friends
Magical Madagascar 2024
Magical Madagascar 2024The Zoology of a Gondwanaland Island
Full Details
13-25 July 2024
£3,895 -
Oxford and Cambridge Alumni Travel
Wonders of Iceland 2024
Wonders of Iceland 2024Volcanoes, Geysers and Glaciers
Full Details
21-28 June 2024
£4,295 -
Oxford and Cambridge Alumni Travel
Lycia and Cappadocia
Lycia and CappadociaGulet cruise combined with Catal Höyük and Cappadocia
Full Details
21 September - 3 October 2024
£4,395pp -
Oxford and Cambridge Alumni & Friends
Greek Civilizations 2024
Greek Civilizations 2024Athens, Delphi and the Peloponnese
Full Details
10-19 June 2024
£3.095 -
Oxford and Cambridge Alumni Travel
Ecuador and Galapagos
Ecuador and GalapagosQuito and Amazon Rainforest with Galapagos Cruise
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27 November - 8 December
£6,495 pp -
Oxford and Cambridge Alumni Travel
Burgundy & Haute Saône by Hotel Barge
Burgundy & Haute Saône by Hotel BargeMedieval History and Picturesque Waterways
Full Details
12-18 October 2024
£3,350 -
Guests invited by Anne Martin
China Experience
China Experiencewith Anne Martin
Full Details
6-20 April 2025
£3,180 + International flights
Frequently asked questions
- Q.Are deposits refundable?
A.Deposits are not refundable if you change your mind about travel or cannot travel for personal reasons, such as illness. However, if we have to cancel the tour due to low numbers, FCDO advisory or a travel ban/border closure or similar, you will of course be refunded all monies by us, regardless of whether we can recover them from our suppliers.
- Q.Can I add additional private travel arrangements to one of your group tours?
A.Yes! If you have more time and would like to explore further, you are absolutely welcome to add pre or post tour travel arrangements to one of our group tours. We can advise on the logistics of joining or leaving the tour if not taking our recommended group flights, and our tailor-made department will be pleased to assist with any flights, accommodation or touring that you require so that it all coordinates perfectly.
- Q.Do you accept Credit cards?
A.We accept Visa and Mastercard with no limit, and American Express for a single payment of up to £1000 per booking. We are charged over 2% by AMEX for card transactions and aren't legally allowed to pass on this cost, so we have decided to cap usage of this card rather than raise our prices across the board.
- Q.I am travelling alone. Do you accept singles on your tours?
A.Of course. We are able to accept single travellers on all our tours although in some places where we can only obtain a limited number of rooms we cap the number of single places on offer.
- Q.My wife is an alum but I am not, can I still join an alumni tour?
A.Yes, you are most welcome. Our alumni tours are open to the spouses, partners, family and friends of alumni.
OUR GROUP TOURS
A fantastic holiday, one of my best ever. Our lecturer was excellent. He pitched his frequent impromptu and organised speeches at just the right level for those of us, the majority, who had no previous experience of Geology. Rosemary
Congenial Companions
Our small group tours are exclusively available to members of the institutions they have been designed for, and their friends and family, making for a wonderful atmosphere amongst like-minded individuals.
Expert Lecturer
All our small group tours are accompanied by an expert lecturer as well as local guides, with illuminating talks usually given throughout the tour to enrich understanding of the destination.
To reserve a place on one of our small group alumni tours, contact us for availability then send us a signed booking form and deposit.
