The trip scholar was brilliant. His preparation and lectures were top-notch, and his creativity—for example, teaching us how to make squeezes, i.e. damp paper impressions of carved inscriptions—was impressive. Pierre & Susan
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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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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 Travel
Ecuador and Galapagos
Ecuador and GalapagosQuito and Amazon Rainforest with Galapagos Cruise
Full Details
27 November - 8 December
£6,495 pp -
All Temple World Clients
China Experience
China Experiencewith Anne Martin
Full Details
6-20 April 2025
£3,180 + International flights -
Oxford and Cambridge Alumni Travel
Secrets of South Korea 2025
Secrets of South Korea 20255,000 years of culture and history
Full Details
13/14 - 24 September 2024
From £3,990 -
Oxford and Cambridge Alumni Travel
Eastern Turkey and the Kingdom of Urartu
Eastern Turkey and the Kingdom of UrartuForgotten Kingdoms and Lost Empires
Full Details
23 August - 02 September 2025
£3,395pp -
Oxford and Cambridge Alumni Travel
The Land of Volcanoes and Dragons
The Land of Volcanoes and DragonsExploring the Indonesian Isles of Java and Komodo
Full Details
30/31 August - 11/12 September 2025
£4,475 -
Oxford and Cambridge Alumni Travel
Eternal Egypt 2025
Eternal Egypt 2025Beyond the Pyramids
Full Details
9-20 October 2025
£3,775 -
Oxford and Cambridge Alumni Travel
History and Prehistory of Malta & Gozo
History and Prehistory of Malta & GozoPrehistoric, Roman and Crusader Jewels
Full Details
5-11 October 2025
£2,650pp -
Oxford and Cambridge Alumni Travel
Carthage & Roman Tunisia
Carthage & Roman TunisiaThe fabulous remains of Carthage, El Djem and Dougga
Full Details
13-20 September 2025
£2,750pp
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 personal (not business) UK Visa and Mastercard payments up to £1000 per booking for alumni tours. We do not accept American Express, sorry. As we are not allowed to pass the cost of UK card transaction fees to clients by law, we have decided to cap UK card payments at £1000 per booking in order to avoid having to raise prices across the board to accomodate the cost of transaction fees. There's no limit on the amount you can pay using a non-UK card, but please note a 3% transaction fee will apply for cards not issued by a UK bank.
- 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
[The tour] was perfect in both design and implementation--Tour Manager, Archaeologist, food, comfort and weather. Timothy
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.
