Dear UCLA Alumni and Friends,

There is no place like UCLA; it’s not just a physical space, but the spirit we carry with us that still inspires us to explore our world and seek out life’s adventures. Long after graduation, UCLA continues to nurture our intellect, relationships, achievements and explorations.

UCLA Alumni Travel feeds that spirit to keep learning, to engage with the world and to seek new experiences. Imagine yourself as one of the few Americans with access to ancient Bhutan, a place that sits outside of the world; visiting the Five ’Stans of Central Asia, cradle to the first world empire and still a crossroads of global politics; or marveling on a crisp, quiet Alaskan night at the wonder of
the aurora borealis.

UCLA’s top-notch professors, so essential to the intellectual growth of Bruins, accompany passengers on more than half the UCLA trips to share their knowledge, expertise and companionship.

It’s never been more important for us to encounter personally faraway lands and peoples. UCLA Alumni Travel offers us the opportunity to share these extraordinary places and experiences with fellow alumni, people who share our intellectual curiosity and thirst for fun and adventure.

In the fifth century, the Christian saint, Augustine of Hippo, wrote, “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” Now more than ever, we need voracious “readers,” alumni ambassadors for UCLA to people and places around the world, bringing about a change small and steady, one Bruin at a time.

Christel Pailet
Director, Alumni Travel