Yale Educational Travel

Yale Educational Travel YET ADVISORY BOARD Where would you like to go in 2014? Imagine seeing the Hermitage with your family and Yale friends or visiting Machu Picchu with the greatest authority on Incan architecture. Now you can help design YET trips by joining the new YET Advisory Board. Contact Kathy Edersheim '87, Sr. Director, International Alumni Relations and Travel, atkathy.edersheim@yale.edufor more details. YET PHOTO CONTEST Announcing the first ever Yale Educational Travel photo contest! All travelers participating in YET programs departing on or after January 1, 2013 and returning home by October 31, 2013, are eligible to enter. Details coming soon. NEW TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES Warriors & Wildlife: An Africa Experience, June 4-14, 2013 In collaboration with Yale Blue Green (alumni association supporting environmental issues) and with guidance from actor and activist Edward Norton '91 and in support of the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust, YET is pleased to announce a once-in-a-lifetime program in Kenya.MORE>>  COMING SOON The 2013 Yale Education Travel catalog will debut in a few short weeks. Watch your mailbox! Yale Educational Travel P.O. Box 209010 New Haven, CT 06520-9010 Tel: 203-432-1952 Fax: 203-432-0587 edtravel@yale.edu www.YaleEdTravel.org Looking for a warm destination to escape the cold months of winter?  Join YET on a trip to one of these enticing destinations. HAWAII BY SMALL SHIP – NOVEMBER 17-24, 2013 Cruise the Hawaiian Islands with family and friends and experience the remote coves, hidden inlets, and secret beaches of this fabled tropical paradise. On board the 36-guest Safari Explorer, enjoy the leeward coasts of Maui, Molokai, Lanai, and the Big Island, and spend each night at rest in a different secluded anchorage. See wildlife found nowhere else on earth, and learn about traditional Hawaiian culture with locals who will welcome you onto their lands and into their homes. MORE>> COSTA RICA FAMILY ADVENTURE – DECEMBER 26-JANUARY 4, 2013 Feliz Ano Nuevo! Celebrate the holiday with your family by visiting the enchanting Monteverde Cloud Forest both on foot and perched above the misty canopy. Journey to the Pacific Coast of Guanacaste to explore historic Santa Rosa National Park and Rincón de la Vieja National Park with its active volcano and fumaroles. Expeditions include a floating safari on the Tenorio River, a visit to a butterfly farm, an exploration of the immense crater of the Poás Volcano, and horseback alongside tropical waterfalls. MORE>> HISTORY & GARDENS OF THE CARIBBEAN – JANUARY 13-20, 2013 Linda Peterson, Niel Gray, Jr. Professor of English Fred Stebeigh, Senior Lecturer in English, Forestry & Environmental Studies With its balmy island breezes and centuries-old tradition of gardening, the Caribbean is a delightful escape from winter. Embark on the elegant, three-masted Sea Cloud II in Antigua and sail to cosmopolitan St. Barts. Then step ashore on Tortola for a visit to two lavish botanic gardens. Walk among the gigantic granite boulders on the beach in Virgin Gorda and continue to the Dutch island of St. Eustatius. Visit the childhood home of Alexander Hamilton on Nevis and conclude with a day in the Iles des Saintes archipelago. MORE>> AMAZON RIVER VOYAGE – JANUARY 14-21, 2013 Jeffrey Powell, Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Gisella Caccone, Senior Research Scientist, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology  Delve into the depths of one of the most exciting tropical ecosystems on earth—the Amazon River.  See its flooded forests and look for pink and grey dolphins, scarlet macaws, capuchin and squirrel monkeys, three-toed sloths and more!  Our vessel, the Delfin II, a spacious and luxurious classically styled riverboat, features gourmet food prepared from the areas freshest fish, fruit, vegetables, and other local produce.  An expansive observation deck provides a window on an ever-changing vista of exotic beauty. Enjoy two nights in Lima. MORE>> TANZANIA SAFARI – JANUARY 20-31, 2013  Andrew Hill, J. Clayton Stephenson Professor of Anthropology Travel with us on this 10-day safari of a lifetime into the majestic grasslands of Tanzania, Africa's premier safari destination, during the annual Great Migration. Visit three of Tanzania's finest game parks—Lake Manyara National Park, Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater, with the best accommodations in Tanzania. Guided game drives reveal vast herds of elephants, wildebeests, zebras, gazelles, and Cape buffalos, and prides of magnificent lions, cheetahs and leopards. An expert curator illuminates human prehistory at Olduvai Gorge, the "cradle of mankind." MORE>> P.O. Box 209010 New Haven, CT 06520-9010 Tel: 203-432-1952 Fax: 203-432-0587 edtravel@yale.edu www.YaleEdTravel.org To unsubscribe from future messages, click here To view Yale's privacy policy, click here   Association of Yale Alumni PO Box 209010 New Haven, CT 06520-9010 Phone: (203)432-2586 Fax: (203)432-0587 Email: aya@yale.edu   Copyright © 2012-2013 Association of Yale Alumni. All rights reserved.

Yale Alumni Service Corps 2013 Trips -- Sign Up Now!

Join us for an inspiring service project in Nicaragua! March 16-23, 2013! The Yale Alumni Service Corps invites you – alumni, family, and friends – to Trohilo, Nicaragua, a village near New Haven’s own sister city of Leon. This service trip, in partnership with the Yale School of Nursing, is an opportunity for you to serve on projects designed around your skills and interests – you can teach children in the village school, care for patients in the medical clinic, coach sports to eager young athletes, work on construction projects, or share your business skills with small business owners. You will work side by side with the people of Trohilo as they strive to improve the quality of their lives. You will build cross cultural understanding and make friends for life. They want to meet you! For more information, please visit us at http://www.yaleservicetours.org/currtour/nica13or click here to register https://ems.resrunner.com/YaleNicaragua We can only accommodate 60 volunteers for the trip to Nicaragua so please sign up early! The cost is $1490 per person, exclusive of airfare to/from Managua, Nicaragua. Last year’s YASC program in El Castillo, Nicaragua  The villagers of Trohilo who need us this year! In the event you cannot join us in Nicaragua in March, YASC also has two more great programs coming up for summer 2013 – our first domestic service trip to West Virginia and our return to Yamoransa, Ghana! West Virginia – June 26-30, 2013We are very excited to announce our first domestic service program in rural West Virginia. In partnership with the innovative program College Summit – founded by Yale alum J.B. Schramm ’86 – we will spend 4 days preparing high school students for college by tutoring them in essay writing, reviewing the college application process, and coaching them in leadership skills. We will live with the students – for many their first time away from home and from families who have never had the opportunity to attend college ‑ in dorms on the campuses of Marshall University in Huntington and West Virginia Institute of Technology in Montgomery. The approximate cost is $500 exclusive of your transportation to/from Charleston, West Virginia. The trip will be limited to 40 volunteers. More information will be announced shortly at http://www.yaleservicetours.org/currtour/wva13 Yamoransa, Ghana – August 1-10, 2013 (To be confirmed) We did it! Last summer more than 150 alumni and their family and friends participated in a life changing – their lives and ours – service project in Yamoransa, Ghana, and the village wants us back! We invite you to serve this community and experience Ghanaian culture with your family and friends in a truly unique and inspiring manner. The approximate cost is $2,250 exclusive of airfare to/from Accra, Ghana. More information will be announced shortly at http://www.yaleservicetours.org/currtour/ghana13 Watch for further information and registration announcements over the next few months athttp://yaleservicetours.org/!! To unsubscribe from future messages, click here To view Yale's privacy policy, click here Association of Yale Alumni PO Box 209010 New Haven, CT 06520-9010 Phone: (203)432-2586 Fax: (203)432-0587 Email: aya@yale.edu Copyright © 2012-2013 Association of Yale Alumni. All rights reserved.