Travel with OLLI at SOU

OLLI at SOU launched travel pilot program for members in 2025 to explore interest and offerings. Future plans include a variety of travel options—local day trips, regional overnighters, domestic and international trips.

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Travel with Us

The OLLI at SOU Travel Pilot Project Team is pleased to continue offering travel opportunities. In the first half of 2025, we featured four local/regional trips curated with Ashland’s Main Street Tours and two domestic trips with Collette Travel and Tours. See below for our exciting adventures in 2025 and 2026!

Local/Regional Trips

Explore the Rogue Valley and other regional areas with local tour companies. OLLI at SOU is lucky to be located in an area nearby to many different exciting and educational experiences. Check out ROGUETROTTER’s YouTube video on our past 2025 trips.

Tule Lake and Lower Klamath Bald Eagle Migration Tour – Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026 (one day)

Join ROGUETROTTER for a full-day winter bird watching adventure to witness one of the most spectacular wildlife events in the Pacific Northwest—the annual Bald Eagle migration. Each winter, hundreds of Bald Eagles gather in the Klamath Basin, making it one of the largest concentrations of wintering eagles in the lower 48 states. The itinerary will include: Tub Springs & Klamath River Recreation Site, Indian Tom Lake, Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters, Lava Beds National Monument and much more!

Led by Brandon Breen, local ornithologist and birding expert, this immersive journey explores the rich mosaic of ecosystems across the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge and Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge, both internationally recognized as critical habitats on the Pacific Flyway. Click here for more details and to register!

OLLI at SOU National Travel

Domestic Trips

Branch out and explore areas across the United States. Revisit popular areas you’ve already seen or experience new sites without leaving the country.

OLLI at SOU doesn’t currently have any domestic trips planned. Continue checking this page for updates.

OLLI at SOU International Travel

International Trips

Extend your lifelong learning overseas and embark on an adventure with fellow OLLI members. Watch the presentations about the 2026 International Trips on the OLLI at SOU YouTube channel.

Exploring South Africa, Victoria Falls, and Botswana – Aug. 22-Sept. 5, 2026 (15 days / 14 nights)
OLLI at SOU is partnering with our friends from OLLI at Boise State University for a unforgettable excursion to Africa with Collette Travel–replete with eight African safaris! Highlights include Chobe National Park, Pilanesberg National Park, a braii barbeque dinner on the Chobe riverbank, Cape Winelands, Cape Town and Table Mountain. Start the excursion in Johannesburg, with two days at Victoria Falls. Enjoy two more nights at a marina lodge in Chobe before traveling to separate game reserves. Round out the trip by visiting winelands of the Western Cape, finishing the adventure in Africa’s cultural mecca of Cape Town. Click here for complete trip details and for reservation details. Seating is limited; book by November 23, 2025, for discounted rates.

Included in the price are: attraction taxes and fees, roundtrip airfare from Medford (MFR), inter-flights from Johannesburg, air taxes and fees/surcharges, and hotel transfers. Not included: cancellation waiver and insurance. Optional three-night Dubai pre-tour extension is available.

Switzerland & Christmas Markets of the Rhine – Nov. 30-Dec. 8, 2026 (9 days / 8 nights)
OLLI at SOU has partnered with Premier World Discovery to offer this incredible holiday tour through Switzerland, Germany and France. After one night in Switzerland you will board the Amadeus Amara for a six night cruise on the Rhine. Enjoy this magical time of year as Europe’s countries hold steadfastly onto Old World holiday tradition and transform into fairy-tale Christmas settings.  Click here for complete trip details and to make a reservation via physical mail. We suggest booking by Dec. 31, 2025, before seats sell out. For those interested in booking online:

  • Visit Premier World Discovery.
  • Click “Passenger Login.”
  • Enter the following code: 205968
  • Create an account and make a reservation for the trip.
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