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This tour is the final tour in Calvin's 150th anniversary celebration set of tours, as ewe travel "around the world with Calvin" to 10 countries across six continents. Join the Calvin Alumni Association and Calvin Academy for Lifelong Learning (CALL) as we commemorate Calvin’s global reach with an exciting line-up of tours.

Tour Hosts

Don DeGraaf ’82, Calvin’s director of off-campus programs from 2009-2019, and his wife, Kathy, are the hosts of this tour. Don and Kathy most recently led CALL/alumni tours to South Korea & Japan and to Indonesia. They are gifted at building community among tour groups and engaging with the local community while on tour.

Highlights

The itinerary will include stops such as these:

Sydney (6 nights)

• Downtown Sydney tour including Opera House

• Dee Why Headland

• Ku-RinGai National Park

• Scenic World, Blue Mountains

Melbourne (4 nights)

• Puffing Billy steam train

• Phillip Island including Koala Conservatory and Penguin Parade

Warrnambool (2 nights)

• Great Ocean Road

• Tower Hill Indigenous Culture & Nature Tour

Hobart, Tasmania (3 nights)

• Hobart City Tour

• Richmond Village

• Port Arthur Historic Site

Pricing

This tour will likely be around $10,000 per person. We've reviewed this with our CALL Extended Trips Committee, and they recommended we maximize the itinerary after the long overseas flights, so we're working with the 2+ week itinerary as originally developed.

More Information

Interested in learning more? Add your name to the interest list so you’ll be notified when full tour details are available in early April or late March 2026.

For questions beyond the interest list, send an inquiry to alumni@calvin.edu.

Calvin tours are open to any friends of CALL and the Calvin Alumni Association who wish to travel with us. Explore other Calvin-sponsored tours, too!