United Kingdom: Evolution in Darwin’s World and Ours

Cities: London, Cambridge
Duration: 10 days
Area of Study: Natural Sciences

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Program Includes

• 11 Nights of Hotel Accommodation

• All Ground Transportation (including transportation pass)

• Daily Full English Breakfast

• Farewell Group Dinner

• Meeting Room

• Historical & Cultural Walking Tours

• Full Time Local Guide

• Full Time On Site Program Director (Available 24/7 in case of Emergencies)

• Travelers Health Insurance & Liability Insurance

• Tips & Gratuities

Program Highlights

• Down House

• Westminster Abbey

• British Museum

• Linnean Society

• National Gallery

• Sedgwick Museum

• Cambridge University Botanic Garden

Program Itinerary

day 1 / DEPARTURE
6.50 AM - Arrive in London, England

Airport Transfer

Check-in, Relax & Refresh

Orientation Walking Tour - The group will become oriented with their neighborhood, the public transportation systems, nearby pharmacies, markets, ATMs, etc. Additionally, an in-depth safety briefing will be provided for what to do in case of an emergency.

day 2 / LONDON
Breakfast & Day Briefing

Train from Victoria Station to Bromley South

Down House Guided Visit - Down House is the former home of the English naturalist Charles Darwin and his family. It was in this house and garden that Darwin worked on his theories of evolution by natural selection which he had conceived in London before moving to Down.

Lunch Break

Train from Bromley South to Victoria Station

day 3 / LONDON
Breakfast & Day Briefing

Westminster Abbey - A royal church offering daily services for all and a World Heritage Site with over a thousand years of history.

Lunch Break

National Gallery - The collection comprises some 2,000 works, but it is regarded by many as the most representative sampling of European painting in the world.

day 4 / LONDON
Breakfast & Day Briefing

Free Day in London

day 5 / LONDON
Breakfast & Day Briefing

Natural History Museum - Exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural History, within five main collections: Botany, Entomology, Mineralogy, Paleontology, and Zoology.

Lunch Break

British Museum - The British Museum is a public institution dedicated to human history, art, and culture. Its permanent collection of some eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence, having been widely sourced during the era of the British Empire.

day 6 / LONDON
Breakfast & Day Briefing

Linnean Society - The Linnean Society of London is the world’s oldest active society devoted to natural history. 

Lunch Break

Free Time & Cultural Immersion

Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre

day 7 / LONDON
Breakfast & Day Briefing

Free Day in London

day 8 / CAMBRIDGE
Breakfast & Day Briefing

Train from London St. Pancras to Cambridge

Luggage Storage

Lunch Break

Historical & Cultural Walking Tour of Cambridge - The tour includes famous colleges such as King’s, Trinity, St. John’s, Gonville, and Caius and Corpus Christi. We will also visit notable town sights such as Great St. Mary's church, the 11th century St Bene’t’s Church, and the historic Eagle pub. You will see the Senate House, where students put a car on the roof in 1958. And no tour is complete without seeing the world-famous Cavendish Laboratory, where 29 Nobel prizes were earned. 

Check-in & Refresh

day 9 / CAMBRIDGE
Breakfast & Day Briefing

Sedgwick Museum Guided Tour - The Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences is the geology museum of the University of Cambridge.

Lunch Break

Cambridge University Archives King’s College Chapel Evensong

day 10 / CAMBRIDGE
Breakfast & Day Briefing

Orchard Tea Garden, Grantchester

Lunch Break

Free Time & Cultural Immersion

day 11 / LONDON
Breakfast & Day Briefing

Cambridge University Botanic Garden Guided Tour - The Cambridge University Botanic Garden is a botanical garden associated with the university's Department of Plant Sciences. The garden covers an area of 16 hectares.

Lunch Break

Free Time & Cultural Immersion

Train from Cambridge to London St. Pancras

Check-in & Refresh

Farewell Dinner & Program Closing - The group will be taken for an authentic dinner with a wide variety of menu options to cater all diets.

day 12 / RETURN
Breakfast & Day Briefing

Airport Transfer - Private Bus

Depart London, England for Home

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