Student Travel

Columbia Crossroads is a full service tour operator and we customize each educational travel experience to fit your school's needs. We frequently operate student trips both for domestic and foreign groups. Below is a sample of the most popular tours. All tours feature 2 and 3 star accommodations and three meals each day, plus first class motorcoach transportation and a full-time tour manager. Complimentary trips for the teachers are also included.

Lewis & Clark - and the Oregon Trail, too!

• Fort Clatsop - site of Lewis & Clark's 1805 winter encampment
• History talks by the Cascade Geographic Society
• Astor Column visit & Chief Comcomley's canoe
• Museum of Science & Industry
• Oregon Trail Center
• Chief Lelooska Foundation
• Historic Fort Vancouver
• Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood
• Portland City Tour/Old Town and Chinatown

Pacific Northwest Highlights

• San Francisco City Tour
• Old Sacramento and State Capitol
• Museum of Discovery
• State Railroad Museum
• Crater Lake National Park
• Rogue River Jet Boat ride
• Mount St. Helens
• Mt. Rainier National Park
• Northwest Trek Wildlife Park
• Portland, Oregon Tour
• Columbia Gorge National Monument
• Multnomah Falls
• Seattle and The Space Needle
• Beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia
• Stanley Park
• Bloedel Planetarium
• Grouse Mountain Tram
• Capilano Suspension Bridge and Park

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Sacramento, California
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• Visit the State Capitol
• Historic Governor's Mansion
• Sutters Fort State Historic Park & Indian Museum
• Marshall's Gold State Historic Park
• Walking tour of Old Sacramento
• Delta King Paddle wheeler ride
• Railroad Museum
• Discovery Museum and Learning Center

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Washington, D.C. Student Tour

• U.S Capitol Guided Tour/visit with a Congressperson
• Supreme Court
• Library of Congress
• White House visit
• Arlington Cemetery
• Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson Memorials
• Vietnam Memorial
• Smithsonian Air & Space Museum/IMAX
• Mount Vernon

Options:

• Bureau of Engraving
• FBI Museum
• Ford's Theater or Kennedy Center presentation

Extension: Williamsburg

• Williamsburg 3-hour tour
• Colonial Tavern Meal
• Monticello stop on return to D.C.

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Albuquerque, New Mexico

• Walking tour of Old Town
• Acoma Sky Pueblo guided tour
• Petroglyph National Monument
• Sandia Peak tram ride
• Maxwell Museum of Anthropology
• Bandelier/Coronado National Monuments
• Pueblo Cultural Center/crafts & dancing

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Boston

• Freedom Trail
• Boston Common
• Old South Meeting House
• Old State House
• Old North Church
• Trinity Church
• Christian Science Mapparium
• Harvard & Cambridge Square
• Lexington & Concord
• Salem Witch Museum
• House of Seven Gables

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Philadelphia & Gettysburg

• Liberty Bell and Congress Hall visits
• National Constitution Center
• Revolutionary sites of the area
• Travel to Valley Forge National Park
• Gettysburg National Park guided tour

New York City

• City tour of Manhattan, including Ground Zero
• Statue of Liberty
• Ellis Island
• Broadway presentation, including a backstage visit
• Museum of Natural History

NOTE: We also have trips for the Durango Cliffs area, Florida Everglades and Native American excursions in the Pacific Northwest. Contact us for more information.