UW-Stout partners with Collette, a family-owned leader in travel excursions, to provide our alumni the opportunity to travel to destinations around the world. Each Stout Adventure is a packaged, guided tour that allows you to sit back and take in the culture and scenery of each destination.
Iceland's Magical Northern Lights
November 17 - 23, 2018
Cost: $3,919 - $4,449/person
This guided tour includes Reykjavik, Northern Lights Cruise, Golden Circle, Thingvellir National Park, Geysir, Gullfoss, Seljalandsfoss, Vik, Eyjafjallajökull Volcano Visitor Centre, Skogar Folk Museum, Skógafoss, Jökulsárlón Glacial Lagoon, Skaftafell National Park, Vatnajökull Glacier, Blue Lagoon.
Treasures of Egypt
Feb 2019
This guided tour includes the Pyramids of Giza, ancient Memphis, a leisurely paced 4-night cruise on the Nile, Luxor’s impressive Temples of Karnak, Valley of the Kings, Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir El Bahari, Colossi of Memnon, a galabeya party, and Kitchener Island.
Imperial Cities
April 2019
This guided tour includes 3-night stays in each of Europe’s Imperial Cities – Prague, Vienna and Budapest, featuring the Golden Lane, private castle tour, Vienna’s Schoenbrunn Palace, Classical music performance, 14th-century Hungarian castle, and a Danube River cruise.
Canadian Rockies by Train
August 2019
This guided tour includes the Maligne Canyon, Vancouver, Icefields Parkway, Moraine Lake, Valley of the Ten Peaks, rail train ride, Columbia Icefield, Glacier Skywalk, a day on a ranch, and an overnight aboard a train.
Tuscan and Umbrian Countryside
October 2019
See another side of Italy through this guided tour through Tuscany and Umbria’s smaller, more authentic towns- featuring a cooking class in a 16th-century Umbrian farmhouse, Florence, family-owned winery tour, Siena, Siena's Torre (Tower) del Mangia, Assisi, Guarnacci, and San Gimignano.
From the Outback to the Glaciers
Jan/Feb 2020
This guided tour includes a “Dreamtime tour” in the Outback, meeting the Drum Atweme, a musical group supported by the Collette Foundation comprised of at-risk youth, the Great Barrier Reef, Sydney Opera House, dinner cruise on Sydney Harbour, New Zealand's Southern Alps, Milford Sound, Queenstown, the famous Sky Line restaurant, Franz Josef, and Arrowtown.
The Alumni Association partners with alumni across the country to provide opportunities for alumni to participate in humanitarian adventures.