Holiday Tours
Read more about our programmes for guided holiday tours for Lyceum Alpinum students.
Community Project Romania
Service
You will be involved in community projects at a homeless centre and a daycare centre for 7 – 10 year old disadvantaged children. In the mornings, you will help to renovate the centre. In the afternoons, you will play games and do fun activities with the children and help them to learn English.
Other Activities
• See rescued bears at a bear sanctuary
• Climb Postavaru mountain (1800 metres)
• Dracula’s castle in Transylvania
• Learn Romanian baking and Romanian dance
• Horse riding, hiking and Ialomicioara cave
Accommodation: Simple, comfortable lodge or pension style accommodation throughout the trip. The final night is spent in a hotel in Bucharest.
Costs: Between CHF 5,400 and CHF 5,800. This includes all travel, accommodation, food and the activities listed above.
Cancellation fee will be applied.
Please register your interest by 12 January 2024 servicelearning@lyceum-alpinum.ch. The number of participants is limited to 15.
Holiday Tour Island Lanzarote
| When? | 10 days in March 2024 (during holidays) |
| Who? | All students who want to experience something awesome |
| Where? | Lanzarote, Canary Islands |
Some activities:
- Lanzarote Island Tour
- Surfing, kayaking, snorkelling
- Waterpark
- Timanfaya National Park
- Relaxing
Accomodation in 4-star hotel.
Estimated costs will be between CHF 3,500 and CHF 4,500 (all-inclusive), depending on the number of participants. The number of participants is limited and on a first come, first serve basis.
Please register by 12 January 2024
virtudes.schrepfer@lyceum-alpinum.ch
Service Learning in Ghana
A typical day 1st week (Monday to Friday) will look as follows:
| 07:00 – 08:30 | Breakfast and departure |
| 09:00 – 12:30 | Educational activities at different schools |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 17:00 | Various activities: building a classroom, playground or library, brick laying, mixing mortar or fetching water, to name just a few |
In the second week, we will explore a little more of Ghana:
• Learn about the history of slavery
• Visit the highest waterfall in West Africa
• Canopy walk and swim in a rainforest
• Visit a monkey sanctuary
• Enjoy a local drumming session
Accommodation will be in a hotel during the first week. In the second week, we will have a mix of hotel and lodge style accommodation.
Estimated costs will be between CHF 4,500 and CHF 5,500, all-inclusive, depending on the number of participants.
Cancellation fee will be applied.
Please register by 20 January 2023.
The number of participants is limited.
Holiday Tour Gran Canaria
Feel the needs to fly to a warm and sunny place to get away from the snow and cold weather?
| When? | March holiday 2023 |
| Who? | Students of all grades |
| Where? | Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, accomodation in 4* hotel |
Some activities:
- Gran Canaria Island Tour
- Surfing
- Waterpark
- Visiting the Dunes
- Relaxing and enjoying the pool area
We estimate the cost at between CHF 3,200 and CHF 4,200 all-inclusive, depending on the number of participants.
Cancellation fee will be applied.
Please register by 20 January 2023.
The number of participants is limited.
Community Work in Malawi
A typical day (Monday to Friday) will look as follows:
| 07:00 – 08:30 | Breakfast and departure |
| 09:00 – 12:30 | Educational activities at different schools |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 17:00 | Various activities: Building schools and providing school meals, empowerment programmes, tree planting, water management, to name just a few |
Accommodation during the week at Fisherman’s Rest, a beautifully located lodge, south of Blantyre, in simple bungalows.
At the weekends, there will be excursions such as going on a safari and a trip to Blue Zebra Island Lodge on Lake Malawi.
We estimate the total cost at between CHF 5,800 and CHF 6,800, depending on the number of participants, all inclusive. Cancellations will involve extra cost.
Please register by 22 January 2022.
The number of participants is limited.
Holiday tour Tenerife
Feel the needs to fly to a warm and sunny place to get away from the snow and cold weather?
| When? | March holiday 2022 |
| Who? | Students of all grades |
| Where? | Tenerife, Canary Islands, accomodation in 4* hotel |
Some activities:
- Mount Teide National Park
- Siam Water Park, the most spectacular water attachtion in Europe.
- Dolphin and whale watching
- Caving
- Relaxing and enjoying the pool area
We estimate the cost at between CHF 3200 and CHF 4200, all-inclusive, depending on the number of participants.
Cancellations will involve extra cost.
Please register by 22 January 2022.
The number of participants is limited.
Christmas Holiday Programme
In addition to various Winter Activities, Excursions and the Holiday Celebrations for Christmas and New Year’s, students take part in a Leadership Course. The course will be taught over 36 hours (over the period of the three holiday weeks) and includes a combination of outdoor activities and leadership training. Materials and equipment needed are included in the package. All students will be receiving an official Leadership Camp Certificate at the end of the course.
The cost for the three-week all-inclusive Christmas Programme is CHF 5’500.00*.
*Extra cost for specific winter activities or excursions may apply.
Please register by 5 December 2020.
Service learning in Malawi
A typical day (Monday to Friday) will look as follows:
| 07:00 – 08.30 | Breakfast and departure |
| 09:00 – 12:30 | Educational activities in a school |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 17:00 | Possible activities: help to building a fuel-efficient stove, help to repair bore-holes or help to establish a library |
At the weekend, there will be excursions such as going on a safari and a trip to Blue Zebra Island Lodge on the Lake Malawi.
Estimated costs will be between CHF 5,200 and CHF 6,200, all-inclusive, depending on the number of participants.
A cancellation fee will be applied.
Please register by 20 January 2020.
Turtle Camp Pom Pom, Malaysia
Turtle conservation – students are involved in:
- Turtle hatchery
- Baby turtle release
- Turtle identification dives
Coral reef restoration includes:
- Underwater coral collection
- Underwater construction of artificial reefs
Estimated costs will be between CHF 3,900 and CHF 4,500, all-inclusive, depending on the number of participants.
A cancellation fee will be applied.
Please register by 20 January 2020.
Holiday tour Lanzarote
- National Park Timanfaya
- Visit César Manrique’s Jameos del Agua
- Camel riding
- Go caving
- Relaxing
Estimated costs will be between CHF 3200 and CHF 4200, all-inclusive, depending on the number of participants.
A cancellation fee will be applied.
Please register by 20 January 2020.