Twelve days,
four cities.
This is the West Coast run built around technology and how things are made: Berkeley and a Google office in the Bay Area, a driverless-car ride, an aircraft carrier you sleep aboard, two science museums and, at the end, the Grand Canyon. Twelve days across San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego and Las Vegas. The Berkeley visit is a campus walk and the Google stop is a visitor experience at an office lobby and grounds, not a meeting with engineers — the USS Midway sleepover and the science museums carry the real hands-on learning.
A UC Berkeley campus walk followed by a visitor afternoon at a Google office in the Bay Area.- A driverless-car ride and a whale-watching trip along the California coast.
- The Petersen Automotive Museum and Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles.
- An overnight adventure programme aboard the USS Midway aircraft carrier in San Diego.
- The Grand Canyon Skywalk, capping the trip after a Las Vegas stop.
Arrival, San Francisco
Arrive San Francisco, check in and rest.
Berkeley & Google
UC Berkeley campus visit; afternoon at a Google office.
SF City Tour & Bay Cruise
San Francisco city tour and Bay Cruise.
Driverless Car & Whale Watching
Driverless-car experience and a whale-watching trip.
Los Angeles & Universal Studios
Drive to Los Angeles; Beverly Hills. Full day at Universal Studios.
Petersen Museum & Griffith Observatory
Petersen Automotive Museum and Griffith Observatory.
USS Midway Overnight
Drive to San Diego; evening overnight adventure programme aboard USS Midway.
Fleet Science Centre & Air/Space Museum
Fleet Science Centre and the Air & Space Museum.
Las Vegas & Grand Canyon
San Diego observation deck; drive to Las Vegas; evening limo ride. Grand Canyon tour with the Skywalk, then depart for the flight home.
Designed for the
engineering-minded
Classes 9–12 & UG
Tech, Cars & Aircraft
USS Midway Sleepover
Visitor Experiences, Not Meetings
Everything you
need to know
How are students kept safe over twelve days and long drives?
Chaperone ratios of one per eight junior and one per ten senior students, always with a female chaperone, and a Picknic tour manager throughout. Vetted hotels on multiple-sharing, comfort breaks on the longer city-to-city drives, a doctor-on-call tie-up in each city, and an evening WhatsApp update to parents with photos and headcounts.
How far ahead do we book, what about visas, and how real is the Google visit?
What's included, and how is a school group costed?