IMPORTANT: There are 2 touring options - 

REGISTER HERE for the Main Exhibit, Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs - PLUS - add the virtual experience Ramses & Nefertari Journey to Osiris. 

Fee: $139 (Includes admission in to the Ramses main exhibit and for $14 more, you also add the virtual experience option. The fee of $139 includes the $125 fee for the main exhibit plus $14 is added to also cover the cost for the virtual experience). 

All fees include tickets of admission.

EXHIBITS - 

Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs - San Francisco DeYoung Museum

Over 3,000 years in the making. Discover 181 priceless ancient Egyptian treasures. Ramses II, known as Ramses the Great, was the most celebrated and powerful pharaoh of the New Kingdom—Egypt’s golden age. Believed to be a god on Earth, he ruled for 67 years as part of the 19th Dynasty, erecting enormous temples, obelisks, and statues and expanding Egypt’s empire. This state-of-the-art exhibition features the greatest collection of Ramses II objects and Egyptian jewelry ever to travel to the United States. Along with the pharaoh's colossal royal sculpture, the exhibition highlights recently discovered animal mummies and treasures from the royal tombs of Dahshur and Tanis. Visitors can walk among towering statues and immerse themselves in multimedia productions that re-create moments from Ramses’s life, including his triumph at Kadesh, the largest chariot battle ever fought.

Ramses & Nefertari: Journey to Osiris – Virtual Reality Experience

An optional virtual reality experience, Ramses & Nefertari: Journey to Osiris, offers a breathtaking tour of two of Ramses’s most impressive monuments: Abu Simbel and Nefertari’s tomb.

IMPORTANT: Due to the immersive nature of this virtual reality experience, parental discretion is advised. This attraction allows audiences to enter a photo-real world of Ramses the Great and features the Positron Voyager Chair, a virtual reality platform that moves and vibrates. Persons with the following conditions should not participate: pacemaker or other implanted medical device, severe motion sickness or vertigo, fear of enclosed spaces, and other conditions that may be aggravated by this experience.

IMPORTANT registration dealine: due to planning requirements, please register by February 1 (while seats are still available). 

Date: Sunday, February 12, 2023

Schedule: 7:00am – 8:30pm

Location: San Francisco De Young Museum 

Redding Departure - 

• Time: leaves promptly at 7:00am (Motor coach starts loading at 6:45am. Seating is first come, first served. Arrive early if you want a good seat). 
• Location: leaves from the Shasta College Redding Main Campus, North Parking Lot

Red Bluff Departure -

• Time: 7:30am
• Location: Adobe Chevron, Main Street, Red Bluff (Please park in the empty lot next to the Chevron. Please do not park in the customer only parking areas). 

Travel Host: Darlene Montgomery

IMPORTANT: There are 2 touring options - 

REGISTER HERE for the Main Exhibit only, Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs.

Fee: $125 (Includes admission in to the Ramses main exhibit only. This fee does not include the optional 'virtual' exhibit. If you want to add the virtual option, go to the virtual registration link that is $139. The fee of $139 includes the $125 fee for the main exhibit plus $14 is added to cover the cost for the virtual experience). 

USE OTHER REGISTRATION LINK ($139) if you want to pay an extra $14 to also add the virtual exhibit - Ramses & Nefertari Journey to Osiris. 

All fees include tickets of admission.

EXHIBITS: 

Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs - San Francisco DeYoung Museum 

Over 3,000 years in the making. Discover 181 priceless ancient Egyptian treasures. Ramses II, known as Ramses the Great, was the most celebrated and powerful pharaoh of the New Kingdom—Egypt’s golden age. Believed to be a god on Earth, he ruled for 67 years as part of the 19th Dynasty, erecting enormous temples, obelisks, and statues and expanding Egypt’s empire. This state-of-the-art exhibition features the greatest collection of Ramses II objects and Egyptian jewelry ever to travel to the United States. Along with the pharaoh's colossal royal sculpture, the exhibition highlights recently discovered animal mummies and treasures from the royal tombs of Dahshur and Tanis. Visitors can walk among towering statues and immerse themselves in multimedia productions that re-create moments from Ramses’s life, including his triumph at Kadesh, the largest chariot battle ever fought.

Ramses & Nefertari: Journey to Osiris – Optional Virtual Reality Experience

An optional virtual reality experience, Ramses & Nefertari: Journey to Osiris, offers a breathtaking tour of two of Ramses’s most impressive monuments: Abu Simbel and Nefertari’s tomb.

Due to the immersive nature of this virtual reality experience, parental discretion is advised. This attraction allows audiences to enter a photo-real world of Ramses the Great and features the Positron Voyager Chair, a virtual reality platform that moves and vibrates. Persons with the following conditions should not participate: pacemaker or other implanted medical device, severe motion sickness or vertigo, fear of enclosed spaces, and other conditions that may be aggravated by this experience.

IMPORTANT registration dealine: due to planning requirements, please register by February 1 (while seats are still available). 

Date: Sunday, February 12, 2023

Schedule: 7:00am – 8:30pm

Location: San Francisco De Young Museum 

Redding Departure - 

• Time: leaves promptly at 7:00am (Motor coach starts loading at 6:45am. Seating is first come, first served. Arrive early if you want a good seat). 
• Location: leaves from the Shasta College Redding Main Campus, North Parking Lot

Red Bluff Departure -

• Time: 7:30am
• Location: Adobe Chevron, Main Street, Red Bluff (Please park in the empty lot next to the Chevron. Please do not park in the customer only parking areas). 

Travel Host: Darlene Montgomery

Tour Alcatraz Island and Explore Pier 39

IMPORTANT! Though this web page indicates that this trip is full, we actually have "2 seats left open" at this time. If you are interested in signing up for this trip, please 'call our office' at 530-242-7677 and staff will be happy to process your registration over the phone. 

Ferry to Alcatraz Island. Tour the inside of the Alcatraz prison cell house. Step back in time and experience the legendary island that has been a civil war fort, a military prison, and one of the most notorious federal penitentiaries in US history. Also included: Enjoy the historical gardens of Alcatraz, views of San Francisco Bay, and the exhibit: Red Power on Alcatraz: Perspectives 50 years later on display in the new Industries Building. You can spend as much time as you would like exploring the island.

PIER 39 is a 45-acre waterfront complex that is a gathering place for millions of San Francisco locals and visitors. In addition to its 13 full-service restaurants, 90+ shops and popular attractions, PIER 39 is home to a five-acre waterfront park and a 300-berth marina. PIER 39 is known for its spectacular views of San Francisco Bay, including the Golden Gate Bridge, Bay Bridge, and Alcatraz, as well as the world-famous California sea lions on K-Dock.

Important: The fee of this day trip includes the ticket of admission to the island. Travelers are free to tour the island and explore Pier 39 at their leisure. Travelers will have the freedom to plan their own day, whatever you want to see first. There are time constraints with regards to the ferry and tour of Alcatraz.

• There are hourly ferry departures to Alcatraz Island between: 8:40am - 1:35pm.
• There are hourly returns between: 8:40am – 6:40pm.
• The ferry leaves from, and returns to, Pier 33. Allow for a 15-minute ferry ride upon leaving the island. 

Date: Sunday, April 23, 2023

Schedule: 7:00am – 7:30pm (return time might vary depending on bay area traffic)

Redding Departing Time & Location: 7:00am, Shasta College Redding Main Campus, North Parking Lot

Red Bluff Departing Time & Location: 7:30am, Adobe Chevron, Main Street, Red Bluff

Travel Host: Darlene Montgomery

Fee: $129 (includes: ticket of admission, Alcatraz Island roundtrip ferry, access inside Alcatraz Prison, cell house audio tour, orientation video, and ranger and docent tours).

IMPORTANT registration deadline: due to planning requirements, please register by April 5 (if seats are still available).

Join us on a day trip to the Filoli Gardens. See all the Incredible Springtime Splendor when the grounds are all in bloom. Recognized as one of the finest remaining country estates of the early 20th century, Filoli welcomes the public to this remarkable 654–acre property, including the 54,000 square foot Georgian country house and spectacular 16–acre English Renaissance garden. This trip is a "self-guided" tour of the grounds and mansion, with plenty of time to spend shopping in their wonderfully unique gift shop, and time to enjoy a no-host lunch of delicious dining at the Filoli Cafe. A 90+ page, illustrated guide book will be provided and is a souvenir to take home. 

We will be traveling in style and comfort on one of Shasta College's own motor coaches.This trip fills fast! Sign up today to secure your seat! 

Note: We will stop in Red Bluff to pick up and drop off Red Bluff passengers. We will be making a dinner stop on the way back. 

IMPORTANT registration deadline: due to planning requirements, please register no later than April 29, 2023 (if seats are still available)

For more information about the day’s events, please visit: https://filoli.org 

Date: Sunday, May 7*, 2023  

*We apologize for the error on the date in the hard copy catalog (May 15). The actual date of the trip is May 7.

Schedule: Leaving promptly at 6:00am so please arrive early for boarding the motor coach. Will be returning at 9:00pm depending on bay area traffic. 

Redding Location: We will be leaving the Shasta College Redding Main Campus North parking lot and will return to the same. Parking permits for the day have been waived by campus safety. 

Red Bluff Location: Meet and board the motor coach at 6:30am at the Red Bluff Adobe Chevron empty parking lot (dirt lot) next to the Chevron Station, Main Street, Red Bluff. Please do not park in the Chevron customer parking areas. 

Travel Host: Darlene Montgomery

Fee: $110

IMPORTANT registration deadline: please register by April 28, while seats last. 

Day Trip to the DeYoung Museum Bouquets to Art Exhibit and Shopping Spree at the San Francisco Flower Mart

Join us on a day trip to the San Francisco Bouquets to Art exhibit at the De Young Museum. We will enjoy an afternoon at the De Young Museum and take in the incredible show of  Bouquets to Art, where art and nature come together to spectacular effect. Bay Area floral artisans are chosen to interpret a piece from the permanent art collection in fresh flowers. Always amazing and a visual treat for anyone that appreciates art or fresh flowers or both. Don't miss this one! 

First we will be stopping at the San Francisco Flower Mart for a shopping spree at wholesale prices prior to going to the De Young.  The SF Flower Mart  is the one-stop floral source for Northern California. There are over 50 individual vendors to choose from. Their wide variety is what sets them apart from all others. Travelers can purchase fresh flowers, plants, shrubs, trees, etc., as well as any floral design materials you can imagine - all at wholesale prices. We will store your newly purchased treasures underneath the motor coach in bins for a safe travel home. Smaller items can be stored on the motor coach.

We will be traveling in style and comfort on one of Shasta College's own motor coaches. This trip fills fast! Sign up today to secure your seat! 

Note: We will make a dinner stop on the way back. 

IMPORTANT: Due to planning requirements, please register no later than May 20, 2023 (if seats are still available)

For more information about the day’s events, please visit: https://www.sanfranciscoflowermart.com  and https://deyoung.famsf.org 

Date: Saturday, June 10, 2023

Time: Leaving Redding promptly at 6:00am so please arrive early for boarding the motor coach no later than 5:45. We will be returning at 9:30pm however, time may vary depending on bay area traffic. 

Redding Location: We will be leaving the Shasta College Redding Main Campus North parking lot and will return to the same. Parking permits for the day have been waived by campus safety. 

Red Bluff Location: Meet and board the motor coach at 6:30am at the Red Bluff Main Street Adobe Chevron empty parking lot (dirt lot) next to the Chevron Station. Please do not park in the Chevron customer parking areas. 

Travel Host: Darlene Montgomery 

Fee: $110 (includes ticket of admission)