SERVICE TOUR: This special offering is based on the regular Best of SOUTH AFRICA agenda, but also includes a special project & meetings.
February 16, 2025
PRE-CALGARY: Enjoy a week exploring the indigenous culture of Haida Gwaii and the whales and mountains of BC's Inside Passage.
June 13, 2025
POST-CALGARY: Explore indigenous culture and nature for two weeks along the BC coast, from urban Vancouver to remote Haida Gwaii.
June 26, 2025
PRE-TAIPEI: This tour will visit multiple places for our bases in Tokyo, Hiroshima and Kyoto.
May 28, 2026
TAIPEI 2026: This tour combines five days at the RI Convention with five days sightseeing.
June 11, 2026
POST-TAIPEI: We'll see orangutans and much more in this mythical, tropical destination.
June 21, 2026
Each year Rotary International holds its Annual Convention in late May or June. Host cities include Melbourne in 2023, Singapore in 2024, Calgary in 2025 and Taipei in 2026.
Back in 2022, several members of Haliburton Rotary approached TravelMaven about creating a sightseeing tour either before or after the Melbourne Convention. After some discussion, they decided to expand the idea to before and after, make the tours fundraisers, and invite Rotarians from across Ontario (and beyond). The result was a 17-day pre-convention tour of New Zealand and an 11-day post-convention tour of eastern Australia.
After that successful first year, it was decided to make Haliburton Rotary Convention Tours an annual event.
For Singapore 2024, TravelMaven created three offerings for Haliburton Rotary: a 10-night pre-convention tour of South Korea; a 7-night convention package in Singapore; and a 15-night post-convention tour of Vietnam. All three tours proved popular with Rotarians from across Ontario, Alberta, Michigan and even Australia joining the fun.
Haliburton Rotary will also offer its first Service Tour to South Africa in February 2025. This tour will combine the fun of travelling with other Rotarians with the satisfaction of taking on a project in the destination country. Haliburton Rotary is currently working with several South African Rotary clubs to plan meetings, identify potential projects, and figure out how all these things might be undertaken during our 19 day visit.
For Calgary 2025, two tours along Canada's Pacific coast will be offered. The first is a one week voyage up British Columbia's Inside Passage from northern Vancouver Island to the remote island of Haida Gwaii. Post-convention, we will return to the same region but with a focus on indigenous culture. This tour will include all the stops made on the first tour, plus add 3 days in both Vancouver and Whistler, making it a two week program.
For Taipei 2026, Japan will be the pre-convention destination, followed by a Taiwan tour that incorporates the Taipei convention. Post-convention, we will fly to exotic Borneo.
Looking even further down the road, conventions will be in Honolulu in 2027, Manilla in 2028 and Minneapolis in 2029. Believe it or not, but plans for those are already in the making, with the plan to release them at the preceding Rotary International Convention.
Please send any inquiries about Rotary Conventions to haliburtonrotary@gmail.com and those regarding tour logistics to barry@travelmaven.ca.