GLOBAL LEARNING

Trips and Visits
At Aiglon, learning extends far beyond the Alpine classroom. Our comprehensive travel and service curriculum challenges students through real-world adventure, deepens cultural understanding, and fosters active global citizenship rooted in our guiding principles of mind, body, and spirit.

"For Aiglon students, community does not just mean the school, or the village, or the mountain. It means the wider world, too. That is why our service curriculum takes in everything from helping run a local community food bank to teaching fellow students in rural India."

Cultural Learning Experiences
Every Student Every October

Discovery & Exploration

Years 7-10, Summer Term

Service & Experience Trips

Service & Global Citizenship

Academic Trips

Language, arts, science, & leadership

Programme Overview

Cultural Learning

Cultural Learning Experiences (CLE)

Length: 3–4 Days (October)
Cost: Included in tuition
Years 2-9 (Switzerland | 1–4 Days): Discover Switzerland’s rich linguistic and cultural diversity across various cantons.
Years 10–13 (Europe | 3–4 Days): Travel to European destinations tailored to language study (e.g., French-, German-, and Italian-speaking hubs), culminating in Year 13's flagship trip to major capitals like Rome, Amsterdam, or Paris.

All year groups . 3-4 days . October (before half term break)

Discovery & Exploration

Discovery (ADTs) and Exploration (AET) trips

Length: 8–14 Days (May / Summer Term)
Cost: Included in tuition fees
Year 7 (Space Camp, USA | 10–14 Days): Immersive astronaut training, spaceflight engineering, survival skills, and xenobiology.
Year 8 (Classical History & Sailing, Greece | 8–10 Days): Historical immersion in ancient Athens followed by practical RYA skipper training on 15m yachts in Corfu.
Year 9 (Trekking & Service, Morocco | 8–10 Days): High-altitude mountain trekking combined with hands-on village community development.
Year 10 (Ecological Conservation, Costa Rica | 8–10 Days): Hands-on environmental fieldwork collaborating with local partners to support vital biodiversity projects.

Years 7-10 . 8-10 days . May

Service & Experience Trips

Service & Experience Trips

Length: 8–10 Days (Autumn & Winter Term Breaks)
Cost: An addditional cost
Overview: Immersive expeditions combining high-challenge wilderness exploration with meaningful philanthropic initiatives—from supporting local Swiss food banks to teaching in rural India or leading regional conservation projects.
Global Impact: Translates empathy into active philanthropy, partnering directly with local and international communities to address educational, environmental, and infrastructure challenges.

Years 9–13 · 8–10 days · Autumn & Winter

Academic Trips

Academic Trips

Length: 2–3 Days (Year-round)
Cost: Dependent on type of academic trip and distance
Overview: Focused short-duration trips supporting classroom subjects, including fine arts excursions to London and Paris, physics visits to CERN, Model United Nations (MUN) and international Round Square leadership conferences

Varies by subject · 2–3 days · Throughout the year

Travel With Confidence

Included in the Tuition

Core trips such as the Cultural Learning and Discovery trips are part of every year's fees. Some optional trips carry an extra cost, shared in advance.

Staff Led - Every Step

Every trip has a written risk assessment, experienced Aiglon staff, and round-the-clock emergency support.

Right For Every Age

From day trips in the youngest years to journeys across Europe and beyond. Every year brings a new destination and a new challenge.