Available Tours

Large Group Tours
Large Group Tours Offered Based Upon Tour Guide Availability
Prospective Student/Family Walking Tours
Family Walking Tours are offered to prospective UC Davis students and their families

Prospective Student/Family Walking Tours

Tours begin from the Walter A. Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center lobby and courtyard.

We welcome future applicants, newly admitted students and their families to join our weekday walking tours of U.C. Davis. The tour begins at the Walter A. Buehler Alumni & Visitors Center and ends at the admissions building, Mrak Hall. Tours are 90 minutes in length, cover the central core of the U.C.Davis campus and are student led. Visitors will learn about academic excellence, student services, organizations, clubs, as well as research and internship opportunities at UC Davis. To register for a tour, please either enter your information below or call our tour reservation line at 530-752-8111. Our e-mail address is visit@ucdavis.edu.

Please bring comfortable walking shoes and be prepared for beautiful mild weather during the spring and fall, rainy weather during winter months and temperatures between 80 to 100 degrees during summer season. Drinking water is highly encouraged during summer season.

Guided residence hall tours are available at 12:00 noon starting at Tercero Dining Commons during academic quarters, October through the first week of June (excluding breaks and finals weeks).

Self-guided residence hall tours are available during the summer months (June 25th through September 15th) on a drop in basis between the hours of 9:00am to 12:00pm and between 1:00pm to 4:00pm. Summer self-guided residence hall tours meet at Segundo Residence Hall area service desk.

Mondavi Center for Performing Arts tours can be scheduled, subject to availability, by phoning (530) 754-5399 and leaving a well- articulated message including name, phone number and date & time you would like a tour. This phone number is for Mondavi Center for Performing Arts tours only.

Please note our office will not offer tours on the following dates:

-January 21, 2013

- February 18, 2013 (Presidents Day)

- March 19, 2013 through March 31, 2013 (Finals and spring break)

-April 6, 2013

-April 20, 2013

-May 10, 2013

-May 27, 2013

-July 4, 2013

-September 2, 2013

-November 11, 2013

-November 28-December 1, 2013

-December 7, 2013 through January 5, 2014


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