Thank you for your interest in booking a special group walking tour or private walking tour with special accommodations. These are general walking tours of our campus. Our Fall 2024 calendar is available for booking! At the bottom of the page, you can put your name on our list to be notified when the Spring 2025 booking calendar becomes available in early February.
What Constitutes a Special Group?
A special group is any party of 10 or more people. This can include a large family, school group (grades 6th and up only), private tour company, non-profit group, or any group of 10 or more people. We are unable to accommodate school groups that are 5th grade or below; please view our Cal Kids Scavenger Hunt and Activities.
Small Private Walking Tours
If you are a party of less than 10 people that require special accommodations which don’t allow you to join our free guided walking tour, please book a Group Walking Tour as a “Private Small Group/Family” for $50 and note the special accommodations required in your tour reservation. Your private walking tour is not confirmed until you receive an email from the Tour Coordinator. If your party is less than 10 people and no special accommodations are required, please book a free guided walking tour. Reservations of groups with less than 10 people with no accommodations noted will be cancelled.
Reservation Information
Tour reservations are required for these tours. Special group/private tour reservations must be made at least 14 days in advance. Tour groups that include school-age students are required to have one chaperone per 15 students. Please note these tours are accessible walking tours where wheelchairs and strollers can be accommodated. If you wish to book a private golf cart tour due to limited mobility (only), please visit the Golf Cart Tour website.
We offer Spanish or Chinese language tours on request based on our students' availability. When booking, please state your language preference in the special needs box on the reservation.
If your party is less than 10 people, please register for our free guided accessible walking tour.
Schedule
- Fall 2024: September 23 - December 6, 2024
- Group Walking Tours: Various times on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, select Saturdays, and select Sundays. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer tours on Tuesdays or Thursdays this fall due to student availability with their class schedules.
- Private Walking Tours: We are only booking $50 private walking tours that require special accommodations and only if space permits. Please book a Group Walking Tour as a “Private Small Group/Family” and note the special accommodations required in your tour reservation. Your private walking tour is not confirmed until you receive an email from the Tour Coordinator. If you do not state a special accommodation, we will cancel your reservation. Please note our free guided accessible walking tours takes frequent walk breaks and can accommodate any wheeled item such as a wheelchair or stroller.
- Not Offered on these Dates: Homecoming Weekend (Friday, October 18 - Sunday, October 20), Berkeley Showcase (Saturday, November 2), Veterans Day (Monday, November 11), Thanksgiving Week (Saturday, November 23 - Sunday, December 1), and all home football game weekends.
- Spring 2025: February 18 - May 2, 2025
- Group Walking Tours: TBA based on students' class schedules. We hope to offer tours on weekdays and weekends. The schedule will be released in mid-February.
- Private Walking Tours: We are only booking $50 private walking tours that require special accommodations and only if space permits. When the calendar is open, please book a Group Walking Tour as a “Private Small Group/Family” and note the special accommodations required in your tour reservation. Your private walking tour is not confirmed until you receive an email from the Tour Coordinator. If you do not state a special accommodation, we will cancel your reservation. Please note our free guided accessible walking tours takes frequent walk breaks and can accommodate any wheeled item such as a wheelchair or stroller.
- Not Offered on these Dates: Spring Break (March 22-30), Power in Community Day (Saturday, April 5), and Cal Day (Saturday, April 19).
- Summer 2025: June 2 - August 15, 2025
- Group Walking Tours: TBA based on students' class schedules. We hope to offer tours on weekdays and weekends. The schedule will be released in late May.
- Private Walking Tours: We are only booking $50 private walking tours that require special accommodations and only if space permits. When the calendar is open, please book a Group Walking Tour as a “Private Small Group/Family” and note the special accommodations required in your tour reservation. Your private walking tour is not confirmed until you receive an email from the Tour Coordinator. If you do not state a special accommodation, we will cancel your reservation. Please note our free guided accessible walking tours takes frequent walk breaks and can accommodate any wheeled item such as a wheelchair or stroller.
- Not Offered on these Dates: Juneteenth (Thursday, June 19) and Independence Day (Friday, July 4).
Our student tour guides are unavailable between semesters and for the first few weeks of each semester, so we are unable to offer special group tours during this time. To find particular dates of our breaks and holidays, please see the UC Berkeley Academic Calendar
Fees
In-person Special Group Tour fees are waived only for students attending California schools (middle schools 6th grade and up, high schools, and community colleges), where the school is booking the tour directly.
Fees apply for all other special groups and private tours which include nonprofit organizations (including those that serve children who attend California schools), after-school programs, out-of-state schools, international groups, private tours, and tours booked by private tour companies (including those booked on behalf of California schools). The fee schedule is at the bottom of this page and is based on the number of visitors, regardless of tour length.