UPPER NEW YORK CONFERENCE PILGRIMAGE 2025

VISIT AFRICA UNIVERSITY / SOUTHERN AFRICA

FEBRUARY 12-21, 2025

The Upper New York Conference pilgrimage to Africa University is your opportunity to see and experience a ministry born of the radical generosity and faithfulness of United Methodists and others. The 2025 trip is led by Upper New Area Resident Bishop, Héctor A. Burgos Núñez, Dr. Roger Ellis, and Mrs. Claudia Ellis. Affectionately known as “the school of dreams in the valley of hope,” Africa University has been described as the most exciting ministry of The United Methodist Church in this century.

Your trip allows interaction with the students, faculty, administrators, and local church leaders, where you can learn more about the vitality of the Church on the African continent. Together with the campus community, you will celebrate African culture, connection and the evolving story and impact of Africa University.

Fly from Washington, D.C. to Southern Africa where you will visit Africa University’s main campus.

Trip itinerary includes a two-day safari to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe and Chobe, Botswana for unparalleled game viewing in the Zambezi River Valley.

 For those wishing to extend their southern Africa sojourn to Johannesburg, South Africa, tour Soweto’s Mandela House Museum and the Apartheid Museum.

 ESTIMATED COST

BASIC 10-DAY TRIP: $5000

TRIP WITH EXTENSION: $6500

 If you have additional questions, contact Andra Stevens, Africa University Development Office, at (615)340-7438 or by email at astevens@africau.org.

Visit  https://www.africau.edu for more information about Africa University.