Have you always wanted to view the Sandhill Crane Migration? Here’s your chance to join fellow Global Travelers in March 2027 for this amazing experience in Grand Island, Nebraska, plus opportunity for service and fellowship in Omaha.
We’ll be in Grand Island Nebraska on Wednesday, March 10 and Thursday, March 11 for an immersive experience learning about and seeing the Sandhill Crane migration. Then we’ll head to Omaha for service and fellowship opportunities on March 12 through 13. You can participate in both Grand Island and Omaha events or just choose one.
Following is the planned agenda for the Sandhill Crane experience:
Wednesday, March 10
- 3 pm — Presentation on Crane Migration
- 4:45 pm — Guided sunset blind tour to see cranes returning to roost for the night
- 8 pm — Dinner at Rotarian-owned tap room (individual pay)
Thursday, March 11
- 5:30 am — Guided sunrise blind tour to see cranes fly off the river en masse
- 8:30 am — Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer
- 11:30 am — Soup & sandwich buffet
- 3:45 pm — Visiting key viewing spots to see cranes foraging in fields, prairies, and wet meadows.
- 5:30 pm — Group dinner @ beautiful lakeside setting (individual pay)
- 7:30 pm — Riverside sunset viewing
Details
- Estimated cost: $225
- $100 deposit to save your spot
- Book your hotel here to get our special $129/night rate
- Limited to 30 participants
Following is the preliminary agenda for the Omaha social (more details to follow). We’ll provide an a la carte menu of possible activities for free time:
Friday, March 12
- Service project, probably at a Omaha food shelf
- Happy hour and dinner together
Saturday, March 13
- Omaha’s famous St Patrick’s Day parade
- Lunch together
- Lots of options for Omaha activities
- Dinner together
- March 10 – 13, 2027
- Grand Island organizer: Susan Nickerson
- Omaha organizer: Kelly McKeever
- RSVP for Grand Island here
- RSVP for Omaha here
- Pay here