Campus Tours & Graduations

Helpful Tour Information

• All tours depart from the Volunteer Center, which is the first building on the left when entering the campus.
• Tours last approximately 1.25 hours.
• Guide Dogs for the Blind is a working campus. Tours are always subject to activities on campus.
• Tours do not have contact with our puppy population, and contact with our adult dog population is based on the availability and discretion of staff.
• Adults are expected to manage children on tours.
• Everyone on the tour must be comfortable walking or standing for the duration of the tour on the California campus, as there is no seating along the tour route. The campus is fully accessible.
• Our California campus Gift Shop is open on weekdays and graduation Saturdays from 11:00am to 3:00pm.

DROP-IN TOURS (seven people or less)

The following tours DO NOT require advance reservations.

Drop-in tours are available Monday through Friday and non-graduation Saturdays at 10:30am and 2:00pm (for dates, please refer to the graduation section below)

Drop-in tours, graduation Saturdays (for dates, please refer to the graduation section below)

• Available graduation Saturdays at 10:30am and Noon

GROUP TOURS (eight people or more)

The following tours DO require advance reservations. Please use the Tour Request Form to enter your preferred dates.

Tour Bus and Adult Group Tours

• Available Monday through Saturday at 10:00am and 1:30pm
• Group maximum: 40 people

Graduation Day Group Tours

• Available on graduation Saturdays at 11:00am; graduation is at 1:30pm (for dates, please refer to the graduation section below)
• Group maximum: 40 people
• Note that Graduation tours tend to book up several months in advance

Children's Group Tours (non-school)

• Children's group tours (including Scout groups) are available on non-graduation Saturdays at 10:00am (for dates, please refer to the graduation section below)
• Minimum age: 2nd Grade

Children's School Field Trip Tours

• School field trip tours are available Monday through Friday at 10:00am throughout the school year
• Maximum school field trip tour size is 33 students. School tours are limited to Grade 2 and up.

2017 Non Tour Days

• Monday, January 2
• Monday, January 16
• Monday, February 20
• Saturday, May 6
• Monday, May 29
• Tuesday, July 4
• Friday, July 28
• Saturday, July 29
• Monday, September 4
• Friday, September 22
• Thursday, November 23
• Friday, November 24
• Friday, December 22
• Monday, December 25
• Friday, December 29

**DUE TO POOR AIR QUALITY FROM THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FIRES THE 10/14/17 & 10/28/17 GRADUATION CEREMONIES HAVE BEEN CANCELED.**

Graduations begin at 1:30 pm on the following Saturdays:

1/21/17
2/4/17
2/18/17
3/4/17
3/18/17
4/1/17
4/15/17
4/29/17
5/27/17
6/10/17
6/24/17
7/8/17
7/22/17
8/5/17
8/19/17
9/2/17
9/16/17
9/30/17

10/14/17 - **DUE TO POOR AIR QUALITY FROM THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FIRES THE 10/14/17 GRADUATION CEREMONY HAS BEEN CANCELED.**

10/28/17 - **DUE TO POOR AIR QUALITY FROM THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FIRES THE 10/28/17 GRADUATION CEREMONY HAS BEEN CANCELED.**

11/11/17
11/25/17
12/23/17