"make an excursion" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you're talking about going on a short trip or journey, usually for pleasure or educational purposes. For example: "On our vacation, we decided to make an excursion to a local national park."
Many of the teams plan to make an excursion there but I opt out.
THE ancient sites of the Bay of Naples deserve a couple of weeks, but sometimes all you have is a day to make an excursion from Rome.
As the guests of Dr. Aziz they make an excursion to the Marabar Caves, where Miss Quested loses her head and accuses Aziz of having insulted her - a series of minor accidents lending plausibility to what was, in effect, an hallucination.
During our holidays in the hills above Fethiye we would always make an excursion to the utilitarian cafés at the bus station, for glorious lahmacun – thin wood-fired flatbreads spread with tomatoes and minced lamb, to be eaten rolled around fresh herbs and pickles – and killer doner kebabs with the crunch of salads.
Updated at 8.26pm BST 8.24pm BST 22 min: Fred, who seems to be either offside or giving away possession whenever he's in view, is caught dallying and allows Mexico to make an excursion into the Brazil box, where Herrera tries to twist and turn past David Luiz but is hustled off the ball.
Yet, as Compett also includes Austria, we make an excursion there and make some comparative assessments of the two countries.
The Basque tour visits the Guggenheim in Bilbao and makes an excursion to Guernica.
On Sunday night after the game, Tuck made an excursion to see Big Ben and Westminster Abbey from the outside.
I obtained a good-sized lump of it — about three pounds — and made an excursion to Highgate Pond, in Hampstead Heath, with two of my friends, Eric Korn and Jonathan Miller.
During his time in Nevada, Paul made an excursion to a skating rink in Pahrump, a desert town in Nye County, which is a Paul stronghold — in the 2008 Nevada primary, it was the only county that voted for him.
[C4.] State Law on Myanmar Struck Down Making an excursion into foreign policy, the Supreme Court struck down a Massachusetts law aimed at boycotting companies that do business in Myanmar, formerly Burma.
