Petrified Forest National Park Fun Activities Guide

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  Backcountry Unlimited

  Prescott

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  Adventure Travel for Teens (Summer 2019) Ages 12 to 14 and 15 to 17

     AZ Unlimited - 12 Days AGES 12 to 14: June 8th - June 19th, June 28th - July 9th AGES 15 to 17: June 4th - June 15th, June 22nd - July 3rd, July 14th - July 25th Starts and Ends at Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, Arizona Arizona is a state of extraordinary topographic diversity, clear skies, open lands, and beautiful forests with a total area of 114,000 Sq. MI. 12 days with Backcountry Unlimited on AZ Unlimited will take you off the beaten path in the Sonoran desert, high on the Colorado Plateau and deep into the Grand Canyon. We will explore ancient cultures, climb towering cliffs, whitewater raft on the Colorado River, kayak through slot canyons on Lake Powell, explore the Grand Canyon, horseback ride through the tall pines and experience all Arizona has to offer. Highlights: Rock Climb Jack's, Whitewater Raft the Colorado, Kayak through slot canyons, and Horseback riding through the pines of Grand Canyon National Park and flying down tree top zip lines. A to the Z - 5 Days Ages 12 to 14: June 2nd - June 6th June 22nd - June 26th July 12th - July 16th Age 15 to 17: June 17th - June 21st & July 8th - July 12th Starts and Ends at Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, Arizona Mountain Bike! Swim! Climb! Horseback Ride! Need we say more? 5 days of adventure on A to the Z will take you high on the Colorado Plateau and deep into the Grand Canyon. We will explore ancient ruins, experience the majesty of Grand Canyon National Park and horseback ride through the pine forest of Northern Arizona. Highlights: A train ride to the Grand Canyon, mountain bike ponderosa pine forest, swimming in cool mountain waters and horseback riding through the pines of Grand Canyon National Park. (less) ... Read more

  Make This Your Summer for Adventure

  Spring is in full swing and it's hard to believe that summer is quickly approaching. Backcountry Unlimited is excited to announce that space in many of our programs is quickly becoming limi…

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  Catalina Sea Camp

  Toyon Bay

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  Summer camp on Catalina Island is a great way to spend the summer. Wonderful memories and new friends await at Catalina Sea Camp one of California's premier overnight summer camps.

     Our one-week and three-week camps are one of a kind ocean adventure and marine biology summer camps located at Toyon Bay on Catalina Island. Sea Camp offers three one-week sessions for boys and girls ages 8-13 and two three-week coed sessions for teens ages 12-17. Our hand-picked counselors and instructors create an atmosphere of fun and excitement while leading campers on a host of ocean adventure, marine biology, and social summer camp activities. Catalina Sea Camp is a program developed by Catalina Island Marine Institute, also known as "CIMI". Rules for participation in Guided Discoveries programs are the same for everyone without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, or handicap (less) ... Read more

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  MOTHER NATURES FARM

  Gilbert

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  The farm entrance fee is $10.00 per child, this includes an OZ pumpkin, an individual bag of stickers for decorating your pumpkin, the air bounce, a hayride, straw bounce, feeding the animals and Alexander's Adventure Maze. Adults are $5.00 to tag along and ride the hayride. Bring a picnic lunch and your friends. We have picnic tables, grassy fields, big shade trees and PLENTY of room for the kids to be kids! Food is available at Maneau's Munchies; hot dogs, popcorn, cotton candy, snow cones, drinks and much more. We also provide school tours. School tours start October 1st, 2017 and end October 31st, 2017. Please schedule online tours fill up fast. Tours are held Monday through Friday from 9:00 to 3:00. If you book a group of 20 children or more the cost is $8.00 per child and $3.00 per adult, does not include a tour guide. If you book a tour of 25 children or more it will include a tour guide. You also have the option to go with 1 pumpkin per child and NO stickers for $6.00. (less) ... Read more

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  Pangaea Land of the Dinosaurs

  Scottsdale

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  PANGAEA LAND OF THE DINOSAURS IS NOW OPEN

     Pangaea Land of the Dinosaurs is an indoor interactive exhibit and educational center located at OdySea in the Desert. Complete with more than 50 life-sized animatronic dinosaurs that roam through exhibits and true-to-life recreations of prehistoric habitats, Pangaea is designed to transport guests back to the age of the dinosaurs. Guests can enjoy family-friendly activities, educational explorations, thrilling rides, high quality dining and more. Pangaea offers immersive activities that stimulate children's imaginations and help them learn about the prehistoric world. Guests can partake in fossil excavations to dig for dinosaur bones and prehistoric fossils. Our tour guides will be on-hand to provide guests with details and information about the dinosaurs they once belonged to. Children can also express their inner artist at our etching stations, where they create realistic drawings of several species of dinosaurs. Guests can also enjoy both stationary and roaming dinosaur rides, which allow them to experience our lifelike habitats from a riveting perspective. Other attractions include dinosaur face painting and sifting, which affords children the opportunity to pan for dinosaur fossils. After you're done enjoying dinosaurs, head upstairs for a special treat from the Pangaea Dinosaur Grill. Pangaea will also host informational tours for schools and other educational institutions. For booking information, click here. Plan your next party at Pangaea! . (less) ... Read more

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  Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters

  Grand Canyon Village

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  Founded in 1965, Papillon (French for "butterfly") is one of the world's largest "flightseeing" companies with 3,500 passengers served daily, narration in 16 languages and nearly 90 state-of-the-art helicopters and airplanes, specifically designed to reveal panoramic views beyond imagination. Family owned and operated, its brands include Grand Canyon Helicopters, Grand Canyon Airlines, Grand Canyon Coaches and Scenic Airlines. Papillon is one of the few companies that fly the entire Grand Canyon, including the South and West rims, home to the world-famous Skywalk, in addition to Las Vegas and the Hoover Dam. Tours afford maximum flight time, enabling guests to fully discover Grand Canyon's great wilderness and scenic attractions. Papillon operates nearly 90 helicopters and airplanes in its growing fleet of aircraft. Helicopter models include the Bell 206L, Eurocopter AS350 B2/B3e, EC130 B4/T2 and MD900. Airplane models include the deHavilland Twin Otter and Cessna Caravan. Papillon's aircraft are specifically designed for sightseeing with on-board upgrades developed and patented by Papillon itself. (less) ... Read more

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  National Park Service

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  National Park Week - and FREE Days

     Americas Best Idea - the national parks - announced the launch of Find Your Park, a public awareness and education campaign celebrating the milestone centennial anniversary of the National Park Service in 2016 and setting the stage for the next 100 years. It's about making great connections, exploring amazing places, discovering open spaces, enjoying affordable vacations and enhancing America's best idea - the national parks! It's all happening in your national parks. Only 128 of our country's 407 national parks usually charge an entrance fee. So start planning your visit! If you're planning a trip that includes multiple national parks, you might consider the $80 annual pass that provides entrance to all national parks, national wildlife refuges, national forests, and many other Federal lands-more than 2,000 in all. The America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass is offered free to all active duty military members and their dependents. Information on these and other pass options is available online. (less) ... Read more

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  Tortuga Music Festival 2019

  Ft Lauderdale

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  Ft Lauderdale April 12-14!

     Held on the white sands of Fort Lauderdale Beach Park in a beautiful oceanside setting, Tortuga Music Festival is a 3-day, multi-stage music festival featuring some of the biggest names in country, rock and roots music. Tortuga Music Festival brings like-minded fans together for an unforgettable beach weekend experience that pairs music with meaning to raise awareness for marine conservation. Tortuga Music Festival works hand in hand with the Rock The Ocean Foundation to increase public awareness about the issues impacting the world's oceans and to support scientific research, education, and ocean conservation initiatives. Over $1,000,000 has been given back to our Conservation Village partners as a direct result of ticket sales and donations from Rock The Ocean's Tortuga Music Festival. Check out our lineup and learn more about ocean conservation and how you can help. (less) ... Read more

Family Activities

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  Catalina Sea Camp

  Toyon Bay

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  Summer camp on Catalina Island is a great way to spend the summer. Wonderful memories and new friends await at Catalina Sea Camp one of California's premier overnight summer camps.

     Our one-week and three-week camps are one of a kind ocean adventure and marine biology summer camps located at Toyon Bay on Catalina Island. Sea Camp offers three one-week sessions for boys and girls ages 8-13 and two three-week coed sessions for teens ages 12-17. Our hand-picked counselors and instructors create an atmosphere of fun and excitement while leading campers on a host of ocean adventure, marine biology, and social summer camp activities. Catalina Sea Camp is a program developed by Catalina Island Marine Institute, also known as "CIMI". Rules for participation in Guided Discoveries programs are the same for everyone without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, or handicap (less) ... Read more

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  Junior Ranger

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  Junior Ranger programs engage young people in age-appropriate activities that allow them to discover the significance of a specific site, introduce them to the national park system and to the mission of the National Park Service. They reveal to children that these amazing places belong to them. Junior Ranger programs are designed to provide participants with the flexibility to discover and interact with the park at their own pace and within the limits of their visit. They encourage children and their families to explore things they might otherwise have missed, to get out and walk around, to explore further by visiting specialized programs, park movies, exhibits, trails overlooks, talking to a ranger, and others. When you get to the park visitor center ask a park ranger or volunteer for a junior ranger booklet if you are between the ages of 6-12 and you can fill it out and earn a badge! (less) ... Read more

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  Pangaea Land of the Dinosaurs

  Scottsdale

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  PANGAEA LAND OF THE DINOSAURS IS NOW OPEN

     Pangaea Land of the Dinosaurs is an indoor interactive exhibit and educational center located at OdySea in the Desert. Complete with more than 50 life-sized animatronic dinosaurs that roam through exhibits and true-to-life recreations of prehistoric habitats, Pangaea is designed to transport guests back to the age of the dinosaurs. Guests can enjoy family-friendly activities, educational explorations, thrilling rides, high quality dining and more. Pangaea offers immersive activities that stimulate children's imaginations and help them learn about the prehistoric world. Guests can partake in fossil excavations to dig for dinosaur bones and prehistoric fossils. Our tour guides will be on-hand to provide guests with details and information about the dinosaurs they once belonged to. Children can also express their inner artist at our etching stations, where they create realistic drawings of several species of dinosaurs. Guests can also enjoy both stationary and roaming dinosaur rides, which allow them to experience our lifelike habitats from a riveting perspective. Other attractions include dinosaur face painting and sifting, which affords children the opportunity to pan for dinosaur fossils. After you're done enjoying dinosaurs, head upstairs for a special treat from the Pangaea Dinosaur Grill. Pangaea will also host informational tours for schools and other educational institutions. For booking information, click here. Plan your next party at Pangaea! . (less) ... Read more

Museums/Zoos

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  Arizona Commemorative Air Force Museum

  Mesa

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  Looking for things to do that are completely different from the usual? Stop on by the Arizona Commemorative Air Force Museum and take a ride in a WWII Bomber or open cockpit biplane. Soar above the Saguaros and discover a rare, multi-sensory experience like no other. At the only combat aviation museum in Phoenix, you and your family will take an edu-venture through history and learn how aircraft evolved as a heroic partner to ground and sea operations from WWI to present. At our museum we WANT you to get up close and personal with history. Our friendly docents are the keepers of nostalgic, inspirational stories and are at your service to answer any questions or lead a tour through our collection of artifacts and exhibits. Walk through our working hangar and watch aircraft mechanics bring muscular engines to life. Climb aboard our bombers and cargo planes or, better yet, book a once-in- a-lifetime flight in an authentic warbird. Choose among seven WWII aircraft, from an open biplane to the rarest bombers in the world. And don't forget to stop by our museum gift store and bring home a bomber jacket for you and your pooch. We're a non-profit organization and staffed 99.9% by dedicated volunteers who honor our mission to restore, preserve, and remember the ingenuity and sacrifices of past generations. (less) ... Read more

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  Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation

  Scottsdale

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  Combining creativity with academic relevance, the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation's innovative Summer Art and Architecture Camps give students the opportunity to think and work outside the box. Located at Taliesin West, Wright's winter home and desert laboratory, the camps will encourage students to explore, create, and design in the significant setting. Students will see how their unique ideas can have a true impact on the world around them, as they engage in the fun and educational activities.

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  Pangaea Land of the Dinosaurs

  Scottsdale

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  Pangaea Land of the Dinosaurs

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  PANGAEA LAND OF THE DINOSAURS IS NOW OPEN

     Pangaea Land of the Dinosaurs is an indoor interactive exhibit and educational center located at OdySea in the Desert. Complete with more than 50 life-sized animatronic dinosaurs that roam through exhibits and true-to-life recreations of prehistoric habitats, Pangaea is designed to transport guests back to the age of the dinosaurs. Guests can enjoy family-friendly activities, educational explorations, thrilling rides, high quality dining and more. Pangaea offers immersive activities that stimulate children's imaginations and help them learn about the prehistoric world. Guests can partake in fossil excavations to dig for dinosaur bones and prehistoric fossils. Our tour guides will be on-hand to provide guests with details and information about the dinosaurs they once belonged to. Children can also express their inner artist at our etching stations, where they create realistic drawings of several species of dinosaurs. Guests can also enjoy both stationary and roaming dinosaur rides, which allow them to experience our lifelike habitats from a riveting perspective. Other attractions include dinosaur face painting and sifting, which affords children the opportunity to pan for dinosaur fossils. After you're done enjoying dinosaurs, head upstairs for a special treat from the Pangaea Dinosaur Grill. Pangaea will also host informational tours for schools and other educational institutions. For booking information, click here. Plan your next party at Pangaea! . (less) ... Read more