Tour activities in USA
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Sedona Adventure Outfitters & Guides
- Sedona, USA
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Offers all sorts of outdoor adventures, from hikes to the top of Cathedral Rock to tubing Oak Creek and kayaking on Lynx Lake. Tours range from $48 to $91.
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Pink Jeep Tours
- Sedona, USA
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Pink Jeep Tours has a great reputation and a vast variety of outings.
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Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce
On just two days a year (the first Saturday in April and October), the public is permitted to tour the Trinity Site, where the first atomic bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945, 35 miles west of Carrizozo. The eerie tour includes the base camp, the McDonald Ranch house where the plutonium core for the bomb was assembled, and ground zero itself. The test was carried out above ground and resulted in a quarter-mile-wide crater and an 8-mile-high cloud mushrooming above the desert. The radiation level of the site is ‘only’ 10 times greater than the region’s background level; a one-hour visit to ground zero will result in an exposure of one-half to one millorentgen (mrem), two …
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Bill Speidel’s Underground Tour
- Seattle, USA
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This famous ‘underground’ tour, which takes you through the tunnels and sidewalks hidden beneath the streets of Pioneer Square, might get a little corny at times, but it delivers the goods on historic Seattle as a rough and rowdy industrial town. The tour starts at Doc Maynard’s Public House, named after one of the city’s founding fathers and quite a character. An Ohio native, Maynard was divorced when he arrived in the city and was out for a good time; he was vivacious and generous and he liked his liquor. This combination led him to give away cash or land to almost anyone with a promising idea, and he died essentially landless and broke. (The rather revealing epitaph on…
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Saugatuck Dune Rides
Saugatuck – known for its strong arts community, numerous B&Bs and gay-friendly vibe – is one of the most popular resort areas. You can huff up the stairs to the grand views atop Mt Baldhead, a 200ft-high sand dune. Then race down the north side to beautiful Oval Beach. The Saugatuck Dune Rides provide a half-hour of good, cheesy fun spent zipping through the sand. After, jump aboard the Saugatuck Chain Ferry, and the operator will pull you across the Kalamazoo River.
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Tourmobile
Tourmobile’s primary tour runs around the National Mall, Capitol, White House and out to Arlington National Cemetery. You can hop off and reboard free at any of its 40 stops, which is nice for those who aren’t able to walk long distances. Tourmobile also does separate tours of Arlington National Cemetery (adult/child $7.50/3.75), Mount Vernon ($32/16) and some black heritage sites ($7/3.50). A twilight tour, See Washington by Night ($20/10), is offered in season – mid-June through Labor Day (first Monday in September).
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GAEA Guides
GAEA Guides offers superb, ecofriendly tours with professional naturalists and run a variety of tours through the Great Calusa Blueway. With almost 200 miles of kayaking routes, the Great Calusa Blueway is like a watery circulation system that beats throughout Lee County. The warm, calm waters are a joy to paddle through, and there’s a lot you miss on land that’s only visible by boat. Check the website for information on ‘trails’ throughout the county and where they can be accessed.
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Sf Seaplane Tours
Soar skyward and hang in the air like a bird playing on an updraft while you get a new perspective of the city. This tour company has been operating seaplanes for over 60 years, and experienced pilots will take two to six passengers (depending on aircraft size) up and point out landmarks while cruising along at a leisurely pace. Pickups and drop-offs are at Pier 39; from there, they'll bring you to the seaplane base 4 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge in picturesque Marin.
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Nevada Test Site
- Nevada, USA
- Activities › Tour
About 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas, starkly scenic US Hwy 95 rounds the Spring Mountains and passes a side road signposted ‘To Mercury.’ Behind barbed wire lies the Nevada Test Site, where over 900 atmospheric and underground nuclear explosions were detonated between 1951 and 1992. Free public bus tours depart monthly, usually from Las Vegas’ Atomic Testing Museum, but you must apply for reservations months in advance.
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City Segway Tours
In case you don’t know, Segways are essentially electronic two-wheeled scooters that move about by intuitive control (which basically means just about anyone can operate one). You may look a little ridiculous, but this is a great way of covering ground, getting a street view and never breaking a sweat. The City Segway tour takes in the major sites on the Mall and in Downtown, and is reliably considered one of the better operators in the District.
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Maine Eastern Railroad
- Maine, USA
- Activities › Tour
The Maine Eastern Railroad recently began offering a roundtrip service (twice daily, but once on Sundays) between Brunswick and Rockland, with stops at Bath and Wiscasset. The two-hour, 57-mile journey passes along lovely stretches of coastline aboard restored mid-20th-century rail cars. There’s a dining car where you can enjoy wine and a light repast while watching seaside villages and rugged coastline drift slowly past.
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Chinatown Tours
To truly penetrate the layers that make up the bustling insiders’ world of Chinatown, you need a guide. And trusting one from the Chinatown-based Museum of Chinese in America is definitely a good move. The tours, given weekly from May through December, are led by museum docents with family roots in the community, and focus on varying aspects of the ’hood that give you a sense of Chinatown’s past and present.
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Grand Canyon West
Grand Canyon West offers basic DIY tours of the Hualapai Reservation that include stepping out onto the Skywalk, a glass cantilever bridge suspended more than 4000ft above the canyon floor. Or you can avoid the long, bumpy overland trip to the Skywalk by flying in style in a helicopter with hors d’oeuvres and champagne before taking a short pontoon-boat ride along the Colorado River.
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Greenwich Village Literary Pub Crawl
Every lit-head’s heard about Dylan Thomas meeting his alcoholic fate at the White Horse Tavern. But what was the real deal? Join this troupe of Bakerloo actors who take you for drinks at a lineup of neighborhood pubs; actors play the part of different writers and share stories about themselves and the surroundings from back in the day. The group meets Saturdays at 2pm at the White Horse Tavern.
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Miami Duck Tours
- Miami, USA
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Is it a bus, or is it a boat? No, you won’t look too cool gliding through South Beach on this bus/boat hybrid, but the wacky vehicle run by Miami Duck Tours does provide a nice, high perspective (and amusing commentary) of South Beach and downtown Miami sites, and, when it enters the water, the moneyed homes of Biscayne Bay shores. Tours depart hourly and last 90 minutes.
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Gray Line of Seattle City Sights Tour
- Seattle, USA
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Gray Line has a whole catalog of Seattle-area bus tours, but its three hour–plus City Sights Tour is recommended as a quick-hit rundown of the city’s highlights in a 20-passenger coach. Gray Line also offers multiday package tours to the San Juan Islands and Victoria, BC. All trips depart from the Gray Line ticket desk at the convention center at 800 Convention Place.
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Gorham
You’ll have an even better chance of spotting the land-roaming behemoths on one of the Moose Tours sponsored by the town of Gorham. These three-hour, 21-passenger van tours are led by naturalist guides, who claim a 96% success rate at spotting moose. Tours leave twice weekly at 5.30am and three or four times weekly at 6.30pm. Call for the latest schedule.
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Hip-Hop Look at New York
Learn about the true roots of local hip-hop with a bus or walking tour led by a ‘hip-hop pioneer’ (Kool DJ Herc, LA Sunshine and Rahiem among them) through Manhattan and the Bronx, complete with a soul-food meal, a dance performance and a freestylin’ battle at the end. To really show some bling, pony up $1500 for a private tour led by hip-hop royalty.
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Tillicum Village Tours
- Seattle, USA
- Activities › Tour
Another easy way to get onto the Sound from Seattle is with Tillicum Village Tours, which operates from March and December, departing from Pier 55. The four-hour trip to Blake Island - the birthplace of Seattle's namesake, Chief Sealth - includes a salmon bake, a native dance and a movie at an old Duwamish Native American village.
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New York Gallery Tours
You know you’re supposed to check out the array of amazing modern-art galleries in Chelsea. But where to begin? This excellent guided tour – with additional gay and lesbian tours that focus on a ‘queer aesthetic’ – takes you to a slew of galleries and provides helpful commentary along the way.
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O'Town Watersports
- Orlando, USA
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Orlando may be landlocked, but its 300 plus lakes provide the perfect water playgrounds from waterskiing to parasailing. O'Town specializes in wakeboarding and runs weekly camps complete with equipment rental and bunk accommodations; daily packages are available. Just five minutes from downtown Orlando on Lake Barton.
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Annie Miller’s Son’s Swamp Tours
Eight miles west of town, Annie Miller’s Son’s Swamp Tours is run by the son of a local story-telling legend. He, like his mom before him, has been feeding chicken drumsticks to the alligators for so long that the swamp critters rise from the muck to take a bite when they hear the motor.
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Backroads, Inc
For travelers with a limited amount of time or specialized interests, tours may be the best option. Always read the fine print; tour prices may or may not include airfare, meals, taxes and tips. Backroads, Inc offers hiking and cycling trips for all ages across Arizona, New Mexico and southern Utah.
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Experience Chinatown
To truly penetrate the layers that make up bustling Chinatown, you'll need a guide. And trusting one from the Chinatown-based Museum of Chinese in America is definitely a good move. The tours are led by museum docents with family roots in the community, and they give you a sense of Chinatown's past and present.
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Salem Historical Tours
- Salem, USA
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Did somebody say murder? This series of spooky tours tell tales of witchcraft and haunted houses. Thematic walking tours include Cemetery 101 (adult/child/senior $10/6/8; 1pm), Haunted Footsteps Ghost Tours (adult/child/senior $14/8/10; 8pm) and the Salem Witchcraft Walk (adult/child/senior $10/6/8; 3pm).
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