National Geographic Guide to Family Adventure Vacations: Wildlife Encounters, Cultural Explorations, and Learning Escapes in the U.S. and Canada
by By Stapen, Candyce H.
Category: Travel , Special Interest , Family

You and your children of any age can learn to play toe-tapping fiddle tunes, join in a Hawaiian luau, go dogsledding in the North Woods, sleep in a hogan on a Navajo reservation, take a polar-bear safari, or cross the prairie in a wagon train. These are just a few of the more than 300 exciting learning vacations this guide presents.  * Author Candyce H. Stapen, who reports for Expedia, AOL's Family Travel Network, and FamilyFun, Vacations, and Child magazines, is an award-winning writer and expert on family travel. * Tips with each entry give parents the sort of insider information that makes family vacations a success. * Regional maps pinpoint every site in the guide.  USE THIS BOOK TO...  * Find an anchor, or main focus, for a multi-day vacation with your family. * Add the fun of a day outing to a family vacation, a resort or condominium stay, a visit with relatives, or a business trip with the kids. * Act as a guide to great but little-known day trips, inexpensive outings, and overnights offered by museums, aquariums, and zoos in your city and neighboring towns.