This must be an Astronomer’s Dream Vacation!  This 5 night astronomy vacation includes a private astronomy lesson in the Catskill Mountains from one of America’s best known astronomers. 

Standing high on a mountaintop in the Southwestern US, you’ll begin to grasp the grandeur of both earth and sky as it emerges in the remote, dark skies outposts fitted with the largest optical telescopes in the US. 

Alaska is a grand American Astronomy Vacation destination you don't want to miss!  Alaskans don't hibernate like bears - winter's when the fun begins and you're officially invited!  In Anchorage, by day experience local culture including mushing Huskies and, by night, a local Astronomy Expert will guide you through Alaska's Northern Sky.  

New York's Olympic Region is one of the great playgrounds of North America, offering year-round fun and excitement.  Nestled in the northeastern portion of the Adirondack wilderness of New York State, the rugged mountain scenery, heavy winter snows, and a pleasant summer climate combine to make the Lake Placid region a popular tourist year-round resort. 

This 8 night Astronomy Vacation not only includes a private astronomy lesson in the Catskill Mountains from one of America’s best known astronomers, but an evening stargazing with an Olympic star and another evening with well known meteorologist Gib Brown near Lake Placid.  Who could resist?

Ever dream of cruising along one of America’s most beautiful roads, getting gracious greetings at some very unique lodging properties, discovering historic towns just off the roadway and meandering in no particular hurry? Sound appealing? A trip down the Blue Ridge Parkway, an All America Road National Scenic Byway, takes you from Shenandoah National Park in upper Virginia to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee.

Are you looking for an adventure? Looking for an escape from the every day grind? Looking for a unique experience that can be passed down from generation to generation? Then look no further this 10 day Florida Active Experience will give you something special...

Opportunities to leave your worries behind and disappear into another world are rare - but in the southeast corner of Arizona, this is exactly what you will do on this working ranch.  Live the life of a Cowboy on a working ranch in 15,000 acres of the most stunning ranch land. Guests participate in an authentic Western lifestyle experience, joining real cowboys as they complete ranch chores - and at the end of the day you will return to your luxurious guest accommodation!  Enjoy staying on this Arizona Ranch living the life of a cowboy!

San Francisco is considered one of the greatest cities in the world for many things, including five-star dining, a happening theater scene, and gay and lesbian culture. And, beyond the fifty-square-mile city, in the surrounding Bay Area, there’s so much more to explore, including Silicon Valley’s innovations, Marin’s Headlands, Napa’s vineyards, and Berkeley’s free spirit.

New Mexico’s coveted “Dark Sky” designation means you'll experience a greater density of stars here than in most other places in the US or, indeed, the world.   Together with its rich personality, cultural diversity and historic complexity, New Mexico is truely unique in the American landscape.  

Florida and the NFL needs no introduction with this experience that is centrally based in Orlando for ease of access to Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Its fame as a family destination for theme parks resounds around the world and draws visitors from every corner of said world.

Welcome to Oregon where astronomy is a regular part of life!  Any state with the motto “we welcome dreamers” has to be inspired!  There are astronomy clubs throughout the state, planetariums in several locations and great clear, dark skies in Bend and Sunriver. 

Some consider it the most scenic road in America. Heading up the spectacular highway that hugs the California coast, riding above waves crashing into windswept cliffs, over dramatic bridges anchored in rugged outposts, and through unspoiled pristine natural areas showered with endless California sunshine, this journey is like no other.

Head on out to Colorado and the wild, wild west and experience life on a real Colorado Cattle Ranch. Fulfill your cowboy dream, live the life and experience the magic! At this ranch you have the opportunity to become a cowboy in a true western adventure. We ensure that we don't just recreate life on a Colorado Ranch, with Scott Calvin you live it! Saddle up and ride with us for the cowboy adventure of a lifetime.

At long last we bring you the flag ship city of America where it really does feel like dreams can come true. As soon as you arrive in New York City, be it through any of the 3 airports (LaGuardia, John F. Kennedy or Newark), your senses are hit with a barrage of different feelings encountered hardly anywhere else on earth. The complete cosmopolitan nature of it's 6 million inhabitants, the sights and sounds of the worlds most bustling city, the extremities of it's diverse culture & history, both recent and deep-rooted, makes New York a travellers fantasy.

Come and explore Thomas Wolfe’s beloved Carolina Coast!  Experience the serenity of the ancient, yet ever shifting dunes.  Feel the sand between your toes. Watch red rubber ball sunsets settling over white beaches.  Explore four hundred years of America’s past written on the landscapes of the region.  Meander pristine coastal roads dotted with lighthouses and National Scenic Byways with a uniqueness all their own.  This is the Carolina Coast, pleasant, soothing and carefree.  Yes, we stretched it a bit, from Virginia Beach to Jacksonville, Florida. It is all just too wonderful to leave out. 

As the only state born of the Civil War, West Virginia is unique in America. It is the most southern of the north and the most northern of the south.  It was the gateway to the West, yet was the last bastion of Eastern civility (in Virginia at the time) for settlers pushing into the new frontier.  Today, West Virginia blends southern hospitality with northern work ethic and Midwestern tenacity with the rugged western pioneer spirit.

Memphis, Nashville, New Orleans and Cajun Country.  All in one trip!  Hot jazz, cool blues, sassy country, inspiring gospel and pickin’ and grinnin’ folk.  Welcome to the American South, where every form of popular music today has its roots.  The Scots-Irish brought their fiddles down the Great Wagon Road to far southwestern Virginia where the first country music recording was made in 1926.

Get ready!  We know you may never have thought about Kentucky as a place to take a long and luxurious vacation.  Wait and wonder no longer.  This is a great trip.  Fourteen days of wonderful countryside, sophisticated arts, southern hospitality and interesting attractions.  A great balance of culture, travel and good old-fashioned “free-wheeling.”

 

This is a great working guest ranch and is located in the shadows of the stunning and famed Beartooth Mountains along the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River. Raising cattle, sheep, alfalfa, corn and sugar beets have been a family tradition for three generations at this ranch.