Hiking with Pack Horses the Western Grand Canyon's Havasu Canyon

Thumbnail description: This hiking trip into one of the Grand Canyon's most scenic areas enables hikers to see and experience the Canyon in ways available only to hikers. However, your host Rich Holtzin has organized the experience so that you enjoy the finest lodges and menus when available, and have your heavier gear carried by pack horses, so all you need to carry is a light daypack. This is luxurious hiking in one of the most awesome hiking spots on Earth.

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California

Sandy Bar Ranch Retreat in California's Largest Remaining Wilderness Area

Thumbnail description: Host Blythe Reis sets visitors up in rustic redwood cabins overlooking the Klamath River, and makes it easy to hike and bike, raft and kayak, swim, fish, or wander around looking at the incredible local biodiversity. As well there are occasionally scheduled workshops and special programs. If you go wild about the area, there's even an option for work exchange, living communally with like-minded folks.

Birding in Marin County

Thumbnail description: Host Ken Burton has been birding actively since 1981 and has worked professionally as an ornithologist and guide since 1987. A native of Marin County, he knows the area inside and out. He has led birding and nature-study trips there for many individuals and groups including Smithsonian Study Tours, various Audubon Society groups, the Western Bird Banding Association, Ecotours International and others. He is also the author of Marin Audubon Society's Checklist of the Birds of Marin County. In Marin County almost 500 different bird species have been seen, more than in most states! At any time of year, it is possible to see over 100 species in a day. | REVIEW VISITOR FEEDBACK

The Redwood Forests of Muir Woods

Thumbnail description: This is a leisurely 2- or 4-mile walk with the only guide in Muir Woods.  You hike on a well-maintained trails with easy grades, through the Redwood forests of Muir Woods. Though the trees are giants festooned with moss as in a primal setting, the forest is so close to San Francisco that from some spots in the forest you can actually see the city across the waters. On these hikes naturalist Tom Martell shares his knowledge of the local flora and fauna, Indian customs, and local folklore.

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Iowa

Farmstay with Trail Riding, Canoeing, Hiking & More

Thumbnail description: Your host, Liz Garst, invites you visit the 4500-acre private farm on which she lives in a beautiful river valley in west central Iowa. This is not just any farm, however. It is huge, it has a history (Soviet Premier Khrushchev visited this farm in 1959) and there are several places where you can stay, and many things you can do. In fact, Liz refers to her home as a "farm resort."

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Missouri

5 Days of Trail Riding in the Missouri Ozarks

Thumbnail description: Host Carol Springer has a passion for both horses and her picturesque home area, and with this program she invites others to experience what she loves best. She writes: " The gait is smooth and moves right along over the country.  Our guiding interprets natural history, farming, origin of the Missouri Foxtrotters and the expectation that we WILL find surprises along the way."

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Pennsylvania

Wilderness Trail Riding & Lodging

Thumbnail description: Near Bedford Village, Western Maryland Scenic Railroad and Whitetail Ski Resort, hosts Leon & Nadine Fox provide trail rides in clean mountain air and lodging in a beautiful old farm house. You can also enjoy an in-ground, outdoor swimming pool, hot tub, volleyball, shuffleboard, cross-country skiing (provide your own skis) and hiking.

Photo Safari in the North Central Mountain Region

Thumbnail description: Professional photographer Mark P. Bixby accompanies visitors into the most photogenic parts of the largest accessible wilderness area in the Eastern United States, an area covering hundreds of square miles. Choices of lodging and meals in the area range from rustic cabins to modern motor lodges with swimming pools.

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Vermont

Hiking, Snowshoing, Backcountry Skiing, Women's Winter Camping & A Yurt

Thumbnail description: EarthFoot hosts Beth Whiting & Bruce Hennessey have a couple of well equipped yurts in a particularly scenic part of upstate Vermont and their goal is to provide just about anything active a backcountry afficionado can want to do. They'll work with small groups or individuals,with pros just needing some outfitting services or rank beginners without an idea of how to pack and carry a backpack.

Nature Photography in Northern Vermont, and beyond...

Thumbnail description: Two options here: First, you can have a professional nature-photographer whose photos have been published nationally give pointers on how to take superb pictures under the unpredictable and often challenging light conditions found in nature. During one day of intensive instruction, EarthFoot host Gustav W.Verderber sizes up your photographic skills, then concentrates on those areas in which he judges you need the most help. Second, Gustav travels a lot photographing, and he'll accept individual companions on some of his photography trips.

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Virginia

Wildlife Photography Workshops along the Shenandoah River

Thumbnail description: Your host, W. Douglas Graham, is the photo editor for the Economist Newspaper Group in Washington, D.C. As such, he has plenty of experience photographing everything from politics to Olympic-level sporting events. His real passion, however, seems to be wildlife photography. Therefore, with us he is offering to share his expertise in photographing wildlife near his home, in the mountains near Virginia's beautiful Shenandoah River. The favorite activity is photographing birds from a canoe.

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Wyoming

Day Tours through Yellowstone & the Grand Tetons

Thumbnail description: Your host, Cal Glover, is a U.S. National Park licensed guide ready to ferry groups of 4 or more through some of the US's most dazzling scenery. Cal's roving narration covers local history, geology, the trappers and their legacy, flora, fauna, interesting historical anecdotes, the Rockefeller influence, etc, plus there are some bad jokes if the driver and passengers are in the mood. Cal is a published novelist so you can assume that his yarns offer more than the usual local color...

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