Jana had a specific vision for the kind of trip she wanted to lead. “I went to New York City when I was in junior high and it changed my life,” she explains. “If just one of my students had an experience like that, it would be worth it.” Jana began researching student tours, but was quickly disillusioned. “Every company had almost Read More …
The following post is an excerpt from “Taking the high road across Manhattan” on page 102 of the 2013 Explorica January Brochure. Read the brochure online for the full story. Walking through New York City, the sights and sounds of construction fill the air: drills breaking concrete, scaffolding lining the streets, wrecking balls swinging from Read More …
Here’s a cute photo of an Explorica student traveler showing Hans Christian Andersen’s statue some love during a tour in New York’s Central Park.
Heaven on Earth may sound trite until you actually glimpse Angel’s Landing in Zion National Park, the stone spires and graceful arches of Bryce Canyon and tiers of uplifted cliffs in the Grand Canyon’s Kaibab Plateau. But glimpsing hardly does it justice. And the sweeping landscape of ever-changing reds, purples, oranges and ochers make visiting Read More …
You’ll never be short on monuments, museums and historical sites to visit in big east coast cities. But even for die-hard urbanites, it’s nice to go beyond the desktop Zen garden and be one with nature—even for a few hours. Here are some places in Washington DC, New York and Boston, where you’ll discover nature…the Read More …
In 1967, Scott McKenzie put flower power on the map by asking visitors to San Francisco to come wearing flowers in their hair. But McKenzie wasn’t a fashion-fiend. In fact, he was a pop singer with a message. Flowers represented peace and love in an era when the USA was at war with Vietnam. And Read More …
