Albany Educational Tours 

Education is out of this world in Albany, GA! Breakfast with cheetahs in the “wild.” Hear Ray Charles play in the Plaza. Divine climate conditions in the new weather center. Get an eyeful of the universe and come face to face with creatures of the deep.

Located on the Flint River in southwest Georgia, Albany offers student-friendly attractions and restaurants, modern interior-corridor hotels, indoor and outdoor educational tours and adventures aligned with core curriculum.  “Sleep With the Fishes!” at the Flint RiverQuarium and Imagination Theater or sleep in the wild at Chehaw’s G.N.A.T.S. (Good Nights At The Swamp) program. Student Tours also have a blast at the Thronateeska Heritage Center with Wetherbee Planetarium, Science Discovery Center and Museum of History, the Art Museum of Albany, Theatre Albany, and the Albany Civil Rights Institute – home of the Freedom Singers.  Joining this lively lineup of attractions are student-friendly eateries like the Mayberry Diner, filled with Andy Griffith memorabilia, Blackbeards Seafood and BBQ and many national chain restaurants.

Students can burn off all that energy at RiverFront Park with miles of greenway trails and at Turtle Grove Play Park or at the All American Fun Park with arcade, go-carts, bumper boats, miniature golf and laser tag. Albany will keep energetic students and youth busy from wake-up call to lights out.

While in Albany, also consider tickets for one of the live performances at Theater Albany (special rates available for students and groups). It also has summer workshops available. And you’ll find entertainment for the evening at attractions like the All American Fun Park, AMF Bowl-A-Rama Lanes, or Stardust Skate Center Roller Skating Rink.

Attractions: On Location Movie Set Tour is a new faith-based guided tour of Albany movie locations. Sherwood Pictures, the movie-making arm of Sherwood Baptist Church, has produced Facing the Giants and the 2009 release, Fireproof – the No. 1 Inspirational Movie of the Year and starring Kirk Cameron. Flint RiverQuarium and Imagination Theater Chehaw – “Nature’s Playground” Thronateeska Heritage Center The Albany Museum of Art Albany Civil Rights Institute and Freedom Singers

Restaurants 

• Blackbeard’s  Seafood and BBQ
  
• Hilton Garden Inn – All American Café
  
• The Mayberry Diner Lancaster Village Filled with Andy Griffith Memorabilia
  
• Ole Times Country Buffet 
  
• Ryan’s Grill, Buffet & Bakery
  

Hotels: 

• Best Western Inn and Suites Albany Mall
  
• Comfort Suites
  
• Country Inn and Suites 
  
• Hilton Garden Inn – All American Café
  
• The Wingate Inn by Wyndham