The Shambhala Mountain Center is a spiritual Buddhist retreat center located high among the Colorado Rockies. This amazingly gorgeous and serene 600-acre valley is practically guaranteed to make you feel more at peace, physically, mentally, and spiritually. At Shambhala, near the Red Feather Lakes, you will be surrounded by peaks and pine forest. The region…
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Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage
In Northeastern Ohio, in the beautiful city of Beachwood, you will find the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage. This comprehensive museum provides guests with a more critical understanding of Jewish history, culture and religion, in regards to the American experience. Telling an American story, the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage presents hands-on interactive exhibits including ones…
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Creation Museum
Creation Museum Faith-based tourism is a thriving industry for travel-hungry groups and one that brings in plenty of business for museums like Petersburg, Kentucky's Creation Museum. This religiously-themed interactive museum holds 75,000 square feet of fun learning, with over 160 exhibits that work together to bring "the pages of the Bible to life." Created by…
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Festivals of Music
If you have a student band, chorus group, or orchestra group that has some serious talent to show, this is the right travel option for you! Festivals of Music provides amazing group events and travel opportunities for musical performances from middle school and junior high to high school. These festivals take place in several different…
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Top 10 Eco Tours for Student Trips
There are ways to be a friend to the environment and tour to your heart's content through eco-tours and activities. Kayak, canoe, hike, and sightsee the most beautiful places in the world with your student group, friends, or family. But remember the ecotourist's motto: Take only pictures, leave only footprints! California - The Golden State…
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Rustic Pathways
Rustic Pathways is a really excellent, though more pricey, volunteer experience for youth across the globe. This organization "facilitates life changing educational experiences for students" through travel, education, and philanthropy. They believe travel should be an integral part of education and sustainable development, and that we should all go about things with more of a…
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Friends of Virgin Islands National Park
[caption id="attachment_18217" align="aligncenter" width="960"] St. John Coral Bay[/caption] The U.S. Virgin Islands National Park is an excellent example of gorgeous, mostly pristine, and fully protected natural land that needs constant care and attention from volunteers like you to keep it up to par and well preserved. The Friends of Virgin Islands organization help "preserve, protect,…
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White Earth Reservation
Located in North Central Minnesota, the White Earth Reservation is a reserve/ organization created in 1867 after a treaty was signed between the United States and a band of Mississippi River Chippewa Native Americans. This reservation is only one of seven of its kind in the state representing the White Earth Tribe, or the Anishinaabe. The…
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Catalina Island Conservancy
The Catalina Island Conservancy was founded in 1972 and is known as one of the best and oldest private land trusts in the state of California, with an overall mission of being able to "protect and restore one of the world’s most magnificent islands." Volunteering for this organization is a great opportunity to learn all…
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Habitat for Humanity
The third strongest hurricane to ever make landfall in the United States was Hurricane Katrina, hitting and devastating the unique and bustling city of New Orleans in 2005. The 175 miles per hour winds broke levees and homes, making for a great need of volunteers even today, over 10 years after the fact. Habitat for…
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