Top North America Unique Experiences - page 15

Explore Mexico City like a local and let a like-minded resident craft your itinerary. Share your interests—whether they lie in live music, culture, and street art to history and traditional cuisine—and let a local with expert knowledge of Mexico’s vibrant capital city develop a personalized tour just for you. Enjoy a unique experience and visit places that you won’t find in a guidebook.

Combine sightseeing with a photo shoot with this private New York City walking tour through the city striking streets. Get tips and tricks for photographing NYC's fast-paced city life as you stroll around Midtown Manhattan and beyond. Customize your itinerary to include the places you want to visit, whether its landmarks like the Chrysler Building and Grand Central Terminal or movie filming locations.

Learn how to surf in Fort Lauderdale at a family-run surf school that has over 40 years of surfing experience. Instead of worrying about keeping up with a group, guarantee the undivided attention of your instructor with a private surfing lesson. Everything you need—such as a surfboard, surfboard leash, and surfing rash guard—are provided, so all you need to do is show up and have fun.

Learn how to hang ten with a surf lesson in Venice Beach. Before you head into the water, you’ll learn about board design and dynamics, ocean safety, surf etiquette, pop-up technique, and form. Plus, learn about California surf culture. The lesson includes all of the necessary equipment: surfboard and a wetsuit.

Admire views of the sunset over the Rio Grande Valley that few other visitors get to see on this small-group hot-air balloon flight from Albuquerque. Take to the skies with your certified pilot, who shares commentary along the way. Watch the evening light transform the Sandia Mountains and desert landscape, spot the region’s landmarks, and capture photos of New Mexico’s largest city. After touching down, toast your experience with a Champagne flight.

Enjoy an in-depth and indulgent introduction to the esteemed Niagara wine region on this private tour. Meet your guide at your Niagara Falls or Niagara-on-the-Lake hotel, and hop aboard your vehicle for the day: a classic London black cab. Head to your first winery, where you’ll receive an introduction to winemaking and will enjoy a tutored tasting. Following a multi-course lunch at a gourmet restaurant, or an outside picnic lunch (weather dependent), venture to four other wineries to sample numerous other varietals.

This medicine wheel ceremony is a deep dive into the spiritual energies that many believe Sedona offers its visitors. Join a Cherokee elder for a traditional medicine wheel ceremony using a wheel made by the Lakota tribe. This hands-on tour includes personalized attention as your guide walks you through your fears, illusions, and truths for a potentially transformational experience.

Learn to ride the waves on Oahu's North Shore during a small-group surfing lesson capped at two students for a personalized experience. Lessons are geared toward beginners and focus on teaching the fundamentals of surfing, such as how to time and catch a wave, and how to transition from paddling to standing. Your instructor can assist you in catching waves and provide feedback to help improve your technique.

Take your surfing to the next level with this 90-minute one-on-one private lesson near Lahaina. Get individualized attention from an experienced instructor as you learn about water safety, paddling techniques and tips for getting into waves. Your odds are good that you’ll leave the class having stood up on a wave – in fact, your instructor guarantees it. A rash guard, soft-top surfboard and reef shoes are also included.

Discover Vancouver’s microbrew industry on this private, 4-hour, craft-beer tasting tour. British Columbia is going through a renaissance in craft beer production and new microbreweries are popping up all over, especially in Vancouver. Visit four of Vancouver’s finest microbreweries to discover the best craft beer the city has to offer. All tasting fees, plus transportation, including a Vancouver hotel pickup and drop-off, are included.

Combine several must-see sights outside of Las Vegas—Spring Mountain State Park, Techatticup Mine, the Hoover Dam, and Nelson's Ghost Town—on a single tour. All transportation is provided, which makes this multi-stop tour easy, and you'll travel with a small group, which means you get personalized attention. Along the way, listen to insightful narrative from your guide, allowing you to get the most out of your explorations.

Flytographer Private Vacation Photo Shoot Connect with a local hand-picked professional photographer in Chicago and capture your most memorable moments during this private photo shoot. Get insider tips on the best things to do in Chicago, including where to eat & what to see from your vacation photographer. Return from your trip with beautiful, high-quality vacation photos — the best souvenir ever. We specialize in: - honeymoons - family trips - engagements - anniversaries - romantic getaways - multi-generational trips - babymoons - solo travellers - and just because! With over 10,000 5-star reviews, Flytographer is the global leader in vacation photography and has captured over 3 million memories for travellers across six continents. We’ve been featured across A-list media, including Conde Nast Traveler, Oprah, Forbes, Travel + Leisure, New York Times, BRIDES, Martha Stewart Weddings, InStyle Magazine, Elle, Buzzfeed, Refinery29, Huffington Post, & many more.

Return from your Seattle trip with the best souvenir ever—beautiful, high-quality photographs of your experience. You will get a hand-picked, local professional photographer who will capture your most memorable moments during a private photoshoot. This is a great opportunity for romantic getaways, honeymoons, family trips and solo travelers. Choose iconic local spots—including the Pike Place Market and Kerry Park—for your shot, or choose your own.

Phone selfies and tripod attempts rarely capture trip photos worth printing or sharing, and finding photogenic spots beyond the obvious Bourbon Street and Jackson Square locations means scouting time travelers don't usually have. This private photography session takes you through New Orleans with a local photographer who handles both the locations and the shooting for a set of edited photos.

Experience the natural beauty of the Santa Monica Mountains on this electric bike adventure. After meeting your guide at the Sullivan Canyon Park trail-head, enjoy a quick outfitting session and tutorial—then hit the trails with a pro. Climb fire roads, marvel at gorgeous canyon and ocean views, and pedal at your own pace with the ease of an electric bicycle.

If you're not an experienced mountain bike rider, hitting the trails alone may not be the best idea. This Santa Monica Electric Mountain Biking Tour for Beginners takes you out with a group and a guide who leads the way and helps you along the way, too. You'll ride through areas of Santa Monica and see the ocean and the mountains as you go.

Benefit from personalized instruction as you learn the basics of surfing during a half-day lesson in Santa Barbara. Your instructor teaches you how to read the water, paddle, pop up, and ride, along with the etiquette of sharing the waves. Recharge your energy with a beach picnic that is served up mid-day.

Learn to surf on Oahu's North Shore with a private surfing lesson at the North Shore. You’ll receive one-to-one attention from your dedicated surf instructor during a lesson that is geared toward the fundamentals of surfing, including paddling, popping up and, of course, how to catch a wave.

If you ever wanted to learn how to scuba dive, then this 5-hour beginning diving program in Cabo San Lucas is for you. PADI instructors teach you dive procedures, underwater communication and dive skills before taking you on up to two open water dives with a maximum depth of 40 feet. After you complete the basic skills on your first foray underwater, continue to a dive site and enjoy the marine wildlife scenery. Bring a USB flash drive and take home complimentary photos of your diving feats!

Strike a pose as you explore New York City with your private photographer-guide, all thanks to this exclusive walking tour. Enjoy an informal photo shoot of your party as you start in SoHo; then, take the subway to the Brooklyn Bridge (own expense) and walk across the iconic landmark. Next, stroll hip neighborhoods like DUMBO and Brooklyn Heights, posing for photos along the way. Afterwards, receive up to 75 photos as a perfect vacation souvenir.

Explore some of America’s most historic landmarks and attractions on this full-day trip to Washington DC from New York City. Travel by train, then board a double-decker bus in Washington DC for a self-guided sightseeing tour of the city. Enjoy the freedom to hop-on and hop-off so you can explore the sights that interest you most. Includes a 2-course lunch at the Hard Rock Café.

Visit two boutique vineyards near San Miguel de Allende on a half-day tour with wine and food tastings. At each winery you'll learn about their vineyards and wine production, then sample several wines paired with food. You can also tour the wine cellar and gardens, and check out locally produced olive oil and lavender.

Immerse yourself in the Hawaiian culture of surfing with this private surfing lesson. You'll have the best chance of learning how to paddle, stand up, and catch a wave with the attention of a private instructor. All equipment is included and beginners are welcome.

Hawaii’s natural wonders aren’t only on land and in the sea—the Big Island is also a prime spot from which to admire the wonders of the solar system. This tour is the only one that includes both afternoon solar viewing and nighttime stargazing, accompanied by astronomy experts. Visit different destinations and use a state-of-the-art solar telescope and Dobsonian telescope to spot solar flares, galaxies, star clusters, and planets.