Colorado
There is more to a Colorado family vacation than ski slopes and dude ranches. Visit a ghost town. Tour a historic gold mine. Follow the Overland Trail. Gawk at towering peaks and marvel at fields of sand dunes. Take in the expanse of the prairie and gape at canyons thousands of feet deep. Embrace Mother Nature. Dig for dinosaur bones. Watch wildlife. Explore Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings. But don’t limit your family travel experience to the sights and sounds. A trip to Colorado with kids is as much about the things you see and do as how you get around. Hike, bike and horseback ride on mountain trails and commune with nature at a slower pace. Take a scenic train trip and travel through time. Family travel to Colorado is all about the great outdoors.
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Colorado tours & outfitters
Museum of Western Colorado, Grand Junction
Type of Organization: non-profit organization
Mygatt-Moore Quarry Fruita, Colorado tel: +1 888 488 3466
The Museum of Western Colorado in Fruita offers dinosaur adventures for kids aged 5 & up. The dig for a day and 5-day expeditions at nearby Mygatt-Moore Quarry are hands-on family paleontology programs. The paleo trips are hands-off tours. Children aged 10 & up are welcome on Houston Quarry (Wyoming) dinosaur digs.
 Trusted Adventures, Boulder
Type of Organization: adventure travel company
Boulder, Colorado 80306 tel: +1 303 554 8821
Trusted Adventures, an alliance of seven leading adventure travel companies, makes finding and booking a family walking holiday easy. The minimum age varies with the location and difficulty of the hike. Many trips are multi-sport and family fun goes beyond walking.
    Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez
Type of Organization: non-profit organization
23390 Road K Cortez, Colorado 81321-9408 tel: +1 970 565 8975
The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center offers a one-week archaeological adventure for families each summer. Discover ancestral Pueblo cultures, learn to identify pottery and stone, and test your skills as you dig along side professional archaeologists. One-day tours, twice weekly throughout the summer, are open to families with children aged 10 and up.
 Rimrock Adventures, Grand Junction
Type of Organization: adventure travel company
927 Hwy. 340 Fruita, Colorado 81521 tel: +1 970 858 9555
Rimrock Adventures offers rafting and scenic float trips on the Colorado, Gunnison and Dolores Rivers as well as horseback riding in McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area and Little Bookcliff Wild Horse Area. Full-day horseback riding and rafting trips are available. The Old West Rodeo takes place every Tuesday evening in June, July and August.
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