Student Itinerary
Plenty of options to build an itinerary to bridge with school curriculum, be hands-on, or actively participate in a service-learning project:
Plymouth & Wareham
Upper Cape
- Cape Cod Canal Cruise & Visitor’s Center
- Heritage Museums & Gardens and Adventure Park
- WHOI – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
- Ocean Quest cruise
Mid Cape
- Beach Clean-up or other Service Project in conjunction with C.A.R.E. for Cape & the Islands
- JFK Museum
- Boat building at the Cape Cod Maritime Museum
- Whale Watch Tours
- Cape Cod Rail Trail Bicycle Trails
- Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary
- Whydah Pirate Museum
Lower Cape
Outer Cape
- Whale Watch Tours
- Center for Coastal Studies
- Cape Cod National Seashore
- Art’s Dune Tours
- Lighthouse visits
Martha’s Vineyard Island
Nantucket Island
Sample Itinerary – Middle School
2 nights / 3 days
Day 1
- Cape Cod Canal Visitor’s Center
- Heritage Museums & Gardens and Adventure Park
- John F. Kennedy Memorial
- Cape Cod Maritime Museum
- Check-in at Cape Codder Resort & Water Park – Hyannis – for 2 nights
- Dinner at hotel
- Evening activity: Indoor Water Park with 160’ water slides, lazy river – hours of fun!
Day 2
- Breakfast at hotel
- Guided tour to Provincetown
- Pilgrim Monument
- Dune Tour – Cape Cod National Seashore
- Lighthouse visits
- Dinner at hotel
- Evening activity: Fire Pit/S’mores & more fun at the Indoor Waterpark or year-round Outdoor pool
Day 3
- Breakfast at hotel
- Depart for Plymouth
- Plimoth Plantation – living history museum
- Lunch at the Hearth ‘n Kettle, John Carver Inn, Plymouth
- Whale Watch tour from Plymouth Harbor
- Depart for home
Sample Itinerary – High School
2 nights / 3 days
Day 1
- Cape Cod Canal Visitor’s Center
- Bicycle along Cape Cod Canal
- John F. Kennedy Memorial & Museum
- Check-in at Cape Codder Resort & Water Park – Hyannis – for 2 nights
- Dinner at hotel
- Evening activity: Indoor Water Park with 160’ water slides, lazy river – hours of fun!
Day 2
- Breakfast at hotel
- Service learning project with CARE for Cape & Islands. CARE creates opportunities for travelers to contribute to local efforts to promote long-term environmental conservation and cultural heritage preservation.
- Dinner at hotel
- Evening activity: Fire Pit/S’mores & more fun at the Indoor Waterpark or year-round Outdoor pool
Day 3
- Breakfast at hotel
- Whale Watch from Barnstable Harbor
- Depart Cape Cod
- Whaling Museum in New Bedford en route home