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

• Plimoth Plantation, Jenney Gristmill            
• Whale Watch Cruises from Plymouth Harbor        
• Cranberry Bog Visits                        

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

• Cape Cod Museum of Natural History        
• Cranberry Bog Tour                    

Outer Cape

• Whale Watch Tours                    
• Center for Coastal Studies                
• Cape Cod National Seashore                
• Art’s Dune Tours                    
• Lighthouse visits                   

Martha’s Vineyard Island

• Martha’s Vineyard Island Farm Institute & bike trails    

Nantucket Island

• Nantucket Island visit w/ the Nantucket Whaling Museum     

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:  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: 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