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Destination: Western United States

Hawaiian / Alaskan Adventure

Hawaiian / Alaskan Adventure is the ultimate summer teen tour adventure. Our journey to the Lands of Ice and Tropical Paradise begins as we jet to San Francisco. In San Francisco it’s cable car rides, Fisherman’s Wharf, Lombard Street and Ghirardelli ice cream sundaes.

The action continues as summer teen tour travelers enjoy action-packed days water-skiing and tubing in Lake Tahoe. Next, we’ll visit the beautiful campus of the University of Oregon, take an outrageous Sandrail Dune Buggy Ride across the sand dunes of Oregon, and share a thrilling jet boat trip down the Rogue River.

Next, your teen tour adventure heads to Seattle for Pike Place Market, the Space Needle, and the Museum of Pop Culture. From there we take in the sights of Vancouver and Whistler, including the Capilano Suspension Bridge, Granville, and a high-speed Zipline Canopy tour in the mountains.

After several power-packed days on the Pacific Coast, our teen tour flies to Alaska where we’ll enjoy the beauty, grandeur, and excitement of the 49th state. Our time in the “land of the midnight sun” includes Fairbanks, Denali National Park, and Anchorage. In Denali National Park and Fairbanks, we’ll raft the most popular whitewater river in Alaska, visit a dogsledding base camp, and find gold on our gold panning adventure. In Anchorage we’ll see glaciers and icebergs up close on our glacier boat trip, kayak on a stunning turquoise lake, reach new heights at the top of Mt. Alyeska, and tour a wildlife conservation center. During our time in Alaska, we’ll be mesmerized by the abundant beauty and wildlife all around us, including bear, moose, caribou, dall sheep, and whales.

Our Hawaiian/Alaskan Adventure tour finally heads to the land of paradise as we jet to Maui to begin the Hawaiian leg of our summer teen tour adventure. A great day of snorkeling awaits us as our 65-foot catamaran sails to the Molokini Crater. We’ll enjoy a fun waterslide and superb snorkeling amongst colorful tropical fish and giant sea turtles.

Our short jet flight takes us to the “Big Island” where we will soak up the sun at our outrageous resort. We’ll tour the Big Island, visit Volcanoes National Park and run barefoot on the Black Sand Beaches.

The last five nights of your summer teen paradise are spent on the island of Oahu with two great hotel stops on both the North Shore and Waikiki Beach. Visit the Pearl Harbor Visitor’s Center and enjoy the view from the top of Diamond Head. Dive 100 feet below the ocean’s surface on our out-of-this-world Submarine Trip. Professional Surfing lessons on Waikiki Beach will make the final day of our summer teen tour unforgettable!

You’ll board our regularly scheduled jet for our flight home with your new teen tour friends and unbelievable memories of your summer teen tour adventure to the 49th and 50th states.

Western Skies

Western Skies will begin by flying to Phoenix. It’s a fabulous stay at our spectacular resort in Scottsdale, while we start making friends that will last a lifetime. Time to get the action started as we head to the Grand Canyon, hike along the rim to view this massive National Park. Next visit is to Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks and Sedona where we will enjoy the rugged Pink Jeep Off-Road Adventure. After that it’s Las Vegas for two days of exploring everything it has to offer.

Next we head to Sunny California for 6 days of fabulous teen tour adventure. Stay at our spectacular resort in San Diego, where we enjoy professional surfing lessons and visit the world-famous San Diego Zoo. When your teen tour hits Los Angeles, get ready for Hollywood excitement at Universal Studios and the fantasy of Disneyland. After an exciting farewell party, board our regularly scheduled jet for our flight home with your new teen tour friends and memories of the greatest summer imaginable.

Tour & Service

Tour & Service is an exciting HYBRID option that gives our summer teen participants the best of both worlds – 15 action packed teen tour days out west visiting our beautiful national parks and exciting cities, PLUS 10 meaningful volunteer days giving back at our community service projects, while living at the University of California in Santa Barbara. The goal of Tour & Service is not only for our participants to see new and beautiful parts of the country, but to learn about themselves through their experiences and give back to the global community.

We will begin our exciting teen tour itinerary in the southwest, where we will ride zip lines in Park City, experience the natural beauty of Bryce Canyon National Park, gaze at the size of the Grand Canyon, and ride the Pink Jeep Tours in Sedona, Arizona. Next, after an exciting stay in Las Vegas, we will head to California, where we’ll enjoy a fun beach day full of water skiing and tubing on Lake Tahoe, and then ride the cable cars and walk down Lombard Street in San Francisco. Next, we will spend 11 meaningful days living in the dorms at the University of California in Santa Barbara, where we will volunteer at our summer community service projects. Here, during the weekdays, we will choose from volunteer projects that help children, the environment, and underserved communities. On the weekend, we will enjoy fun in the sun on our awesome trip to Los Angeles, where we will walk down the Hollywood Walk of Fame, do a behind-the-scenes tour of Warner Bros Studios, explore the rides at Hollywood’s Universal Studios and enjoy a night of comedy at the Improv Comedy Club.

Upon completion of Tour & Service, each participant will receive a certificate recognizing his or her 40 hours of summer community service. Participants volunteer with the same community service volunteer project for the length of the program, in order to create more meaningful bonds between our volunteers and those they are helping. Participants volunteer Monday through Friday, four hours per day, for the duration of the volunteer portion of the program.

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Project California

Join us this summer for an unforgettable experience on our Project California program. Experience the joy of volunteering your time while also meeting new friends and exploring the incredible city of Santa Barbara. The goal of Project California Community Service is not only to give back to the local community, but for our participants to also learn about themselves and to grow through their experiences.

Upon completion of Project California, each participant will receive a certificate recognizing 40, 60, or 80 HOURS of SUMMER COMMUNITY SERVICE. Each person volunteers with the same project for the length of their program. This allows our teenagers to create more meaningful bonds with those they are helping. Our participants volunteer each morning, Monday through Friday.

Each weekday contains a great mix of meaningful community service, enriching afternoon electives, great local excursions, and fun evening activities. Located next to the Pacific Ocean, bordered by the majestic Santa Ynez Mountains, and bursting with history and culture, Santa Barbara is the perfect location for Project California.

Each weekend during Project California is spent discovering exciting destinations throughout sunny southern California. Chill on beautiful Catalina Island and visit Disneyland during our Orange County Weekend, discover Santa Monica and browse Rodeo Drive during our fun Los Angeles Weekend, and check-out Universal Studios and The Improv Comedy Club during our weekend in Hollywood.

Each participant should come to Project California with an open mind and positive attitude, excited about new experiences, ready to fully participate in volunteer work, and willing to challenge oneself to step outside of his or her comfort zone. Each one of our teenagers is a partner in making Project California a once-in-a-lifetime experience!

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Project California

Choose one of the following Community Service Programs:

Volunteer with Children
Protect the Environment
Group Size
The Project California summer community service programs accommodate up to 40 participants, which fosters expanded social interactions and friendships within the group during evening activities and weekend excursions. Depending on the specific site, each service project will consist of 5-15 participants. This enables our teenagers to benefit from small group and one-on-one interaction at the service project.
Accommodations
During the week, the University of California Santa Barbara is our home away from home. Our dorm features an incredible array of facilities, including an Olympic-size swimming pool, computer room, recreation room with pool tables and ping pong tables, floor lounges with sofas and cable television, linen service, and laundry room.
Meals
During the week, the group will eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner in Portola Dining Commons, the dormitory dining hall. Portola is cafeteria-style, consisting of various stations with plenty of choices at each meal for all types of diets. Enjoy everything from made-to-order omelets to lasagna to delicious desserts. While traveling on weekends, breakfast and dinner are provided at our hotels and in various local restaurants.
Staff
Our summer community service staff members are teachers and graduate students who are committed to Project California’s ideals of volunteering and giving back to the global community. Rein Community Service staff members are always present at each service site. All staff members attend our professional training workshops where the emphasis is placed on the safety and well being of our teenage volunteers. Program leaders are trained in Basic First Aid and CPR.
Transportation
Rein Project California Community Service uses professionally driven buses and vans to transfer our participants to their various projects, activities and weekend excursions. There is no additional fee for transporting participants to and from the airport on arrival in California and departure from California.
Communication
The Rein Communication Center is available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week throughout the program. Teenagers are permitted to bring cell phones and our free wifi is available throughout our dormitory.

Hawaiian Caper

Hawaiian Caper is the ultimate summer teen tour adventure. Our journey begins as we jet to Seattle, where we’ll enjoy ice breakers as we meet all of our new friends. In Seattle, we’ll walk though Pike Place Market, go to the top of the Space Needle, rock out at MoPOP (Museum of Pop Culture) and battle our friends at Whirlyball.

The action continues on our teen tour as we make two stops in Oregon. In Eugene, our teenagers will visit the University of Oregon and we’ll fly across the sand dunes along the coast on our outrageous Sandrail Dune Buggy Ride. In Medford, we’ll get soaked on our thrilling jet boat trip up and down the Rogue River.

The fun continues as we head to Lake Tahoe, where our teen tour travelers will enjoy action-packed days tubing, water skiing and wake boarding on Lake Tahoe. We have one exciting stop left before heading to Hawaii – San Francisco! Here we’ll ride the cable cars up and down the hills of the city, explore Fisherman’s Wharf, walk down Lombard Street and enjoy delicious ice cream sundaes at Ghirardelli Chocolate Factory.

Our Hawaiian Caper finally heads to the land of paradise as we jet to Maui to begin the Hawaiian leg of our summer teen tour adventure. Enjoy the beautiful pools and beach at our beach-front resort, the Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa. A great day of snorkeling awaits us as our 65-foot catamaran sails to Molokini Crater. We’ll enjoy a barbecue lunch, a fun waterslide, and superb snorkeling amongst colorful tropical fish and giant sea turtles, during our snorkel cruise adventure.

Our short jet flight takes us to the “Big Island” where we will soak up the sun at our outrageous resort. We’ll tour the Big Island, visit Volcanoes National Park and run barefoot on the Black Sand Beaches.

The last three nights of your summer teen paradise are spent on the island of Oahu, at the amazing Hyatt Waikiki in Honolulu. Visit the Pearl Harbor Visitor’s Center and enjoy the view from the top of Diamond Head. Dive 100 feet below the ocean’s surface on our out-of-this-world Submarine Trip. Professional Surfing lessons on Waikiki Beach will make the final day of our summer teen tour unforgettable!

You’ll board our regularly scheduled jet for our flight home with your new teen tour friends and unbelievable memories of your summer teen tour adventure to Hawaii and the Pacific Coast.

California Cruisin’

California Cruisin’ begins as we jet to San Francisco. In San Francisco it’s cable car rides, Fisherman’s Wharf, and crooked Lombard Street. The action continues as summer teen tour travelers enjoy action-packed days water-skiing and tubing in Lake Tahoe and challenging themselves on a professionally guided rafting adventure. Head to your beachfront hotel in Monterey for some classic California sights up Seventeen Mile Drive.

Next we head to beautiful Southern California to stay at our spectacular resort in San Diego, where we enjoy professional surfing lessons and visit the world-famous San Diego Zoo. When your teen tour hits Los Angeles, get ready for Hollywood excitement at Universal Studios and the fantasy of Disneyland. After an exciting farewell party, board our regularly scheduled jet for our flight home with your new teen tour friends and memories of the greatest summer imaginable.

Grand Adventure

Grand Adventure is one of Rein Teen Tours most spectacular summer teen tours. Your tour starts in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains with stops in Denver, the Black Hills of South Dakota, Badlands National Park, Mt. Rushmore, Yellowstone National Park and the old western town of Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Your summer teen tour continues as we head to our neighbors in the North. Your Canadian Adventure includes natural hot springs, canoeing on Lake Louise, zipline canopy adventure in Whistler, and an unforgettable tour of the Athabasca Glacier in Jasper National Park.

After exploring the gem of the Pacific Northwest, Seattle, we’ll jet to Utah. The beautiful Southwest unfolds before your eyes as our Grand Adventure teen tour journeys into Bryce Canyon National Park. We’ll walk along the rim of the Grand Canyon and then navigate the Broken Arrow Trail on our Pink Jeep Off-Road Adventure in Sedona, Arizona. Next it’s the bright lights and excitement of Las Vegas.

Next, Rein Teen Tour travelers head to Sunny California for more fabulous teen tour adventure. Stay at our spectacular resort in San Diego, where we enjoy professional surfing lessons and visit the world-famous San Diego Zoo. When your teen tour hits Los Angeles, we’ll checkout all Los Angeles has to offer before visiting Universal Studios and Disneyland. Teenagers enjoy action-packed days water-skiing and tubing on Lake Tahoe and sightseeing in San Francisco. Teenagers spend three exciting days exploring the city by the bay before traveling home with your new teen tour friends and summer memories from the experience of a lifetime.

Crossroads

Your Crossroads journey begins by traveling to Syracuse, New York and continues to Niagara Falls where we take an action packed jet boat trip on the rapids of the Niagara River. The best roller coasters in the world await us at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Cleveland. We’ll visit the home of the Michigan Wolverines when we stay in the dorms at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Our teen tour continues through the Mid-West as we catch the antics of the Blue Man Group in Chicago, and check out the Mall of America in Minneapolis.

More summer teen tour highlights await us as we enter the Rocky Mountains: the Badlands National Park, Mt. Rushmore, a Wyoming whitewater raft adventure, Yellowstone National Park, Salt Lake City and a taste of the old west in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

The beautiful Southwest unfolds before your eyes as our Crossroads teen tour journeys into Bryce Canyon National Park. We’ll walk along the Rim of the Grand Canyon and then navigate the Broken Arrow Trail on our Pink Jeep Off-Road Adventure in Sedona, Arizona. After our relaxing resort stay in Scottsdale, it’s the bright lights and excitement of Las Vegas.

Sunny California is the next destination on your summer teen tour! Stay at our spectacular resort in San Diego, where we enjoy professional surfing lessons and visit the world-famous San Diego Zoo. We’ll checkout all Los Angeles has to offer before visiting Universal Studios and Disneyland. Next, it’s on to Lake Tahoe for water-skiing and tubing on our beach day. Finally we head to San Francisco for the final stop of your Crossroads teen tour. Teenagers spend three terrific days exploring the city by the bay before traveling home with your new teen tour friends and summer memories from the adventure of a lifetime.

Western Adventure

Western Adventure is one of Rein Teen Tours most popular summer teen tours. The tour starts in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, and then visits Mt. Rushmore, the Badlands National Park, Yellowstone National Park and the old western town of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Summer teen tour travelers enjoy a resort stay at the Canyons Grand Summit Resort in Park City.

Time to hit the Southwest… Your teen tour’s next stop is Bryce Canyon National Park, the Grand Canyon and finally Sedona where we will enjoy the rugged Pink Jeep Off-Road Adventure. Next it’s a fabulous stay at the spectacular Luxor resort in glitzy Las Vegas.

Next we head to Sunny California for 12 days of fabulous teen tour adventure. Stay at our spectacular resort in San Diego, where we enjoy professional surfing lessons and visit the world-famous San Diego Zoo. When your teen tour hits Los Angeles, get ready for Hollywood excitement at Universal Studios and the fantasy of Disneyland. Our teen travelers enjoy action-packed days water-skiing and tubing in Lake Tahoe and sightseeing in San Francisco. After an exciting farewell party, board our regularly scheduled jet for our flight home with your new teen tour friends and memories of the greatest summer imaginable.

California Caper

Your California Caper teen tour begins as we jet to Salt Lake City and spend nine days in the picturesque Southwestern United States. Teen travelers enjoy the breathtaking scenery at Bryce Canyon National Park. From Bright Angel Point we’ll view the most spectacular Natural Wonder of the World, the Grand Canyon. Experience Sedona’s enchanted Red Rock country on our Pink Jeep Off-Road Adventure and two action packed days of entertainment in Las Vegas.

Sunny California is the next destination on your summer teen tour! Stay at our spectacular resort in San Diego, where we enjoy professional surfing lessons and visit the world-famous San Diego Zoo. Our short flight takes us to Lake Tahoe for water-skiing and tubing during our amazing beach day. The excitement keeps growing as your teen tour runs the rapids on a whitewater raft adventure. Head to San Francisco for three terrific days exploring the city by the bay. Next, we head to Los Angeles for the final stop of your California Caper teen tour. In Los Angeles, we’ll visit Universal Studios, the Hollywood Improv and Disneyland. We will have our last night party before traveling home with your new teen tour friends and summer memories from the adventure of a lifetime.

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