North America is the third-largest continent in the world. Most of the continent's land area is dominated by Canada, the United States, Greenland, and Mexico, while minor states can be found in the Central American and Caribbean regions. It entails more than 17 percent of the landmass of the world being the home to 8 percent of the people. The initial human population in North America was from Asia and traversed into Alaska over the Bering land bridge during an ice age. The Europeans arrived in the mid-1600s.
Canada’s mountains, rivers, lakes and forests give tourists the opportunity to be plunged into different kinds of outdoor activities. The most common activities here include hiking, fishing, skiing and canoeing. These activities mainly take place in the national parks, been established to reserve and to avail the best of the Canadian landscapes.
While being in Canada you can find the best outfitters of equipment or rent it, tours guides are eager to help you in most areas. Tourist offices can always support you with necessary information.
Greenland offers a great variety of fantastic outdoor activities. Join others to try these activities and to experience Greenland more personally. Paddle along amazing blue icebergs, hike in remote wilderness areas, go dog sledding through the arctic winter, dive underneath an iceberg or feel like an explorer sailing through astonishing inlets and bays.
While visiting USA you can find a great variety of outdoor activities worth to be tried. Consider organizing short rafting tours in Utah, Idaho and Oregon as well as in the Grand Canyon. A good idea is to take a five-day family trip in Idaho down the Salmon River from Lewiston.
If you want to get acquainted with a new kind of sport, you have to visit Hawaii. Hawaii has dozens of surf schools for learners to better their skills. Its warm weather and gentle waves should make learning a bit more inviting than in chilly Devon. Waikiki on Oahu is a great place to start, or try Hanalei on smaller Kauai, which has some small breaks. A farmstead holiday gives you a chance to explore the countryside from a horseback. It’s a great chance to escape from the city fuss and to drown your lungs in fresh countryside air as you take in the natural tracts of vegetation.
Road cyclists planning a US contest should consider consulting the Adventure Cycling Association, which has 41,420 miles of routes and lots of ideas. Oregon is a great state for mountain bikers. The three-day guided hiking and camping tour in Yosemite National Park is a tourists’ favorite.
For a gratifying trek, consider the Teton Crest Trail, in Grand Teton National Park, near Jackson Hole, Wyoming. This is a moderate 39-mile, three-to-five day trek.
Every Wednesday of the month, all members of the well-known San Diego Astronomy Association can set up telescopes just outside Reuben H. Fleet Science Center that is in Balboa Park in order to offer the public an unforgettable free star show and to exhibit their astronomy expertise.
You may have imagined deserts as regions of emptiness but Arizona is not the normal desert. With 50,000 plant displays, there is a lot to explore in the Phoenix, Arizona, garden. You can check out beautiful agave, cacti and learn more about the extreme circumstances of living.
The seashore is a home to turtles and piping plovers, it’s the ideal place for shell collecting, swimming and fishing.
The national parks are considered to be the “America's best idea.” Free admission is the best idea as you don’t have to pay to get in to some of them during the special periods of the year! Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde, Yosemite, the Everglades, Acadia Yellowstone, and other national parks offer a number of the free day entrance each year.
Beverly Hills is well-known for shopping. Not far off Rodeo Drive you can find unique nature trails among old oaks and exotic flowers, a small lake, and a duck pond.
Also you can visit Franklin Canyon Park that is considered to be the small part of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, which is considered to be the largest urban national park in the world.
If you desire to get acquainted with the watery wilderness you can visit Biscayne National Park (Florida). More than 95 percent of the whole park is just underwater, so you can explore it by boat. Snorkeling and diving are also perfect ideas for those who want to see unbelievable coral reefs.
The woods in Portland constitute the largest forest just inside a U.S. city. Runners, bikers, silence-seekers, dog walkers are going to experience the Oregon wilderness in the middle of its prime city.
Mexico has outstanding scenery for all sorts of indoor and outdoor activities in and around the metro area. Furthermore, the year-round mild climate allows organizing entertaining activities such as walking, riding (bike and horse), tennis, golf, cruising, water sports and much more.
