Rafting the Grand Canyon
OK, this isn’t for little kids, but if your kids are a little older and more adventerous, there is no better way to see the Grand Canyon than to raft down the middle of it. When you’re deep inside the Canyon, you experience it differently. You get to watch the colors change on the walls throughout the day, you get to explore its cracks and crevicies and you ride on the river that created it. It’s truly a once in a lifetime experience.
I went on a trip with my mother run by Moki-Mac. They offer a full 14-day trip that runs the length of the Grand Canyon. In addition, you can split up the trip into two-pieces if you can’t do the full run. My mother did the full trip, but I actually joined up with the group about half-way through, hiking down from the South Rim to meet them at Phantom Ranch.