As parents we have many choices when it comes to rewarding experiences for our children. You can trust Earth Explore and the Earth Explore Foundation to put the interests of students first in all that we do. We are continually guided by a concern for safety, educational content, and consistency.  Our Adventures are fun and age appropriate, and our partners are the finest in the field.  All of our exciting programs are administered by the not for profit Earth Explore Foundation, whose mission is to encourage America's young people to enjoy, appreciate, and connect to the natural world in an enduring way.  The benefits of participation touch many parts of our students' lives.

Learn more about our safety and privacy guidelines, and the Earth Explore philosophy.   You can read what last year's parents told us about their Earth Explore experience here.   A great way to get a feel for what happens on our Adventures is to watch our students and teachers in action in our photo album, and by viewing the flash videos.

Our teacher leaders are a key to the Earth Explore experience.  They are the finest educators in their communities.  Meet some of our recent teachers and learn why they love to travel with our students.  Our 24 hour a day staffing insures smooth, problem-free travel and peace of mind for our participants and their parents.  Our full-time, on-site Travel Managers supplement group leadership and provide expert support on all of our adventures.  If you'd like to request materials for one of our 2008 Adventures, you can do that here. 

As parents we should expect educational excellence as well as adventure.  Earth Explore has been approved for academic credit by Araura College's Pacific Studies Outreach Center, insuring that our students are receiving the highest quality educational experience possible.  All of our programs are based upon national curriculum standards, and promote critical thinking skills, teamwork, and experiential learning.  The Earth Explore Foundation works closely with all partners to insure a stimulating, challenging and adventurous educational experience.

We believe hands-on experiences are a tremendous growth tool for young people.  This is the heart of the Earth Explore philosophy.  Earth Explore also believes in direct parental involvement in each student’s Earth Explore program. We invite you to review the many parent, student and leader testimonials on this web-site, and if you would like, to ask us for additional references at any time. Hundreds of parents and students have participated in our programs, and can tell you first-hand what the experience is like.

Our partnerships insure that Earth Explore students have access to the finest hands-on adventure curriculum available anywhere on earth. Our outdoor educators and field naturalists come from organizations as diverse as the Yosemite Institute, the Yellowstone Institute, the Teton Science School, California State University, Monterey Bay, the University of Utah, the University of Hawaii at Hilo, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, the Wyoming Dinosaur Center, the Lewis and Clark Trail Foundation, the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, the Museum of the Rockies, the Hawaii Volcano Observatory and many others.

The hand-crafted programs, and the unique experiences offered to Earth Explore students are not available to anyone else. All of our program activities are custom-designed…that means that when your student joins Earth Explore, he or she will be taking part in an adventure found nowhere else on earth.

For reasons that are obvious to most parents, we do not generally allow adults who are not appointed teacher-leaders to be part of our Earth Explore groups.  Adding other adults not only changes the student-teacher learning dynamic, but parents will generally have concerns about the role and qualifications of the non-educator adults in the group.  We find it best to keep the experience a close approximation of a school environment ...except that our learning takes place in the outdoor classroom!