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Local Activities

Ever wonder what do the locals do in Las Vegas ? Here is a list of our favorite things to do.


Las Vegas Boulevard

Ride a rollercoaster at the indoor amusement park, Adventuredome at Circus Circus
http://adventuredome.com

$$ Family Friendly

Allow your kids to explore at the Lied Discovery Museum
http://www.ldcm.org

$ Family Friendly

Take the kids to Disney's The Lion King at the Mandalay Bay
http://www.mandalaybay.com/entertainment/LionKing.aspx

$$$ Family Friendly

Appreciate animals or train dolphins at Siegfried and Roy's Secret Garden & Dolphin Habitat
http://www.miragehabitat.com/pages/index_flash.asp

$$-$$$ Family Friendly

Ride the Manhattan Express at NY/NY Hotel
http://www.nynyhotelcasino.com

$$ Family Friendly

Find the sunken treasure at Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition
http://www.luxor.com/entertainment/titanic.aspx

$$ Family Friendly

Play with the family at Gameworks at the Showcase Mall
http://www.gameworks.com/index.php?tId=1&sId=8

$$ Family Friendly

Check out the view and rides the extreme rides at the top of the Stratosphere Tower
http://www.stratospherehotel.com/Tower

$$ Family Friendly

See what we're like on the inside at Bodies: The Exhibition at the Luxor
http://www.bodiestheexhibition.com/lasvegas

$$

Las Vegas Metro Area

Take a hike or go climbing at Red Rock Canyon
http://redrockcanyonlv.org/index.html

$ Family Friendly

Stroll around the Springs Preserve to learn about desert living, local history & renewable energy
http://www.springspreserve.org

$ Family Friendly

Check out the Atomic Testing Museum
http://www.atomictestingmuseum.org

$ Family Friendly

See an Old West gun fight and ride horses at Bonnie Springs Ranch
http://www.bonniesprings.com

$ Family Friendly

Henderson

Go bowling at the Strike Zone at Sunset Station
http://www.sunsetstation.com/entertainment/bowling

$ Family Friendly

Go shopping, have dinner and catch a movie at The District at Green Valley Ranch
http://thedistrictatgvr.com

$-$$$ Family Friendly

See how Las Vegas was built at the Clark County Heritage Museum
http://www.accessclarkcounty.com/depts/parks/museum/pages/museum.aspx

$ Family Friendly

Tour the cactus gardens and get a free piece of chocolate from Ethel M Chocolates
http://www.ethelschocolate.com

Free! Family Friendly

Find the birds at the Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve
http://www.cityofhenderson.com/parks/parks/bird_preserve.php

Free! Family Friendly

Boulder City Lake Mead

Ride the Zip Line in the Bootleg Canyon
http://www.bcflightlines.com/home.html

$$$ Family Friendly

Do some extreme single-track mountain biking in the Bootleg Canyon
http://www.bootlegcanyon.org/map.html

Free!

Sightsee of have dinner on a Lake Mead Cruise
http://www.lakemeadcruises.com

$$ Family Friendly

Tour the Hoover Dam and see the new by-pass bridge
http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam

$ Family Friendly

Ride the Nevada Southern Railway at the Nevada State Railroad Museum
http://www.nevadasouthern.com

$ Family Friendly

$ = $20.oo or less per person
$$ = $50.00 or less per person
$$$ = $100.00 or less per person
$$$$ = more than $100 per person

Family Friendly = family-friendly

 
 

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