Unique things to do in Virginia

Join us and our llamas for a 2-mile nature walk and explore the trails on our farm. We'll walk trails along our pastures and into the woods with your own llama companion. You'll learn the history of the camelid family, llama domestication, and how llamas and alpacas are used today. We'll also have the opportunity to tour the farm facility, meet the rest of the herd, and learn more about how we prepare and use their fiber. Other things to note: * We reserve the right to cancel an experience in the event of bad weather - we will walk in light rain, but will cancel in the event of heavy rain; * We do not schedule these walks in the middle of summer (July and August) as it gets too hot for the animals, but will add days from time to time over the summer as we check the weather forecast for cooler days. * Parts of the trails may be wet, muddy, or icy especially in winter, we'll navigate these areas carefully or find alternate routes as necessary. * guests should wear closed toed shoes and weather-appropriate clothing that is suitable for light hiking Each child under 10 years old must be accompanied by a parent or guardian and will share a llama on the trails with an adult unless they've had prior experience with handling large livestock. Please do not ask to bring your pup as saying ‘no’ makes us sad.

Spring is here! Come snuggle and play with our newest baby goats and precious new litter of Collie puppies! (Puppies will only be available for a short time.) We have bottle babies for a limited time! If available, guests can bottle feed a baby lamb or baby goat. We are available by request from 10am until 5pm daily now until May 31st. **** We are located in Lynchburg, VA. Please check our location before you make a reservation. **** You will get an hour to cuddle, play and watch these fuzzy and playful baby goats bounce and zoom around the barnyard. We will be glad to answer any questions you might have about Nigerian Dwarf goats as well. We supply treats for the nanny goats. We also raise AKC registered Collies and occasionally have puppy litters. MESSAGE US FOR OTHER DATES AND TIMES YOU ARE INTERESTED IN. *** Please wear clothes and shoes that you don't mind getting dirty. *** The goats like to jump up on people. White tennis shoes and white pants are not advised.

See DC with us on this professionally guided 3-hour tour of the National Mall. We tour in small groups which gives you a more personal experience and allows you to cover all of the major DC sites in just 3 hours. This tour is a combination of driving and walking. If you want to “SEE IT ALL” then this is the tour for you. We start at the Washington Grand Hyatt. Meet your TOUR Guide in front of Starbucks, hop in the van, and head over to the National Mall. Your guide will provide you with live commentary about the monuments, memorials, and other attractions that make up the National Mall. You will have the chance to get out and explore several major DC attractions for 15 - 25 minutes at each site. Drop-off and pick-ups are as close as legally possible to each of the sites. The tour ends back at the Washington Grand Hyatt. Thirsty? Just ask for complimentary water. Phone needs to be charged? Just let your driver know and they will provide you with charging equipment. We tour rain or shine and provide umbrellas if needed. Interested in a private tour? Check out some of our private tour options. https://www.airbnb.com/experiences/949515?guests=1&adults=1&s=67&unique_share_id=22a9bb34-7291-4be9-bdc0-9ee793272345

See DC with us on this professionally guided 4-hour tour of the National Mall. We tour in small groups which gives you a more personal experience and allows you to cover all of the major DC sites in just 4 hours. This tour is a combination of driving and walking. If you want to “SEE IT ALL” then this is the tour for you. We start at the Washington Grand Hyatt. Meet your Tour Guide in front of Starbucks, hop in the van, and head over to the National Mall. Your guide will provide you with live commentary about the monuments, memorials, and other attractions on the National Mall. You will have the chance to get out and Explore Several Major DC Attractions for 15 - 25 minutes at each site. Drop-off and pick-ups are as close as legally possible to each of the sites. The tour ends back at the Washington Grand Hyatt. Thirsty? Just ask for complimentary water. Phone needs to be charged? Just let your driver know and they will provide you with charging equipment. We tour rain or shine and provide umbrellas if needed. Want to tour with just your group? Book as a Private Experience. Can accommodate groups up to 30.

Discover the musical heritage of U Street --aka Black Broadway-- from jazz to hip hop to punk to go go. Walk the streets & back alleys and learn how murals, theatres, music venues, and memorials embrace the history of this amazing neighborhood. Along the way, we'll listen to a diverse playlist that will match up with the murals and venues. Other things to note: This tour ends at the intersection of 13th & U NW, 8 blocks from the starting point. Typically I hold tours rain or shine, unless the weather posses a safety hazard (lightning, ice, tornado, etc). If a weather-related emergency arises, I will be in contact with the group to cancel, delay, or reschedule. The tour includes long periods of standing and walking outdoors. Please wear comfortable and weather-appropriate footwear and clothing. Restrooms may not be available during your tour; please plan accordingly.

Join us and our llamas for a 2-mile nature walk and explore the trails on our farm. We'll walk trails along our pastures and into the woods with your own llama companion. You'll learn the history of the camelid family, llama domestication, and how llamas and alpacas are used today. We'll also have the opportunity to tour the farm facility, meet the rest of the herd, and learn more about how we prepare and use their fiber. Other things to note: * We reserve the right to cancel an experience in the event of bad weather - we will walk in light rain, but will cancel in the event of heavy rain; * We do not schedule these walks in the middle of summer (July and August) as it gets too hot for the animals, but will add days from time to time over the summer as we check the weather forecast for cooler days. * Parts of the trails may be wet, muddy, or icy especially in winter, we'll navigate these areas carefully or find alternate routes as necessary. * guests should wear closed toed shoes and weather-appropriate clothing that is suitable for light hiking Each child under 10 years old must be accompanied by a parent or guardian and will share a llama on the trails with an adult unless they've had prior experience with handling large livestock. Please do not ask to bring your pup as saying ‘no’ makes us sad.

*New babies born March 8th!* Looking for a fun outdoor activity for the family? Need to de-stress from the craziness of life? Cuddling with animals offers the opportunity to relax your mind and let go of the stress and anxiety for brief period. Not to mention, it's just FUN! During your visit, you will have one hour to cuddle and play with the animals on our micro-farm. Being that this is an outdoor experience, we are really not set up to do cuddle sessions during inclement weather. If we are expecting bad weather for your booked hour, I'm happy to work with you on re-scheduling for a nicer day or time. We currently have lots of Nigerian Dwarf goats of varying ages, an almost 2 year-old miniature Zebu named Molly, a rescue steer named Ferdinand, and two pigs named Charlie and Ellie. We also have numerous chickens, as well as our little Holland Lop bunny Oliver. ** For the health and safety of both our animals and yours, we do not allow outside animals to visit the farm. ** **We do not have a public bathroom on-site, since this is our home. For your convenience, we do offer a Porta-John with hand sanitizer** *** For those interested, we do offer our pasture raised eggs available for purchase during your visit***

From spies to secret passageways put your super sleuth skills to the test as you search for over 70 secret doors and explore our themed rooms. We would never give you a map - this would ruin the surprise of finding a secret door but you will have a Q & A with one of our docents before you start your journey. It’s not in the finding, it’s in the seeking that is important. Experience the magic! Your self-guided experience will begin with an in-depth video introduction to our history and our secret doors, as well as what to look for as you go. Then, we will send you off on your own to search for the secrets and treasures that are everywhere to be found. As you explore the mansion, which is steeped in history and intrigue, you'll be walking in the footsteps of presidents, freedom fighters, G-Men, historians, famous musicians, and fiction writers. Built 125 years ago, nearly every President since Teddy Roosevelt has visited. Other things to note All ages can attend. If you have a short attention span, this is the place for you because there is so much to see and do. If you are a minimalist, you will be overwhelmed. Museum closes: Sunday - Wednesday at 6pm and Thursdays - Saturday at 9pm.

You’ll hop on the trolley and tour award-winning vineyards and breweries, sampling their offerings and taking in their gorgeous views. Along the way you’ll learn about the history of the area and how it’s becoming a world class destination for wine and craft beer. Other things to note Please arrive 10 minutes prior to start of tour. Tastings not included in price.

Spring is here! Come snuggle and play with our newest baby goats and precious new litter of Collie puppies! (Puppies will only be available for a short time.) We have bottle babies for a limited time! If available, guests can bottle feed a baby lamb or baby goat. We are available by request from 10am until 5pm daily now until May 31st. **** We are located in Lynchburg, VA. Please check our location before you make a reservation. **** You will get an hour to cuddle, play and watch these fuzzy and playful baby goats bounce and zoom around the barnyard. We will be glad to answer any questions you might have about Nigerian Dwarf goats as well. We supply treats for the nanny goats. We also raise AKC registered Collies and occasionally have puppy litters. MESSAGE US FOR OTHER DATES AND TIMES YOU ARE INTERESTED IN. *** Please wear clothes and shoes that you don't mind getting dirty. *** The goats like to jump up on people. White tennis shoes and white pants are not advised.

Come spend time with horses, goats, rabbits, cats and kittens, chickens, a cow, ducks and geese on our 8-acre hobby farm! Guests will have the opportunity to groom Chester, our adorable miniature horse, pet our sweet rescue horse, Epic, who is 28 years young, visit our friendly milk goats, including Flora and Fife, our little Lamancha goats, and learn about caring for dairy goats. You will also meet our affectionate barn cats, Ratty and Tuppence (just to name a few!) various chickens and ducks (and Strawberry the goose!) who live on our farm and learn about the jobs each of the animals have, including bug control! Visit the farm, enjoy drinks and snacks, get your picture taken with a horse or goat, peruse our farm shop and love on our friendly farm animals! Guests are welcome to stay for seasonal refreshments afterward. Enjoy a taste of farm life and a slower pace in the countryside surrounded by the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. This experience is conducted completely outside. Regarding weather we will continue the experience as long as guests are comfortable and there is no inclement weather (i..e lightning, heavy rain/wind) (For safety we cannot welcome dogs to the farm at this time)

*We are flexible with the times for this experience so please click the contact us button to enquire about availability if you don't see the time/date you're interested in on the calendar. Saturdays and Sundays are a great time to ride! Have you always wanted to ride a horse? Come meet Waffles and learn grooming and tack basics, how to communicate with horses through body language and cues, and riding in the round pen! This experience is ideal for beginners or children (minimum age is 3 riding with an adult). *Please note that this experience is open to five guests per session and that other guests may register for the same session as you. If you want to keep the experience to a private group, please select private group when registering.* This experience is hosted by Altamont Farm which is a 500 acre historic working farm located near historic Appomattox, VA. Surrounded by beautiful mountain and river views, this farm is home to a variety of animals including Highland cows, pigs, sheep, goats, chickens, ducks, and horses! This farm also has six Airbnb locations that are available to rent. Our guests are welcome to explore the farm and visit the farm store after your ride - just ask for directions! We ask guests to please not feed any of the animals without checking with us first to maintain our animal's health.

WE HAVE BABIES!!! Come out to Pickle Meadows Farm to snuggle with three adorable goat babies and one you can even bottle feed!! Our farm offers an interactive and educational look at farm animals, learning facts about their basic anatomy, things they eat, and how they communicate. We offer hands on experiences with feeding, grooming, and basic animal caretaking. Walk the goats on a leash and watch the lamb jump through the field during our walk through the pasture. You can even take a stroll through the nature trails and discover the indigenous trees and plants of Central Virginia. Come spend some time with our animals and reconnect with nature. All of the goats and lamb were bottle fed and enjoy interactions with humans. Petunia, our potbellied pig, was hand raised and loves children and belly rubs. We even have a hedgehog, Princess Buttercup, that enjoys playing on the farm.

See DC with us on this professionally guided 3-hour tour of the National Mall. We tour in small groups which gives you a more personal experience and allows you to cover all of the major DC sites in just 3 hours. This tour is a combination of driving and walking. If you want to “SEE IT ALL” then this is the tour for you. We start at the Washington Grand Hyatt. Meet your TOUR Guide in front of Starbucks, hop in the van, and head over to the National Mall. Your guide will provide you with live commentary about the monuments, memorials, and other attractions that make up the National Mall. You will have the chance to get out and explore several major DC attractions for 15 - 25 minutes at each site. Drop-off and pick-ups are as close as legally possible to each of the sites. The tour ends back at the Washington Grand Hyatt. Thirsty? Just ask for complimentary water. Phone needs to be charged? Just let your driver know and they will provide you with charging equipment. We tour rain or shine and provide umbrellas if needed. Interested in a private tour? Check out some of our private tour options. https://www.airbnb.com/experiences/949515?guests=1&adults=1&s=67&unique_share_id=22a9bb34-7291-4be9-bdc0-9ee793272345

Shed the outside world for a few hours. Picture yourself walking among gentle and always curious alpacas. Meet alpacas up close and personal. Feel their fuzzy noses as you hand-feed them. Learn about their history, their behavior and personalities, and what makes alpaca fiber special. Take a guided walk with one of our alpacas over pasture and wooded trails. Then check out our farm store and studio where you will find yarns and roving made from our alpacas’ fleece, felted soap wrapped in their fiber, a wide selection of wearable alpaca items for the whole family, alpaca-themed gift items, and photo cards of each of the alpacas you met. Then dip your fingers into the world’s softest, silkiest, warmest fleece. After the tour, you can relax in one of our three picnic areas or explore trails through 23 wooded acres and along Ballinger Creek. It’s time to take a break, relax and enjoy the farm. We set up this farm especially for your enjoyment. SUMMER HEAT ADVISORY — It is too dangerous to alpaca health to walk them when the Heat Index is above 90°. We can still do the tour, but not walking the alpaca. What we offer in place of the walk is to have you help us cool off our critters by hosing them. We will show you how, then you can take over giving them one of their favorite activities. They are like kids playing in the sprinklers.

See DC with us on this professionally guided 4-hour tour of the National Mall. We tour in small groups which gives you a more personal experience and allows you to cover all of the major DC sites in just 4 hours. This tour is a combination of driving and walking. If you want to “SEE IT ALL” then this is the tour for you. We start at the Washington Grand Hyatt. Meet your Tour Guide in front of Starbucks, hop in the van, and head over to the National Mall. Your guide will provide you with live commentary about the monuments, memorials, and other attractions on the National Mall. You will have the chance to get out and Explore Several Major DC Attractions for 15 - 25 minutes at each site. Drop-off and pick-ups are as close as legally possible to each of the sites. The tour ends back at the Washington Grand Hyatt. Thirsty? Just ask for complimentary water. Phone needs to be charged? Just let your driver know and they will provide you with charging equipment. We tour rain or shine and provide umbrellas if needed. Want to tour with just your group? Book as a Private Experience. Can accommodate groups up to 30.

For Folks who might value pushing their limits... We'll be at The Ix Art Park in downtown Charlottesvile, a beautiful place, OR you've organized your own group, Team Building or extreme fitness event and we come to you!. The whole experience will take about two hours. We'll start with some simple breathing exercises to enjoy the body, practice relaxation, then a couple breath practices that bring us into and out of internal, self directed states of intensity. A little bit of talk on how we can upregulate and down regulate the sympathetic nervous system, and how we can use that to support our experience and sense of empowerment in the ice, stress at work, to help go to sleep, deal with negative behavior, and all the ways we experience stress in our lives. Then we start rounds of high heat dry sauna and ice baths. I will be coaching you through all of the experience. you will be in community and enjoying your body, breathing and nervous system. The whole point is to get familiar with the range of our nervous system, our ability to be aware of it, and discover that we can regulate our body-mind. When your done you'll feel like a million bucks and have had an experience of expansion and empowerment that carries into your life. Other things to note VERY IMPORTANT: You are guided by the providers, and all the while YOU are in charge of participation, your experience, and using wisdom and responsibility to regulate your self. There’s no wrong way, only YOUR way.

Experience this 2.5 hour guided walking tour of the National Mall. You will get to experience the nation's capital through the practiced poetic gaze of a local. First, we'll meet on the corner of 15th St NW & Constitution avenue. Bring something to drink and some comefortable shoes. We will begin our walk to the first stop on the tour, The Washington Monument or as I like to call it, The Eiffel Tower of DC. Then, we will proceed to the World War II Veteran's Memorial where an amazing little secret lies. Before we head to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, we will make a bathroom stop for all those who might need it. Then, we will continue on to the Lincoln Memorial (a personal favorite) and finally end our tour with the Korean War Verterans Memorial. Throughout this tour, guests will be encouraged to participate. I will pose a few DC-specific trivia questions that will keep you engaged and whose answers will come into as the tour progresses and your knowlegde of DC grows. Be prepared to learn well kept secrets and interesting facts, little known even to most DC locals. Guaranteed to leave you feeling in awe of our resilience as a nation. You are in for a treat.

Discover the musical heritage of U Street --aka Black Broadway-- from jazz to hip hop to punk to go go. Walk the streets & back alleys and learn how murals, theatres, music venues, and memorials embrace the history of this amazing neighborhood. Along the way, we'll listen to a diverse playlist that will match up with the murals and venues. Other things to note: This tour ends at the intersection of 13th & U NW, 8 blocks from the starting point. Typically I hold tours rain or shine, unless the weather posses a safety hazard (lightning, ice, tornado, etc). If a weather-related emergency arises, I will be in contact with the group to cancel, delay, or reschedule. The tour includes long periods of standing and walking outdoors. Please wear comfortable and weather-appropriate footwear and clothing. Restrooms may not be available during your tour; please plan accordingly.

The tour begins in our lobby with one of our knowledgeable tour guides. They’ll take you on a trip down memory lane, back to the American Revolution and the pioneering spirit that created this country. You’ll learn about the Bowman family and their impact on Virginia and the United States. Then, you’ll visit our distilling room to see where the magic happens. We’ll introduce you to our two stills — George and Mary, lovingly named to pay homage to the parents of the Bowman brothers — and show you our laboratory, where we test and analyze every batch to make sure it meets our very high standards. Then it’s off to the barrel dumping room, where we explain how we taste test and prepare our spirits for bottling. The next stop is everyone’s favorite sight and smell of the tour — the barrel storage and maturation area! Lastly, we take a look at our bottling line. After the tour, we invite all guests 21 and older to join us at the tasting bar in our gift shop to try our available products. All of our spirits are available for purchase in the gift shop, including many of our limited-release products. Our gift shop also features local crafts made from our bourbon barrels, glassware, apparel, and tasty Virginia-made treats. Please note that this experience includes a tour, tasting, and $25 voucher to our gift shop. Please note gift shop vouchers may not be redeemed for alcohol.