Arizona Family Vacations

Start with iconic scenery at awesome Monument Valley, where you can also learn about the Navajo way of life. Million-acre Lake Powell is stunning too, in a flooded canyon: go houseboating! Try some easy rafting down the Colorado River, or a whitewater raft adventure in the Grand Canyon, which you can also explore by helicopter. Take the Grand Canyon Railway from Williams Arizona, where Route 66 still lives (and so does the Wild West.) Not to mention dude ranches and family resorts...

Arizona has some excellent resort choices for families, from dude ranches to properties with lazy rivers and waterslides. Houseboats are also popular for family getaways.

The lands belonging to the Navajo Nation include some of the most scenic places on earth, such as Monument Valley, and parts of the Grand Canyon. Families can learn about Native American culture and history; vacations can easily add in recreation such as rafting or house-boating.

This "ranch resort" in Wickenburg AZ (an hour and a half from Phoenix) has 60 years of history; golf, spa, and kids program; and horse rides through beautiful Sonoran desert. Great chance to learn about desert ecology.

Only fifteen minutes from the Phoenix airport, this resort has its own private 6-acre waterpark. Great golf and hiking, too.

This guest article describes a family vacation on a luxury houseboat: all the conveniences of home plus a few extras, like a waterslide. No boating experience required! (This article is about houseboating on Lake Mead in Nevada; Lake Mead is between Nevada and Arizona. Arizona also has houseboating on Lake Powell.)

Dude ranches can make great family holidays: Ranchweb.com helps you find ranches in Arizona.

Only fifteen minutes from the Phoenix airport, this resort has its own private 6-acre waterpark. Great golf and hiking, too.