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Florida: Kissimmee, Family Vacation Ideas with Teens - Hiking, Horses, and Reptiles. In addition to theme park thrills, Kissimmee offers visitors plenty of unforgettable “real Florida” adventures to make any family vacation or holiday getaway super. Imagine watching alligators, skimming to marsh on an airboat, seeing a working cattle ranch, horseback riding and ziplining for starters. 
 
It’s easy to find something new and crazy fun from theme parks and waterparks to ziplining and airboat rides teens will not be bored. Options for thrills and good old fashioned fun include hiking, canoeing, ziplining, horseback riding and ever popular airboat excursions. We have assembled a short list of vacation ideas well suited for vacationing with teens. More options along with deals and savings may be found at VisitKissimmee.com.

Skim the swamp. Experience the amazing world of the Florida Everglades on Boggy Creek Airboat Rides, a wind-in-your-face nature cruise across the lake’s surface that leaves visitors cheering for more. Half-hour airboat tours provide a close encounter with native wildlife and regular gator sightings. A fun-filled 45-minute tour of a working cattle ranch aboard a swamp buggy has recently been added to the options available for guests of Boggy Creek Airboat Rides. The narrated tour originating from its South Port Road location takes guests through gorgeous pastureland owned by one of Kissimmee’s pioneer families, viewing native plants and animals.

Get a gator view. And no visit to Florida is complete without seeing a real live alligator! After 50 years Gatorland remains one of Central Florida’s most popular attractions offering visitors an action packed day filled with alligators, man-eating crocodiles, colorful birds and slithery reptiles. A 2,000-foot boardwalk winds through a natural cypress swamp allowing an up close look at wildlife, breeding marshes, alligator nurseries, and rearing ponds. A three-story observation tower provides a “bird’s eye view” of Gatorland’s 110-acre marshland.

Ride’m cowboys. Forever Florida is a 4,700-acre working cattle ranch and nature preserve centered on the heritage of the Florida Cracker Cowboy. Guests can explore nature tours through the cattle ranch and wildlife preserve on an elevated cracker coach or by horseback. After a day of fun, enjoy home-cooked vittles at The Cypress Restaurant and Gift Shop.

Saddle up and ride. Take a break from the parks while enjoying Horse World Riding Stables, a trail riding adventure on 750 acres of beautiful sandy trails and quiet peaceful countryside. Horse World Riding Stables offers a variety of riding experiences for riders of every skill level, including customized riding lessons. Guests can also feed and pet farm animals, play volleyball, toss horseshoes, or bring your own picnic lunch to enjoy under a shady oak tree or picnic pavilion.

Count the snakes. Reptile World Serpentarium is a working research facility with more than 600 reptiles in residence from small turtles and lizards to an impressive anaconda and an eighteen-foot king cobra. This unique educational attraction provides visitors the amazing opportunity to watch snake handler, George VanHorn in action as he extracts poisonous venom from cobras, rattlesnakes and other deadly serpents. Reptile World also features the largest reptile kingdom exhibit in Central Florida. Bonus points: Plan to visit at noon or 3PM and watch venom milking and listen to staff dispel popular myths about venomous snakes.

Make it happen. The Kissimmee CVB website showcases oodles of vacation ideas often with savings.  Many hotels offer transfers to the major attractions either for free or for a small fee. The special family vacation offers change frequently, so to stay in the information loop sign up for the free e-newsletter, checkout Kissimmee on Facebook or follow the latest news on Twitter. See what others are saying about Kissimmee at Kissimmee's blog, i.SeeKissimmee.com and to explore all of the options log on to www.VisitKissimmee.com.
 
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