Las Vegas by parachute:
skydiving from heights of 1500 feet in freefall for several
seconds at 120 mph. After your chute opens, you get to
enjoy seven minutes floating in the sky above Las Vegas.
1401 Airport Rd, Boulder City. Tel.: 1-702-293-1860
Family Fun Center and Grand Prix
Carts competition: go-cart racetrack for adults
and miniature track for kids. Also has a game room.
2980 Sandhill Road. Tel.: 1-702-431-7223
Flyway Indoor Skydiving:
experience flying without wings in a 28-foot vertical
tunnel.
200 Convention Center Drive. Tel.: 1-702-731-4768
OTHER OPTIONS OF INTEREST
Gilcrease Bird Sanctuary:
wide variety of game and exotic birds.
8101 Rachel Road.
Cranberry World of the West:
exhibits, demonstration kitchen, theater with 100 movable
seats, museum and gift shop.
1301 American Pacific Drive.
Desert Garden Demonstration:
offers free literature, classes, and guided excursions
where you can learn to create an "intelligent water" garden.
3701 West Alta Drive. Tel.: 1-702-258-3205
Ethel M. Chocolate Factory and
Cactus Garden: you will learn how sweets are
made and see a garden with 300 varieties of cactus and
desert plants.
Tel.: 1-702-433-2500
Imperial Palace Automobile Collection:
more than 250 antique and classic automobiles.
Tel.: 1 702-794-3174
Film and Magic Hall of Fame:
dedicated to both themes.
Tel.: 1-702-737-3846
Rio All-Suite Casino Resort:
open seven days a week, with 25 shops, 12 restaurants,
safe, valet parking, 24-hour room service, 2,563 rooms,
41 floors, and live performances, cable TV, laundry, ironing
facilities, transport from the airport and smoking and
non-smoking rooms. Costs range from $70 to $1100 dollars
a night.
3700 West Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, NV, 89103. Tel.: 1-702-252-7777
Fax: 1-702-253-6090. Reservations: 1-800-695-8284
INFORMATION OF INTEREST
Average temperature in January: 40ºF (6.4ºC). Wear winter
clothing. Currency: US dollars.