If you’re looking for inspiration to keep the kids both entertained and educated, while maintaining your own sanity or perhaps you’re on your own at home and looking for a culture fix while self-isolating? I am a Travel Agent with 40 years in consulting and I thought to myself, if people cannot Travel, how can I help our friends across the globe to explore our beautiful World at your fingertips? Here’s our comprehensive A to Z isolation Survival Kit I ‘ve collated of virtual tours, experiences and learning opportunities you can indulge and adventure all over the world from the confines of your own home. I hope you enjoy this resource whilst we push our way through this current pandemic together. Each Purple Title has a link behind it that will take you on a journey sharing Travel, Geographical, Educational, and History, and lots of Interactive experiences to incorporate into your days and nights….. When the world resumes to some normality and Travel resumes, our team would love to help you. Enjoy! And Please do SHARE our page and comment on your experiences. Tell us what you liked, what you loved and what you dream about…. Take Care, Keep Safe, Keep Smiling and Keep in Touch! #wereallinthisTogether #withoutaTravelAgentyouronyourOwn #wearecruise
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Virtual Experiences Around the World
ABC Australia: Multiple Education Resources
LEARNING STARTS HERE. Thousands of free curriculum-linked resources for school teachers and students!
Explore the archaeological site via an interactive tour online of the most prominent monuments, including the Parthenon, the Erechtheion and the Temple of Athena Nike.
Ancient Rome Virtual Tour with Lessons, Italy
ROME: A Virtual Tour of the Ancient City. Explore the architecture and history of Rome, walking around a 3D digital model of the ancient city, with this free online course.
The underlying visual architecture of the Virtual Angkor project allows you to see 360-degree panoramas that enable you to look around the city as if you were standing in a particular spot at a particular time.
Anne Frank House Virtual Tour, Amsterdam Holland
Take a look around and discover the Secret Annex where Anne Frank hid for more than 2 years during WWII and where she wrote her diary.
We know the pandas bring you joy, and in these extraordinary times, why not love and meet a Panda Virtually. During a time when the COVID-19 epidemic is touching all of our lives, Atlanta Zoo shares their PandaCam free
Australian Natural Surfing Museum, Australia
Surfing Buffs ~ This one is for you! Learn about Australia’s fantastic surfing heritage and rich beach culture. A quick and fun visit to the Australian National Surfing Museum on the Great Ocean Road.
Berlin Philharmonic: Digital Concert Hall, Germany
The Philharmonie Berlin is closed, and our Easter Festival in Baden-Baden cannot take place either. So we have come up with something for you: the digital Easter@Philharmonie Festival! The first episode is about the history of the Easter Festival, with current and historic recordings. Plus, there is chamber music, performed especially for this occasion in an empty Philharmonie. The finale is a recording of Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony with Kirill Petrenko.
Using 360-degree photos you can tour Blarney Castle (and of course the famous rock, sorry no kissing allowed) from the comfort of your couch.
The British Museum’s collection spans more than two million years of human history and culture, all under one roof. Students can engage and experience the unique collection through resources, sessions and gallery visits.
Buckingham Palace London UK
Explore this magnificent building virtually. An iconic building and official residence of The Queen, Buckingham Palace has been the focus of many moments of national celebration, from Jubilees and weddings to VE Day and the annual Trooping the Colour which marks The Queen’s official birthday. It is also a busy working building welcoming tens of thousands of people through its gates each year for Investitures, Garden Parties, Audiences and other events.
Clearwater Marine Aquarium (home of Winter the dolphin)
Awesome Webcam! This is the main view of the Winter Zone habitat, where Winter, Hope, and now PJ live together. The habitat consists of three connected areas, so you may see the dolphins swim between the areas. You can check the other webcam views if they are not visible in the current view.
Take a virtual tour around some of the museum’s rooms and see some works and objects exhibited there by means of panoramic pictures. The Dalí Theatre and Museum, is a museum dedicated to the artist Salvador Dalí in his home town of Figueres, in Catalonia, Spain. Salvador Dalí is buried in a crypt below the stage.
Disney Parks May Be Closed, but These Virtual Rides Will Make You Feel Like You’re Really There! Experience the Disney magic at home. Yup, that’s right! Your home can be the second happiest place on Earth with just a liiiittle bit of imagination.
No permission slips required. These virtual events let educators take students to amazing places and give them remarkable experiences, without ever leaving your home!
Duke Farms Eagle Cam: New Jersey, USA
In 2008, Duke Farms installed a webcam on a tree adjacent to a Bald Eagle nest to provide a live look at the daily lives of the eagles. In partnership with The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey, lesson plans were created to facilitate place-based educational opportunities for students. Over 10 million viewers and growing!
Eiffel tower virtual tour, Paris France
Take a virtual tour of Eiffel Tower with Google
View secretly planted LifeCam’s of Africa, Bears, Birds, Oceans, Dogs & Cat Rescues, Sanctuaries, Zen Cams and more!
FarmFood 360, Canada
Quick Canadian Mink Farms Virtually & Live! Mink farming is environmentally sustainable. Mink eat nutritious left-overs from human food production, such as food waste and parts of animals that we do not eat.
Welcome to Virtual School Activities for all ages! A collection of sites to live webcams, virtual tours/trips, and other miscellaneous fun educational sites. (This site is updated every few days, so to see the latest links be sure to refresh the site if you’re a return visitor!)
This one link will keep you busy for months! Google Arts & Culture is providing access to more than 2,500 museums around the world. Google has also provided access to 360 views of National Parks around the world, so you can bring the outdoors into your lounge room.
What makes the Great Wall of China so extraordinary? The Great Wall of China is one of the longest and ancient architecture in history. It stretches for over 21,196.18 km (13,170.7 mi) and is 2,300 years old, and nearly 1/3 of the wall disappeared without a trace. The wall also has remains of peasants who failed to make the emperor pleased with their work on the wall. This video is a great history lesson!
Commonly considered a wonder of the world, the Great Wall boasts a history of over 2,000 years and stretches more than 3,000 miles across several provinces of northern China, making it one of the most impressive ancient structures on the planet.
Gather your expedition party, bring a few snacks, sit around the computer, and we’ll begin our online journey to the Pyramids of Egypt.
Houston Zoo, USA
Tune in to the Houston Zoo Webcams and enjoy a live look at animals that call the Houston Zoo home! See the herd of Asian elephants wander through their enormous habitat. Watch as giraffes nibble lettuce fed to them by guests at the feeding platform
Kansas City Zoo Animal Cams, USA
Kansas City Zoo Webcams Home to over 1,300 animals, located in Swope Park, Kansas City, Missouri in the USA. These Livecams include views of Penguins, the Masai Giraffe, Asian Small-Clawed Otters and even the Bornean Orangutan! Enjoy
Kennedy Center Digital Stage, USA
The Kennedy Center is America’s busiest performing arts center, hosting approximately 3,000 events each year for audiences of more than 2 million. Since 1971, the Kennedy Center has been bringing the world to Washington with magnificent performances of music, dance, theater, and more.
Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Australia
Check out their various webcams streaming footage of our amazing Aussie wildlife, from koalas and reptiles to dingoes and platypus.
Louvre Museum, Paris France
Come along on a virtual tour and enjoy a virtual visit the museum’s exhibition rooms and galleries, contemplate the façades of the Louvre…
Machu Picchu, Peru South America
Save yourself the hike and simply jump online. Your visit has a particularly in-depth tour with 360-degree views from various popular vantage points, so you’ll feel as though you’re there in real life.
Want to get away from Earth altogether (don’t blame you)? Jet off to mars with footage from NASA’s Curiosity rover.
Marine Traffic Around the World
This one is for the Ship Buffs! MarineTraffic is a Live Ships Map. Discover information and vessel positions for vessels around the world.
Musee d’Orsay, Paris France
Take a virtual tour and learn about the history of this awesome museum, and why its building is quite unusual. In the centre of Paris on the banks of the Seine, opposite the Tuileries Gardens, the museum was installed in the former Orsay railway station, built for the Universal Exhibition of 1900. So the building itself could be seen as the first “work of art” in the Musee d’Orsay, which displays collections of art from the period 1848 to 1914.
NASA Mission Operations Room, USA
For lovers of the Hubble Space Telescope! Mission Operations – 360-Degree Virtual Tour and Simulation
National Air & Space Museum – Smithsonian, USA
Install the Google Arts & Culture app to explore virtual reality tours from Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum maintains the world’s largest and most significant collection of aviation and space artifacts, encompassing all aspects of human flight, as well as related works of art and archival materials. It operates two landmark facilities that, together, welcome more than eight million visitors a year, making it the most visited museum in the country. It also is home to the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies.
Natural History Museum London Virtual Tours, UK
Virtual Museum: nine ways to explore from home – Delve into the Museum from home with a virtual self-guided tour of the galleries, an interactive experience about Hope the blue whale and audio guides narrated by Sir David Attenborough.
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
Since opening its door in 1969, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), Korea has lived through the history of Korean art. In the process, MMCA established itself as a representative institution of Korean modern art.
National Park Service Virtual Tours (multiple options)
Virtual Tours Ready to explore! You don’t have to wait…You can start exploring now by virtually touring some of the most famous national parks on our Earth…
The city of Petra, capital of the Nabatean Arabs, is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world.
San Diego Zoo, USA
Watch and learn Live cams and videos of your favourite animals at the famous San Diego Zoo in America!
Take a 3D virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel
Sri Lanka Land of Beauty and Intrigue
10 Best Places to Visit in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka may be a small island in the Indian Ocean but that’s the only thing small about it. The country, formerly known as Ceylon, boasts an ancient civilization, golden sandy beaches with their swaying coconut palms, mountains, and tea plantations. While visiting the island, you’ll see colonial architecture from the days when the Portuguese, Dutch and English ruled. You’ll also see lots of elephants, some of which participate in local festivals and, if you’re lucky, perhaps a leopard or two at a wildlife sanctuary. Here’s a look at the best places to visit in Sri Lanka!
The English Heritage site has an official virtual tour with 360-degree views as if you were standing in the middle of the iconic stones. You can click on specific points so you can learn more about some of the history.
Whilst some still dream of cruising, here is a little something from the amazing crew on board Vasco da Gama to bring a touch of cruising to your homes. All you will need is two bath towels, two hand towels and some patience!
Their online virtual tour enables visitors to interactively explore the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Visitors may tour 22 different areas of the monument and gardens through 360-degree panoramas, maps, narrated mini-movies, music and text.
For first time in Taronga’s 103-year-history, Taronga Zoo Sydney and Taronga Western Plains Zoo Dubbo have gone virtual with the launch of Taronga TV. Entertain yourself and your family with these up-close and personal encounters with penguins, seals and Komodo dragons.
<< Click on the picture to watch
Turkey is home to beautiful people, beautiful food and Awesome clear waters! Enjoy the delights of cruising on a Gulet boat in the company of others …
The virtual tour allows visitors to take a virtual, 360-degree, self-guided tour of the entire museum. Icons indicate hotspots where the visitor can get additional information such as videos, audio and links to online resources.
VanGogh Museum: Amsterdam Holland
The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam houses the largest collection of artworks by Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) in the world. The permanent collection includes over 200 paintings by Vincent van Gogh, 500 drawings and more than 750 letters. The museum also presents exhibitions on various subjects from 19th-century art history.
Wild Earth, Africa
Take a trip on the wild side with Wild Earth’s Safari Drives. They have launched a new initiative called Kids at Home, where they are dedicating the first 45 minutes of their sunset safaris to answering questions from kids.
Walt Disney Imagineering Part 1 & Part 2
Take a Virtual Tour of Walt Disney Imagineering. Walt Disney Imagineering is known for making the impossible possible. That’s why—despite their parks and offices being closed—they are still opening up their headquarters virtually for a tour on the Disney Parks. Enjoy!
Washington DC Architecture, USA
Learn about some of the most famous architecture buildings in Washington DC. The United States is often called a cultural melting pot, and the architecture of its capital city, Washington, D.C., is truly an international blend. Famous buildings in the District incorporate influences from ancient Egypt, classical Greece and Rome, medieval Europe, and 19th-century France.
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