Join naturalists in the search for the elusive and rare pileated woodpecker in the Amana Timber. 

All Walkingstick Adventures in the Amana Colonies are offered at 10 am and 1 pm every day but Sunday. Adventures are 2 hours, including short travel time to the site. On Saturdays, a 4 pm tour can be scheduled. Meet at the Amana Colonies Visitor Center, 319-622-7622 or at 622 46th Ave, Amana, Iowa 52203. Guests need to dress for the weather and activity. Please register in advance (2 hours minimum) by contacting us at 319-329-9821 or maria@walkingstickadventures.com.
All equipment, transportation and materials will be provided; maximum vehicle seating is 7. Larger groups are responsible for additional transportation. Our fees are $17 per person. We accept credit cards, checks and cash.
Group rates for school, scout and youth organizations are $45 per hour plus mileage outside of Iowa County. For more information about group and camping programs, check our website at www.walkingstickadventures.com.

Find out how to be a Nature Detective. Use your five senses to find wildlife clues and learn how to use a magnifier. Dress for the weather. Good walking shoes and long pants; we will go off trail.

This tour is designed for families with young children up to 2nd grade, but all ages are welcome!

All Walkingstick Adventures in the Amana Colonies are offered at 10 am and 1 pm every day but Sunday. Adventures are 2 hours, including short travel time to the site. On Saturdays, a 4 pm tour can be scheduled. Meet at the Amana Colonies Visitor Center, 319-622-7622 or at 622 46th Ave, Amana, Iowa 52203. Guests need to dress for the weather and activity. Please register in advance (2 hours minimum) by contacting us at 319-329-9821 or maria@walkingstickadventures.com.
All equipment, transportation and materials will be provided; maximum vehicle seating is 7. Larger groups are responsible for additional transportation. Our fees are $17 per person. We accept credit cards, checks and cash.
Group rates for school, scout and youth organizations are $45 per hour plus mileage outside of Iowa County. For more information about group and camping programs, check our website at www.walkingstickadventures.com.

What is most important when "surviving" in the woods? Food, water, shelter, fire, fun? Join us in a shelter-building contest to see who really would survive. This is a great family activity in the early summer forest. 

All Walkingstick Adventures in the Amana Colonies are offered at 10 am and 1 pm every day but Sunday. Adventures are 2 hours, including short travel time to the site. On Saturdays, a 4 pm tour can be scheduled. Meet at the Amana Colonies Visitor Center, 319-622-7622 or at 622 46th Ave, Amana, Iowa 52203. Guests need to dress for the weather and activity. Please register in advance (2 hours minimum) by contacting us at 319-329-9821 or maria@walkingstickadventures.com.
All equipment, transportation and materials will be provided; maximum vehicle seating is 7. Larger groups are responsible for additional transportation. Our fees are $17 per person. We accept credit cards, checks and cash.
Group rates for school, scout and youth organizations are $45 per hour plus mileage outside of Iowa County. For more information about group and camping programs, check our website at www.walkingstickadventures.com.

A GREAT NEW EXPERIENCE!  Sit back and relax as our fun & friendly guide takes you to Cedar Ridge Winery & Distillery, Iowa oldest distillery.  You will then head back to the Colonies for stops and sips at Ackerman Winery, and  White Cross Cellars as well as a tour and sampling at Iowa oldest, and largest microbrewery, Millstream Brewing Company.  You will then board the van for a trip to the Fireside Winery, where your tour begins in their vineyard and winds down in the winery for samples.  Each stop provides beverage samples, as well as light fare.

This is the only tour of it's kind in Iowa - get on board before the van is full!

Must be 21 years old to participate.  Cost: $40/person.  Pre-register (required) at the Amana Colonies Visitors Center at 800-579-2294 or email for more informations: info@amanacolonies.com. 

Tours depart from the Amana Colonies Visitors Center.

Join us on June 15, July 13 or August 10 for an afternoon bicycle tour of Amana's beautiful Lily Lake. Our guide will give you a history of the creation of the lake, show you the wild flowers, unusual birds and animals of the lake environment. Relax in the dream like beauty of the lake and its surroundings. You'll see rare native water lilies, pelicans, geese and native ducks along with song birds and perhaps a hawk or two.  Bicycles available for rental at the Amana Colonies' Visitor's Center or bring your own. Cost of the tour, not including bicycle rental, is $3.00 per person. Meet us at the Convention and Visitor's Center at 3:00 p.m.

A GREAT NEW EXPERIENCE!  Sit back and relax as our fun & friendly guide takes you to Cedar Ridge Winery & Distillery, Iowa oldest distillery.  You will then head back to the Colonies for stops and sips at Ackerman Winery, and White Cross Cellars as well as a tour and sampling at Iowa oldest, and largest microbrewery, Millstream Brewing Company.  You will then board the van for a trip to the Fireside Winery, where your tour begins in their vineyard and winds down in the winery for samples.  Each stop provides beverage samples, as well as light fare.

This is the only tour of it's kind in Iowa - get on board before the van is full!

Must be 21 years old to participate.  Cost: $40/person.  Pre-register (required) at the Amana Colonies Visitors Center at 800-579-2294 or email for more information: info@amanacolonies.com. 

Tours depart from the Amana Colonies Visitors Center.

A GREAT NEW EXPERIENCE!  Sit back and relax as our fun & friendly guide takes you to Cedar Ridge Winery & Distillery, Iowa oldest distillery.  You will then head back to the Colonies for stops and sips at Ackerman Winery, and White Cross Cellars as well as a tour and sampling at Iowa oldest, and largest microbrewery, Millstream Brewing Company.  You will then board the van for a trip to the Fireside Winery, where your tour begins in their vineyard and winds down in the winery for samples.  Each stop provides beverage samples, as well as light fare.

This is the only tour of it's kind in Iowa - get on board before the van is full!

Must be 21 years old to participate.  Cost: $40/person.  Pre-register (required) at the Amana Colonies Visitors Center at 800-579-2294 or email for more information: info@amanacolonies.com. 

Tours depart from the Amana Colonies Visitors Center.

A GREAT NEW EXPERIENCE!  Sit back and relax as our fun & friendly guide takes you to Cedar Ridge Winery & Distillery, Iowa oldest distillery.  You will then head back to the Colonies for stops and sips at Ackerman Winery, and White Cross Cellars as well as a tour and sampling at Iowa oldest, and largest microbrewery, Millstream Brewing Company.  You will then board the van for a trip to the Fireside Winery, where your tour begins in their vineyard and winds down in the winery for samples.  Each stop provides beverage samples, as well as light fare.

This is the only tour of it's kind in Iowa - get on board before the van is full!

Must be 21 years old to participate.  Cost: $40/person.  Pre-register (required) at the Amana Colonies Visitors Center at 800-579-2294 or email for more information: info@amanacolonies.com. 

Tours depart from the Amana Colonies Visitors Center.

A GREAT NEW EXPERIENCE!  Sit back and relax as our fun & friendly guide takes you to Cedar Ridge Winery & Distillery, Iowa oldest distillery.  You will then head back to the Colonies for stops and sips at Ackerman Winery, and White Cross Cellars as well as a tour and sampling at Iowa oldest, and largest microbrewery, Millstream Brewing Company.  You will then board the van for a trip to the Fireside Winery, where your tour begins in their vineyard and winds down in the winery for samples.  Each stop provides beverage samples, as well as light fare.

This is the only tour of it's kind in Iowa - get on board before the van is full!

Must be 21 years old to participate.  Cost: $40/person.  Pre-register (required) at the Amana Colonies Visitors Center at 800-579-2294 or for more information: info@amanacolonies.com. 

Tours depart from the Amana Colonies Visitors Center.

A GREAT NEW EXPERIENCE!  Sit back and relax as our fun & friendly guide takes you to Cedar Ridge Winery & Distillery, Iowa oldest distillery.  You will then head back to the Colonies for stops and sips at Ackerman Winery, and White Cross Cellars as well as a tour and sampling at Iowa oldest, and largest microbrewery, Millstream Brewing Company.  You will then board the van for a trip to the Fireside Winery, where your tour begins in their vineyard and winds down in the winery for samples.  Each stop provides beverage samples, as well as light fare.

This is the only tour of it's kind in Iowa - get on board before the van is full!

Must be 21 years old to participate.  Cost: $40/person.  Pre-register (required) at the Amana Colonies Visitors Center at 800-579-2294 or email for more information: info@amanacolonies.com. 

Tours depart from the Amana Colonies Visitors Center.

Find out about monarchs and milkweed plants; look for caterpillars and help us monitor monarch butterflies for Monarch Watch.
Dress for the weather and wear good shoes.

This tour is great for families with children age 3rd-6th grade, but all ages are welcome!

All Walkingstick Adventures in the Amana Colonies are offered at 10 am and 1 pm every day but Sunday. Adventures are 2 hours, including short travel time to the site. On Saturdays, a 4 pm tour can be scheduled. Meet at the Amana Colonies Visitor Center, 319-622-7622 or at 622 46th Ave, Amana, Iowa 52203. Guests need to dress for the weather and activity. Please register in advance (2 hours minimum) by contacting us at 319-329-9821 or maria@walkingstickadventures.com.
All equipment, transportation and materials will be provided; maximum vehicle seating is 7. Larger groups are responsible for additional transportation. Our fees are $17 per person. We accept credit cards, checks and cash.
Group rates for school, scout and youth organizations are $45 per hour plus mileage outside of Iowa County. For more information about group and camping programs, check our website at www.walkingstickadventures.com.
 

A GREAT NEW EXPERIENCE!  Sit back and relax as our fun & friendly guide takes you to Cedar Ridge Winery & Distillery, Iowa oldest distillery.  You will then head back to the Colonies for stops and sips at Ackerman Winery, and White Cross Cellars as well as a tour and sampling at Iowa oldest, and largest microbrewery, Millstream Brewing Company.  You will then board the van for a trip to the Fireside Winery, where your tour begins in their vineyard and winds down in the winery for samples.  Each stop provides beverage samples, as well as light fare.

This is the only tour of it's kind in Iowa - get on board before the van is full!

Must be 21 years old to participate.  Cost: $40/person.  Pre-register (required) at the Amana Colonies Visitors Center at 800-579-2294 or email for more information: info@amanacolonies.com. 

Tours depart from the Amana Colonies Visitors Center.