by Robert Freeman

Created on: June 06, 2009   Last Updated: August 13, 2009

The Burlington, Vermont area offers many diverse opportunities for day trips that the list below is just the tip of the iceberg, but it is a good place to start. The Burlington area offers so many different types of things to do but a good place to start would be the local activities that require a whole day to fully experience.

Northern Lights Lake Champlain Cruises and True North Kayak Tours

Northern Lights Lake Champlain Crusies (802) 864-9669

True North Kayak Tours (802) 860-1910

A good place to start would be to take an amazing and private cruise with a bunch of your friends and family on a cruise on Lake Champlain with the Northern Light Cruises company (www.lakechamplaincruises.com).

Another way to experience the beauty of Lake Champlain is to paddle your way around it with the expert guides of True North Kayak Tours (www.vermontkayak.com). Of course you can also hop onto one of the many hiking trails along the lake and within the immediate vicinity of Burlington and easily spend a day traveling into the Green Mountains and looking down at the pristine waters of the lake.

Vermont Wildflower Farm

(802) 425-3641

The most obvious day trip to do outside the city limits of Burlington is to just pick a road and travel on it. You will be amazed with the different sites and wildlife that can be found in no matter what direction you leave the largest city in Vermont. If you drive twelve miles south of Burlington to Charlotte, Vermont you will come across the Vermont Wildflower Farm (www.vermontwildflowerfarm.com). Located at 3488 Ethan Allen Highway, this one of a kind wildflower farm will keep you busy all day while you walk through the colorful grounds and browse the store where you can buy every type of flower seeds imaginable.

Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Factory and Cabot Creamery Visitor's Center

Ben and Jerry's (802) 846-1500

Cabot Cremery 1-888-792-2268

If you travel over to Waterbury, specifically 1281 Waterbury-Stowe Road you will be able to explore the Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Factory (www.benjerry.com) and get yourself a scoop of flavors not served in stores and take a 30 minute tour of the factory.

For a different spin on what folks in Vermont do with dairy products head on over to the Cabot Creamery Visitor's Center (www.cabotcheese.coop) at 2878 Main Street in Cabot, Vermont. Here you can watch as the factory workers make award winning cheeses, and then you can head over to store and get some crackers to go with an array of cheeses to

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