Sun, Surf and Satisfaction an Adventure San Diego

Description:

This is the most popular kayak tour. If you can ride a bike you can kayak. After a brief paddle instruction and safety talk, you take your kayak down to the beach. And launch your kayaks from La Jolla Shores and paddle to the La Jolla Sea Caves taking in the gorgeous views and watching for the abundant wildlife. You can see numerous types of sea birds and usually sea lions, seals and sometimes dolphins. You then kayak into the fascinating kelp beds of the La Jolla Ecological Reserve and enjoy the surf zone on your way back. Kayaking is fun for all ages! No experience necessary.

What to Expect: Be prepared to get wet! For safety reasons, the tour operator does NOT guarantee going into the caves on tours. This tour is not recommend entering the caves for pregnant women, small children or inexperienced kayakers.

This tour is recommended for ages 6 and up. Participants must be able to swim.

Special Offer - Book and travel by December 31, 2008 and the price displayed includes 10% off the recommended retail price - BOOK NOW!

Our Local Expert Says:

If the weather is fine, opt to sit on the garden patio!

Description:

Graciously housed in the House of Hospitality, this venue has hosted myriad weddings, parties and intimate dinners. Casual elegance with a Spanish-fusion flavor is on the menu in the heart of Balboa Park. Zesty seafood paella, wild mushroom risotto, or adobo braised pork will all have your taste buds shouting "olé." The Chicken Milanese is richly flavored with garlic and sage, served with rosemary-infused potatoes with arugula in a tomato concasse. If you want plainer food, try the Prado Cheeseburger. The luscious dessert tray varies daily.

Our Local Expert Says:

With their sculptural, and often anthropomorphological shapes, the various cacti give the garden impression of being on a fantasy planet. Just watch out for all those spines!

Description:

Desert Park is more than just another garden in the vast circumstance that is Balboa Park. Adjacent to the Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden and Park Blvd, this relatively small attraction offers visitors a place to relax and enjoy the over 1,300 plants that are housed here. With it's peak bloom during the tourist off-season (January - March), visitors here are often few and far between, making it a home for the spontaneous. Open free to the public year-round, sniff out some of the delectable and intriguing plants that cover this 2.5 acres of land.

Description:

With one wall of this restaurant devoted entirely to a sushi bar, it has become a favorite sushi house to San Diego locals. Customers range in ages and occupations, yet most are regulars who frequently visit this establishment. A variety of sushi options top the menu, but other choices are available. For those not devoted to sushi, the Teriyaki Chicken and Fried Tofu are popular dishes. The more daring patrons may want to try the mushroom served with radish or vegetable tempura. The restaurant remains closed on Sundays.

Description:

This breakfast spot has been serving San Diego locals for decades. The cooks still make everything from scratch, including fresh-squeezed orange juice. The restaurant still features specially blended coffee, and it still has what is allegedly "the world's most copied menu". Whatever breakfast you are craving for - you will not walk away hungry. The Swedish Pancake is covered with imported Lingo berries from Sweden and is the size of a pie. The Eggs Benedict could feed three. It is easy to see why this spot has won numerous awards.

Our Local Expert Says:

The food is fantastic for a quick fix before a day in the sun - with a friendly staff to top off the excellent grub, if you want a second round they'll let you cut the long line!

Description:

Kono's serves up a beach breakfast that's popular with locals and tourists alike, which can lead to an intimidating line- but it moves quickly and there are surf videos to watch and quotes of the week to laugh about. If customers choose to walk outside (burgers and other lunch foods are available, and breakfast is served all day), their meal comes with a view: the ocean and all the characters strolling by. Kono's is as casual as the beach, and plates are big and inexpensive.

Description:

Jack's La Jolla Dining Room offers contemporary American Cuisine in an elegant, yet comfortable atmosphere. Chef Tony DiSalvo, formerly Chef d cuisine at world famous Jean Georges in New York, is responsible for Jack's earning four & 1/2 stars from The Reader and making Jack's One of the Top Six San Diego Restaurants according to The Gayot Guide. Jack's was also voted One of The Top 10 New Restaurants in the USA by MSN. The Dining Room is just one of four restaurants to choose from. Jack's four bars have live nightly live entertainment including a piano bar, jazz trio and dancing to the best DJs in town. Jack's boasts an extensive wine list and is the proud recipient of the Award of Excellence from the Wine Spectator. It is all under one roof in the heart of La Jolla.