Idaho flights and travel guide

Idaho flights are packed with students, parents and business travellers. Known to most people as the potato state, those travelers who book flights to Idaho know there's more to do in Idaho than mash spuds.

It's no wonder over 20 million people book flights to Idaho - part of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the Oregon Trail, Idaho is blessed with beautiful scenery to hike, boat, climb or camp. Home to the Birds of Prey Wildlife Area – the world's largest population of eagles, hawks, and falcons - and four ghost towns (Silver City, Yankee Fork, Gold Dredge, and the Sierra Silver Mine) you won't go bored in Idaho. For the adventure traveller booking flights to Idaho, climb Seven Devils' Peaks, one of the highest mountain ranges in Idaho. In the peak is Heaven's Gate Lookout, where sightseers can see four other states.

But make sure you obey the laws while traveling the Spud State. According to Idaho law, it’s illegal for a citizen to give another citizen a box of candy that weighs more than 23kg, so watch what you pack on your flight to Idaho.

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Idaho insider information

• There are many hot springs throughout Idaho, but the most famous are the pools at Lava Hot Springs in the southeastern corner of the state. The waters here are thought to have been 43 degrees (C) for the past 50 million years. The springs are a popular holiday spot – as well as the hot pools there is an Olympic-sized swimming pool, massage or tube rides on the Portneuf River.
• Idaho has some stunning scenery and vistas – desert plains in the South, mountain ranges and lava rocks in the east and gorges and thick forests in the north.
• Labour weekend sees the Wagon Days festival in Ketchum: a celebration of the city’s mining heritage. The festival sees four days of celebrations hit the sleepy town, including a shoot-out, a fiddler’s contest, a rodeo and the Big Hitch Parade.
• Boise is known as the City of Trees and the capital is surrounded by green land. Golf is very popular round the city: more than 20 golf courses are within a short drive.
• If you want to take a drive to see some of the fabulous outdoors, head for the Bone Road. This “road” is little more than a track, covered in potholes, but its 96-km span affords views of some of the best Idaho landscapes and you’re almost guaranteed to spot some wildlife like moose or deer.
• Silver City, just outside Boise, is known locally as the “ghost town”. The town was once the site of a silver mine for the War Eagle Mountain. Today, its old houses and saloons are popular with photography workshops.
• For more happenings in Idaho, visit www.visitidaho.org

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