Green Earth Travel announces two trips to Southern Utah and the Grand Canyon that offer a unique (and sweet) experience for animal lovers: June and October, 2010.

Typically there are two trips a year, and typically, both are always sold out. So, advance notice is very appropriate. Consider this your warning.

Green Earth Travel camping trips on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River and Zion Natonal Park also include two days of caring for homeless pets at the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah.

This is their second year partnering with Best Friends, with an option of taking care of a dog overnight on a sleep over.

Donna Zeigfinger, Green Earth Travel Founder and CEO, told us that giving back while vacationing is not just a trend. It is the wave of the future, and is how things should be," she says.

Past participants give high marks to Green Earth Travel:

Lang Parker (an actress in Last Comic Standing) of Minnesota grew up with animals and says she really enjoyed taking care of them on her trip.  I loved putting my face up to theirs, she said.

And I asked Lori Bernath of Best Friends if having strangers have a sleepover with the pets does more harm than good for the pet and the human. Might it be confusing?

She said "Not at all. Best Friends has 500 or so animals (dogs, cats and pot bellied pigs) that need to be adopted and this program is invaluable. It helps make our animals more easy to adopt and it is terrific."

Trips include vegetarian meals, camping gear and transfers from Las Vegas to Best Friends, continuing to the North Rim and back to Las Vegas with home-on-wheels buses from the Adventure Bus Company.

Email: info@greenearthtravel.com for more information.