2128 active and adventure experiences found
Nova Scotia Walking: Exploring the South Shore Bay of Fundy & Annapolis Valley
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Nova Scotia Walking: Exploring the South Shore Bay of Fundy & Annapolis Valley
Halifax, Nova Scotia ,Canada
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6 Days • from $2,298* per person
Provider: Backroads It's one of the warmest places on earth. Nova Scotia. Hearty, friendly people. Sleepy fishing villages where the homes huddle close in a hidden cove. Rolling green hills ideal for discovering on foot. Rocky shorelines that practically pose for your photos. Hotels that still have the character of their past lives as hunting lodges. It's simply impossible not to enjoy exploring the trails and waterways of Nova Scotia. Even the bay is called Fundy. It's one of the warmest places… more |
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Peru Multisport: Biking & Hiking from Cusco to Machu Picchu
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Peru Multisport: Biking & Hiking from Cusco to Machu Picchu
Cusco, Peru
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8 Days • from $4,798* per person
Provider: Backroads It’s about that picture. You know the one. Every Web site and coffee-table book has it. History, archaeology, anthropology guides all have it. You’ll have it too. Standing above Machu Picchu, wispy white clouds floating by, the jagged Andes in the background, you’ll snap the picture. But being there, feet firmly planted above that scene, will forever reset your view of humanity, society and history. How did they do this? When was this again? There are maybe ten places on… more |
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Peru Hiking: From Cusco to Machu Picchu
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Peru Hiking: From Cusco to Machu Picchu
Cusco, Peru
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7 Days • from $4,498* per person
Provider: Backroads Machu Picchu has a gravitational pull. So strong that Inca culture still influences people today. Some still practice the 600-year-old pottery techniques. Others, like you, are influenced from thousands of miles away. It urges you to hike the hills of Cusco at 11,000 feet above sea level, investigate the ruins of Sacsayhuamán, "Stonehenge of the Andes," make friends with the local schoolchildren who live in hidden weaving communities in undiscovered valleys, stand above it all at the summit of Huayna… more |
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Peru Walking: Machu Picchu
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Peru Walking: Machu Picchu
Cusco, Peru
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9 Days • from $2,950* per person
Provider: The Dragon's Path (1 testimonial) The great Inca civilization remains a mystery to modern science despite extensive and magnificent ruins punctuating the cities, mountains and valleys in and around Cusco and the Urubamba Valley. We imagine life one thousand years ago, beginning our quest to understand the Incas. From Cusco, we continue on to our small Andean base, from which we will walk the fertile Urubamba valley, the center of Inca civilization. A hike to a remote mountain village where hand-woven traditional costume is still… more |
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Oman and Zanzibar
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Oman and Zanzibar
Muscat Airport, Oman
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8 Days • from $4,925* per person
Provider: Geographic Expeditions Oman is a bastion of peace and desert beauty, unexpectedly soaring moun¬tains, and spotless beaches. We begin in Muscat, by common assent the most charm¬ing city in the Persian Gulf region. We’ll visit the old, mountain-girded port and its traditional souk. Then south, along the Ara¬bian Sea, to the dhow building town of Sur, and inland to Nizwa, a city considered too dangerous for outsiders to visit as little as 50 years ago, now home to a lively but pacific… more |
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Into Patagonia
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Into Patagonia
Buenos Aires Airport, Argentine
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14 Days • from $6,995* per person
Provider: Geographic Expeditions Torres del Paine, Estancia Cristina, and Fitz RoyOf earth’s 37 billion or so acres, very few are as stunningly lovely as those we savor on this trip. And of Melville’s “attending marvels of a thousand Patagonian sights and sounds,” we’ve chosen the most marvelous— with some pride, to tell the truth. Admirers of Patagonia are many, but, as Jan Morris said, “If you love something hotly enough, consciously, with care, it becomes yours by symbiosis, irrevocably,” and Patagonia has indeed… more |
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Best of Brazil: From Salvador to Rio and the Costa Verde
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Best of Brazil: From Salvador to Rio and the Costa Verde
Rio Airport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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9 Days • from $7,995* per person
Provider: Geographic Expeditions The best of Brazil is the best of a beautiful, bounteous, buxom country, about as best as best can be. Which we immediately sense as we alight in the Atlantic coast city of Salvador de Bahia, a natural and human sensation. Often called the most African city in the Western Hemisphere, Salvador is a vibrant mélange of cultures, endlessly waft¬ing street music, wildly toothsome Bahian cuisine (which we’ll sample at funky little cafés), and dance performances, both scheduled and impromptu.… more |
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Classic Costa Rica
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Classic Costa Rica
San Jose Airport, San Jose, Costa Rica
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7 Days • from $3,745* per person
Provider: Geographic Expeditions It’s hard to imagine a first-time visitor to Northern California not putting San Francisco, Yosemite, and the Wine Country on their wish list. But, as you know, locals often studiously avoid the too-popular sites in those iconic places suggested by guidebooks. For example, we love San Francisco, but it’s been quite a while since we’ve ventured down to Fisherman’s Wharf, and we urge visiting friends to ferry over to Angel Island for its fantastic views of the city and the… more |
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Galapagos Islands Aboard La Pinta
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Galapagos Islands Aboard La Pinta
Airport, Ecuador near Quito, Ecuador
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11 Days • from $5,660* per person
Provider: Geographic Expeditions The Galapagos Islands need little fanfare. Darwin started the chorus of praise, amazement, and enchantment in 1835, and the music hasn’t slowed.We’re very aware that all serious travelers aim to tour the Galapagos Islands, and that there is a lot of competition to take them there. With the launch of the new, 48-passenger, environmentally state-of-the-art yacht La Pinta, we offer travelers the opportunity to explore the fabled islands in good conscience – and comfort. We are confident that no other… more |
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Laos Unveiled
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Laos Unveiled
Vientiane, Laos
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10 Days • from $3,500* per person
Provider: Geographic Expeditions Not that the rest of Laos is all that traveled, but this unusual trip takes us into the country’s decidedly less traveled north, where, for a week or so, we’ll roam in fabulously green hills, visit remote, traditional villages, and visit intelligently conceived sustainable tourism projects. We head north from Vientiane toward the Chinese border, into the Golden Triangle, an ethnographer’s dream (and a scenic and cultural thrill for people like us). After visiting and hiking in and around Luang… more |
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Oaxaca and the Sierra Norte - Places of the Gods
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Oaxaca and the Sierra Norte - Places of the Gods
Airport near Oaxaca, Mexico
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6 Days • from $2,495* per person
Provider: Geographic Expeditions Fans of Mexico (and to go there is to become one) know that the southern state of Oaxaca is a synthesis of all that attracts us to this dear country. Our six-day trip is short but superb. It takes us first to the brilliant old UNESCO World Heritage Site city of Oaxaca. Founded by the Aztecs, Oaxaca was freshly designed in 1529 by the Spanish Empire’s premier architect, Alonso García Bravo. His genius is everywhere to be found, especially in… more |
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Machu Picchu and the Urubamba
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Machu Picchu and the Urubamba
Lima Airport, Lima, Peru
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7 Days • from $3,485* per person
Provider: Geographic Expeditions For some of us, the Incas are rather hazily lumped in there with, let’s see, the Aztecs —no, they were up north—the Incas, yes . . . Conquistadors. Pizarro, wasn’t it? (Or was it Cortés?) Turns out we should have been more alert; these were absolutely fascinating folks, world-class builders and thinkers. And the story of their downfall is heartrending.After flying to Lima and on to the old Incan capital of Cusco, we explore the fabled Urubamba Valley ruins of… more |
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Peru Complete
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Peru Complete
Lima Airport, Lima, Peru
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14 Days • from $6,830* per person
Provider: Geographic Expeditions Our Peru expert Clark Kotula, who lived and worked in Peru for nearly a decade, and knows and admires it like few others, has crafted this look at the country’s varietal charms with an eye toward contrasts, from the 11,000-foot depths of Colca Canyon to the manmade wonder of Machu Picchu.We begin by flying south from Lima to Peru’s second-largest city, Arequipa, presided over by the snowy cone of 19,000-foot El Misti. We’ll visit Arequipa’s historic district, the Santa Catalina… more |
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Bhutan: A Private Journey
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Bhutan: A Private Journey
Paro Airport, Paro, Bhutan
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9 Days • from $7,950* per person
Provider: Geographic Expeditions Thanks to its moderate elevations and salubrious latitude, Bhutan is a spectacular destination year-round. This Private Journey opens a window into the kingdom’s beauty and the spiritual generosity of its people from the comfort of Bhutan’s most luxurious hotels (which, if you haven’t been to Bhutan, or haven’t been in a while, may surprise you with their frank, but thankfully not overdone luxuriousness).As we venture across Bhutan’s western valleys, we gain an appreciation for the country’s stunning topography, its unique… more |
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Bhutan: A Hiker's Paradise
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Bhutan: A Hiker's Paradise
Paro Airport, Paro, Bhutan
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12 Days • from $6,050* per person
Provider: Geographic Expeditions Paradise, Eden. We use these words (and, every once in a while, the dreadfully shopworn Shangri-La) to describe Bhutan. We try to avoid gilding already resplendent lilies, but we’re committed to accuracy; as far as we and our many Bhutan travelers are concerned, a trip to the kingdom is a little like going to heaven without all the bother and expense of dying. (Thanks to the master, P. G. Wodehouse, for that line.)On this particularly paradisiacal trip we take advantage… more |
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Hidden Highlands of Bhutan: Gangkhar Puensuum
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Hidden Highlands of Bhutan: Gangkhar Puensuum
Paro Airport, Paro, Bhutan
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18 Days • from $7,550* per person
Provider: Geographic Expeditions A few years ago this writer got one of his all-time mountain thrills by being a member of the first group of outsiders ever to make this superb trek to 24,734-foot Gangkhar Puensum, the highest unclimbed mountain on earth (and likely to remain so; the Bhutanese have declared it inviolate out of respect to its holy character).We begin in the Bumthangian village of Dhur, the winter home of the yak herders whose elegant migratory path we follow to the great… more |
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Hidden Treasures of Bhutan
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Hidden Treasures of Bhutan
Paro Airport, Paro, Bhutan
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12 Days • from $4,350* per person
Provider: Geographic Expeditions The kingdom’s old capital of Punakha is the heart and soul of Bhutanese culture. It’s a marvelous area to explore during the winter months, due to its subtropical climate and low elevations (in the four- to five-thousand-foot range). Mountain views are generally crystal clear, and the landscape is bursting with color: bright yellow mustard alternates with winter wheat and rice on the steeply terraced fields, the ubiquitous red chilies (a staple of Bhutanese cuisine) dry on rooftops, and a glorious… more |
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Sacred Festivals of Bhutan
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Sacred Festivals of Bhutan
Paro Airport, Paro, Bhutan
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7 Days • from $3,650* per person
Provider: Geographic Expeditions Bhutan’s festivals are joyous expressions of its Buddhist culture. Françoise Pommaret, describing their Chaucerian atmosphere, writes that “the festivals offer Bhutanese an opportunity to become immersed in the meaning of their religion [but] they are also occasions for seeing people and being seen. People bring their finest clothes, their most beautiful jewels; they take out picnics rich with meat and alcohol. Men and women joke and flirt. An atmosphere of convivial, slightly ribald good humor prevails.”In the spring and summer… more |
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The Essence of Bhutan
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The Essence of Bhutan
Paro Airport, Paro, Bhutan
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14 Days • from $6,550* per person
Provider: Geographic Expeditions Getting to know Bhutan has been a balm and a revelation to our many GeoEx travelers through the years. Brent Olson, a veteran of three score and more trips to the Dragon Kingdom since we started our program there more than 20 years ago, created The Essence of Bhutan as “a summary of all that draws us to Bhutan: its outstanding people, its sweet scenery, and its vibrant, proud culture.” (Vibrancy: Bhutan recently became a parliamentary democracy, with a constitutional… more |
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The Living Edens Trek
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The Living Edens Trek
Paro Airport, Paro, Bhutan
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16 Days • from $5,150* per person
Provider: Geographic Expeditions The Nabji Trail brilliantly unfurls the kingdom’s postharvest/winter beauties as it serpentines through central Bhutan’s Jigme Singye Wangchuk National Park. On our six-day, low-altitude trek (never rising above 5000 feet or so), we’ll camp in high GeoEx style, looked after by our crack Bhutanese trekking crews, encountering a quintet of prosperous agricultural villages (example: Korphu, set on a vastly viewful ridgetop at just under a mile high, is a hamlet of 76 households). We’ll revel in extraordinary flora (species such… more |
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