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Touring countries such as Vietnam, Cambodia, Japan or China, which are so dramatically different than the U.S., opens travelers' eyes and minds to different worlds. It doesn't matter if you're bargaining for saffron in a Vietnamese street market, watching giant condors fly through two-mile deep Colca Canyon in Peru or riding an elephant in Thailand, it's an intensely personal and exotic adventure.
Train to Machu Picchu One of New 7 Wonders of the World
The train ride to Machu Picchu from Cuzco brings out flavors of the rural lifestyle in Peru centuries ago. You'll travel through the the foothills of the Andes Mountains and across plains where locals farm on terraces built by the Incas.
Stalking the Lioness As She Stalks Her Prey
She's so fluid. Lying down, not a muscle twitches, as lion's eyes are riveted on the antelope grazing 300 yards away. They can't see the lioness, but we can. We're following the hunt.
Borrego Ranch Resort & Spa in California is a Camp for Adults
If you’re seeking a camp for adults, where you can stretch your body and your mind, check out Borrego Ranch Resort and Spa. At this luxurious oasis in the middle of the Anza-Borrego Desert, California’s largest state park, you’ll get your fill of adrenalin rushes and pampering.
The Most Extreme Zip Lines in America
Zip Lines are strung among trees throughout America. If you're looking for adrenalin highs during aerial rides, just take a zip line tour. Whether you're living in or visiting Hawaii, California, New Hampshire, Alaska or dozens of the other states here in the U.S., odds are excellent there will a zip line or canopy tour within easy driving distance.
Alpine Adventures Zipline and Treetop Canopy Tours
Alpine Adventures ziplines and treetop canopy tours show you northern New Hampshire from above. Take your choice between racing your friends as you ride dual ziplines, or taking the Treetop Canopy Tour, a six-zipline trip.
Play Award-Winning Tom Fazio Golf Course in Southern California
The award-wining Montesoro is a private Tom Fazio designed course in southern California, but guests at the Borrego Ranch Resort & Spa can book a tee time. Montesoro is not your typical desert course: It’s simply one of the most beautiful courses around. The fairways roll through the desert like a green carpet with cacti and floral border.
Golf Adventure - Secret Golf Course on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai
You might think cheap golf on Kauai, Hawaii, is an oxymoron, when so many courses cost $100 to $200 or more for a round. At Kukuiolono, it's just $9 for the right to play all day! (Plus $3 for a hand cart or $9 for a gas cart.) Thank Walter McByde.
Burning Man - What is the Burning Man Festival About?
Burning Man is an annual event - in 2008 some 48,000 people flocked to Nevada's Black Rock desert - to create art and express their individuality.
Burning Man Gatherings Are Art Festivals and an Escape From Reality
Burning Man. Is a festival? An event? Trying to define the annual Burning Man gathering is like trying to describe what an art festival designed around a bonfire looks like.
What is a Zip Line Adventure?
Zipline adventures let you soar from tree to tree in rain forests, across canyons and through a variety of landscapes, giving you a bird’s-eye view of the world surrounding you.
Adventure Travel -- Explore 10 Types of Adventure Travel
Check out these ten unforgettable types of adventure travel. These adventurous travel experiences range from scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef or hot air ballooning over a desert in New Mexico to kayaking with the kids in the Pacific ocean by Vancouver, Canada.
Pink Jeep Tours to Grand Canyon, Scenic Sedona and Death Valley
With Pink Jeep Tours, you can ride on rugged roads or off road to view the red rocks in Sedona, visit ancient Native American ruins, roll through Death Valley and visit the Grand Canyon. This company has both open-air jeeps and luxury all-terrain Tour Trekkers with leather seats if you want more comfort.
Vail, Colorado - Adventure Travel Paradise Summer and Winter
Picture Vail, Colorado, as home base, from which you can ski on 5,289 acres of terrain in the winter, or raft, hike, mountain bike or go horseback riding on trails threading mountainsides and broad valleys in the summer. Year-round, you can, go fly fishing in golf-medal streams and explore Colorado’s high country.
Jackson Hole - Adventure Travel Paradise
Picture Jackson Hole, Wyoming, as the base camp, from which you can ski, hike, mountain bike or go horseback riding on the sides of mountains or broad valleys, go fly fishing in golf-medal streams and explore Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks.
Vail, Colorado - Paradise for Skiers and Snowboarders
Skiers can explore more than 5,000 acres of terrain at Vail, and the lift ticket may also be valid at nearby Beaver Creek and two other resorts in Colorado.
Hiking , Mountain Biking and Climbing Around Vail, Colorado
Hikers, mountain bikers and climbers will find more trails to explore and challenge in Vail and the Rockies around this resort village than they can handle during a week-long vacation.
Find Lodging in Vail, Colorado
Where to find good lodging - in your budget range - in Vail, Colorado.
Find Flights to Vail, Colorado
Looking for an airline flight from your home town to Vail, Colorado? Click here to find it.
Maverick Business Adventures Wants Millionaires Seeking Adventure Travel
Wanted: Entrepreneurs, CEOs and business owners seeking high-adrenalin adventure travel experiences with like-minded individuals. To join Maverick Business Adventures they must also be willing to donate money and time to charities.
Relief Riders International Morphs Into Relief Workers International
he award-winning Relief Riders International company, long famous for its humanitarian educational and medical missions for horseback riders who like VolunTourism vacations, is morphing into Relief Workers International, designed for any traveler who want to to go on educational and medical missions.
Where to Find Lessons to Swing Through the Air on the Flying Trapeze
You don't have to be a circus performer to learn how to swing through the air on the flying trapeze. Today, there are several schools in New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Baltimore and other major cities offering flying trapeze lessons.
Adventure Shows on Discovery Channel
Couch potatoes will find a variety of adventure shows on the Discovery Channel. Adventurous travelers can get some tips from watching the Discovery Channel's adventure shows on TV.
Hiking & Mountain Biking in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Hikers and mountain bikers will find more trails to explore and challenge in Jackson Hole that they can possible try during a week-long vacation.
Jackson Hole - Explore Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks
Visitors in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, can easily explore both Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks
Find Lodging in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Where to find good lodging - in your budget range - in Jackson hole, Wyoming.
Find Flights to Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Looking for an airline flight from your home town to Jackson Hole, Wyoming? click here to find it.
Jackson Hole - Paradise for Skiers and Snowboarders
Skiers and snowboarders staying in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, have their choice of three resorts. Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Grand Targhee and Snow King. Cross country skiers will enjoy trails in Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park.
Explore a Foreign Culture Without Leaving the US
Sky City, which tribal members say is the oldest continuously inhabited village in the US, is the spiritual and cultural hub of the Acoma Pueblo. You don't have to leave the US to experience a different culture, just visit the Acoma Pueblo,55 miles from Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Experience an Indiana Jones Type of Adventure Trip
"The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull" movie starring the brash adventurer Indiana Jones opens May 22, and lots of tour operators are offering trips that follow Indy Jones footsteps, or let you have similar experiences (without being chased by the bad guys). Would you like to try river rafting inj the Southwest, visit the ancient city of Petra in Jordan, fly over Egypt’s pyramids or ride an el…
Great Sources for Adventurous All Girl Getaways & Vacations
You’re a prime candidate for an all girls getaway if you want a temporary time-out from dealing with kids,a husband or work. Here's a list of companies that offer adventurous girlfriend getaways where it's okay to laugh with your best female friends, try some adventurous and new, and think about yourself first!
Adventurous Girlfriend Vacations Featured in All Girl Getaways TV Show
Are you psyched to escape from dealing with kids, a husband or work? If so, you’re a prime candidate for an all girls getaway. A new television show, [b]All-Girl Getaways[/b], shows you the type of adventurous trips other women are planning, along with tips to make it easy for you and your female friends to plan a vacation.
Ed-Ventures -- Educational Vacations -- Are Fun Ways to Learn
Stretching your mind, your skills or your body are all integrals parts of many travelers' vacations. EdVentures -- Educational Vacations -- let you combine your favorite activities, or experiencing new cultures or learning new skills, while having fun. Sipping wine in Tuscany, photographing animals in Africa under a professional photographer's guidance, or joining an archaeological dig in the Sou…
Cultural RomTour Makes Romanian Vacations Easy
Romania-based Cultural RomTour sets up innovative trips and vacations to this Eastern Europe country, where Dracula's tale still haunts Transylvania, the "Little Paris" nickname for Bucharest is being revived, and horse-drawn carts are still the transportation of choice in the countryside.
Decide If VolunTourism -- Volunteer Travel -- Is For You
Voluntourism -- combining a vacation or trip anywhere in the world with a few days or weeks volunteering is one way a growing number of travelers are making a difference. How do you decide if volunteer travel, whether it's spending a day at an African preserve feeding lion cubs or two weeks helping build a town hall in a third-world country, is for you?
Chile is a Hot Place to Enjoy Cold Slopes
Head to Portillo, Chile this summer if you want to improve your freeskiing in clinics led by champions.
Heli-hiking Family Style in With Canadian Mountain Holidays
Floridian Tony Conboy III relates his experiences heli-hiking family style in the Purcell Mountains in Canada's British Columbian during a trip with Canadian Mountain Holidays.
Fantastic Fall Getaways
These fantastic fall getaways are as close to home as the covered bridges shaded by colorful fall foliage in New England and as far away in distance and atmosphere as the world's biggest camel fair in Pushkar, India.
Vietnam is a Feast for the Eyes and Your Other Senses
Vietnam is a feast to your eyes and your other senses because the countryside and the living styles are so different than in the United States.

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