Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Looking For a Family Vacation Adventure?


Beach-in-a-Bottle by anaisacrobat


Do you fancy yourself an adventurer? Do you fantasize about going off and touring a secluded location, climbing an extreme mountain or trying something different? Do you get a thrill from pushing the limits and expanding your horizons? If so, why are you settling for a ho-hum vacation? Why are you settling for sitting around and doing nothing? Why not your heart rate up? It doesn't matter what type of activity you like or what limits you want to push, there are adventure travels just waiting to be booked by you. Below are some choices for people who get bored of always taking the same type of vacation.

Dog sledding is a great adventure! You probably think that dog sledding is something that only professionals do. If you want to race the Iditarod, you'd be correct. If, however, you just want to have a great adventure and try out a little bit of dog sledding, you should try out Alaskan Husky Adventures. This group offers adventurers three or two day packages. During the day you are given guided tours and trained on the sleds by trained professionals and then during the evenings you relax in the cabins (you need to take your own food).

Our 3 bedroom Boracay Beach House by Toby Simkin

Do you enjoy sightseeing? Do you love the thought of being able to explore the places you've only read about in books? Why not go on a sightseeing adventure travel tour to someplace you have always dreamed of seeing? Popular destinations include Greece, Rome, Ireland and Scotland, Africa, China and Tibet. Obviously there are sightseeing tours in nearly every country in the world, so just make a decision about where you want to go and book a touring trip! Let a guide teach you about the country's culture and history.
Do you idolize about spending a few weeks out on the open road on a motorcycle adventure? Of course, you could hook up with a motorcycle club in your home area, but what fun could that possibly be? For the true adventure travel lovers, they get a kick out of taking a motorcycle journey in a place far away from home.

Can you think of anything better than a motorcycle trip of New Zealand and Australia? Harley Davidson offers touring trips of Australia. New Zealand has a ton of different companies that offer tours and guided journeys that you can enjoy on a motorcycle. The most challenging part is figuring out how to get there. However, once you get over there, you won't want to leave! How about a beach? Maybe the tropical weather will do you great! Boracay is a must if you want to have an awesome time and stay.

Adventure travels are not always about doing something death defying. You can have a wonderfully adventurous vacation without bungee jumping, skydiving or praying a shark won't bit through a cage. Meanwhile, that is only half the excitement of any adventure-based vacation, for an adrenaline addict.

The trick to taking a real adventurous journey is to put yourself up to a challenge and still have a terrific time. Get on with it!

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Beach grasses by The Family Dog


Does your family usually eat up all of your vacation time? Are you sick of hanging out on the couch and staring at a television set with your parents because choosing something else would have made you feel bad? It can be hard to get over those guilty feelings. At the same time, why should you get to take a vacation you enjoy once in a while? Why not go off on a grand adventure the next time you get some vacation days? Heck you could probably fit in a weekend adventure trek and still have time to sit on your parents' couch and look through old photo albums. You might like the following adventure travels.

Do you love photography? Do you dram of photographing some world famous landmarks? This is the specialist of a company called Photo Explorer Tours. These are international tours led by internationally renowned photographers. The company comes up with tours of places throughout the world. If you are unsure of your desired destination, that is fine. Organize your vacation during a convenient time for you and then just join a group. Photo World Tours plans specific tours to specific places on specific dates. Just go wherever the tour is going when you have time to take a vacation. Embrace the spontaneous lifestyle!

at the beach by cloverlane



Shark Diving is not really light and easy but it is thrilling! The Shark Diver Company sells package deals that take you to the sharks of Mexico and California. A word of warning: adventure travels like these cost quite a bit of money. A single person can usually spend around three thousand dollars for the trip. Most of these trips take at least five days. Make sure you have obtained your diving certification before you leave for your tip. You don't want to spend your whole vacation stuck on the boat!
Has the thought of a deep-sea fishing trip ever crossed your mind? For a majority of people, fishing doesn't enter their minds when they dream about adventure travels. However, when you are in the middle of the gigantic blue ocean fishing is a different sport. For starters, you typically fight much larger fish, plus you may have to fight the elements of the sea. Being out on the sea can be unpredictable. The type of fish you dream of catching from the deep sea will help you select your point of interest. Of course, if you want, you can also pick your destination by climate and "home base" scenery. One hallowed destination for deep-sea fishing is Hawaii. How about a beach? Maybe the tropical weather will do you great! Boracay is a must if you want to have a wonderful time and relax.The goal of adventure travels is to get people to get away from their comfort zones. They help you to experience sides of your personality that you usually like to hide. Are you fed up with being a couch potato and fantasizing about what life could be like on the other side of the world? Have you always yearned to scale a mountain, swim with dolphins for camp out in the great outdoors of Australia or New Zealand? These are all obtainable by you. It's as easy as choosing what kind of adventure you dream of and get out and do it. It's not as complicated as my think it is.