Water, beaches and islands
Rafting, kayaking, diving, sailing and island trips.
Adventure Tours in Fiji
Fiji is a tropical paradise offering a variety of terrains ranging from mountain peaks to lowland river plains. Visitors can take their choice of adventure tours in several types of geography.
5 Activities for Thrill Seekers in Fiji
If you are ‘in it’ for the thrill on your next vacation, you will discover many spots among the islands to take care of all your adventurous needs on your Fiji holidays.
Spend your next vacation on the Galapagos Islands
The Galapagos Islands is an archipelago belonging to Ecuador. They are located about 1000 km west of the South American continent. The archipelago comprises 13 main islands and 6 smaller islands.
Plan Your Adventure on the Water in Hawaii
Hawaii, being the chain of islands that it is, obviously offers plenty of ways to get out on and in the water.
Adventure Travel in Tahiti
Tahiti is truly a place of postcard perfect beaches and amazing landscapes. If you are looking for a destination that offers the perfect mix of adventure with luxury, Tahiti is certainly worth…
Fiji Islands Adventure Cruises
Fiji Islands Adventure Cruises - Luxury Adventure Travel Tui Tai Adventure Cruises are way to see and experience the remote islands of Northern Fiji is a way you never imagined.
Sea Kayaking Around the Kenai Peninsula
The Kenai Peninsula is the lesser known of the two major peninsulas in Alaska. You know when you think of Alaska and you see that long skinny peninsula that jets out the South West corner of the…
Diving with Sharks
Sure, diving with dolphins is cool, but diving with great white sharks is bad ass.
Diving In the Great Barrier Reef
With some of the most beautiful aquatic scenery in the world, the Great Barrier Reef is a popular diving destination.
Alaska Cruises
Alaska Cruises are one of the most popular ways to see Alaska. These Alaskan Cruise ships are perfect for those who want to see as much as possible in a little amount of time.
Sea Kayaking in Belize
Sea Kayaking in Belize – A must do while in Belize. Sea Kayaking in Belize can easily be the trip of a lifetime.
Offshore Sailing Schools
If Jimmy Buffet songs make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside and the idea of pirates fascinates you, perhaps you should look into offshore sailing schools .
Adventure Trips on Island Nations
Imagine taking an adventure trip to an island nation--an entire country set on its own little isle!
How to Find the Best Island/Beach Adventure
Islands come to mind when it's time to escape. But how can you find adventure on an island when they are known for lazing in the sun? Simply by beginning your search, by looking around.
Dispatch: Guatemala's Hot-Waterfall
It's not often that adventure and geothermal oddities mix, but we had one such nerdy treat in the wild former plantation lands along Guatemala's largest lake, Lago de Izabal.
So Easy in Belize
Like a breath of fresh air, we were wisked into Belize from Guatemala early in the morning across the open sea in a very bumpy motorboat.
Dispatch: Surfing the El Salvadoran Coast
At a bus station in downtown Guatemala City, you´re likely to see at least a handful of scruffy and skinny guys with a small backpack and a 6-foot surfboard comprising their luggage.
Adventure Gear Essential: The Water Filter
Two years ago, before a six-month trek around Asia, including two months in India and Pakistan, countries not quite renowned for their sanitation systems, I spent the better part of an afternoon in…
Beauty and the Beach: Adventure Travel in Belize's Islands
Researching next month's trip to the Yucatan and Central America, I came across th is tidbit - of the more than 400 islands off the coast of Belize, only two have any public tourist infrastructure at…
Adventure Travel Relaxation: Sao Nicolau, Cape Verde Islands
Overseas Adventure Travel can be quite taxing on mind, body and soul after a while. The constant movement, confusion and overall sensory overload can quickly turn any adventure holidays into burnout.
World's Best Beaches
Every now and then, the UK Telegraph has a great list on one thing or another. But you've really gotta sift through their sifting to find the cream that rises above the over-touristed muck.
The other mystery of Easter Island
Maybe it's just the budding anthropologist in me, but this caught me as an interesting reason to check out Easter Island and not just be another tourist gawking at the huge monoliths.
Adventure on a desert, er, I mean, artificial island?
Completely ignoring all warnings about the possibility of rising sea levels, a number of industrial countries are busy building artificial islands.
Adventure Destination & Blog: Sakhalin Island
Few personal blogs are compelling enough to get me to read more than a few paragraphs, but this one had me clicking on links all over the place.
New Adventure Destination? - Birth of an Island
There's a new island destination in the South Pacific - literally. Ok, so it's more like a pile of rocks that bubbled up to the surface a few months ago when an underwater volcano erupted, and it was…
Awesome Adventure Idea - Killer Whale Safaris... in Norway??
From Norway's official site in the US: The Lonely Planet Blue List, which quickly became a trendy travel guide, recommends seasoned travellers who are on the lookout for new experiences to try a…
Fiji's High Commission: "Everything's Peachy!"
Fiji's just peachy. At least that's what the Fiji High Commission wants us to believe. It rebuked Britain's Foreign Office for warning against travel to the islands.
Why you can't Drink the Water in Mexico
Here's another great resource for travel in Mexico - the blog Mexico501 , which has done us the great service of actually explaining why you can't Drink the Water in Mexico.
Hit the River in Central America this Spring!
Hey paddleheads! Time to get in some serious jungle strokes at the tenth annual La Ruta Maya River Challenge -- the longest canoe race in Central America - from March 8th - 11th, 2007.
Go Fjord and Prosper
In it's latest issue, National Geographic Traveler ranks some of the world's most well-known sites, from Angkor to the Fjords of Norway. Those Fjords got the top ranking by the way.
Video Dispatch from the Old School: Kayaking the Arkansas circa 1950
I'm not exactly sure where the 'Our-Kansas' River is, as this particularly old-school newsreel puts it, but I'm pretty sure he's talking about the one that starts above Leadville.
The New Whitewater Heaven... in Charlotte?
That's right, the U.S. National Whitewater Center is officially open, in the previously unrecognized whitewater mecca of Charlotte. Missed the wild waters of the Carolinas, did you?