WELCOME: GlobalAdventureTourismGuide.com is your home site for finding the best adventure tourism information. It was established with you in mind to fill a need for a user friendly website which gives you all the information you need to help you plan your next vacation--or to just learn, dream and imagine a virtual trip.
ADVENTURE TOURISM: Adventure tourism is a type of niche tourism involving exploration or travel to remote areas, where the traveler should expect the unexpected. Adventure tourism is rapidly growing in popularity as tourists seek unusual holidays, different from the typical beach vacation. Every tour shoiuld be an adventure, of course, but adventure tourism takes it to a higher level. You'll need to work a little harder, and hopefully more enjoyment is the reward. This guide includes information on the commonly accepted major categories of adventure tours. If you require information on other more specialized activities such as bungee jumping, off-roading or hunting then there are other sources.
DESTINATIONS: Where to go? There is almost no limit. Choose something conventional or something exotic -- it's your choice. For current travel warnings go here and here, and for travelers' health advice go here.
HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE : First make the difficult choice of which country to visit, then go to the navigation column on the left. If you can't decide on a country, but you know what field of adventure interests you, then go the interest categories below. This guide complements our older guide on ecotourism -- WeGoEco.com. You'll find some commonality. Many tours in this guide adhere to ecotourism guidelines, and many ecotours are adventures, so for best results use both guides. Walking and bicycle tours, for example, are also covered at WeGoEco. Remember that companies change their tour offerings from time to time, so the fact that a company is listed for a country may no longer apply, and the opposite is also true.

BIKING:
Active Journeys
Adventure Center
Best Tuscan Tours
Bhutan Lakhor Tours & Treks
BikeHike Adventures
Butterfield & Robinson
Central Europe Bicycle Tours
Ciclismo Classico
Cog Wild Mountain Bike Tours
Cyclomundo
DuVine Adventures
Escape Adventures
ExperiencePlus! Bicycle Tours
Explore!
Freewheeling Adventures
Noroc Romania
Pedalers Pub & Grille
Sacred Rides Mountain Bike Holidays
S-Cape Travel
Summer Feet Cycling
Timberline Adventures
Trek Travel
VBT Bicycling Vacations
Western Spirit Cycling Adventures

CRUISING/SAILING:
Adventure Canada
Amazon Nature Tours
Bluewater Adventures
Cruise North Expeditions
Ecoventura/Galapagos Network
Maple Leaf Adventures
Pearl Sea Coastal Cruises

CULINARY:
Classic Journeys
S-Cape Travel

DIVING:
Awesome Adventures Fiji
Cocktail Divers
Expedition Fleet Liveaboards
Faces of the Sea
Maduro Dive Fanta-Seas
FAMILY:
Thomson Family Adventures

FISHING:
Services and lodging* for fishing (mostly saltwater) will be found on the country sites for:
Africa: Cape Verde, Seychelles and South Africa
Americas: Antigua, Belize, Brazil. Chile, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago, and Venezuela. Go here for fishing services in the USA and Canada.
Asia: Thailand
Pacific: Australia

* consider the lodges for other kinds of adventures

HORSEBACK:
Adventure on Horseback
Boojum Expeditions
Hidden Trails
In the Saddle
Warner Guiding and Outfitting
MOUNTAINEERING:
Aventuras Patagonicas
Chinaclimb
International Mountain Guides
Mountain Madness
Selkirk Mountain Experience
MULTI-ACTIVITY
Adventure Sports Holidays
RAFTING & KAYAKING:
Active Journeys
ARTA River Trips
Batstar Adventure Tours
Bio Bio Expeditions
Canadian River Expeditions and Nahanni River Adventures
Class VI Mountain River
Discovery Sea Kayak
ECHO River Trips
EcoCircuitos Panama
Ecuador Adventure
Esprit Whitewater Worldwide
Explorers' Corner
Exum Mountain Guides
Global Descents
H2O Patagonia
H2Outfitters
Holiday Expeditions
Idaho & Oregon River Journeys
O.A.R.S.
Outdoor Odysseys
Rios Tropicales
Rocky Mountain River Tours
Seakunga
Sheri Griffith River Expeditions
Slickrock Adventures
The Northwest Passage
Tui Tai Adventure Cruises
Western River Expeditions

SAFARIS:
Adventure Tours & Safaris
Africa Dream Safaris
AfricanMecca Safaris
African Safari Company
Baobab Expeditions
Born Free Safaris
Bush Ways Safaris
Gamewatchers Safaris
Journey to Africa
Mango African Safaris
Micato Safaris
Next Adventure & Safari
The Africa Adventure Company
Volcanoes Safaris
Wild World India
Zara Tanzania Adventures

SPACE:
Virgin Galactic

TREKKING & HIKING:
Active Journeys
Andes Adventures
Bhutan Lakhor Tours & Treks
Butterfield & Robinson
Country Walkers
Discovery Treks
Distant Journeys
Explora
Far Out Expeditions
Fitz Roy Expediciones
Freycinet Experience Walk
Gecko's Grassroots Adventures
Off the Beaten Path
REI Adventures
Ryder-Walker Alpine Adventures
Sea to Sky Expeditions
S-Cape Travel
Scott Walking Adventures
Selkirk Mountain Experience
Sierra Club Outings
Southern Yosemite Mountain Guides
Timberline Adventures
Walk Japan
Wilderness Scotland

WOMEN'S TRAVEL:
Active Journeys
Adventures in Good Company
Adventure Women
Call of the Wild
Sights and Soul Travels
Wanderlust and Lipstick
Womens Own Adventure

PLEASE LOOK AT OUR SISTER SITES:
* Global Eco Tourism Guide -- responsible travel to natural areas
* Global Volunteer Tourism Guide.to find all forms of voluntary activity

* Global Spa Tourism Guide to relieve stress, get in shape or just treat yourself
* Gobal Medical Tourism Guide -- superior medical care at a fraction of the price

 

 

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