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Adventure travel

Check out this brochure with some of the most exciting adventure holidays around the world and improve your reading skills. Are you ready for this?

 

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Adventure travel

Time for an adventure?

Are you a bit bored with your nine-to-five routine? Have a look at our exciting range of holidays and decide what type of adventure you’d like.

Activity holidays

Our activity holidays are for everyone, people who love danger or who just like sports. We have a huge variety of water, snow or desert holidays. We’ll take you SCUBA diving in the Red Sea or kayaking and white water rafting in Canada. If you prefer snow, you can try skiing or snowboarding in the Alps or even igloo-building. For those who like warmer weather, we also have sandboarding (the desert version of skateboarding) or camel safaris.

Polar expeditions

Take a cruise to Antarctica or the northern Arctic; explore a land of white natural beauty and wonderful wildlife. Our experts will explain everything about the two poles as you watch the penguins in Antarctica or whales and polar bears in the Arctic. There's no greater adventure than travelling to the ends of the earth. A once-in-a-lifetime experience!

Cultural journeys

Our cultural journeys will help you discover ancient civilisations: India, Thailand, Egypt and many more. Visit temples, palaces and ancient ruins – just remember to bring your camera! Get to know local ways of life by exploring markets, trying exotic foods and meeting local people.

Trekking tours

We have trekking holidays to famous places such as Machu Picchu or the Everest Base Camp Trek, as well as some nearer to home in the Highlands of Scotland. You don’t need to be very sporty, just fairly fit. You’ll have a great time enjoying nature with a group of new friends. Some of the holidays include camping, but we’ll transport the tents for you!

Wildlife holidays

We organise small-group tours to get closer to nature in Africa, Asia or South America. Go on safari in Africa and watch lions and giraffes. Meet the famous turtles of the Galapagos Islands. Look for tigers in India, or take an elephant safari in Sri Lanka. We use local guides and stay in a range of accommodation, from tents to tree houses.

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Discussion

What's the best holiday you have ever had? Where did you go? What did you do?

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Submitted by Noa1031 on Tue, 08/18/2020 - 13:46

The best holidays I ever had were in Peru. I was in Cuzco and climbed Machu Picchu with my family. We traveled by train and took a photo near the snow-capped Veronica. Days later we were in Lima and walked its streets.

Submitted by Mamou1 on Wed, 07/29/2020 - 10:10

the best holiday I ever had was when I went to Paris with my parents. it's was my first time to be in France so, I was really exiting . we did many thing like visit the museum Louvre, the art galleria , the castle Versailles, the cathedral notre dame de Paris and we take boat to drive in the seine its was really cool because the people in the streets greeted us and also the natural museum there are really amazing place you not only learn but you also enjoy and admire the painting the animal, the garden and many thing else . We also went to the Eiffel tower and the triumphal arch it's was really amazing to see all the city when you are up. the best journey was when we went to Disneyland it's was just fantastic there is many ride like space mountain and many thing else it's was just beautiful, extraordinary and amazing. of course we ate to MacDonald and KFC even if i don't really like the food and of course if you went to Paris mean Shopping I enjoy it really it's was amazing we also went in others theme park like futuroscope it's just amazing the ride are extreme I really enjoy that holidays of course we went to France also to visit our family because we missing them
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Submitted by Giovannichoi on Sat, 05/30/2020 - 06:35

I'd visited Dacheon with -only- my mom, and it was quite great time with my mom ever. But the best holiday I have ever had was the trip to Suncheon, with my maternal grandparents. I'd visited Suncheonman seupji, which means 'the swamp in Suncheon' in Korean, to explore the ecology of mudflats directly. Also I'd been Bosung, where is famous for it's green tea field and the Metasequoia Road in Danyang. It was the best time ever in my life, but I was with my family, and the other best time which I'd spent with my mom is the trip to Dacheon. In Dacheon, I found several starfishes, and I made the greatest sand castle among I'd ever built too. The sunset in Daecheon was just great. And I'd rode the railbike, which I can watch the whole beautiful, fascinating seascape. I also swam in the sea, took a sand bath in the hot sand, and took a nap in the tent. It was just great time, and I can't forget it as long as I alive. And there is the famous annual festival in Daecheon. Maybe you would know it too even if you're not Korean. Its name is... "Boryeong Mud Festival"!!! As you know, it's the global festival, which you can enjoy the mudpack as mauch and long as you wish. There is the mud-slide, the mud bath, and people should roll on the mud. They throw the mud. They do backspin in the mud. They shoot the mud-gun to each other. It was the best holiday in my life with my mom.

Submitted by zcrhhh on Thu, 05/28/2020 - 04:03

I like all of the activities, especially cultural journey, it looks amazing

Submitted by Asael1363 on Sat, 05/23/2020 - 21:10

My best vacation was when I went to the six flags amusement park in Mexico City, it was a very fun day that I spent with all my best friends, we left from 6 in the morning to arrive early and from the beginning we were very lucky as that the games did not have that long a line, we went to quite a few games and we ate hamburgers together at the end of the day we returned very exhausted on the way, it is a vacation that I will not forget.

Submitted by Marxhern on Fri, 05/22/2020 - 01:30

I liked all types of trips but my favorites are definitely activity vacations and cultural trips because all the activities you can do in them are my favorites, i love extreme sports activities although when i was younger i almost broke a bone practicing snowboarding, my favorite activity is diving i love to see the world that exists underwater, the other types of trips definitely sounds veri good i think at some point i will try to try all, i hope that when i go to one of wild life a lion does not eats me.

Submitted by Niriamcar on Fri, 05/08/2020 - 10:36

My best holidays was when I went to Islandia. Well, It's so hard to choose but that journey was really special for me. I saw incredible things and I enjoyed a lot all the moment there.

Submitted by audreeyy on Fri, 04/10/2020 - 19:51

the best holiday i had was when i went to toronto (canada) because i went in winter and tehre was lots of snow and i was so cool to be there

Submitted by peachygirl on Fri, 04/03/2020 - 12:27

I like all these holidays, because I like nature and wildlife. Well, I would like prefer Polar expeditions ( because of possibility to see penguins and whales) and Trekking tours because I really like mountains (I was born in Siberia, perhaps because of this). My best holiday was a camping in mountains with my family. It was about 5 years ago, but I really good remember it. We had risen to the mountains and laid out our items. Then we made a fire and eat some food. We had told a lot of stories each others and it was really funny. Me and my brother had ran around the fire and had sang funny songs. I will never forget that. It was the greatest holiday in my life.

Submitted by ThuMinh on Thu, 03/26/2020 - 10:54

The best holiday i have ever had was went with my girl friend to the famous pagoda in vietnam which is Linh Quy Phap an it far from my home about 17 kilometers. The road we went to is not beautiful that i thought because the road is very rugged, but it was very fun and see a lot of things like people, sights and more. when we arrived, the thing i saw first is stair was made by stones and the stair is very high, we went there very tired but interesting, after the high stair we saw a pagoda at the top and went there to praying. after we praied and start taking some photos to save memories and then we went to coffe shop nearly and had a conversation. Yeah that is my holiday thks for reading
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Submitted by Jonathan - Coo… on Fri, 03/27/2020 - 03:32

Hi ThuMinh. Thanks for writing! It sounds like a wonderful trip.

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Submitted by hate on Tue, 02/25/2020 - 06:38

I really love snow. In December 2019 my family n I went skiing in Lebanon and I got to do a backflip on snow it was so fun. :)
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Submitted by hate22 on Tue, 02/25/2020 - 06:29

My best holiday that i went was to Ohio my cousin live there so slept in there house for a few days we swam in the pool went to water slides, roller coaster and etc.We had many movie nights together...But my best time was when we got to meet dogs and cats they had three cats and 2 dogs it was hard live like this i wasnt use to it because they would scratch my legs which hurts alot so most of the time i sleep at 2am BUT I LOVED it there and i wish i can go there more

Submitted by Queen6789 on Tue, 02/25/2020 - 06:27

My best trip I ever went was Egypt, we did swimming,sky diving,,and ATV rides.

Submitted by Makam on Wed, 02/05/2020 - 04:36

I am at home.

Submitted by SoM on Mon, 02/03/2020 - 04:08

My best trip in my life was to go to the Italy, sightseeing around the city, all the buildings were cool. I had been really excited to go to ancient ruins and I was more amazed than what I expected. Foods were also good.

Submitted by Elife on Sun, 02/02/2020 - 22:31

My best vacation that i had, was when I traveled to Mancora. When I was a kid, I went with my family, and we visited the beautiful landscapes and the beach, it's fantastic. Also, when the sun has been going was incredible, the food was incredible and delicious. This city is very relaxing and you can have a wonderful time with your family.

Submitted by niffomeester2000 on Thu, 12/12/2019 - 12:15

huts

Submitted by lkngan on Thu, 11/28/2019 - 09:53

Have you ever been to Vietnam? That's my country, I am very proud of the beautiful scenes and cities as well as their culture. Come here if you want to have any new experiences. My country always welcome you.

Submitted by nguyenthingocvannna7 on Thu, 10/24/2019 - 15:33

The best holiday day that I have ever had was this summer when I had a three-day trip to DaNang with my big family (my uncle, aunts and cousins). The first day we arrived at the airport at 7am, but we booked homestay at 11am. Therefore, we went around DaNang and ate Mi Quang. At night, we went to Hoi An and took lots of pictures. The second day, we went to Ba Na Hills. My family and I had a good time together. The third day, we bought some souvenirs and returned to Nha Trang. On that three-day trip, the most fun time was that my cousins played cards until 2am, then we sang together and overslept.

Submitted by minhthuy on Tue, 10/22/2019 - 13:25

I had traveled to Da Nang last year in 2 days and I went with my parents and my brother . It was a fantastic holiday . Firstly, we came to Asian park ,there was a lot of things to play. I felt so scared with all of the games in here that i only looked my brother played. Next , we went to Linh Ung pagoda, my mom wanted to pray for us. It had beautiful scene and holy. Then we went to Heilo night market to eat something and take photo together.it had free ticket . Finally, we came to Tien Sa beach , we all love beach , so we had long day in the beach.After that we felt tired but it was really fun.

Submitted by Iiamhina on Tue, 10/22/2019 - 08:08

I had been to Da Lat in my holiday. Although it was summer, the weather was a little bit cold. Da Lat is mostly comprised of a scenic mountain town that used to be a hill station during the French colonial period, so I came there in search of cooler weather (but it was colder than I though). I had visited many places such as Bao Dai's summer palace, Linh Phuoc Pagoda,... and the most I loved to visit was Da Lat flowers garden. It was such a beautiful place, so many flowers in there and I had also taken so much my photo when I was there. Not only having visted popular places but I also came across some coffee shops. I was so exciting for taking some pictures when I was there because of the beautiful scenery of Da Lat. I hope to visit Da Lat again!

Submitted by nguyenthingocvannna7 on Sun, 10/20/2019 - 13:10

I have never visited to another countries. But I like travel around the world. I want to know more about different cultures, different traditions, meet a lot of people and be there friends. That's so great. And I can get knowledge from travels. I think when I travel, I'll enjoy my trips and don't care my seasick or carsick. I'll try some adventure sports such as Cultural journeys, Wildlife holidays.

Submitted by nguyenthao0808 on Mon, 10/14/2019 - 13:15

I read many story books during my summer holidays and enjoy every moment of it. I enjoy my summer holidays also because I get time to spend with my parents. We go together for picnics and watch lot movies. I have a nice time during my holidays but I also keep some time aside for my friends. I chat with them and also play games with them but of course, online.
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Submitted by LeDuyen_11 on Tue, 10/08/2019 - 15:41

The best holiday that I ever had was when I went to DaLat city in last summer with my sister. We visited famous places such as : Funny Farm, Happy Hill, Datanla Waterfall, Tuyen Lam Lake...We stayed there for 3 days 2 nights. We enjoyed the cool and fresh air in "The City of Love ".I really like Happy Hill. It is very beautiful. We took a lot of photos. Last day, We went to DaLat market. We bought artichokes and dried fruits. It was a great trip.

Submitted by emi on Sun, 10/06/2019 - 19:55

I had a vacation that I liked a lot, I went with my family to Puerto escondido, in Mexico and I liked it a lot because you can do one of the activities that I want to practice, which is surfing. my grandfather paid me a class and I just had to go to the beach where they were going to teach us and take them to practice it

Submitted by Gisus_Gar on Sun, 10/06/2019 - 16:59

my best vacations were only three days in Cancun and to be more precise in Xcaret, we visited ruins, we went to the crystalline beaches, we went to coasts where you could swim with fish and restaurants where the food was very rich, we also went to a play on the night he talked about ancient Mexico; Although our stay was short, I had a lot of fun and met a lot.

Submitted by Nguyenxhong on Thu, 10/03/2019 - 08:43

On my holiday , i stayed at home with my family while my friend were visiting beautiful places . I also want to visit famous place in my nation and around the world with my family. But i don't have enough money .My favorite place is Korea because it has snow and nice . special my idol comes from Korea. I hope I will go to visit Korea once in my live to take part in Idol's concert

Submitted by emi on Sun, 10/06/2019 - 19:49

Korea is a very cool place, and maybe you should save so that one of these days you can go to visit that country and maybe you can plan a trip with friends and drown together, looking for places where they do not spend much.

Submitted by brendasofia on Wed, 10/02/2019 - 23:23

My best vacation that i had, was when I traveled to San Miguel de Allednde in Mexico. I wnt whith my family, and I visited a incredible restaurant that had a wonderfull view to the church, and this restauran was in the top of a hotel, when the sun has been going was incredible, the food was incredible and delicious. In the naigth the church was whit ligths and you could see in all the parts. This city it´s so relaxing and you can have a relaxing time.

Submitted by Gisus_Gar on Sun, 10/06/2019 - 17:12

I have never been to San Miguel de Allende in Guanajuato, but if I have gone to the place where the mummies were, near that place I went to souvenirs and places where I bought a lot of memories

Submitted by antoniosr21 on Wed, 10/02/2019 - 13:46

December 25th 2015, christmas Day, it was a fantastic day when all my family had been together, i remember that my uncles and aunts and many cousins came to my house and everybody cooked a dinner, it was mixiote, and to drink,coke. Then we had a piñata and the children hit firs, but the fun was when the adults tried to hit the piñata because they were bandaged, some times everybody tried to take somecandy, but it was danger for the bat to hit, it was very lasted. At 2:00 a.m. everyone went to them house and me and my family were celebrateing a little more to then go to our beds. It was the first christmas so.

Submitted by Ngocthao60nna10 on Tue, 10/01/2019 - 17:46

My best holiday was summer vacation, I had a trip to visit a friend in Ho Chi Minh City. This is the first time I've gone away alone, when I arrived I was lost here in the middle of the night and my friend had to find me for 2 hours, for me this was a memorable one. I was taken by my friend to visit famous places in the city: landmark 81, Bitexco, Nguyen Hue walking street, Bui Viên walking street .. In addition, I also experience the food at this place. For me this was an interesting and memorable trip

Submitted by antoniosr21 on Wed, 10/02/2019 - 13:55

that history look funny, i would Like to go there sometime.

Submitted by AnaBRdz on Wed, 10/02/2019 - 15:40

Three years ago during summer, I went to Canada to camp to learn English. They were people from various countries and cultures, I learned a lot from them. Every day we would get to do activities, usually aquatic. Try many new foods. It was an unforgettable experience.

Submitted by brendasofia on Wed, 10/02/2019 - 23:26

I think that this is so exiting, I never travel to far, but if you can have this oportunity is a good experince to learn a new things
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Submitted by Tuan_Quoc on Sun, 09/29/2019 - 15:02

One of the best holidays for me was a trip to Sapa (Lao Cai - Vietnam) with my family last summer. Sapa has long been famous as one of the attractive destinations in the summer along with other interesting destinations like Dalat or Ba Vi of Vietnam. Sapa is not only known for the typical climate of high mountainous regions with cool year-round weather, but also attracts a lot of tourists to visit and relax by its special cultural features. And through this trip to Sapa, I had a lot of interesting and new activities when I was immersed in the daily life of local people here with very simple customs along with the colorful festivals held every year, and especially the dishes with bold traditional flavors of the land and people of Sapa. Although this trip to Sapa actually only lasted about a week, it has helped me gain more interesting practical experiences as well as useful knowledge.
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Submitted by trmynguyn7 on Thu, 09/26/2019 - 02:35

Last summer, I had a chance to go to Dak Glei with my family and my parents ‘s friends .Dak Glei is a rural district of Kon Tum Province in the central highlands region of Viet Nam . I tried lots of weird foods in Dak Glei , before i tried them i had felt a little bit scared but after i tried i felt the taste was pretty good . Actually, sometimes i still remember the taste of weird foods in Dak Glei and i extremely want to eat those food again ^^

Submitted by Huutinh60nna7ntu on Wed, 09/25/2019 - 15:23

The best holiday I have ever had is field trip in Phu Yen in the last year. My university organized the field trip for language students to broaden our horizons and understand more about culture, people and nature in Phu Yen province. In particular, we visited many places such as: Da Dia Reef, Mang Lang church, Nhan tower and Lighthouse. we stayed one night there. For each location, we visited about one hour, and then we were enjoyed some specialties in Phu Yen such as 'Banh canh he', chicken rice, grilled rice paper and so on. they were very delicious. I liked best to be taken some photos at Da Dia Reef because the way stacked stones looked like big plates, which looked great. even though we went for two tired days, it was really interesting and helpful.
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Submitted by Babyshark on Mon, 09/23/2019 - 02:51

I really love eco-tourism. Last summer, i had a chance to explore to the Southern Vietnam such as Can Tho, Ca Mau, Bac Lieu and so on. Particularly, i was so impressed for the first time I had set foot in Ben Tre because the atmosphere and the people here was so nice. I throughly enjoyed the local fruits, coconut products, the views, the boat rides and bought some handmade souvenirs for my friends. Moreover, the prices was also reasonable. After the trip, I felt so happy as i had a wonderful moment with my family and enlarged my knowledge about Vietnam.

Submitted by khanhntu on Thu, 09/26/2019 - 08:08

Your trip seems very interesting. I have been there twice and I love riding a boat and eating coconut candies.

Submitted by neyel_258 on Wed, 09/18/2019 - 03:00

my recent holiday was happen in summer. My family and I went to Da Nang for wedding party of my relatives and we had a nice trip in there. We went to bana hill, asia park...and had a lot of fun. I hope i will go to DN one more time in the future
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Submitted by Babyshark on Tue, 09/24/2019 - 15:30

I have been to Da Nang too. It such a wonderful place to enjoy in the summer.

Submitted by Trucnguyencute on Tue, 09/17/2019 - 17:01

In the world there are many wonderful places. If possible I want to go to many places to explore, experience, enjoy the beauty there with friends and family. To do that I need a good job and a lot of money

Submitted by Eng_learner on Tue, 07/16/2019 - 18:32

The best holiday I`ve ever had was in Kazan. It`s a beautiful city, there is an exciting architecture. I liked it so much because there is a metro ( it was my 1st time I was there) and aquapark (the same story). I was sightseeing in Kazan ( it was incredible), also I made a new friend and met my relatives at the first time there. So, it was the best holiday i have ever had:)

Submitted by maxamulet1000 on Tue, 04/16/2019 - 07:50

Last holiday I was in Ustka in the North of Poland for two weeks. I and my family went swimming almost every day and we sunbathed on the beach. Food in the hotel was incredible and delicious. I enjoyed my holidays very much.

Submitted by ploytha on Wed, 03/27/2019 - 05:12

2 years ago, I went to Phutubburk,Thailand. This place is located on the high mountain. I took for 6 hours to reach there. When I was bored in the back-seat of the car , I thought it would be just a normal mountain with a small village and the photos on the internet was a liar but finally, when I reached there...it was amazing. The cold air touched my face gently. There were a big flat area surrounded with green and pink flowers. The pink flowers looked like Sakura in Japan but it was not. There were a lot of garbage field, stawberry farm and a little wiheyard. My mom went to the strawberry farm everyday to keep the strawberries my ourselves. That's cool.There was no high building,no signal internet, no department store but I didn't get bored (yet). The air was clear,no smoke and dust. Everything was flesh. It was a good place to avoid hot whether in Thailand. I recommend you to travel there around Dec-Jan but not in New year celebration period. I know you don't want to miss this trip. Come to feel what netural buids for us.
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