Forget the tan, the Mickey Mouse photos and the cliché souvenirs, these days travellers want to experience something more than two weeks on the Costa del Sol, they want to go on a walking tour through Kilimanjaro, hike the Inca Trail, go diving in Vietnam or get up close and personal with the Gorillas in East Africa!
According to the Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA), adventure travel is the fastest-growing segment of the travel industry, and the number of individuals and families booking adventure trips is increasing year on year. “In travel, people are increasingly seeking the authentic unique experiences that stretch the imagination and create potent memories that last a lifetime,” says Chris Doyle, vice president of the Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA). Would you believe families (including multigenerational groups with grandparents and extended relatives) now make up about 25 to 30 percent of the adventure travel market!
Adventure travel is defined as “to intentionally go beyond one’s normal known area, seeking out experiences that are unfamiliar”.
The concept is specialising in unique, small group outdoor adventure travel. Adventure Tours companies strive to show the real world by taking travellers off the beaten track to the heart of the destination, and to meet the locals who call it home. Throughout the trip participants will be travelling overland in local transport with a crew of local guides commanding a wealth of knowledge and experience. They share their local and insider knowledge with all their travellers. All accommodation is carefully chosen from remote lodges to rainforests or a scenic campsite by the edge of a lake to a family run, colonial gem in the mountains.
A common misconception is that “you have to be fit” in order to embark on a tour. This is not the case at all with many of the trips graded as Easy, Moderate and Strenuous so there is something to suit all levels of fitness.
The costs for these tours represent exceptional value for money – all transport and accommodation is included, as is the expertise of the group leader. Some meals are also provided and travellers are taken to all the “must see” sights when on tour.
If you have a lust for life and a curiosity for culture, then I recommend you immerse yourself in the addictive world of adventure travel! Such is the popularity for these tours that small group adventures, safaris and expeditions exist now on all seven continents. Whether you choose a unique safari in Africa, a “once in a lifetime journey” to Antarctica, a visit to a wondrous sight like Petra or the Great Wall or a pioneering journey to such legendary destinations as Manchuria or Irian Jaya you will embark on a journey that will live with you forever.
Adventure Travel is a great way to get out there and visit place you otherwise would not. You meet such great people and have so much fun on these tours. Book your Cheap Flights and Adventure Travel to anywhere in the world all online at www.Travel247.ie