Adventure Travel

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Introduction

Sky Diving

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Adventure travel and extreme sports aren't just for the daredevils or adrenaline junkies of the world. By challenging yourself, pushing your comfort zone and testing your limits, you really find out what you are capable of. Adventure travel reveals exactly who you are, demanding the most of your physical, psychological and spiritual self.

For those travellers who don't regularly participate in an extreme sport, but who would like to try something new, it can be difficult to know where to go and what to do, whilst still travelling independently. Increasingly, specialist travel agencies and tour operators are appearing selling high-priced 'Adventure Tours'. In many cases, these businesses act as little more than brokers, on-selling an extreme sports activity to foreign tourists at inflated prices. This guide aims to change this, providing information on what to do and how to arrange it independently.

Why Adventure Travel?

For some people, there comes a point when life's challenges must take on new dimensions. Even the glories of professional and social success can't compare to the rush of achieving personal quests in nature. The reason? No matter how sophisticated and successful we become, nature maintains the upper hand.

Experiencing nature at its most extreme can reveal exactly who you are. Face the challenge of freezing temperatures, soaring altitudes, pounding G forces and barren deserts. Venture to places that test your ability to persevere; push your body to the limit in the harshest conditions and with the most demanding activities. Savor the rewards that only come from experiencing nature at its most extreme.

Extreme Sports & Adventure Activities

Base Jumping

Bungee Jumping

Hang Gliding & Para Gliding

Kite Surfing & Wind Surfing

Mountain Biking & Dirt Biking

Rock Climbing & Abseiling

Scuba Diving

Scuba Air Tanks

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• Galapagos Scuba Diving in Ecuador is one of the few places in the world that you can dive with sea lions, giant turtles, hammerhead sharks, penguins and sea horses – all in one dive!
• Caribbean Scuba Diving and Snorkelling
• Belize Diving
• Honduras Diving
• Arraial do Cabo Scuba Diving in Brazil

Skiing & Snowboarding

Sky Diving

Surfing

Trekking & Mountain Climbing

White-water Rafting, Kayaking & Canoeing