A fun additional activity that many cruises are now offering is kayaking. With little experience, yet fairly active, I was a little nervous how sea kayaking would be compared to the lakes I had previously been on. Luckily we had several meetings about the program, what to expect, how to use the equipment, and three amazing guides with us at all times. Oh and I made Meg use a double one with me!
Thank goodness these guides have the patience of saints as they walked us through the equipment used, how things should work and what to expect. Of course, what they couldn't outline was how often we could get on the water and the experience we would have. I had once again treated this as a challenge that while some people are lucky enough to visit Antarctica even fewer get to kayak. Now I can safely say I've kayaked among seals, penguins and whales!
Kayaking is not for everyone! Our experience was nothing like the other travelers on board and both and positives and negatives. While I swam with the penguins and a leopard seal, they saw some tremendous humpback whales. Personally, the feeling of being in/on the water and seeing these animals up close was beyond words. Maybe next time, I'll be comfortable in my own kayak ;)
Kevin got right on our request and had us booked within the week
Linda Cummings
1 day ago
The info on the website was laid out very well. I did some comparisons with other tours and found Adventure Life met a lot of what I wanted in an Antarctica trip at the cheapest price. Requested a quote on Claudia contacted me right away. She answered a lot of questions the I had via email even though she offered to discuss via phone call. I’m more of an email person so appreciated how she accommodated that and answered all my questions. And when I was ready to book, she quickly got the ball rolling with getting our spots reserved on the trip my friend and I wanted. Thanks again, Claudia!
Hazel Araza
1 day ago
(1) great information on the website and throughout all the "materials." (2) Jane Packer is great: knowledgeable, responsive, takes a personal interest and tone, seems to care about the customer as a person not a sale.
Larry Bethune
1 day ago
great people doing a wonderful job to make our voyages happen.
trudy
2 days ago
For our first trip to Costa Rica, Adventure Life designed a tour that meets the interests, ecological and adventure, of our party; but also takes into account our physical limitations sine we are all septuagenarian. We are looking forward to the trip.