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Adventure Life's Andean Multisport featured in Outside Magazine's 2011 Best Trips Issue

Adventure Life in Outside Magazine Best Trips for 2011 Issue

We are thrilled to see Adventure Life’s Andean Multisport Peru trip featured in Outside Magazine’s annual Best Trips issue. Check us out in their Hot-List that gives you 23 great reasons to “Get Out There.” Our Andean Multisport trip is specially designed for those adrenaline junkies who suffer from a bit of been-there-done-that. Spend 10-days on this Peru triathlon of a trip, mountain biking, camping, hiking off-the-beaten-Inca-Trail, soaking in hot [...]

 

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Intricate carpets line the streets in Antigua during the Easter celebrations

Featured Holidays: Easter Festivals in Guatemala and Ecuador

  Discover the energy of a local Latin America celebration over the Easter holiday. Providing an insider’s look, these trips are designed coincide with Semana Santa and filled with spirituality, artistry and tradition. This year the Easter holiday lands on April 24th. Guatemala Easter Festival Antigua, Guatemala is home to the largest Easter celebration in the world in which the Passion, the Crucifix and the Resurrection of Jesus are commemorated. [...]

 

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Antarctica camping during an polar expedition cruise

Polar Adventures: Five pieces of advice for an overnight Antarctica camping trip

More and more, an overnight camping trip on Antarctica is becoming a popular addition to a polar adventure. The majority of expedition ships offer this optional excursion to a select number of passengers each voyage, which is definitely not for everyone… but is definitely one of those once-in-a-lifetime opportunities that hearty travelers have a hard time passing up (yours-truly included). Beyond your camping basics, here are a few other items [...]

 

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The Giant Tortoise - A Galapagos Superstar

Galapagos Cruise Update: 15 Day Cruise Itineraries in the Galapagos

Earlier this year, the Galapagos National Park Service (GNPS) issued a notice to all Galapagos boat operators that they must start operating 15-day itineraries. Original announcements stated all boats would adhere to the new 15-day itineraries as early as Feb. 1, 2011 — later reports pushed the official effective date to Jan. 1, 2012 to allow more lead time for boats to make changes. With the changes already on the [...]

 

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Looking for whales from the zodiac

Minke Whale, Meet Antarctica Travelers

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ9cPbIeEUQ] Hey — remember that time we were in Antarctica and that minke whale decided to swim over to our zodiac, give it a little nudge and dive underneath before meandering on its way…? Antarctica travelers have a close encounter with a curious Minke whale off the coast of the Peninsula. Unlike the other wildlife of Antarctica, whales do not breed in the region. However, they do take advantage of [...]

 

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One of Easter Islands' famous Moai: LAN airlines offers new ways of traveling to Easter Island from Lima, Peru

LAN Airlines New Direct Flights Make Custom Trips Easier and More Affordable

UPDATE 10/28/10: As of Oct 28 (interestingly enough one day after I posted this article) LAN announced flights from Lima to Iguazu will now go through Foz do Iguazu International Airport (IGU, Brazil) replacing the original published operation from LIM-IGR in Argentina. Still totally doable — but now many travelers (including US travelers) will be required to purchase a visa for Brazil. LAN airlines recently announced new direct flights from [...]

 

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Just in time for the holidays. Win $1000 of prAna gear for you and a friend

Contest is now closed – Dec. 12, 2010. But check back to our Facebook page on a regular basis. We’re always finding ways to reward our fans. Share us with your Facebook friends and win! Enter our sweepstakes for a chance for you and a friend to WIN $1000 of prAna gear. Just our way to say thank you for helping spread a little adventure with the Facebook folks. Why [...]

 

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Our friend Milgros takes her son Bruno trekking in Peru's Ausangate

Family Travel Tip: Solo Parent Traveling with Child

In the recent years, it has become more and more common for border officials to exercise caution when they encounter a child traveling with just one birth parent. So if you are traveling as a solo parent with your child and another legal guardian/parent for your child is staying in the US, it is a very good idea to obtain “Permission to Travel” letter — a notarized letter from that [...]

 

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Quito, Old Town

Ecuador Travel and Protest Update: Things are quickly returning to normal

Oh what a difference a day makes! I know it is tough to find a lot of accurate and updated information out there on just what is currently happening in Ecuador. I am happy to report that, after a pretty stressful and tense yesterday, it appears the worst is over and things today have returned to normal and stability. All commercial and banking activities are taking place – although schools [...]

 

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Adventure Life traveler, Doug McCallum, assists biologists at the Pacuare Reserve

Featured Trip: Protecting Leatherback Turtles in Costa Rica

The Trip: Turtles and Rainforest 8-day Costa Rica Tour The Pacuare Nature Reserve, or Reserva Pacuare, was established by the Endangered Wildlife Trust in 1989 and protects 800 hectares of lowland tropical rainforest and 6 km of deserted beach on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast. The special mission of the reserve has been to protect the Leatherback Turtles, which nest along its beach – one of the most important nesting sites [...]