Hiking in Tucson

18 May

Cactus blooming in Tucson Sonora desert

Tucson’s diverse terrain and ample sunshine create an ideal location for year-round outdoor adventures. Hiking in the five mountain ranges surrounding Tucson or walking through a spectacular cactus-studded canyon, are just a couple of way to spend an adventure vacation in Tucson.  Let’s take a look at a few ideas: The City of Tucson is [...]

Discover Uzbekistan’s Cultural Heritage on Golden Road to Samarkand

6 May

Melon vendor, Samarkand

Silk Road Treasure Tours, specialists in travel to Central Asia, has debuted Golden Road to Samarkand a 10-day journey to Uzbekistan uncovering 3,000 years of history in a premier cultural heritage destination right in the heart of Central Asia. Among the ancient surroundings of Tashkent,Nukus, Khiva, Bukhara, Shakhrisabz en route to Samarkand, one of the [...]

Montana Yoga & Horses Retreat

3 May

horse back riding

If you love horses and love yoga, this is an opportunity to deepen your experience of both in a spectacular and peaceful setting at 63 Ranch. The yoga will be a combination of seated breathing, standing postures, mild backbends and forward bends, shoulder and hip openers, and guided relaxation. The focus will be on integrating [...]

Fly Like James Bond in Key West, Florida

14 Apr

jet pack adventure in Key West Florida

Visitors to the Florida Keys can now fly like James Bond with a new watersport that provides levitation-like flight. Jetpack Adventures provides participants with a strap on a JetLev R200 flight pack that looks like the one actor Sean Connery wore in the James Bond movie, Thunderball.  In this case, however, the pack is tethered [...]

US Runners Can Participate in 2012 Havana Marathon

1 Apr

Malencon in Havana Cuba

Avid marathon runners who like to collect passport stamps along with their completion medals can set their sights on the Marabana Havana Marathon this year. Insight Cuba, the official U.S. travel provider for the Marabana Havana Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K and 5K, is offering Americans the exclusive opportunity to legally participate in this run through [...]

Annular Solar Eclipse Sweet Spot Found in Southern Utah

24 Mar

2012 solar eclipse kanarraville utah

NASA officials have identified Kanarraville, Utah, to be right on the center line of the May 20, 2012 Annular Solar Eclipse.  Kanarraville has been dubbed the “Sweet Spot” for viewing the eclipse and after visiting, you’ll see why.  Not only is Kanarraville right on the center line for the eclipse, Kanarraville is a sweet little [...]

Australian Solar Eclipse Experience

3 Mar

Solar eclipse tour in Australia

In an adventure that combines Australia’s cities, reefs, rocks and rainforests with astronomical wonders and stunning natural beauty, Swain Tours offers its Solar Eclipse tour.  The tour provides travelers with a front row seat to the eclipse from the Daintree Rainforest, and includes a cruise to the mouth of the Daintree River for an unobstructed [...]

Blancaneaux Lodge Launches New Cave Explorations in Belize

14 Feb

caving in Belize

Francis Ford Coppola’s famed Blancaneaux Lodge in Belize is commemorating the highly-anticipated final year of the Maya calendar by launching five exciting Cave Explorations within Belize’s Maya Mountain Massif, a collection of twelve protected areas considered to be one of the largest, most biodiverse and pristine wilderness regions remaining in Central America. Blancaneaux Lodge’s new [...]

Winter Tours Take Travelers Under the Auroral Oval

3 Feb

northern lights

To see the best northern lights, you’ve got to hang out in the right circle. The remote subarctic town of Churchill in the central Canadian province of Manitoba is considered one of the world’s best places for viewing northern lights because it’s directly under the auroral oval. This is the huge halo around the magnetic [...]

Combine Italian Wines & Scenery

29 Jan

bikes

Cyclists and wine aficionados can cycle through the Prosecco, Veneto and Trentino regions at their own pace on expertly guided, personalized bike tours.  Italiaoutdoors introduces three innovative tours to its 2012 Bike the Wine Roads line-up: the Primavera del Prosecco tour; the Grape Harvest Bike the Wine Roads of the Veneto tour; and the Bike [...]