Adventure Sports Info

Adventure Sports Info Directory Listings

Current country listings:

Belize (34)

Bolivia (50)

Costa Rica (28)

Dominican Republic (13)

El Salvador (12)

Guatemala (11)

Honduras (38)

Nepal (84) 

New Zealand (70)

Nicaragua (22)

Panama (15)

Philippines (39)

Puerto Rico (32)

Atacama Desert - Up for some arid adventure?

John Bordson for the Charlotte Observer

"The Atacama Desert is a very dry place, the driest desert in the world. There are some zones where it hasn't rained in decades; other zones have some dunes with the typical look of a desert, mixed with strange geological formations that resemble those on the planet Mars..."

Related Links: Atacama desert slideshow

Nepal's Secret Kingdom of Mustang

27-7 Press Release

"With the Chinese government's recent closure of Tibet to tourism, travelers may not realize that there are corners of the old Tibet they can still freely travel. Mustang, an autonomous Kingdom on the Nepal/Tibet border is a place so culturally intact that many travelers find it actually more Tibetan than Tibet itself.."

Related Links: Mustang Kingdom, Kali Gandaki gorge, Intrepid Travel.com.

Travel Picks: Top 10 exclusive adventures

Reuters

"If two weeks by a pool with a margarita is your idea of the vacation from hell, you may prefer something more challenging with men's portal AskMen.com coming up with a list of the top 10 exclusive adventures..."

Green Valley Spa offers a zip line to adventure

Ellen Fagg for the Salt Lake Tribune

"Ask the family who founded the place what sets apart Green Valley from other destination spas, and a couple of hours later you might find yourself sitting on the edge of a sandstone cliff, 120 feet in the air, trying to talk yourself into shoving off..."

Barranco del Infierno - Hell's Gorge

Tenerife’s rugged terrain and volcanic rocks makes it the ideal place for trekking and hiking, but while the green valleys in the north and the Teno mountains offer a variety of exciting possibilities...

Intrepid Travel Announces New India Adventure Travel at 10 Percent Discount

BOULDER, Colo., April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Due to increased demand, Intrepid Travel announces three new India adventure trips and is offering 10 percent off these new India adventures when booked by June 2008...

Trekking Bhutan: Along the Dragon Path

According to this writer Bhutan keeps a tight lid on it's trekking opportunities...

"A country the size of Switzerland sandwiched between the plains of India and the plateau of Tibet, Bhutan is renowned for its challenging trekking: One of the toughest mountain treks in the kingdom, the Snowman, involves weeks of Himalayan ascents and descents through some of the most isolated—and beautiful—places on earth."

... Druk Path slideshow is here.

Extreme tourism is more and more popular in Bulgaria

From Visit Bulgaria.net...

"The region near Krushuna village in the Cenral Balkan Mountain Range is also very attractive site for people who love outdoor activities. There is an extreme weekend program which includes entering in a cave and cave galleries with a boat and waterfall climbing and letting down. The price is 130 lv. Cave adventures are also available in Duhlata cave near Bosnek village in Pernik region."

Climbing adventure: Caucasus mountains

Associated Press writer Mike Eckel gives you a "taste" of trekking in the northern portion of the famous mountain region...

"The Caucasus region is wedged between the Black and Caspian seas with the eponymous mountains climbing skyward in an tectonic crumple. The Balkars are among dozens of ethnic groups living here who have feuded with one another, or their Russian conquerors, for centuries - giving the Caucasus a deserved reputation for persistent violence, particularly in Chechnya and on the Russian side."