If You Haven’t Done These Adventure Tours, You Couldn’t Consider Yourself an Adventurer
Adventure refers to the active travels and outdoor activities such as hiking (wild), rafting, climbing, and outdoor survival.
Adventure tourism is a type of tourism niche involving exploration or travel to remote areas, where there is on the verge of the unexpected.
Hot spots for tourism are:
The Hawaiian islands. Many activities available that abound in the waters surrounding the islands. There is plenty of space for everybody to do their favourite sport whether by sea caves snorkeling, horseback riding on the coast and big-wave surfing.
Features: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is home to both the largest volcano Mauna Loa (13677 feet), and the world’s most active, Kilauea (erupting continuously since 1983). Drive around Crater Rim Drive to see the massive two miles in diameter Kilauea crater and steam venting, and down the chain of craters on the road to watch the lava flow fresh covering the highway and assets lava flowing into the ocean.
Hiking up Huayna Picchu, high peak behind the ruins in Machu Picchu. There is a wonderful steep and rugged path to the crest, where the views are fabulous!
Features:
- Temple of the Sun
- Intiwatana
- Temple of the Three Windows
- Main Temple
- Condors
Indonesia is the end point of eco-tourism, the following options are endless. From tracking orangutans and jungle trekking Kalimantan watching Komodo dragon.
Features: Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo.
The Karoo is the semi-desert interior, located mostly in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The name is derived from one of the long gone Khoi-san languages and means dry plains.
To Do: Quad Adventures. Camp under the stars in the wild after a day of winding through dramatic mountain terrain of the Garden Route to the vast open spaces of the Karoo.