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Activity Holidays 101 : Which Type Do You Fancy?
We look at the top five activity holiday options in this installment of our activity holidays guide.
There are all kinds of activity holidays with a large variety that will be right for anyone. A few of the more popular types are thrill-seeking, wilderness exploring, winter, cycling, and special interest.
Climb rocks, go white water rafting, and cave exploring, these are included the popular thrill seeking trips. You can choose to focus on one activity or instead opt for a multi-activity holiday in which you’ll spend a day or two on each before moving on to the next. Go out and experience exciting new things and challenge yourself, this is the ideal way.
The wilderness holidays are awesome for people who like to hang outside, especially in deserts, jungles, mountains, and so on. All seven continents can be visited, with the Sahara, Namib and Gobi deserts, the jungles of South and Central America, Northern India and Central Africa, the great mountain ranges of The Andes, Alps, Atlas, Himalaya and Rockies, the Tibetan plateau, the Antarctic and the Outback of Australia, being popular with adventurous travelers. Such trips are generally made up of trekking, camping, survival skills courses, and lessons on the people, cultures and wildlife you’ll come across.
Ski cross country and downhill, go snowboarding, you can even go with the lesser tried ones such as dog sledding or snow mobiling. These are often offered in more unusual and unspoiled locations than you would normally see them advertised and allow you to escape the crowds that you would normally come across.
Go biking in the mountains on great expeditions, or perhaps a gentle flat area is more to your liking, both are possible on bike holidays. Just like mountains for skiing, bicycle trails are graded on a scale due to their difficulty and how the trial is laid out, off or on road.
There are also special types of holidays with various activities for those with special interests. Some of these will be intense like yoga or archaeology, while others, such as photography and language learning are great for the mind. You will need to pick up a lot of knowledge throughout your trips and at one point you will become and expert in whatever you choose to pursue.
A look at the 2008 Surly long haul trucker complete from the Long Haul for Hunger