Category: Adventure Travel

Ice Climbing: Scaling Frozen Cascades

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Ice Climbing: Scaling Frozen Cascades – The drive to my home town takes me past the Mt Iron embankment on one side of the road and the maze on the other, with the “Leaning Tower of Wanaka”. I ski the hill and as always scan the mountains for signs of life. For a moment, before the east face of the Black Peak disappears behind trees, I see what I consider life: ice. On this day, when the air is stunned by winter, it slides in bright white lines down the bare slopes. Even though they are 30 kilometers apart, I …

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Exploring Lost Cities: Archaeological Adventures

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Exploring Lost Cities: Archaeological Adventures – A “were-jaguar” figure, perhaps representing a combination of a human and a spirit animal, is part of an unburied ceremonial seat, or metate, one of the many artefacts found in making the ruins deep in the Honduran jungle.

In search of the legendary “City of the Monkey Gods,” explorers find untouched ruins of a lost culture.

Exploring Lost Cities: Archaeological Adventures

Adventures in Honduras have emerged from the jungle in a thrilling story of the discovery of a mysterious lost, unexplored city. The group is led to the countryside, which is uninhabited by a …

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Safari Expeditions: Encounter With Wildlife

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Safari Expeditions: Encounter With Wildlife – Adventures Real life wildlife and safari adventures take you into the heart of jungles, plains, mountains, and wildlife-filled environments. On an open-air 4×4 game drive safari around the African grasslands, look for the Big Five: lions, elephants, rhinos, leopards, and buffalo. Or trek Antarctica’s glaciers looking for penguins, fur seals, and whales. South and Central American rainforests, especially the Galapagos Islands, Costa Rica, and the Amazon Jungle, are home to most of the world’s unique species. Travel through Alaska’s millions of acres of unique wildlife and national parks in search of grizzly and black …

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Skydiving: Freefalling From The Heavens

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Skydiving: Freefalling From The Heavens – Many believe that freefalling from 14,000 feet at 120 miles per hour could be the best thing ever or worst nightmare come true. It’s not your worst nightmare, but if you’ve never done it, the thought of freefall seems downright crazy! In this article, we’ll unpack every aspect of the skydiving experience to help give you peace of mind and clarity on what to expect when you take part in a tandem skydive at Skydive Paraclete XP.

If you think of free fall, then you probably think of your insides speeding from your stomach …

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