Recent Adventure Travel Articles

The New Frontier of Adventure Travel: Activities That Are Redefining Outdoor Exploration The landscape of adventure travel has never been more dynamic, more diverse, or more demanding of the people who pursue it. What was once a niche market dominated by mountaineers and extreme athletes has broad

Armenia's Transcaucasian Trail Is the Long-Distance Hike You've Never Heard Of — But Should Be Planning There's a particular kind of trail that doesn't just challenge your legs — it reshapes the way you think about a place. The Transcaucasian Trail through Armenia is exactly that. More than 500 mi

Much Better Adventures Launches Its Wildlife Collection — And It's Nothing Like a Traditional Safari The old model of wildlife tourism — a convoy of Land Cruisers idling on a dusty road while guides radio each other about a leopard in a tree — has been losing its appeal for a certain kind of trave

G Adventures' 2027 Hotlist: Where Adventurous Travelers Are Heading Next — and Why the Numbers Are Staggering Adventure travel has a way of rewriting its own rules every few years. What was once obscure becomes essential; what was once blocked by bureaucracy or inaccessibility suddenly swings wide

Choice Hotels Just Spent $130 Million to Sleep at a Winery For decades, the American road trip and the corporate hotel stay have occupied parallel universes — one defined by freedom, campfire smoke, and the open highway; the other by loyalty points, breakfast buffets, and standardized pillow menus

Let me set the scene. A few years back, I booked what I thought was going to be a pretty standard guided hiking trip in southern Utah. Nothing too crazy — just me, a group of strangers, some canyon walls, and a sleeping bag that cost more than my first car. What I didn't expect was how that trip wo

Jennifer Lennox and Simply Enchanted Travel Are Redefining Adventure Tourism From Jackson, Michigan There's a certain kind of travel agency that books you a seat on a plane and hands you a printed itinerary. Then there's Simply Enchanted Travel . Based out of Jackson, Michigan, the boutique firm

From Queenstown to Five Continents: Active Adventures Marks Three Decades of Getting Travelers Off the Bus and Onto the Trail There is a certain irony to the fact that one of the world's most successful adventure travel companies was born in a place that already had everything. Queenstown, New Zea

Is the World's Last Wild Places Calling You? Let me be straight with you. I've done the resort thing. I've sat by the pool with a drink in my hand while a couple hundred other guys did the exact same thing ten feet away from me, all of us pretending we were "getting away from it all." You know the

The Guys Trip Is Getting a Makeover — and the Tourism Industry Is Asleep at the Wheel For decades, the American guys trip has been filtered through a Hollywood lens. Pop culture sold a particular version of male group travel — one built on casinos, open bars, and blacked-out nights in Las Vegas —