I train the borrowed binoculars on the trees where our guide is pointing, squinting through the glass. “Follow that branch to the end,” Gareth says. “It’s the flash of turquoise, right there.” I try again, scanning the foliage surrounding Quirigua,...
What do you think is the most overlooked adventure travel destination in the United States? According to rafting pioneer and O.A.R.S. founder George Wendt, the answer is Idaho. This month, O.A.R.S is shining the spotlight on rafting in Idaho and...
It doesn’t take long for the forest to reclaim you in the Pacific Northwest. A few steps on the trail and the world as you know it morphs into a misty mountain wonderland, a place where the dripping rain and muddy paths shouldn’t stop you...
Ah, kids. We birth them, feed them, clothe them, and sometimes even manage to bathe them, but do we really understand them? Not to hear my children tell it. When Condé Nast Traveler’s Director of Consumer News and Digital Community, Wendy Perrin, interviewed...
When my kids were young, I used to joke that the only thing worse than traveling with toddlers was staying home with them. At the time we were living in England and all of Europe was tantalizingly close, so off we went (in diapers)...
In 2010, seven of Adventure Collection’s ten members sponsored Blog Your Way Around the World, a unique online travel contest that challenged contestants to write a short essay about why they deserved to win eight of the world’s most amazing adventure vacations and how, if...
I recently returned from a one-week trip to Easter Island, the realization of a dream that began decades ago when I first saw photos of that remote Pacific island’s iconic stone heads. Despite all the photos I’d pored over in mystery and amazement through the decades,...
Frances Mayes is the best-selling author of Under the Tuscan Sun, Bella Tuscany, Every Day in Tuscany, A Year in the World, and numerous other works of prose and poetry. Her most recent book is The Tuscan Sun Cookbook. She and her poet husband, Edward...
What the bicycle is to Amsterdam, the kayak is to Vancouver. People kayak before work and after work, and I have no doubt that some kayak to work. There are nearly a dozen kayaking outfitters and half a dozen kayaking clubs in the city, and...
In 2010, seven of Adventure Collection’s ten members sponsored Blog Your Way Around the World, a unique online travel contest that challenged contestants to write a short essay about why they deserved to win eight of the world’s most amazing adventure vacations and how, if...