AC Companies Rise to the Challenge with Special Offers

The member companies of the Adventure Collection are profoundly committed to providing transformative travel experiences around the globe. In a time of economic challenge, they are also committed to offering an assortment of special value trips that can enable travelers to continue to build bridges of discovery and connection around the world – and to infuse desperately needed cash into some of the most deeply affected sectors of the global economy. I asked Adventure Collection members to spotlight one special value offer from their portfolio of adventures. These great globe-girdling trips – many offered with limited-time savings – represent just a few of the extraordinary offers currently available from Adventure Collection companies. May these tempting itineraries whet your wanderlust!
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Well Guided: A Conversation with Nathanael Dodge of Off the Beaten Path

Nathanael Dodge has been guiding trips for Off the Beaten Path for seven years. While he has led journeys in numerous North American national parks – last summer alone, he guided OBP groups through seven parks — his specialty is the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone. He lives 50 miles north of the latter, and loves introducing travelers to the area’s natural wonders. In this conversation he reveals what he enjoys most about the adventures and adventurers he leads – including why he got up at 1:00 am on one trip to take an elderly traveler to a special place in Yosemite
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Bookshelf: Travels to the Edge: A Photo Odyssey

Art Wolfe’s stunning new photography book, Travels to the Edge: A Photo Odyssey, presents a world-roaming collection of profoundly inspiring images of wild places, wildlife and tribal peoples. This book is a visually sumptuous gift that richly stimulates our imagination, stokes our wanderlust, polishes our appreciation, and bestows the critical, compelling call that we must become the stewards of the fragile planetary treasures we all share. Read More...

Feature: Rafting the Wild

A whitewater adventure on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho teaches that rafting is about much more than water and wilderness – but they’re pretty nice pieces of the puzzle, too. Read More...

Adventure Collection Photo Contest: Adventures of a Lifetime

To celebrate the launch of its new web site, the Adventure Collection is sponsoring an extraordinary online photography competition. Grand prizes include five terrific trips – Adventure Collection journeys for two to Tibet, the Czech Republic, the Galapagos and more. To find out more about the contest and to enter your best adventure travel photo, click here.