Activities & Travel Styles
Animals & Safari
Seeing animals in the wild — from spy-hopping whales to dancing blue-footed boobies to lunging lions running full speed in the chase — is an unforgettable and breathtaking experience that can transform lives. It’s clear that we love watching animals and discovering their secret worlds.
Art & Architecture
Beholding the artistic accomplishments of our ancestors, from exquisite mosaics, jewelry, ceramics and woodwork to mind-straining cathedrals, temples, castles and palaces, broadens our sense of human accomplishment and possibility. Adventure Collection offers a spectrum of tours that enhance our appreciation of art and architecture.
Backpacking
On Adventure Collection backpacking trips, you can explore Nepal, Bhutan, Africa, the American Southwest or a host of other destinations, in the company of expert guides and support staff who will make sure you get the most out of your experience.
Biking
When you first start a bike trip after being shackled to an automobile day after day, a feeling of relief washes over you. You find that you can still get from point A to point B in good time, yet you’re no longer at the mercy of traffic.
Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
Exploring by canoe and sea kayak allows for an intimate appreciation of a place, at a slower, gentler and more interactive pace. Adventure Collection companies recognize the value of canoeing and kayaking and incorporate them into a wide variety of their itineraries.
Climbing
Whether you’ve never climbed before or are a high-altitude veteran, Adventure Collection has trips designed just for you. If you want to learn the technical art of climbing or take your skill to the next level, we offer a number of exciting climbing adventures.
Cuisine
One of the prime pleasures of travel is discovering new tastes and scents, unfamiliar ingredients and news ways of using familiar ingredients. Travel opens appetites as it opens our minds, and we recognize that wonderful cuisine is an essential part of an unforgettable travel experience.
Culture, History & Ruins
Are you fascinated by the history and culture of foreign destinations? Do you love exploring ancient sites? Adventure Collection offers exciting history tours to immerse you in the culture of some of the most fascinating locations throughout the world.
Fishing
Fishing seems so simple on the surface, but is so much more when you look deeper. Any experienced fisherman will tell you that the thrill doesn’t come just from the act of outsmarting a fish, but by being in communion with the natural world.
Helicopter Touring
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Hiking
Do you love to hike? Go on one of Adventure Collection’s hiking adventures in the Rocky Mountains or to Antarctica, Machu Picchu, or the “Sacred Summits” of Bhutan, and you’ll know what being versed in the sport of hiking means.
Leadership Training
When you choose an Adventure Collection leadership-training course, you’ll learn from some of the most highly rated outdoor educators in the world. They’ll help you gain the skills that will support you in your profession in the natural settings that you’re passionate about.
Mountain Biking
Our biking experts have crafted more than 130 trips around the world that cater to all levels of pedalers, from beginners to veterans. We love uncovering the treasures of the world by mountain bike, and we love sharing that passion with others.
Mountaineering
If you want a serious in-the-field education in mountaineering, we have what you’re looking for. Ranging from 14 to 135 days, our wilderness workshop-tours impart the technical and experiential lessons needed to enable participants to live and travel responsibly and efficiently in challenging mountain terrain.
Outdoor Skills
If you want in-the-field education on how to live safely in the backcountry – whether on a snow-whipped peak, a balmy beach, or a river-threaded wilderness valley – we have an outdoor skills journey-workshop for you: from rafting to rock-climbing, horsepacking to backpacking, fly-fishing.
Photography
Adventure Collection offers exciting photography trips for thrill-seekers who always have a camera by their side. If you’re ready to document the trip of a lifetime, check out our many photography adventures, which are ideally suited to developing and refining your photographic skills.
Private Air Touring
If you want to explore the planet’s most remote riches, the Adventure Collection’s private air tours are the answer. Our private flights take a small group of discerning travelers into the heart of Africa, South America and the Arctic.
Sailing & Small Boats
Exploring the world by small boat gives you access to treasures — of the natural and human kind — that larger ships simply can’t offer you. These sorts of intimate adventures allow you to make one-of-a-kind discoveries not possible when traveling on other kinds of vessels.
Sight-Seeing
With sights as varied as the Potala Palace in Lhasa, the ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru, and the marketplace of Djemaa el-Fna in Marrakech, the penguins of Antarctica, the world of the Adventure Collection offers a superlative smorgasbord of sights.
Skiing & Snowboarding
If you dream of skiing or snowboarding absolutely pristine terrain in the middle of nowhere, with only a small circle of fellow adventurers to share the exhilaration, you need to take a backcountry skiing course with Adventure Collection member NOLS.
Small Ship Touring
Small-ship tours give you the best of both traveler worlds: a new destination to explore every day; with a safe, familiar, home-away-from-home place to sleep each night. And small-ship cruises will take you into off-the-beaten-waterway areas that bigger cruise ships aren’t able to visit.
Snorkeling & SCUBA
Are you fascinated by what lies just below the water’s surface? Adventure Collection offers exciting SCUBA and snorkeling tours that are perfect if the sea is one of your favorite places to be! Browse our various trip locations to discover your next aquatic adventure!
Trekking
An Adventure Collection trekking adventure is a great way to get off-the-beaten track and discover untouched corners of our world. We offer a wide range of trekking options, from the Alps to the Andes, and from the Himalayas to the Rocky Mountains.
Tundra Exploration
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Walking
On an Adventure Collection walking adventure, you’ll notice things that those taking faster, less reflective forms of locomotion undoubtedly miss. You might wander deep into the bush in Botswana or trek into the mountains of central Mexico to see hundreds of millions of monarch butterflies.
White Water Rafting & Kayaking
From Alaska to Colorado to Costa Rica, on Adventure Collection’s white-water rafting trips and kayaking tours, you’ll not only get your paddling strokes in tune with a great river’s movements but you’ll commune with riparian environments around the globe.
Wilderness Medicine
If your goal is to master the principles and practices of wilderness medicine, Adventure Collection companies can help you achieve it. We offer a number of extended trips that include extensive backcountry training — and all in some pretty amazing locations.