Backroads
Put your world in motion.
We simply can’t imagine a better way to immerse yourself in the life of a region, to explore hidden corners while enjoying the benefits and enormous satisfaction of traveling under your own power. These are experiences you cannot have behind the wheel of a car or in a few excursions from a cruise ship. Active travel with Backroads is, at its heart, a way of connecting more authentically with the world.
Whether you choose a Backroads bike tour, hiking vacation, or multisport trip, you’ll travel at your own pace and enjoy the camaraderie, service and expert leadership that are now legendary among past guests—all reasons why Backroads is recognized as one of the world’s top travel companies by Travel + Leisure magazine.
If you’re seeking unique cultural encounters, inspiring scenery and fun activities that allow you to experience the world from a whole new perspective, Backroads is unequaled. Backroads also features exclusive family vacations and private group departures.
Visit www.backroads.com to learn more or call 800-462-2848.
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It`s the raw immensity of the landscape. As far west as you can go. Youngest state, oldest place. The last... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
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"To the lover of pure wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world," wrote John Muir... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
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Once upon a time, there was an outdoor-loving family seeking an action-packed vacation. A clever bunch, they decided on Alaska.... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
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From land to water to ice. Alaska was made for multisport. You need all the tools you can get -... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
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It feels like the end of the earth... or the beginning of it. Two legs take you to places that... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Hiking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
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It`s full of familiar names like Black Forest, Gewurztraminer, Rhine, Strasbourg and Colmar. But have you ever tasted perfectly chilled... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- May
- June
- September
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
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Approaching the Amalfi Coast is a thrill. Like arriving on a movie set. Sheer cliffs plunging into azure waters. Pebbly... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- May
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Hiking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
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It makes an impression. Always has. Even back in 29 B.C., Emperor Augustus fell in love with - and acquired... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Hiking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
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With each click of the castanets, you feel it - from flamenco to fiestas, gazpacho to tapas, bodegas to bullrings... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Biking
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Everyone who comes here feels like they`re the first. It`s an incredible feeling, as if you`re on an expedition of... [more]
Duration: 7 days
Months offered:
- January
- February
- March
- December
Activity types:
- Cuisine
- Mountain Biking
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
- Art & Architecture
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Everyone who comes here feels like they`re the first. It`s an incredible feeling. Arrive on the shores of the Quetrihue... [more]
Duration: 7 days
Months offered:
- December
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Mountain Biking
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
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In Bali, it has been said that every Balinese is an artist, whether in painting, dance, woodcarving or textiles. The... [more]
Duration: 8 days
Months offered:
- February
- March
- April
- October
- December
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
- Snorkeling & SCUBA
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
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Nothing can prepare you for Bhutan. It`s like nowhere else you`ve been. It has a magic about it that`s indescribable.... [more]
Duration: 8 days
Months offered:
- March
- April
- September
- November
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Biking
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It`s a place you feel lucky to have experienced. So exotic. So dramatic. Hidden deep in the Himalayas. Restricted by... [more]
Duration: 8 days
Months offered:
- April
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Hiking
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These places will move you. They already have. You`re reading this because you need to know more. Not just by... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
- September
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
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Broad beaches from which William the Conqueror set sail in 1066, and where the Allies landed nearly 900 years later.... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
- September
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Biking
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The stories are epic. Action-packed. Exciting. Sprung from a quiet corner of France. So unassuming. Yet the scene of some... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
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Riders love a challenge. Long climbs. Rugged descents. Switchbacks. And with every worthwhile challenge comes a reward. Yours will be... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- August
- September
Activity types:
- Biking
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"Awesome!" As a parent, you may try to avoid the word. But in this case, as you gaze out over... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Biking
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You have to wonder. What did the first people think when they saw it? The Grand Canyon. The immensity of... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Biking
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Hovering hoodoos. Walter`s Wiggles. Spindly spires. Kids in giggles. Seems right out of Dr. Seuss. But this fantastical world exists.... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Biking
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Walk and the morning goes by, walk some more and three days pass. Time has its own rules here. You... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- May
- June
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Hiking
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There is a special flavor to Burgundy. Yes, it`s in the wine, but it transcends everything. It`s in the gracious... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- September
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
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California`s north coast will delight you. From the rugged beaches of Point Reyes National Seashore to the sparkling waters of... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- September
- November
Activity types:
- Hiking
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Just sky, water, rock and wheels. It seems too simple to be this incredible. Glaciated Rockies soaring thousands of feet... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
- September
Activity types:
- Cuisine
- Biking
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
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It`s just plain cool. Walking on a massive river of ice. A certified mountain guide at your side. Navigating 30,000... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Biking
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
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How can a place be so beautiful? You might think it`s too perfect to touch. And then you hear the... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Biking
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
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Click, click. Check out those giant deer...Wait - they`re elk? Cool! What makes the lake so blue? Doesn`t even look... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- July
- August
- September
Activity types:
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Biking
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
- Cuisine
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Breathtaking. It`s an interesting word, really. Looking up at the ice-draped Rockies is "breath taking." But stepping out on the... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Biking
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
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In the Canadian Rockies, it`s good to feel small. You`ll sense it from afar, in the abrupt way the land... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Biking
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
- Cuisine
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How long does a trip last? Not in duration. In memories. In the stories you`ll tell friends. In the spare... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
- September
Activity types:
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Cuisine
- Hiking
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Sometimes, you just need to slow down. Look around. Take a deep breath. Capture the rich scent of jasmine or... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- September
- October
- November
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Cuisine
- Biking
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
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Maybe it`s the bike. It`s disarming. Friendly. It shows you China in a way you can`t see by any other... [more]
Duration: 9 days
Months offered:
- March
- April
- May
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Mountain Biking
- Biking
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How do you prepare for this adventure? First you walk, and practice stopping suddenly. So that you`ll be ready for... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Hiking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
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Your wedding day, graduation, the day you got that promotion. What are some of your best days? Well, make space... [more]
Duration: 5 days
Months offered:
- January
- February
- March
- December
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
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Holy cow! Or rather, holy huge millipede! Was that a toucan? Get a closer look from the suspended bridges high... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- July
- August
- December
- February
- March
- April
Activity types:
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Mountain Biking
- Biking
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
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With over a quarter of its land protected in parks and preserves, Costa Rica is paradise for anyone who loves... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- February
- March
- December
Activity types:
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Mountain Biking
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
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Ready to treat yourself to an intimate encounter with Mother Nature? Come play with us in Costa Rica! Beloved for... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- March
- December
Activity types:
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Mountain Biking
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
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If variety is the spice of life, then Costa Rica is about as piquant as travel destinations come. Take one... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- April
- December
Activity types:
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Mountain Biking
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
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What`s the best way to experience Costa Rica? May we suggest: jungle hiking, mountain biking, surfing, Class III river rafting,... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- February
- March
- August
- December
Activity types:
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Mountain Biking
- Biking
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
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With over a quarter of its land protected in parks and preserves, Costa Rica is paradise for anyone who loves... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- January
- March
- December
Activity types:
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Mountain Biking
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
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Some places in the world are worth the wait. The romantic, rumba-infused Republic of Cuba is one of those places.... [more]
Duration: 8 days
Months offered:
- January
- February
- May
- June
- December
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Culture, History & Ruins
- Snorkeling & SCUBA
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Prague. It`s captivating. It`s a trove of sumptuous architecture. And it`s only the start of your trip. Trace the gentle... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Biking
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Open up and dive in! To the pages of a Bohemian storybook adventure. Complete with spires, turrets and onion-shaped domes.... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Biking
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Start with Prague, a true gem of Eastern Europe, a bustling culture and dramatic architecture that inspires at every turn.... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- September
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Hiking
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245 days of sunshine a year. Sapphire waters. Fresh squid. Whitewashed limestone villages. Ride in the morning, taking in the... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
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You`re surrounded. Sapphire waters to your left. Exquisite Renaissance facades on your right. Centuries-old cobblestones beneath your feet. Sun-drenched islands... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
- Snorkeling & SCUBA
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
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It`s usually a choice. Do you choose a destination with history, culture, and natural beauty or do you go for... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- September
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Hiking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
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The names are ominous. Death Valley. Dante`s View. Badwater. Hell`s Gate. Yet there`s striking beauty. And opportunity for great pleasure.... [more]
Duration: 4 days
Months offered:
- October
- November
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Biking
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It`s not just the immensity of the Dolomites that leaves you spellbound. It`s also the way these mountains caress the... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- July
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
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Ready, set, go! It`s amazing, the activities you`ll pack in during these six sensational days. You`ll be biking old railway... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Mountain Biking
- Biking
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Imagine a rustic mountain hut that serves piping hot spaghetti al ragu and vino rosso. More than a warming hut,... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
- September
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Hiking
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High rocky outcrops riddled with caves. Dense oak forests. Rivers meandering beneath limestone cliffs. The Dordogne`s distinctive beauty has inspired... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- May
- July
- August
- September
- October
- June
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
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Quick: what`s the capital of prehistory? If you answered "the Dordogne," give yourself a gold star. This cave-riddled region is... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Cuisine
- Biking
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The setting is captivating: needle-sharp peaks soaring above flower-filled meadows. Storybook villages and forested foothills mirrored in pure blue lakes.... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- July
- August
- September
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Hiking
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It doesn`t take a PhD to know that whatever comes to the Galapagos is forever changed. But the Andean highland... [more]
Duration: 8 days
Months offered:
- December
- July
- August
- January
- February
- March
- April
- May
- September
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Mountain Biking
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
- Snorkeling & SCUBA
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
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Got your camera? Your sense of adventure? Get set to treat your family to nonstop thrills. Bike and hike amid... [more]
Duration: 8 days
Months offered:
- March
- June
- July
- August
- December
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Mountain Biking
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
- Snorkeling & SCUBA
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
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You know they call it Big Sky. But somehow you`re still amazed by how "big" it is. You question why... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Biking
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
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Things feel different here. Vast. Limitless. Pure. I feel different here. Humbled before those immense mountains. Under that endless sky.... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
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You know the sun sets every day. Lakes, they`re not rare. Neither are mountains. There are plenty of mountains around.... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
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It`s amazing to consider. Intense pressure from glaciers carved out the beauty in this region - but "pressure" is the... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
- September
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Hiking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
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Pristine beaches, deep mountain gorges and vestiges of great civilizations. Like a gift from the gods, Crete is a cyclist`s... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- May
- June
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
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Gather extraordinary memories by the dozens. While pedaling amid craggy mountains and emerald valleys. While horseback riding along the rugged... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
- Snorkeling & SCUBA
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Some people come to Hawaii to relax. Some come to play. This trip is for those who love doing both.... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- Year Round
Activity types:
- Biking
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Aloha and whoa! Animal: parrot fish, turtles, butterfly fish. Vegetable: rain forest, flower leis, fresh pineapple. Mineral: Lava tubes, sea... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
- December
- February
- March
- April
Activity types:
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Biking
- Snorkeling & SCUBA
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
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"A Dutchman without a bike is like a fish without water" so the saying goes. In Holland, with nearly one... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
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"A Dutchman without a bike is like a fish without water" so the saying goes. In Holland, with nearly one... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
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They say that opposites attract. Does that explain Iceland? Heath beside ocean. Glaciers atop volcanoes. Icebergs the size of trucks... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
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Think of the Earth`s natural wonders. Glaciers, waterfalls, volcanoes, fjords, geysers. Now imagine them all in one tiny place. This... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Hiking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
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Bucket lists. We bet you have one. And if biking in India isn`t on it, it should be. You need... [more]
Duration: 9 days
Months offered:
- October
- September
- December
- January
- February
- November
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Mountain Biking
- Biking
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Jade. Viridian. Kelly. Moss. Olive...It`s impossible to name all the greens of Ireland. And the feeling of being there -... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
- September
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
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There`s just something about Ireland. You get swept up in it. The indescribable hues of green. Tiny thatch-roofed homes. City... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
- September
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
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Finding bliss on a family vacation is easy. All it takes is getting rid of the non-essentials. No e-mail. No... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Cuisine
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
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Appreciate the artistry of a stone wall. The warmth of a wool sweater. The charm of an afternoon pint. The... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
- September
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Hiking
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A dazzling fusion of past and present, Israel will captivate you at every turn. With Backroads, you`ll delve deeply into... [more]
Duration: 8 days
Months offered:
- May
- September
- October
- November
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Biking
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They were premature naming the Great Lakes. Maggiore, Como, Lugano and Orta could easily steal that title. Sitting quietly among... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- August
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Hiking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
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Pedal through a lush forest. Emerge as if you`re in a fairy tale. Standing proudly before you is a chateau... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- September
- October
- May
- August
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
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Order and elegance shaped the Loire Valley. The castles are graceful - right out of a fairy tale. The manicured... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
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A trip with kids in the Loire Valley? The concept may seem curious in a region synonymous with elegance and... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
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There`s nothing to see in the Loire Valley. Nothing but fairy-tale castles in every shape and size. Imposing towers and... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- May
- June
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
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Maine`s beauty lies in its rawness. Fresh tart blueberries growing wild on the side of the road. Hills rising from... [more]
Duration: 5 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
- September
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
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Beehive Mountain. Egg Rock. Otter Cliffs. Oreo cows. Cranberry Isles. Just hearing the names makes you smile. And wait `til... [more]
Duration: 5 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
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From the moment you ease your bike onto the road, you`ll feel it: Mallorca`s irresistible allure. Maybe it`s the heavenly... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- May
- September
- October
- November
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
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It`ll be early on. You`ll round a corner on one of the beach roads, maybe in `Sconset or Aquinnah. And... [more]
Duration: 5 days
Months offered:
- June
- September
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
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The canyonlands of southern Utah stretch across the Colorado Plateau like an enormous wind-scoured sculpture garden. Soaring sandstone spires tinged... [more]
Duration: 5 days
Months offered:
- September
- October
- November
Activity types:
- Biking
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It`s the dream road. Suspended above the Pacific. Hugging the edge of the continent. It winds down the California coast,... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- May
- July
- August
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Cuisine
- Biking
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Everything about our Moroccan adventure is intriguing, exotic and exciting - kind of like riding a camel. In Morocco you`ll... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- October
- November
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Biking
-
What is it to be extraordinary? Rudyard Kipling knew. So when he described Burma as "unlike any land you know... [more]
Duration: 8 days
Months offered:
- January
- February
- March
- November
- December
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Mountain Biking
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
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Ever felt like a true explorer? Rare is the 21st-century destination that can grant travelers a genuine feeling of revelation... [more]
Duration: 8 days
Months offered:
- January
- February
- March
- December
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Hiking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
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Biking doesn`t get any more epic than New Zealand. Or more beautiful. The greens of Ireland. The skyscapes of Switzerland.... [more]
Duration: 10 days
Months offered:
- January
- February
- March
- November
- December
Activity types:
- Biking
-
Kiwis know how to have fun. Serious fun. Bigger than life is normal. Climbing inside a huge inflated ball with... [more]
Duration: 7 days
Months offered:
- December
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Cuisine
- Biking
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
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Every moment indoors is a missed opportunity. Sleeping should be kept to a minimum. You`re in New Zealand. Isn`t there... [more]
Duration: 8 days
Months offered:
- January
- February
- March
- December
Activity types:
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Cuisine
- Biking
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
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After New Zealand, the bar will be forever raised. Other coastlines will seem less striking. Even mountains will pale in... [more]
Duration: 10 days
Months offered:
- January
- February
- March
- November
- December
Activity types:
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Helicopter Touring
- Hiking
-
Most destinations claim to be like nowhere else. Argentina is different. It`s a true blend of everywhere else. Take the... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- April
- May
- October
- November
- December
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
-
Mountains and beaches. Both can be beautiful. Every continent has them. But fjords - now there`s originality. And Norway is... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Hiking
-
Set your wheels in motion along the beautiful Bay of Fundy. Turn and look out at the crashing North Atlantic.... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
- September
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Biking
-
One of the warmest places on earth. Where sleepy fishing villages huddle close in hidden coves. And hardy, friendly folks... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- July
- August
- September
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Hiking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
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It`s a jungle out there. And you`re gonna love it! What`s not to adore about this carefree, fun-filled, action-packed multisport... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- February
- March
- December
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Mountain Biking
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
- Snorkeling & SCUBA
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Let`s explore a Caribbean rain forest in the morning. Then snorkel in the Pacific - we could ride our bikes... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- January
- February
- March
- April
- December
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Mountain Biking
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
- Snorkeling & SCUBA
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The lush tropical jungle pulses with life. A jewel-colored resplendent quetzal enlivens the canopy, while the roar of a howler... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- January
- February
- March
- December
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Hiking
-
That whole "time flies" theory just doesn`t work in Patagonia. Imagine traveling slowly on a small ferry through a tremendous... [more]
Duration: 8 days
Months offered:
- January
- February
- March
- December
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Hiking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
-
You`re out of breath. But that`s okay. It gives you an excuse to stop and gaze. At the stunning views.... [more]
Duration: 8 days
Months offered:
- March
- June
- July
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Mountain Biking
- Biking
-
It`s about that picture. You know the one. Every website and coffee-table book has it. History, archaeology, anthropology guides all... [more]
Duration: 8 days
Months offered:
- June
- August
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Mountain Biking
- Biking
-
It`s easy to grasp the ancient Inca mindset. Easy, that is, once your lungs adjust to the rarefied Andean air.... [more]
Duration: 9 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- November
- December
- April
- May
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Hiking
-
Machu Picchu has a gravitational pull. So strong that Inca culture still influences people today. Some still practice the 600-year-old... [more]
Duration: 7 days
Months offered:
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- December
- March
- April
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Hiking
-
Piedmont is just so...well, rich. It`s a wealth that comes in the form of a regal history. In magnificent scenery,... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- September
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
-
Humbled in the shadows of the Alps. Eased by the slow pace of the Po River. Intrigued by the French... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- May
- June
- July
- September
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
-
Silvery green olive groves. Red-tile roofs pressed against a deep blue sky. Sunflowers, irises and fiery red poppies. Dramatically starry... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Cuisine
- Biking
-
Lavender fields that come to life in the breeze. Cherry orchards around the bend. The Mistral that swirls in the... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
- September
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
-
It`s a slower pace of life here in southern France. Amid the Alpilles, where olive trees glisten silver in the... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
-
"Slowly in the morning and not too fast in the afternoon" is a saying in the South of France. When... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Hiking
-
Provence is beautiful. You`ll feel it. Cezanne and van Gogh felt it. To think they could have been anywhere and... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- May
- June
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Hiking
-
The map says Italy. The heel of the "boot." Though at times you may feel you`ve strayed into Greece. And... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
-
It`s just a complete contradiction. It reminds you of whitewashed coastal villages of Greece but it`s distinctly Italian. There`s an... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- May
- June
- August
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
-
Everything about Catalonia is unique. Part of Spain, but an independent nation, it flies its own flag and speaks its... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
-
Barcelona lures you with its irrepressible eclat. But it`s just the start of an unforgettable trip through the heart of... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
-
Melting pocket-watches? Elephants with spider legs? In Catalonia, the very same landscape that inspired surrealist Salvador Dali is sure to... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
-
It feels like France, but a France gone wild. Yes, there are chateaux - you`ll stay in one - and... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
-
It would have been easier for Quebec to abandon its roots. Lose its European ancestry. Turn its back on the... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- July
- August
- September
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Cuisine
- Biking
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
-
It`s so close, you can smell it. Sharp, fresh, invigorating. The sea air permeates every scene. San Juan harbors dappled... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
- September
Activity types:
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Cuisine
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
-
What`s black and white and wet all over? You guessed it: an orca! And just like these cool sea creatures,... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
-
We`ve found our rhythm. Our paddle strokes are in sync (well, mostly). So are our faces, full of big smiles.... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
-
From rolling hills and historic towns to the boutique wineries of the Santa Ynez Valley, it`s all about sipping, sunshine... [more]
Duration: 3 days
Months offered:
- June
- September
- October
- November
Activity types:
- Biking
-
Where else can you ride the back roads between three distinct cultures housed for 1,000 years in small villages secreted... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- May
- June
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
-
It`s the convergence of art, history, geology...and chile peppers. Each day you spend in Santa Fe and Taos will inspire... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- September
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Hiking
-
An island almost as close to Africa as to Europe. How does it hang on through history? With passion. That`s... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- August
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
-
You`re in for the time of your life on this one-of-a-kind biking and camping adventure for Singles-Solos! Imagine heart-pumping rides... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- July
- September
Activity types:
- Biking
-
This week will be officially referred to as "The Ride." Starting the day overlooking Italian vineyards and by afternoon swearing... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- July
- August
- September
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
-
This week will be officially referred to as "The Ride." Starting the day overlooking Italian vineyards and by afternoon swearing... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- September
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
-
There is no other Africa trip like this. And you know it when you first hear the nearby screech of... [more]
Duration: 11 days
Months offered:
- July
- August
- October
- November
- December
- March
- May
- September
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Mountain Biking
- Biking
-
You know that list of rides you dream of doing at least once in your life? It`s about to get... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- January
- December
Activity types:
- Biking
-
Put one foot in front of the other. Feel the crunch of pine needles beneath your shoes. The sun`s warmth... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Hiking
-
Precision. You strive for it at work. Hope for it in a mechanic. But for a vacation? Precision permeates the... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Hiking
-
You know you`ll be blown away by the Swiss Alps. And then what happens? You`re still blown away. The Swiss... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
-
If, as John Steinbeck put it, "Texas is a state of mind," we`re happy to let our minds wander awhile... [more]
Duration: 5 days
Months offered:
- September
- October
- November
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Biking
-
Language barrier, embrace it. Travel guide, dump it. Fear of street food, chuck it. Liberate yourself from all that. Wake... [more]
Duration: 8 days
Months offered:
- January
- February
- December
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Mountain Biking
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
-
Thais by their very nature are welcoming. With your kids even more so. They smile and invite you in. To... [more]
Duration: 8 days
Months offered:
- December
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Mountain Biking
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
-
Each moment seems better than the last. Seeing a nesting bald eagle from the deck of your ferry. Soaking up... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Hiking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
-
We`ve all said it. "I need a vacation after my vacation." Great getaways do more than just remove you from... [more]
Duration: 7 days
Months offered:
- August
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
-
Great family adventures. A time to recharge, rejuvenate and reconnect. Our biking vacation in Turkey is the perfect getaway for... [more]
Duration: 7 days
Months offered:
- June
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
-
No doubt you`ll arrive with certain expectations. After all, artists and writers have waxed hyperbolic on the glories of Umbria... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
-
To D.H. Lawrence, Tuscany was "the perfect centre of man`s universe." Poet Shelley called the region a "paradise for exiles."... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
-
Few things in this world live up to the hype. But everything you`ve ever heard about Tuscany is true. It`s... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
-
Is this the trip on which your kid develops an eye for Etruscan figurative art? Or learns the key features... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
- September
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
-
Tuscan cuisine appeals to the soul. It`s a celebration of fresh ingredients prepared with minimal manipulation - rustic ribollita soup,... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Hiking
-
It just makes sense really. The closer you get to something, the richer your experience. Fly over Tuscany and you... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- May
- June
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Hiking
-
Cool mornings, warm colors, rolling hills invite you. Round the corner and you`re high above in the Green Mountains. Around... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Cuisine
- Biking
-
Perfection cannot be rushed. Just ask anyone in Vermont or Quebec. They know their sublime Northern Appalachian landscape didn`t turn... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
- September
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
-
Vermont deserves it. The most beautiful six weeks in North America. Chances are you`ve heard of New England`s fall foliage.... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Cuisine
- Hiking
-
Asking "Why Vietnam?" is like asking why you ride. Is it the anticipation of what`s around the corner? The exhilaration... [more]
Duration: 9 days
Months offered:
- January
- February
- March
- November
- December
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Biking
-
It`s unlike anywhere else. Raw and simple one minute, bustling and friendly the next. In one breath dramatic and tranquil.... [more]
Duration: 10 days
Months offered:
- January
- February
- March
- December
Activity types:
- Art & Architecture
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Hiking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
-
Valleys of world-famous vineyards. Forests of soaring redwoods. Quiet pastoral landscapes. And the dramatic Pacific Coast. They could be four... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- November
- December
Activity types:
- Cuisine
- Biking
-
Three days never felt so good. Or so luxuriously long. Napa Valley to Alexander Valley, on to Dry Creek and... [more]
Duration: 3 days
Months offered:
- June
- August
- September
- October
- November
Activity types:
- Cuisine
- Biking
-
The Tetons. Majestic sawtooth mountains. Snowcaps above, incredible wildflowers and glacial lakes below. Truly spectacular. Yellowstone is different. One-of-a-kind. Geysers... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
- September
Activity types:
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
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In Yellowstone and the Tetons, the West is still wild. Geysers gush. Mud pots bubble. Old Faithful shoots skyward. Spectacular... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
-
Bison, bear and wolves, oh my! You will not believe this trip. Steaming pots of turquoise and copper. Sulfur in... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
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Consider the most compelling characters you know. They all have one thing in common. Something`s going on beneath the surface.... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
- September
Activity types:
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Hiking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Small Ship Touring
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
-
You probably know the names. The Sierra Nevada. Half Dome. El Capitan. Bridalveil Fall. And maybe you`ve seen the photographs... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
Activity types:
- Biking
-
"No temple made with hands can compare with Yosemite. Every rock in its walls seems to glow with life...their feet... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Biking
-
John Muir knew exactly what he was seeing. So big, so beautiful, so worth preserving. Half Dome, El Capitan, Yosemite... [more]
Duration: 6 days
Months offered:
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
Activity types:
- Hiking
-
Snow Canyon State Park and Zion National Park set an incredible stage for our newest adventure in southwest Utah. Sculpted... [more]
Duration: 5 days
Months offered:
- October
- November
Activity types:
- Biking
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