Three Wheel Adventures August 18, 2015 By Barbara Mumbai Xpress, a crazy two-week rickshaw adventure across southern India, has kicked off last Monday. From Mumbai to Chennai, teams race in their rickshaws about 2000 km across India’s streets, but not without stops for sightseeing, recreation and to support local schools.     Always competing for the […]

Real Adventurers December 15, 2017 By Fiona Traci Lynn Martin is setting a kayaking record on a surf ski in an attempt to circumnavigate all five Great Lakes in a calendar year. Image credit: brian0918 As the harsh winter weather takes hold, 50 year old Traci Lynn Martin is pushing through a record-setting kayak journey, getting ever closer […]

Adventure Travel in Antarctica November 4, 2015 By Ildi Amon We can all agree that the average extremely fit person could run a marathon if they trained hard enough, but the following crazy extreme marathons are for the ultra-fit, who can not only run 42.195 kilometers in a reasonable time under normal conditions, but can also […]

Adventure Travel Destinations April 11, 2016 By Ildi Amon We recently wrote about the weirdest hostels to stay in in the world. That list included spending the night in a jumbo jet, a converted prison, in a cave, and on the rooftop of a Moroccan riad. But it’s not just backpackers who get to stay in […]

Adventure Travel Destinations April 11, 2016 By Ildi Amon We recently wrote about the weirdest hostels to stay in in the world. That list included spending the night in a jumbo jet, a converted prison, in a cave, and on the rooftop of a Moroccan riad. But it’s not just backpackers who get to stay in […]

Adventure Travel in Central Asia August 6, 2015 By Keremcan Ayhan Last month, Kazakhstan announced that 19 new nations would be exempted from the visa requirements if they planned their stay not more than 15 days. It meant that travelers from Austria, Britain, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Monaco, the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, […]

Adventure Travel News November 10, 2015 By Ildi Amon Recently, the wonderful photos of photographer/IT worker/solo adventurer Tomasz Furmanek have caught our eye. The photos were taken as he was kayaking around Norway’s fjords during a few months of solo travel. We think his photos are simply stunning and that they do inspire going on an adventure […]

Adventure Travel News January 18, 2016 By Zsuzsanna Fustos-Simon The Zika virus threat in Brazil is real and dangerous, so travellers should take extra precautions when travelling to the country. Besides the South American nation, thirteen other countries in the region have been put on the avoidance list due to Zika virus threat. According to the announcement […]

Adventure Travel Destinations April 11, 2016 By Ildi Amon We recently wrote about the weirdest hostels to stay in in the world. That list included spending the night in a jumbo jet, a converted prison, in a cave, and on the rooftop of a Moroccan riad. But it’s not just backpackers who get to stay in […]

Extreme Sports July 24, 2016 By Ildi Amon Longboarding is pretty similar to skateboarding, although the boards are much longer at about 24 to 80 inches. The sprot of longboarding was borne out of surfers wanting to do something similar on dry land when the surf conditions weren’t great. Here, we’ve compiled a list of the […]

Adventure Travel in Central Asia September 8, 2015 By Barbara Do you love extremes? Do you enjoy the sight of endless sand dunes, rock formations and vast spaces? If you are not scared of loneliness and being far from every sign of civilization, then remember your basic survival skills and get ready for your desert adventure! Photo by […]

Adventure Travel in Oceania September 4, 2015 By Keremcan Ayhan Image credit: Lwp Kommunikáció 65-year-old surfer David Quinlivan was attacked by a Great White shark while he was paddling his surf ski earlier this morning in the popular tourist destination Black Head Beach of the state of New South Wales, Australia. The day started as usual for […]

Adventure Travel in the Baltic States November 19, 2015 By Ildi Amon The three countries that sit on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea form the Baltic States. Together Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia have both much in common and many things that distinguish them. But one thing’s for sure: most don’t know that these three […]

Adventure Travel in Antarctica October 30, 2015 By Ildi Amon Antarctica and especially the South Pole that lies on it are some of the most brag-worthy destinations on Earth. But few know that it’s not just a place accessible to scientists and other researchers. The “average” adventure traveller can head south and stand with the world […]