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Top adventure travel companies keep announcing new trip lineups for 2012. Discovery Adventures (the Discovery Channel's tour operator) and G Adventures have announced eight new tours in this year's Discovery Adventures lineup. Some of the trips include language lessons so travelers can better communicate with the locals they are meeting. Among the new trips are vacations in Vietnam, Ecuador, Jordan and Nepal.

AdventureSmith Explorations has several new cruises, including The Natural Treasures of Russian Far East and Hawaiian Seascapes.

Photo courtesy of Discovery Adventures

New Ways to Travel the World in 2012 originally appeared on About.com Adventure Travel on Tuesday, February 21st, 2012 at 13:10:17.

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">New Ways to Travel the World in 2012

Top adventure travel companies keep announcing new trip lineups for 2012. Discovery Adventures (the Discovery Channel's tour operator) and G Adventures have announced eight new tours in this year's Discovery Adventures lineup. Some of the trips include language lessons so travelers can better communicate with the locals they are meeting. Among the new trips are vacations in Vietnam, Ecuador, Jordan and Nepal.

AdventureSmith Explorations has several new cruises, including The Natural Treasures of Russian Far East and Hawaiian Seascapes.

Photo courtesy of Discovery Adventures

New Ways to Travel the World in 2012 originally appeared on About.com Adventure Travel on Tuesday, February 21st, 2012 at 13:10:17.

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travel assistance policies. One policy covers evacuations as close as 50 miles from your home.

Travel Assistance Policies That Cover Emergency Medical Evacations originally appeared on About.com Adventure Travel on Sunday, February 19th, 2012 at 14:36:55.

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">Travel Assistance Policies That Cover Emergency Medical Evacations

Most of us have heard stories about people getting sick or being injured far from home and stuck in a hospital not of their choice. If you travel to foreign locales, or are into active sports where there's a possibility of an accident no matter the level of your skills, check out these travel assistance policies.

They aren't traditional travel insurance policies but can be worth thousands to you because these emergency medical evacuation policies fly members home from an accident site or that hospital bed thousands of miles away. The travel cost, even if a medically equipped private plane is needed, is just your membership fee to obtain these travel assistance policies. One policy covers evacuations as close as 50 miles from your home.

Travel Assistance Policies That Cover Emergency Medical Evacations originally appeared on About.com Adventure Travel on Sunday, February 19th, 2012 at 14:36:55.

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companies with trips that offer high-octane action during the day and luxury at night.

Do You Like to Mix Adventure Travel & Being Pampered? originally appeared on About.com Adventure Travel on Wednesday, February 15th, 2012 at 10:29:50.

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">Do You Like to Mix Adventure Travel & Being Pampered?

Are you the adventure traveler who enjoys rugged hikes, trekking, mountain biking and skiing hard, then being pampered with spa time and gourmet meals in the evenings?  If so, here's a list of companies with trips that offer high-octane action during the day and luxury at night.

Do You Like to Mix Adventure Travel & Being Pampered? originally appeared on About.com Adventure Travel on Wednesday, February 15th, 2012 at 10:29:50.

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If you want to learn more about this extreme sport and watch BASE jumpers fly off a cliff, visit BASE Jumping Birdmen.

Would You Jump Off a Cliff and Fly? He Does! originally appeared on About.com Adventure Travel on Saturday, February 11th, 2012 at 10:55:22.

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">Would You Jump Off a Cliff and Fly? He Does!

Ever watched a BASE jumper leap off a cliff and start flying? Sunday evening (8pm EST), the National Geographic channel is showing a piece about Dean Potter. To quote part of the blurb about the show: "He can climb the unclimbable, visualize the invisible and fly through the air with the greatest of speed. As perhaps one of the worlds best BASE jumpers, he set the record for the longest flight in a wing suit. Now, Dean has set his sights on Mount Bute - a 9,000-foot granite launch pad along the British Columbia coastline."

If you want to learn more about this extreme sport and watch BASE jumpers fly off a cliff, visit BASE Jumping Birdmen.

Would You Jump Off a Cliff and Fly? He Does! originally appeared on About.com Adventure Travel on Saturday, February 11th, 2012 at 10:55:22.

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Vail's first Winter Teva Mountain Games start this weekend.  Even if you're not an extreme athlete, there's an event for you - the Seven Wonders of Vail.  This Colorado Mountain town is an adventurer's paradise, summer or winter.

Photo: Jack Affleck, Vail, Colorado

First Winter Teva Mountain Games This Weekend originally appeared on About.com Adventure Travel on Wednesday, February 8th, 2012 at 13:48:21.

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">First Winter Teva Mountain Games This Weekend

Vail's first Winter Teva Mountain Games start this weekend.  Even if you're not an extreme athlete, there's an event for you - the Seven Wonders of Vail.  This Colorado Mountain town is an adventurer's paradise, summer or winter.

Photo: Jack Affleck, Vail, Colorado

First Winter Teva Mountain Games This Weekend originally appeared on About.com Adventure Travel on Wednesday, February 8th, 2012 at 13:48:21.

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Which boutique, family-owned company puts together luxury African safaris and lodges its guests in many of the properties on Travel + Leisure's "World's Best" list of the top 20 properties in the world? With this company, guests travel in style, and move from location to another in chartered bush planes.

Photo courtesy of Micato Safaris

Seeking a Company That Offers Luxury Safaris? originally appeared on About.com Adventure Travel on Monday, February 6th, 2012 at 20:19:31.

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">Seeking a Company That Offers Luxury Safaris?

Which boutique, family-owned company puts together luxury African safaris and lodges its guests in many of the properties on Travel + Leisure's "World's Best" list of the top 20 properties in the world? With this company, guests travel in style, and move from location to another in chartered bush planes.

Photo courtesy of Micato Safaris

Seeking a Company That Offers Luxury Safaris? originally appeared on About.com Adventure Travel on Monday, February 6th, 2012 at 20:19:31.

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Wish I had been wearing CrashPads shorts under my pants when I slid into a pile of rocks and did a number on my leg while mountain biking in Scotland.  This protective sports apparel comes in garments designed to help protect bodies playing specific sports, from skiing and snowboarding to mountain biking, soccer and horseback riding.  You can buy off-the-rack choices or have custom garments made at CrashPads.

Photo: CrashPads

Pad Your Body to Protect Yourself From Crashes originally appeared on About.com Adventure Travel on Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 at 19:18:21.

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">Pad Your Body to Protect Yourself From Crashes

Wish I had been wearing CrashPads shorts under my pants when I slid into a pile of rocks and did a number on my leg while mountain biking in Scotland.  This protective sports apparel comes in garments designed to help protect bodies playing specific sports, from skiing and snowboarding to mountain biking, soccer and horseback riding.  You can buy off-the-rack choices or have custom garments made at CrashPads.

Photo: CrashPads

Pad Your Body to Protect Yourself From Crashes originally appeared on About.com Adventure Travel on Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 at 19:18:21.

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Here's the latest "Top 10 Types of Adventures" list. Let me know if you think other types of adventure travel experiences should be added to the list.

Photo: (c) Lois Friedland

Top 10 Types of Adventure Check-Up originally appeared on About.com Adventure Travel on Monday, January 30th, 2012 at 20:56:07.

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">Top 10 Types of Adventure Check-Up

Here's the latest "Top 10 Types of Adventures" list. Let me know if you think other types of adventure travel experiences should be added to the list.

Photo: (c) Lois Friedland

Top 10 Types of Adventure Check-Up originally appeared on About.com Adventure Travel on Monday, January 30th, 2012 at 20:56:07.

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So what's an adventure philanthropist?   Roadmonky says it's a traveler who likes to combine adventures with a chance to give back to local communities you're visiting.  On a Roadmonkey trip you'll see how much fun it is to combine adventure and volunteering.

Photo courtesy of Catalyst Foundation and Roaddmonkey

Are You an Adventure Philanthropist? originally appeared on About.com Adventure Travel on Saturday, January 28th, 2012 at 18:48:47.

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">Are You an Adventure Philanthropist?

So what's an adventure philanthropist?   Roadmonky says it's a traveler who likes to combine adventures with a chance to give back to local communities you're visiting.  On a Roadmonkey trip you'll see how much fun it is to combine adventure and volunteering.

Photo courtesy of Catalyst Foundation and Roaddmonkey

Are You an Adventure Philanthropist? originally appeared on About.com Adventure Travel on Saturday, January 28th, 2012 at 18:48:47.

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snowshoe excursions.

Snowshoes are easy to rent at winter resorts, and easily purchased at sporting stores.

Bredeson Outdoor Adventures specializes in snowshoe hikes in the winter and hiking in mountainous locales in Europe in the summertime.

Snowshoeing is an Escape From Urban Activities originally appeared on About.com Adventure Travel on Saturday, January 21st, 2012 at 21:00:59.

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">Snowshoeing is an Escape From Urban Activities

Have you ever tried snowshoeing? It's a low-impact outdoor activity that places you in beautiful settings. Walking through a meadow, or on a trail through the woods you can catch up with friends and chat with your kids (who won't be sending texts to friends at that moment). If you want to go with a group, several organizations around the country, and possibly in your city, offer snowshoe excursions.

Snowshoes are easy to rent at winter resorts, and easily purchased at sporting stores.

Bredeson Outdoor Adventures specializes in snowshoe hikes in the winter and hiking in mountainous locales in Europe in the summertime.

Snowshoeing is an Escape From Urban Activities originally appeared on About.com Adventure Travel on Saturday, January 21st, 2012 at 21:00:59.

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