Active Travel Adventures podcast I Inspiring Multi-Day Adventure Trips Around the World
Discover the world's best hiking, biking, and paddling adventures on the Active Travel Adventures Podcast. Get inspired to take your next multi-day trip — no extreme fitness required! We cover active vacations that any reasonably fit person can do, especially if they train. Adventure travel holidays offer a fun and more immersive cultural experience! What You'll Discover: * Trekking routes both the popular Bucket List trails and treks, plus many less discovered routes * Cycling holidays in small groups, solo or the fun boat and bike tours * River rafting and kayaking adventures (often combined with hiking and cycling) * Small group guided adventure tours from around the world * Adventure travel ideas that you can plan on your own, with your partner or with friends -- Popular Hiking Adventures covered include: trekking Nepal, the Dolomites, Mont Blanc -- Popular Long Distance Walking Holidays include: Caminos in Europe, Costa Rica and Japan and many popular UK long walks -- Popular Biking Adventures include cycling Vietnam, boat and bike tours in France and Greece -- Popular Paddling Adventures include rafting the Grand Canyon, kayaking in New Zealand Plus many vacations that combine a bit of hiking, cycling and paddling! -- Popular National Parks in the US and around the world Many shows teach you the outdoor skills you need to go on these fun adventures! ATA's mission is to inspire and empower you to lead a bigger life through adventure travel. Travel the Active Travel Adventures way! On the website, you can see photos and videos of the adventure covered, plus get more information about the trip covered. You can also get a FREE Travel Planner for each adventure by signing up for our once a month newsletter.
Episodes
How Smart Travelers Handle Problems, Disasters & Unexpected Adventures
In this three part series, we will explore the main problems that you may run into on your travels and how to prevent and/or mitigate them. We will cover health issues, money problems, navigation snafus, communication challenges, document loss problems, as well as the less common but more serious civil unrest or major natur...
Dreaming of trekking in the Himalayas without needing to be an elite mountaineer? In this episode of Active Travel Adventures, we explore the unforgettable Annapurna Base Camp Trek — one of the world's most scenic and achievable high-altitu...
In this Part II of my Peru adventures, we finish up our adventure travel tour with my affiliate, Active Adventures (exclusive listener promo code - Email Me to get the code) - good on ANY of Active Adventures epic worldwide tours!), and then my sister Terry and I head off on our own to explore other exciting places in southern Peru and Bolivia, including:
- Climb up to sacred Humantay Lake
- Climb Palccoyo Rainbow Mountain
- Dune B...
Trek Machu Picchu Inca Trail plus Hike and Bike the Sacred Valley of Peru
Join Kit as she describes her hiking adventure with her sister Terry. On this first part of their month long Peruvian and Bolivian adventure, they tackle a Bucket List adventure: trekking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. They also hike and bike the Sacred Valley of the Incas, and visit markets ...
What is it really like to cycle Vietnam?
In this episode of the Active Travel Adventures Podcast, I'm joined by Jeff and Ed, two experienced cyclists who share their firsthand experience riding a 13-day Vietnam guided cycling tour from Saigon to Hue.
Explore Croatia's stunning Dalmatian coast by hiking, biking and paddling! Start from Split and work your way to Dubrovnik on this exciting and fun adventure.
We discuss all of the fun activities our guest Lesley did on her Active Adventures tour, the great food and wine and wonderful accommodations.
COMPLETE SHOW NOTES See important links for planning your adventure, photos, vi...
What's it really like to cycle from Amsterdam to Bruges — and sleep in your luxury floating hotel along the way?
In this episode, we dive into the unforgettable Amsterdam to Bruges bike and barge tour, one of Europe's most relaxing active adventures. Pedal flat scenic routes through the Netherlands and Belgium, cruise past ...
Solo Travel Tips and Advice
Many of us are afraid to travel solo. On today's show we delve in to how to travel solo safely, plus the pros and cons of solo travel. I interview three expert solo travelers to get their best advice and encourangement. Visit the website to delve deeper into the pros and cons of traveling solo safely.
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Make your travel life smoother with these great (mostly free) travel apps.
On today's show, you'll learn about the best recommended travel apps for planning, to save money, transportation, lodging, food and activities, getting around, security, translation, plus some solid travel tips from the world travelers on my recent Bhutan adventure as well as highly rated travel apps from other hard core travelers...
I hiked to Everest Base Camp in Nepal to commemorate my 65th birthday. In Part II of this two part series, I cover more of the actual trekking experience. You can download Part I here to learn more about training, preparation for EBC, packing, and what to expect and more.
COMPLETE SHOW NOTES See important links for planning your EBC adventure, photos, videos and more cool info a...
I hiked to Everest Base Camp to commemorate my 65th birthday. In Part I of this two part series, I cover how I prepared and trained, what I packed and what I carried with me in my Day Pack, Lukla flight tips, tea houses (that's where you sleep along the EBC trail), porters, guides a bit about Kathmandu and more. Part II covers more of the actual trek experience. You can download it here.
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In Part II of our Bhutan adventure series, we dive deep into the trekking and camping experience that makes Bhutan one of the world's top bucket-list adventure destinations. If you've ever wondered what it's really like to hike in the Himalayas, stay in remote campsites, his episode gives you an authentic, first-hand look. We take a four day hiking and campi...
Discover why Bhutan—The Land of the Thunder Dragon—is one of the world's most extraordinary adventure travel destinations.
In this two part episode of the Active Travel Adventures podcast, I take you on my immersive cultural and trekking journey across Bhutan, including iconic hikes like Tiger's Nest Monastery, remote...
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We continue our long distance walk through some of England's most picturesque landscapes in Part II of our Cotswold Way walking holiday.
You'll learn what you'll see and learn about what it's like to take a long walking holiday.
There are long distance walks and paths throughout Europe and the Cotswold Way is considered one of the prettiest! The entire walk takes about two weeks, but you can customize it to be longer or shorter, ...
Today we head to the UK to do a delightful long distance walk through some of England's most picturesque landscapes in Part I of our Cotswold Way walking holiday.
You'll learn what you'll see and learn about what it's like to take a long walking holiday.
There are long distance walks and paths throughout Europe and the Cotswold Way is considered one of the prettiest! The entire walk takes about two weeks, but you can customize it...
In Part II of our Camino adventure, we, as a group of Active Travel Adventures listeners, walk "solo together' to complete the Portuguese Way Camino Coastal Route with the beautiful Spiritual Way Variant. We all had the same itinerary and lodging, but we could walk our own Camino, each day deciding whether to walk with others in the ATA group, solo or with new friends met along the way.
You'll learn what ...
Today we, as a group of Active Travel Adventures listeners, walk "solo together' to complete the Portuguese Way Camino Coastal Route with the beautiful Spiritual Way Variant. We all had the same itinerary and lodging, but we could walk our own Camino, each day deciding whether to walk with others in the ATA group, solo or with new friends met along the way.
You'll learn what to expect when doing an El Cam...
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