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 		Crocodile Adventure Tour in Lamanai, Belize
Belize's Lamanai Outpost Lodge, on the New River near the Lamanai Mayan archaeological site, offers a unique eco-adventure: tagging and researching endangered crocodiles
Belize Adventure Travel and Tour Highlights
In tiny Belize, visitors can explore one of the world's most impressive coral reefs, along with Mayan ruins, jungle farms, crocodile swamps, and rainforest trails.
Types of Adventure Travel Tours
Adventure travel tours include guided hikes and catered meals, or full-out challenge and hair-raising adventure. Here's how to pick the right adventure vacation.
Winter Driving Safety Equipment and Tips
Winter adventure travel often involves driving to the destination on remote rural roads. A car winter survival kit and some safety tips can help drivers stay safe.
Travel Gear, Accessories for Tropical Trips
Tropical travelers face high temperatures, high humidity, fierce sun, biting bugs, and food and water borne illnesses. Some travel gear and common sense prevent problems.
Christmas Gifts for Hikers, Adventure Travelers
Specialty outdoor equipment stores have a cornucopia of holiday gifts for outdoor travelers. Good outdoor gear gifts include headlamps, hats, and outdoor cooking gear.
Winter Hiking and Touring in the Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon National Park in winter has fewer tourists. Once in the canyon, temperatures are mild and campsites are quiet, enabling visitors to take in the.grandeur.
Adventure Travel Over the Christmas Holidays
Over Christmas, most travelers are with families, not on trails. So It may be easier for adventure travelers to get on popular but hard-to-book adventure travel tours.
Wind-Resistant, Water-Resistant Outerwear
Adventure travelers often find themselves outside in unsettled weather. When full-fledged water-proof rain-gear is too hot, weather-resistant shells provide protection.
St. Lucia Adventure Travel and Tour Highlights
What to do in St. Lucia? The Caribbean island boasts adventure travel tours for the whole family. Here's a round-up of top adventure activities in St. Lucia.
St. Lucia Watersports and Ocean Adventures
St. Lucia's combination of mountain, rainforest, and ocean adventure tours offers something for everyone. SCUBA, snorkeling, and sailing are top water activities.
Sunrise Felucca Sail on the Nile in Cairo, Egypt
Feluccas are traditional boats used in the Middle East, and especially, on the Nile. Tourists can experience a traditional Nile river cruise in Cairo at dawn.
English Versus Western Riding Techniques
There are two basic styles of horseback riding: English and western. Both are based on historical traditions of horsemanship, and both are common on equestrian vacations.
Winter Adventure Travel Highlights in Alaska
Winter outdoor activities in Alaska include skiing and snowshoeing, along with opportunities to try ice climbing, dogsledding, ice fishing, and ice carving.
Horseback Riding Basics for Equestrian Vacations
Basic horseback riding techniques, such as mounting, correct seat position, and using the reins properly, help beginning riders confidently enjoy an equestrian vacation.
Zip Lining in the St. Lucia Rainforest
An adventure travel tour in St. Lucia would not be complete without a zip-line tour through the rainforest. Two outfitters offer different courses and activities.
Caribbean Rainforest Adventures in St. Lucia
St. Lucia's rainforest, adventure, and nature tours include the Diamond Botanical Garden, a miniature zoo of endemic species, and waterfall and birdwatching hikes.
Caribbean Adventures in St. Lucia Mountains
In addition to watersports and rainforests, St. Lucia has unique mountain landscapes. Adventure travelers can climb the famous Pitons or drive into the Soufriere Volcano.
Treatments for Jet Lag and Travel Insomnia
Adventure travelers cope with uncomfortable conditions and sleeping problems. Natural sleep aids, sleeping medications, travel pillows, hydration, and common sense help.
Western U.S. Autumn Offers Foliage, Wildlife
They're not as well known as East Coast foliage, but western autumns shine with golden aspen, crimson huckleberries, blazing willows. Here are three western fall trips.
Where, When to Find Peak Foliage in New York
New York fall foliage tours go from mountains to the ocean, farms to vineyards. Peak autumn foliage begins in September and lasts into November, depending on location.
Stair Climbers, Treadmills Help Walkers Get Fit
Walking is an effective, fast weight loss and exercise strategy. Using a treadmill or a stair climber can help walkers and adventure travelers get fit before a trip.
Peak Autumn Foliage in Southern New England
Southern New England offers autumn foliage get-aways within a two- or three-hour drive of New York and Boston. Highlights are Berkshire and Litchfield Counties.
Peak Northern New England Fall Foliage
Peak foliage in Northern New England depends on latitude, elevation, and distance from the Atlantic. Best autumn color occurs between late September and mid October.
Where, When East Coast Fall Foliage is at Peak
Hikers, backpackers, drivers, and cyclsts can all revel in the East Coast's famed autumn foliage from September till November. The Appalachian Mountains are a highlight.