Adventure travel
Embark on an adventure into the great unknown.
By Lonely Planet
- A destination this extreme may incite an urge to chart the course on your own, but it’s best to call in the experts to guide you on this once-in-a-lifetime journey.
- We’ve rounded up 13 brilliant and bizarre adventure activities to inspire your next blood-pumping escapade.
- Partial to parkour? Go giddy at the sight of a glacier? Whether your kicks come in the form of skiing, surfing or chasing a storm, the USA has an adventure for you.
- A journey on the Nordlandsbanen will allow you to experience fascinating tales of the past, to be stirred by the power of nature, and to taste the fresh flavours of the region.
- Whether you’re looking for a single day hike or a whole vacation’s worth of walking, you’ll find it here.
- Here are 10 bikepacking hacks to get you off the couch and onto the saddle.
- Push your family out of their collective comfort zone with these ideas for an adventure you can have together.
- Mark the bicentenary of the birth of the bike – or ‘velocipede’ as Karl Drais called his invention in 1817 – with these multi-day off-road cycling adventures.
- Cycling in the French Alps is no longer the preserve of the professionals.
- Lonely Planet writer, Mark Johnson, takes us on a journey to Peru’s lesser-known ‘lost city'.
- North Wales has always been an epic place for the active. And the addition an innovative surf lagoon and record-breaking zip lines has created arguably the best place for adventure sports in Britain.
- Now is the time to visit the glaciers that shaped this dramatic landscape before they disappear.
- Tucked away on the central west coast of New Zealand's North Island, the Taranaki region is both overlooked and under-appreciated.
- The spirit of adventure steers travellers off the trodden path in this corner of the Balkans...
- Trekking these stunning highlands is like stepping into an otherworldly paradise...
- Here are four adventures to get your pulse racing...
- While the island is known worldwide for its sailing, tennis and golf, it’s also home to many more activities for every fitness level.
- Here are the best options for getting a fish/bird’s-eye view of San Diego.
- Down a dark, dark tunnel, in a dark, dark cavern, you'll find Robbie Shone, camera poised to capture what lies beneath the earth’s surface.
- Here are just some of the adventures to be had on Stavanger's doorstep.
- Inspired by our new book Epic Bike Rides of the World, we invited three blogging bikepackers to recount their most epic journeys.
- The picturesque Quilotoa Loop has big mountains, big views and big climbs. But family friendly? Yes and, somewhat surprisingly, very much so.
- Nowhere in the UK can rival Pembrokeshire, in Wales’ wild southwest, for coastal adventures.
- Consider this your guide to thrill-seeking in Europe’s youngest country.
