ADVENTURE TRAVEL
The adventures worth booking.
The 15 most popular guided adventures worldwide, from white-water rafting and glacier walks to jungle treks, gondola rides and nights under the northern lights.
Spend 9 hours in Doi Inthanon’s cloud forests from Chiang Mai with waterfalls, royal pagodas, and hill-tribe coffee on a GSTC tour.
Most Popular“I had a great time! Our guide, Gin, was very friendly, informative and walked us through the history behind the sites. Highly recommend!”
Ethical elephant care at Pon Elephant Thailand, then a jungle hike to Mae Wang Waterfall with lunch and river bathing in 7 hours.
“Such an amazing day at Pon Elephant Sanctuary from start to finish, our guide was great, the sanctuary was amazing and the elephants are really chilled and are really well looked after by the staff”
Half-day elephant sanctuary tour near Chiang Mai with guided feeding, herbal treat making, forest walks, and river bathing when elephants choose.
“The tour was truly amazing! The people who works in the sanctuary was so kind and the elephants looks healthy and good cared. I’m gonna remember this days for the rest of my life, it was life changing.”
White Temple, Blue Temple, and Temple of Light in Chiang Rai on a guided day trip from Chiang Mai. A/C van, small groups, photo time.
“Pranom was a very nice and informative tour guide. We had a wonderful day in Chiang Rai.”
Chiang Mai cooking class with a market herb walk and organic garden meal. Make curry paste, Thai curries, and mango sticky rice.
“Such a great activity! We made so much food and it was all so delicious and filling. I throughly enjoyed this class”
Tromsø Northern Lights tour with cozy bonfire, photo coaching, and a free professional aurora portrait delivered next day.
“Amar was such an excellent tour guide. He was positive, engaging and knowledgeable. Room great efforts even on a cloudy night to help us find the best light views.”
A hands-on ethical elephant sanctuary day in Chiang Mai: feed rescued elephants, make healthy treats, enjoy a mud bath, and eat a Thai buffet.
“Excellent! the feeling and love to the elefants was awesome, and you ned to try it! we were lucky to be guided by an Italian sponsor who was very exited (in a good way) and allover a very very good guide.”
A 3-hour Chiang Mai Old City temple walk with a local English guide, from Wat Chedi Luang’s stupa to Wat Phra Singh mosaics.
“Our guide Nuttaya was extremely knowledgeable and gave us a very informative tour of 3 of Chiang Mai’s most famous temples. Highly recommend this walking tour for learning more about the history of the city and Buddhism. Kob koon kaa 🙏”
Sunrise at Doi Suthep, then Wat Pha Lat and Wat Umong tunnels. Small-group, low-impact tour with hotel pickup for $32.
“Nice tour - also due to small group - guide (Tom Tem) was really good. English was good and knowledge was good. Overall a great experience.”
A 5-hour small-group Arctic circuit from Tromsø’s Magic Ice Bar, with warm gear, scenic stops on Kvaløya, and free web photo delivery.
“Had a magical time on our tour with Joanna! Joanna was a wonderful tour guide and driver, very enthusiastic about the area, approachable with questions, and maintained a great energy throughout the day. We acknowledge we got extremely lucky with our weather on the day (some clear skies, minimal wind, a very short bout of…”
One day in Chiang Mai packed with Doi Inthanon waterfalls, royal pagodas, and an ethical elephant sanctuary experience.
“Our daytrip was fantastic. Thank you to our guide, Apo! Apo was a great and knowledgeable local guide. Everything was amazing. We got to spend plenty of time with the many elephants, feeding them and walking with them. The tours to the temples, waterfall, and the peak of Doi Inthanon were great as well. We…”
Small-group Mendoza tour with 3 Maipú wineries and an olive oil factory. Bilingual guides, tastings included, 2–8 p.m. pickup.
“It was a great and entertaining tour. Alejandro shared lots of information abot geography and the climate in Mendoza as well as abour the wines of the región. Travel was safe. The tour to the wineries and olive pil intersting andxentertaining. Lovely group. Would recommend”
Chase the aurora from Reykjavik on a 3–4 hour coach hunt, with expert guidance, Wi‑Fi, and a free return if the lights vanish.
“Our tour was amazing ! Our tour guide and driver were so lovely and amazing ! our bus had a bit of an accident which meant we needed another bus to pick us up. but both Kelli and JP were amazing. They put out a bonfire for us, gave us hot chocolate and we stood…”
Kerchor Eco Elephant Park tour from Chiang Mai: feed baby elephants, mud bath and river bathing, Thai lunch, and eco education.
“Wonderful experience. Must do while im Chiang Mai. Had fun preparing food for the elephants feeding them and bathing them.”
3-hour Chiang Mai Old City walk: Wat Chiang Man, Phra Singh, Phan Tao teak hall, Chedi Luang. Small group guide for $21.
“Our guide Jen was very good, she knows the history of Thailand very well and answered all our questions we were 6 of us. It was nice walking around small streets and went places we would not think of visiting, we discovered fun places along the way.”
From the Rockies to the rainforest to the Arctic, every kind of adventure and where to find it.
