The destinations vary including India, Tanzania, Brazil and many more. One particularly interesting destination is Tanzania where volunteers visit Bagamoyo, while working along side with local tribes in organizations offering services in caregiving, teaching, healthcare and community developmement. Learn more about this trek.

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A well equipped surf shop offers anything you will need for surfing, including rental and ding repair. They accomodation options in beautiful bungalows with sea view and apartments in the village of Famara.

Web Site: www.famarasurf.com

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The Pacific Coast is a tortuous coastline of 1.016 km, with various gulfs and peninsulas. It is bordered by tropical dry forests which receive almost no rain for several months each year, as well as by mangroves, swamps and beaches. Tidal variation is quite large and there are many offshore islands. The two most important peninsulas are the Nicoya, separated from the mainland by a gulf of the same name, and the peninsula de Osa. The Peninsula de Nicoya is hilly, dry and dusty. It is known for its cattle farming and also its beach resorts.

Costa Rica has a huge variety of habitats, each with particular associations of plants and animals. The country’s extensive and ambitious national park system is an attempt to protect them all. The system begun in the 1960s and now there are about three dozen National Parks, wildlife refuges, biological reserves, and recreation areas in Costa Rica. Montezuma is situated within a wildlife corridor, which is used to enable wildlife to range over larger areas, preserving life in two different ecosystems.

Like many tropical countries there are two season: the wet and the dry. The dry season is generally from about late december to April and this is called verano (or summer). The rest of the year tends to be wet, and it is called invierno (or winter). In the north and central Pacific coast the dry season really is dry, with only one or two rainy days per month. Temperatures vary little from season to season and the main influencing factor is altitude: the Pacific averages are 23°C at night and over 32°C during the day.

Web site: www.playamontezuma.net

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Andiamo Adventours has been offering informative and personable active travel holiday opportunities
for more than 10 years; featuring affordable walking, hiking, bicycling or mountain biking adventures in Italy, Croatia, France, Switzerland, Germany/Austria, Czech Republic and California.

They offer 3 to 4-star charming chateaux, inns, framstays and restored villas & palaces for accommodations. Equally memorable are our variety of casually elegant dining establishments where ample choices within a wide range of regional specialties are made available for each course. Fully-supported trips typically have 6-8 participants and never exceed 12 unless for private groups. Each trip list a terrain rating from casual/easy to avid/intermediate. However, each tour is designed with variable routes so that you can enjoy most any biking or walking tour at the pace/distance that suits your idea of an active vacation.

Web site: www.andiamoadventours.com

Mountain Trekking Adventures – The Hovsgol Mountains are an outstanding mountain walking and trekking destination, with an enormous diversity of landscapes and spectacular ridge walks.

Horseback Adventures – The most authentic way to experience Mongolia is to travel on horseback accompanied by nomads; explore the mountains, forest and steppes on the hardy Mongolian horses.

Kayaking Adventures – Mongolias river trips will transport you through nomadic landscapes, passing by herds of horses, and nomad camps, to the remote untouched corners of Mongolia.

Cultural Adventures – Mongolia has a fascinating nomadic culture and Tibetan Buddhist heritage with intriguing traditional customs dating back before Chinggis Khan. The highlight of the nomad’s year is the Naadam festival, of the three ‘manly’ sports of horse racing, archery and wrestling, held in mid-July. This is a great experience is getting closer to the culture, and the people of the country is important to you.

Web site: www.4thworldadventure.com

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Typical Iceland tour Itinerary

Saturday: You’ll arrive at Keflavik Airport early Saturday, take the “Flybus” shuttle into Reykjavik where you’ll be met by your guide, who will get you to your guesthouse. You can rest or go exploring in the world’s most northerly capitol. We’ll give you a list of things to see in town and some restaurant suggestions for lunch and dinner on your own.

Sunday: Rafting the White River – Ever wonder where the word geyser came from? You’ll see a water spout, at the Geysir site this morning, and also see the River Hvita thundering through Gullfoss, the double Golden Falls. Then below Gullfoss, you’ll experience the River Hvita, in rafts and protective gear, and spend a few hours traveling through deep gorges and exciting rapids. You’ll spend the next three nights in a comfortable hotel in Hveragerdi, with a hot pot and good beds!

Monday: Walking through History and Sampling Some Water – After breakfast you’ll head to Thingvellir National Park. Here is the North Atlantic Ridge where the tectonic plates of Europe and North America are slowly spreading apart. This is the place where Iceland’s Parliament – the Althingi, considered the oldest representative government – met for hundreds of years. You’ll have a walking tour through the historical and geological sites, and of the geothermal area at Nesjavellir. You’ll have a choice between snorkeling in the clear waters around Thingvellir or kayaking. Then back to Stokkeseyri, for a Lobster Feast at a beach-side restaurant. .

Tuesday: Glacier Walk, Nature & Bird Life – Iceland’s South Coast will be your goal, today, as you visit impressive waterfalls, glaciers, and black sand beaches formed as lava makes its way to the sea. Then you’ll head to Solheimajokull glacier, get fitted out to spend two hours exploring its vast white expanse on foot. Pretty cool! You’ll have an Icelandic buffet at the hotel tonight.

Wednesday: Viking Horses and The Blue Lagoon – After breakfast, you’ll get to try some of the Iceleandic horses that have been in the fields everywhere! You’ll get helmet (and rain gear, if necessary) and the guides will give you a horse that’s good for your skill level- whether your a novice or experienced. You’ll enjoy an hour and a half on the soft grass and lava trails in the pretty river valley around the farm. After lunch, you’ll get to soak off the morning at the Blue Lagoon, one of Icelands most well known spots! You’ll spend the next two nights in Reykjavík. While here, only breakfast is included so as to give you the opportunity to visit some of the capital’s many interesting restaurants.

Thursday: Whale Watching & Mountain Bikes – The day begins with a 3 hour cruise that takes you in search of the whales and dolphins and seabirds of Iceland. Following the cruise, mountain bikes are ready for a journey into Heiðmörk, a beautiful wooded area not far from the capital. Then you can choose how to spend your last night of the tour.

Friday: Last Day – The morning will be free to explore Reykjavik to see museums, shops and galleries. Then the Flybus shuttle will return you to Keflavik International Airport for late afternoon departure, OR, if you’re very lucky, you can take on more of Iceland after meeting the Viking Challenge!

Web Site: icelandadventure.com

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Amazonia Expeditions has operated fine natural history and adventure trips in the western Amazon since 1981. They are the only licensed tour operator with access to Peru’s Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve, famed for its diversity of wildlife. Their jungle lodge is located on the Tahuayo River is open every day of the year. It is a small lodge, with only fifteen cabins, keeping the rainforest experience personalized, intimate and manageable from an eco-tour perspective. Sufficient English speaking men and women guides are available so that every guest can have an itinerary customized to their needs and interests.

Web site: www.perujungle.com

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Web Site: www.alaskabushsafari.com

Grand Beach is located on Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada. Being a large lake with consistent north or south winds, its an ideal destination for Kiteboarding. Riders can launch from the east beaches and enjoy riding up and down in along the shore in both winter and summer. There are many locations on Lake Winnipeg for kite surfing. Lake Winnipeg is a fairly shallow lake near its edges which provides a great environment to learn to kiteboard safely. View the interactive Google map of the Manitoba Kite Locations.

Accomodations and more information on the area can be found at the Grand Beach Tourism web site.

Video: Kitsurfing at the sand spit near Grand Beach in Grand Marais, Manitoba.

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