Travel Tips

Got Your Daily Dose of Green?

I’m not talking about a spirulina smoothie, though that can be good for you, too. Nope, it’s actually “Vitamin N” that’s the focus – “N” for “nature.” It’s...

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The Places You’ll Go: Camp Leakey Orangutan Research Center

Where: Deep in the rain forests of Central Borneo in the Tanjung Puting National Park. What’s there: A full-service research center where visitors can observe...

Wendy Redal

Alaska Cruise or Authentic Alaska? The Choice is Yours

What kind of Alaska tour are you looking for? Legendary wildlife and wilderness, or crowds and commercialism? How you choose to see Alaska -- and who you...

Wendy Redal

Cruise Ship vs. Kayak? How to See the Real Alaska

How would you rather experience Alaska? With 10,000 cruise ship passengers, or from the seat of a kayak in Misty Fjords in the solitude of wilderness?

Wendy Redal

The Cure for Too Much Information: Detox Inside by Getting Outside

For 2012, resolve to turn off the Internet, tune out the text and rediscover your inner self and core values — ideally on a wilderness adventure far away from technological tethers.

Candice Gaukel Andrews

New Outdoor Apps—Bring Them with You Outdoors

It’s less than a week before Christmas, and I’ll bet by now you’re beginning to feel “gadgeted out,” tired of being bombarded with all of the e-mail, internet...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Eating Traditionally, or Eating Touristy?

Part of the pleasure of visiting new places is learning about local customs and tasting homegrown foods. Who hasn’t at least wanted to try haggis in Scotland,...

Wendy Redal

5 fright-full destinations to explore… Happy Halloween!

IT'S HALLOWEEN! What better reason to ponder a trip to some of the world's eerier places for explorers? From Dracula's castle to the mausoleums of New...

Wendy Redal

A Fresh Spin on Packing Light

Think you’ve got packing light mastered? There may be some helpful hints you haven’t thought of, especially if you’re planning a serious adventure with a backpack. Read on.

Wendy Redal

World Tourism Day: Travel Makes a Difference!

Today is World Tourism Day, a chance for countries and citizens around the globe to ponder and celebrate the crucial role of travel in our mutual wellbeing....

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Places, Good and Bad

We humans seem to have a great need to anthropomorphize; that is, we tend to want to ascribe human characteristics to inanimate objects, nonhuman animals and...

Wendy Redal

10 Travel Tips to Protect the Planet

Earth Day is past, but cultivating eco-awareness should be a part of our daily routine. When it’s time to leave home, consider the planet as you make your...

Wendy Redal

Adventure Travel Gadgets: What Can You Not Live Without?

What travel accessories are essential when you’re in the back of beyond? Are you in the corps of Kindle-readers and aficionados of portable GPS devices? Or do you prefer your vacations unplugged? How about recharging camera batteries? Join our conversation on what’s useful, what’s superfluous.

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Saving Places Never Seen

I still vividly recall the dream, even though I couldn’t have been more than six or seven years old when I had it. I was flying, low—without a plane, mind...

Wendy Redal

Can You Guess our “Alaska Alternative” for True Adventurers?

While you can still find real wilderness in Alaska, it’s getting harder all the time, as more than 1 million visitors descend on the 49th state from May to September each year. We’ve got a suggestion for another option, a magical northern land where whales and musk ox and narwhals and icebergs far outnumber any humans present.

Wendy Redal

8 Affordable Gifts for Avid Adventurers

Looking for a holiday gift for the adventure traveler in your life, or need some ideas for your own wish list to share with Santa? Start with these — innovative gadgets and gear that will enhance any explorer’s experience without breaking your bank.

Wendy Redal

5 Reasons to Make Your Next Trip a Nature Vacation

Traveling in natural settings — whether forests, mountains, beaches or canyons — isn’t just beautiful, it actually benefits your mind, body and spirit. Discover more about why travel among nature and wildlife is good therapy, as well as grand adventure.

Wendy Redal

Where Adventure Lives: Outside the Routine

I’m writing this week from a place not many would associate with exciting destinations for adventure travel: Greater Los Angeles. My family and I are here to...

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