Adventure Travel - Is it for You?
28-12-2007 : Published in www.gogirlfriend.com
Getting the most out of your adventure travel
Dez Bartelt is the president/ and co-owner of Best of Both Adventures for Women. Her company, which leads trips everywhere from Patagonia to Kenya has been in the adventure travel business for 20 years.
Nancy, GG Reader: What's the attraction of adventure travel?
 Argentina AdventureDez:
People have become more interconnected with cell phones and email
everywhere. Downtime has become so rare that when you can get away
there is this urge to go where you'll be out of touch, where you'll
have an experience totally unlike your everyday life. That's what
adventure travel is today.
Sarah, GG Reader: What are the golden rules of safe adventure travel?
Dez: First, choose your trips wisely. Go with a company that has an established history and systems in place.
Niki, GG Reader: What's the advantage of taking an adventure trip with a group, rather than mapping it out for yourself?
Dez: Going with a company like ours is not for everybody. There
are people who can create their own itinerary, get their own gear
together and map out a route. Those people should do that.
We've been in the business for 20 years and we're  Hotel Barilocheblessed
with an extraordinary collection of trip leaders who bring
understanding, cultural contact and safety, which is very difficult to
get by yourself without those years of experience.
Liz, GG Reader: So, if I want to adventure, where do you suggest?
Dez: I see the places that have been remote becoming more
familiar, so there'll be more people going to Patagonia or Panama (the
new Costa Rica). I see that outer-edge group, which is constantly
looking for the new places, going deeper maybe into unexplored South
America or deeper into Kenya, Africa.
Our planet is changing every day and seeing those far and away places are a must for anyone looking for adventure.
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