Activity/Adventure Holidays
Reviews and ratings of quality, hand-picked, UK websites
The Adventure Company
• www.adventurecompany.co.uk
Headers: Adventure Holidays
The Adventure Company is a tour operator with over 200 adventure holidays, from Family Adventures for children as young as 1 year to climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. You can find safaris, trekking holidays, activity weeks, cultural journeys and more. The Adventure Company is an award winning travel site, with many interactive features and online booking capabilities.
Sherpa Expeditions
• www.sherpa-walking-holidays.co.uk
Headers: walking holidays, cycling holidays, expeditions
Sherpa Expeditions arranges walking and cycling holidays, either self guided or escorted within groups. You can be adventurous and choose, for example, to take a guided trek to the top of Mount Kilmanjaro, or maybe you would prefer to walk or cycle from Inn to Inn in Alsace, with your bags being delivered for you each step of the way. Sherpa has many different walking/cycling holidays on offer in a variety of countries, including the UK and Europe, Iceland, Africa and South America. Sherpa have been specialists in walking and cycling holidays for more than 30 years and have their headquarters in Hounslow.
Kuoni Travel
• www.kuoni.co.uk
Headers: Holidays, City Breaks, Dive, Escorted Tours, Safaris, Specialist Interest, Weddings
Kuoni has long been a byword for dream holidays - maybe a trip down the Nile or on Safari in Africa! Choose from holidays in Africa & Indian Ocean, Australasia, Caribbean, Europe, Far East, Indian Sub-Continent, N. Africa & Middle East, Sth & Central America and USA & Canada. Kuoni Travel was founded in 1906 in Switzerland and now has 300 offices around the world.
Frozen Planet
• www.frozenplanet.co.uk
Headers: Ski and Snowboard Holidays
You cannot book your holiday directly from this site, but what you get is a searchable database of ski resort properties in France, Switzerland and Canada, and you then contact the owners directly. Listed are chalets, apartments, guesthouses and bed & breakfasts - full descriptions, including photos, of each property is given. Frozen Planet is owned and run by ski enthusiasts Tim Larkin and Andrew Hogg.
Untamed Path
• www.untamedpath.com
Headers: Adventure Travel In South America
Untamed Path organise small group guided travel excursions to places like the Andes, the Galapogos and the Amazon. This is an American company, but can accomodate travellers from all over the world.
MyTravel
• www.mytravel.co.uk
Headers: Sun Holidays. Ski Holidays, Late Holidays, Flights, Cruises, Travel Information
Quick and easy search facilities from MyTravel with package holiday offers from Airtours, Aspro, Direct Holidays, Escapades, Panorama and Manos. Discounts if you book online plus a price promise to customers who find one of our travel deals cheaper somewhere else within 24 hours of booking. In addition the site has travel guides for all the main holiday destinations.
Opodo
• www.opodo.co.uk
Headers: Flights, Hotels, City Breaks, Tailor-made Holidays, Package Holidays, Cars, Meaningful Travel, Ski
Offers an unbiased and competitively priced online travel service for world travel, they have access to flights from over 400 airlines, as well as an extensive range of worldwide hotel properties and car rental companies, as well as travel insurance. Headquartered in London, the UK site launched in January 2002 and have already established themselves as a leading provider of online travel.
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