Give the Gift of Adventure or Giving Back

Adventure all wrapped up!

Climbing Kilimanjaro

Is there someone on your Christmas list that likes adventure?  How about someone who is impossible to buy for?  Or maybe someone who cannot fit even one more thing into their tiny apartment?

If you know someone like this, we have the perfect gift — an AWR Gift Certificate!

Our gift certificates can be used on any trip or destination that we offer, including

• Trekking with gorillas in Rwanda
• Migration safari to the Serengeti
• Galapagos cruise
• Machu Picchu
• Everest Base Camp trek
• Climbing Kilimanjaro
• A visit to the Potala Palace in Lhasa
• Hiking to the Tiger’s Nest Monastery in Bhutan

It’s not too late to buy your friends and family the trip of a lifetime!

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Gift of Giving Back

As you reflect on your great travels over the year, remember to help the local people where you visited.  Charities Within Reach helps the Shalom Orphanage in Tanzania, global porter projects, and Free A Child in Nepal.  Donate to these great projects and make a difference!

Travel Calendar

Here is a great calendar for planning your trip at just the right time!

JANUARY

• Tanzania: Peak migration in southern Serengeti
• Galapagos: Green sea turtles begin egg laying

FEBRUARY

• Tanzania: Sauti za Busara Swahili Music and Cultural Festival in Zanzibar
• Peru: Inca Trail closed for cleanup
• Peru: Carnaval (Festival)
• Ecuador: Carnaval (Festival)

MARCH

• Bhutan: Paro Tshechu (Festival)
• Tibet: Butter Lamp Festival
• Peru: Inca Trail permits sell out for July and August

APRIL

• Tanzania: Low season discounts
• Peru: Semanta Santa (Holy Week) Celebrations
• Galapagos: Massive arrival of waved albatrosses to Española Island with amazing courtship, green sea turtles begin to hatch

MAY

• Tibet/Nepal: Peak season for Everest Base Camp

JUNE

• Peru: Inti Raymi Festival
• Tibet: Saka Dawa Festival
• Elbrus: Climbing season begins (June-September)
• Ecuador: Cotopaxi summer climbing season begins (June-August)

JULY

• Tanzania: Peak migration in western Serengeti
• Ecuador: Founding of Guayaquil Celebration
• Galapagos: Whales and dolphins can be seen

AUGUST

• Peru: Santa Rosa de Lima Celebration

SEPTEMBER

• Tibet: Shoton (Yogurt) Festival
• Ecuador: Fiesta del Yamor and Colla Raymi

OCTOBER

• Kenya: Peak migration in Masai Mara
• Bhutan: Thimphu Tshechu (Festival)

NOVEMBER

• Aconcagua: Climbing season begins (November-February)
• Bhutan: Black-necked cranes arrival and festival
• Ecuador: Cotopaxi winter climbing season begins (November-February)

DECEMBER

• Peru: Chocolatada Festival in Cusco (hot chocolate and gifts to city needy and rural villagers)
• Ecuador: Founding of Quito Celebration
• Galapagos: Giant tortoises begin to hatch

Adventure Trips Under $1000

Adventure travel doesn’t have to break the bank! These trips are all under $1000/person land-only with camping or 3-star hotels based on the group size listed below.

Peru

7 Days Machu Picchu, Cusco, and Sacred Valley

• $765 (4 people minimum)

5 Day trekking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu

• $995 (join a group)

4-day Cordillera Blanca Trek

• $550 (4 people minimum)

5-day Best of the Huayhuash Trek

• $890 (join a group)

Galapagos

4 day Galapagos cruise on the Darwin, Rumba, or Yolita yachts

• $620-$900 (2 people minimum)

Ecuador

4-day Deep Amazon Experience

• $770 (2 people minimum)

Volcano Multisport

• $635 (4 people minimum)

Tanzania

5-day camping safari

• $900 (4 people minimum)

4 nights in a LUXURY hotel on Zanzibar

• $995 (2 people minimum)

4-day Mt. Meru trek

• $685 (2 people minimum)

Kenya

5-day camping safari

• $900 (join a group)

4-day Mt. Kenya trek on the Naro Moru or Sirimon routes

• $620 (4 people minimum)

Nepal

12 Days trekking to Everest Base Camp in Teahouses

• $875 (2 people minimum)

4 Days at Chitwan Jungle Lodge

• $630 (2 people minimum)

Tibet

6 Days of cultural tours in Lhasa

• $930 (2 people minimum)

ADVENTURE TRIPS UNDER $1000 >>

Bhutan Trip Report: Cultural Tours

Part of the excitement of traveling to a foreign country is visiting local places of history, museums, churches and temples, markets, schools, and theatres. This gives the traveler a sense of what makes the people who they are and helps define their culture.

Bhutan is rich with such local places! We were very impressed with the respect that people have for their historical sites, temples and monasteries and their cultural heritage. For the Bhutanese, these places are national treasures.

FULL TRIP REPORT >>

Bhutan Trip Report: Trekking

Where’s Bhutan?

“Uhh…Bhutan…where’s that?” This was a common reaction of people when we said we were going trekking in Bhutan. Many people have not heard of it and have no idea of its location in the Himalayas (north of India, south of Tibet). However, a week before we left for our trip, NBC’s Today Show aired Matt Lauer live from Bhutan. Then the reaction of people was: “Oh…we saw Matt Lauer’s piece on Bhutan! It looks like a beautiful country!”

In spite of the Today Show’s “promo” extolling its unique beauty, we were still awed and inspired by the country, it’s mountains and valleys, and most of all, it’s people.

FULL TRIP REPORT >>