Fit For Trips — a fitness program for your adventure trip

Hiking in Peru

Fit for Trips offers easy-to-follow video-based fitness programs crafted to ensure that you will feel great while exploring new places and learning about other cultures. Whether you are just getting started with a fitness routine or regularly train for athletic challenges, Fit for Trips offers trip-specific conditioning routines for adventurers of all levels.

All Fit for Trips fitness programs will help build your physical capabilities so you feel more energized, more confident and ultimately more satisfied on any of our once in a lifetime adventures. With Fit for Trips, you’ll enjoy getting ready for your trip almost as much as the trip itself.

Fit for Trips has designed special fitness programs for all adventure trips offered by Adventures Within Reach.  Programs range from 4 weeks to 15 weeks and prices start at $169.  AWR clients get an 8% discount off the regular prices!

Fit for Trips was founded by a team of adventure travel fitness experts dedicated to improving the physical fitness of adventure travelers worldwide.  And every program comes with a money back guarantee if you’re not satisfied for any reason.

Fit for Trips for Adventures Within Reach >>

AWR Helps Break World Record

Denver Gorilla Run 2009

Adventures Within Reach is excited to announce that we helped break the Guinness Book of World’s Record for “most people dressed up in gorilla suits”!  Our staff were part of the 1061 record-breaking “gorillas”.

It was a balmy day for the Denver Gorilla Run on October 31, 2009 and quite hot inside the gorilla suits.  The AWR staff were dressed as “safari” gorillas.  In the end, few of us ran in heat — most walked or rode bicycles.  It was a beautiful course through downtown Denver and along the river.

The sad part of the story is that there are only 740 gorillas left in the world. It was a harsh reality when standing altogether and realizing that there were fewer mountain gorillas than people ready to race.

AWR Breaks World Record

AWR is proud to support the Mountain Gorilla Conservation Fund. This great program has been dedicated to the preservation of the Mountain Gorilla ever since Dian Fossey asked for help back in 1985. AWR supports their efforts to keep the highly endangered Mountain Gorilla alive in the jungles of Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

You can still donate to this great cause:

• http://www.active.com/donate/Gorillarun

Adventures Within Reach offers gorilla treks in Uganda and Rwanda.  We recommend a minimum of 11 days in Uganda, which also includes 2 days with chimpanzees.  You can visit the gorillas in as few as 3 days in Rwanda, but a longer is better to really enjoy the country.

Learn more about gorilla trekking in Uganda/Rwanda >>

Green Travel Auction

Patagonia trip offered at the STI aGreen Travel Auction

Sustainable Travel International (STI) is hosting a Green Travel Auction October 15-31, 2009.

STI has a fantastic assortment of eco-vacations, green hotel stays and incredible tours donated by travel and tourism providers across the globe who are committed to responsible travel.

All proceeds support Sustainable Travel International’s mission to promote responsible travel and ecotourism, support sustainable development, and help travelers and travel providers protect what’s best about the destinations we visit.

Adventures Within Reach has donated a 5-night/6-day Kayak Trip for Two in Spectacular Patagonia, Chile, and bidding starts at just $1500!

Don’t miss this chance to get the vacation you’ve always dreamed of, at a fraction of the retail price, and support a great cause!

Green Travel Auction >>

AWR Supports the Mountain Gorillas in the Denver Gorilla Run

Adventures Within Reach will be joining the Denver Gorilla Run this Halloween (October 31, 2009) to raise money for the Mountain Gorilla Conservation Fund.

Gorilla Run Fundraiser

This is a 5.6k run through downtown Denver with everyone dressed up like gorillas!

This year’s race is particularly special as the race is attempting to establish a new Guinness World Records™ currently holding at 637 “People Dressed as Gorillas.”

The Mountain Gorilla Conservation Fund has been dedicated to the preservation of the Mountain Gorilla ever since Dian Fossey asked for help back in 1985. AWR supports their efforts to keep the highly endangered Mountain Gorilla alive in the jungles of Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

You can help!  You can donate to this great cause on-line with your credit card, or you can run with the AWR team in Denver!  Donate here and list “AWR” as who you are supporting:

• http://www.active.com/donate/Gorillarun

We’ll post our “gorilla” pictures in early November.

Learn more about gorilla trekking in Uganda/Rwanda >>

Pencils for Africa

The children of Tanzania made such an impression on Lara and Joshua Wachs that they have started a Facebook page, called Pencils for Africa, to donate ONE MILLION PENCILS to schoolchildren in Tanzania.

Word on Facebook spread quickly.  Donations of pencils, erasers, and pencil sharpeners have started to arrive from all over the United States.  One school had a “hat day” where kids could wear a hat at school if they brought in three pencils to donate.  In just a few months, Pencils for Africa has already received donations of over 6000 pencils!

Children with Pencils

“Believe it or not, the children in Tanzania are desperately in need of pencils, more than toys, pens, candy, or anything else,” says Lara Wachs.  “Their faces lit up when they received pencils from us.  And, I’ve heard this from so many travelers who go to Africa and third world countries, if I had only known that it was pencils they cared about most, I would have brought an entire extra bag with me full of them.”

Pencils for Africa need help in two ways:

1. Donations of pencils (and erasers and non-electric sharpeners) are needed to reach the one million mark
2. Help in getting the pencils to the kids in Tanzania

The costs of mailing the pencils to Tanzania are very high.  One simple way to get the pencils to the children is by having travelers deliver them personally while on holiday in the country.  Pencils for Africa can bundle the pencils for travelers and deliver them to New York City or mail them within the U.S. if shipping costs are paid.

Adventures Within Reach (AWR) arranged the trip for the Wachs in 2008 including a Kilimanjaro climb, Tanzania safari, and Zanzibar holiday.  AWR will be working with Pencils for Africa to encourage travelers to make donations, take over pencils, and spread the word.

“It is very easy for any traveler to stick a bag of pencils in their suitcase, and their efforts will be greatly rewarded as they hand out the pencils to the children.  The look on the children’s faces when they get things they need is an amazing experience,” says Robin Paschall of Adventures Within Reach.

For more information about Pencils for Africa and to help out, visit their Facebook page:

• http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=84546480402

High Altitude Prep at the Free AWR Condo

Breckenridge is a great place to train for altitude trekking.

Customers who book a trip with Adventures Within Reach are eligible to stay at a condo in Breckenridge, Colorado for FREE (restrictions apply) for up to 4 nights during the summer months (mid-April to mid-November).

The condo has 2 bedrooms plus loft, so it sleeps 6-8 people comfortably.

The altitude at Breckenridge is 9600 feet. There are dozens of mountains in the area over 14,000 feet, which can be hiked in a day. In addition, there are many lovely hikes that are not as strenuous, great biking, world-class fishing, and a beautiful mining town with shopping and restaurants.

Prepare for your high-altitude tour or trek with a visit to the Rocky Mountains!

Free AWR Breckenridge Condo >>

Beluga Yacht Discounted (Galapagos)

Beluga Galapagos Cruise

The Beluga is discounted for regular departures through August 2009.

The discounted 8-day rate is $3370/person double occupancy, which includes the fuel surcharge.

For cabins 6 and 7, which have upper and lower berths, the discounted price is $3290/person double occupancy.

More Galapagos Special Deals >>

Discounts on Gear, Guides, and Evacuation

Through Adventures Within Reach and the Adventure Travel Trade Association, our clients can get some great discounts! These offers expire June 30, 2009.

GORE-TEX

Free shipping on GORE-TEX footwear and other great gear (minimum purchase $30). Go to www.summithut.com/pages/atta and use code ATTA.

EXOFFICIO

30% off ExOfficio adventure travel clothing and gear. Go to www.exoffico.com and use code EZATTA (one use only).

MEN’S JOURNAL

84% off the cover price on a Men’s Journal 15-issue subscription — only $11.97. Go to www.mensjournal.com/ATTA to subscribe.

EAGLE CREEK

Free shipping on Eagle Creek travel gear (minimum purchase $30). Go to www.summithut.com/pages/atta and use code ATTA.

FOOTPRINT

20% off guides from Footprint and The Globe Pequot Press. Go to www.thenewgpp.com and use code ATTA.

MEDJET ASSIST

Discounts on individual and family MedjetAssist memberships for global travel protection. Go to www.medjet.com/atta.

Best Adventure Travel Companies on Earth

For the second year in a row, Adventures Within Reach (AWR) was designated as one of the “Best Adventure Travel Companies on Earth” by National Geographic Adventure.

Companies are rated based on

• Quality of service
• Sustainability
• Spirit of adventure
• Education
• Client satisfaction

We are especially proud that our rating for each criteria improved from last year.

Adventures Within Reach provides an authentic experience in each destination highlighting the most interesting and educational sights a country has to offer, visits with local people, volunteering, nature, and physical activity.

AWR will strive to improve our customer experience every year.

Chicago Adventure Travel Expo January 10-11, 2009

Adventures Within Reach will be at the Chicago Adventure Travel Expo January 10-11, 2009. If you are in the area, we would love to see you!

Public Show Hours:
Saturday, January 10: 10:30am-5:30pm
Sunday, January 11: 11am-4:30pm

Location:
Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
(formerly Rosemont Convention Center)
5555 N. River Road

Register on-line for FREE admission (regularly $15). You are welcome to invite friends with this admission coupon.

To Access the free ticket offer, visit:  www.adventureexpo.com/consumer.  Type in PROMO CODE:  EXHFREE

Stop by and visit us in Booth #569!