To help you select the trip with the right activity level, each trip uses our "Trip Rating" descriptions below. Though all our tours have varying degrees of activity options built into their itineraries, and we are happy to personalize each tour to your fitness level whenever possible, the rating assigned to each trip can help you choose which vacation is best for you. Let us help you! Call or email us with your questions.

Easy
Ideal for those who feel comfortable being active approximately 2-4 hours a day. These trips are best for people who are looking for a more leisurely vacation or an introduction to hiking and biking. Walks and hikes of 4-6 miles on rolling to hilly terrain with short ascents up to 600 feet; bike rides of 20-25 miles/day on level or gently rolling dirt roads with van support.

Panama Paradise Multi-Sport Vancouver Island-Olympic Peninsula Multi-Sport

Vietnam Multi-Sport Yellowstone Hiker

 

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Moderately Easy
Intended for the average active adult who feels comfortable being active approximately 3-5 hours a day. Hikes of 4-8 miles on gently rolling to hilly terrain with climbs of up to 1,200 feet; bike rides 20-30 miles/day on gently rolling to hilly dirt roads with van support.

Alaska Adventure Cruise Alaska Wilderness Multi-Sport or Hiker Alaska's Kenai Peninsula Katmai Multi-Sport Antarctica Adventure Cruise Australia Outback, Reef and Rainforest Multi-Sport Baja Adventure Cruise Baja Multi-Sport Belize-Caribbean Multi-Sport Black Hills Multi-Sport Botswana Camping Safari Canyonlands Adventure Resort Singles Multi-Sport China Multi-Sport Costa Rica Caribbean Multi-Sport Costa Rica Pacific Multi-Sport Denali Wilderness Learning Adventure Ecuador-Galapagos Multi-Sport Fiji Multi-Sport Futaleufu Multi-Sport Galapagos Adventure Cruise Grand Canyon-Bryce-Zion Hiker Hawaii Three Island Hiker

High Arctic Adventure CruiseIreland Multi-Sport Lewis and Clark Explorer Multi-Sport New Mexico Hiker New Mexico Multi-Sport New Zealand Hiker New Zealand Multi-Sport New Zealand Hiker Oaxaca "Mountains-to-the-Sea" Hiker Panama Paradise Multi-Sport Rocky Mountain Hiker South Africa Multi-Sport & Wildlife Safari Thailand Multi-Sport Turkey Multi-Sport Adventure Cruise Vancouver Island-Olympic Peninsula Hiker Vancouver Island-Olympic Peninsula Multi-Sport Yellowstone Hiker Yosemite Sierra Hiker

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Moderate
Trips for the more active adult who feels comfortable being active approximately 4-6 hours a day. Hikes of 5-12 miles on hilly to mountainous terrain with climbs of up to 2,500 feet. Bike rides of 25-35 miles/day over a variety of hilly to
mountainous terrain including challenging climbs and descents, and singletrack trails with van support.

Alaska Wilderness Multi-Sport or Hiker Alaska's Kenai Peninsula Katmai Multi-Sport Argentina-Chile Patagonia Hiker Australia Outback, reef and Rainforest Multi-Sport Baja Multi-Sport Bhutan "Shangr La" Multi-Sport Big Bend-Rio Grande Hiker Black Hills Multi-Sport British Columbia Multi-Sport Canadian Rockies Backcountry Hiker Canadian Rockies Classic Hiker Canyonlands-Arches Multi-Sport Canyonlands-Escalante Hiker Chile Patagonia Hiker Colorado Backcountry Hiker Colorado Backcountry Mutli-Sport Copper Canyon Hiker Costa Rica Caribbean Multi-Sport Croatia Multi-Sport Denali Wilderness Adventure Fiji Multi-Sport Futaleufu Multi-Sport Glacier-Waterton Hiker Glacier-Waterton Multi-Sport Grand Canyon-Bryce-Zion Hiker Grand Canyon-Bryce-Zion Multi-Sport

Grand Canyon Classic Hiker Grand Canyon-Colorado River-Havasu Falls Hiker Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim Hiker Grand Tetons-Yellowstone Multi-Sport Guatemala-Tikal Multi-Sport Multi-Sport Hawaii Three Island Hiker Kilimanjaro Hiker Maine North Woods Hiker Morocco Multi-Sport New England Fall Foliage Hiker New Mexico Hiker New Mexico Multi-Sport New Zealand Hiker New Zealand Multi-Sport Peru Machu Picchu Multi-Sport or Hiker Provence Multi-Sport Rocky Mountain Hiker Scottish Highlands Hiker South Africa Multi-Sport & Wildlife Safari Tuscany Multi-Sport Yosemite Sierra Hiker Yosemite Sierra Multi-Sport

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Challenging
For hikers and bikers who feel comfortable being active approximately 5-7 hours a day. Treks and hikes of 7-14 miles per day on mountainous terrain. Bike rides of 25-40 miles/day over mixed terrain including technical singletrack and sustained climbs/descents of up to 3,500 feet. Due to remote locations, van shuttle opportunities may be limited.

Across the Alps Hiker Argentina-Chile Patagonia Hiker Canyonlands-Arches Multi-Sport Chile Patagonia Hiker Colorado Backcountry Hiker Colorado Backcountry Multi-Sport Copper Canyon Hiker Ecuador-Galapagos Multi-Sport Futaleufu Multi-Sport Glacier-Waterton Hiker Grand Canyon-Bryce-Zion Multi-Sport Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim Hiker

Iceland "Fire and Ice" Hiker India Himalayan Hiker Italy Dolomites Hiker Kilimanjaro Hiker Morocco Multi-Sport New Zealand Hiker New Zealand Multi-Sport Peru Machu Picchu Multi-Sport or Hiker Rocky Mountain Multi-Sport Scottish Highlands Hiker

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