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The Active Travel Adventures podcast inspires and empowers you to lead a bigger life through adventure travel.

We scour the planet for the most fun and beautiful active vacations, whether it’s climbing Machu Picchu, rafting the Colorado river through the Grand Canyon, walking the El Camino in Spain, or bicycling less touristy islands of Greece.

The common denominator is that you have to MOVE: either hike, bike, paddle and/or horseback ride for part of each day!

The bar is set that my reasonably fit 64 year old body can do these adventures and so can YOU!

These adventures aren’t crazy hard or dangerous like climbing Mount Everest… they are doable, epic fun vacations for those that are in decent physical shape.

Most have a difficulty rating of 3 out of 5, so if you’re in reasonable shape, particularly if you are willing to train a bit, YOU can do these trips!

All adventures offer a fun, fascinating and unique way to immerse yourself in another culture or destination.

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Episodes

Everything You Need to Know about the Portuguese Way El Camino Portuguese

Planning your Portuguese Camino There are actually three ways to do the Camino Portuguese: The traditional route from either Lisbon or Porto (most common) The Coastal route The Spiritual route (a diversion from the traditional route) The Portuguese ‘Way’, or El Camino, is the second most popular route of the El Camino de Santiago (the French Way is the most popular). Most people start in Porto, which includes the last two stages of the Portuguese

Everything You Need to Know About the French Way Camino Frances

Planning Your El Camino Frances About 60% of all ‘pilgrims‘, as Camino walkers are called, choose the French Way, more commonly referred to as the Camino Frances. This major pilgrimmage route is on the UNESCO World Heritage List for its importance to Christianity. Pilgrims walk the Camino Frances to the cathedral in Santiago, Spain, where the remains of St. James are purported to be buried. If you’d like more information about the El Camino

Adventures in Costa Rica

Hike, Bike and More! Adventures in Costa Rica About a quarter of Costa Rica is preserved as a national park. In this episode, we visit several of the parks to do some hiking, plus spend a couple of days whitewater rafting the Pacuare River near Turialba. Costa Rica is an adventure lovers paradise! The landscape is exquisite, the friendly locals known as ‘ticos’ are welcoming and the wildlife and abundant flowers are amazing! Who knew

Adventure Travel Longer Term Packing List

Packing Checklist for Adventure Travel and Long Term Travel I’ve honed this packing checklist over LOTS of trips. I don’t bring everything on the list; I tailor what I bring for whatever I think I’ll be doing and in what kind of weather. But, by using this list, I make sure not to forget anything important. Also, when I get home, I review what I packed and fine tune my list by deleting items I

Camino de Costa Rica Hiker Interviews

Interviews of hikers who have trekked the Camino de Costa Rica have been extremely popular on the Active Travel Adventures podcast. Below are all of the ATA Costa Rica Camino interviews, including a two parter of my own Camino experience with fellow ATA listeners in 2022. Kit’s ATA Group Camino de Costa Rica A group of sixteen of us trekked from the Caribbean to the Pacific in April of 2022. We made sure to